5 Steps for Minimizing Road-Trip Stress

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Stress; it can happen to anyone who decides to road-trip in RV rentals. From thoughts about your vehicle staying road-worthy to the long hours driving to your destination, going on a road trip can be a stressful experience for many.

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Yet letting the stress keep you from visiting amazing destinations and having an experience of a lifetime is not a good idea. If people kept themselves from doing many things because of the situations that could go wrong, there wouldn’t be much excitement in living, would there? To ensure that you can visit the cities and parks that you want to, following are 5 ways that you can minimize stress on your next road-trip:

  1. Before leaving, make sure your RV is ready for the road. One of the biggest causes for stress is when you start on the road-trip with any kind of mechanical problem with your vehicle. Setting out on a road-trip without checking the engine, tires, and hookups can mean possible breakdowns and a whole lot of stress. To ensure that you don’t end up with problems that you never expected, take your RV to get checked and make sure that its ready for the many hours on the road.
  2. Give yourself extra time for the hours that you have planned for being on the road. You want to make it to your destination as quick as possible and you most likely have a limited amount of vacation days to take this trip, but you should always consider in the unexpected when calculating your time on the road. Unexpected traffic from accidents can happen, bathroom breaks may be more frequent than you realized, and trying to avoid necessary stops to make it within your designated time-frame can be cause for stress–which is never good on the road. Give yourself some wiggle room and relax.
  3. Make sure the kids have entertainment and plenty of snacks. Something that may cause a lot of added stress for your trip is if your children get bored during the long hours that you will spend on the road. Bored kids can be very stressed-out kids which ends up making mom and dad stressed out as well. From iPads to their favorite movies, books, and toys, parents who pack well avoid many situations further down the road. As a parent, you also want to make sure that you have plenty of good snacks on hand. Children will get hungry often during the long hours on the road and having to pull over every time they say their hungry can be tiring and stressful.
  4. Make sure to prepare for the unexpected. Things happen on the road and while you may hope and pray that nothing comes up, it’s better to be prepared, just in case. The two things that you will to be absolutely sure to bring with you on a road-trip are a first-aid kit and a kit for the road. In your first-aid kit, you will want to make sure that you have everything from medicines and mosquito repellent to gauze and bandages. In your road kit, you will want to make sure that you include everything from a spare tire to jacks, safety alerts, roadside alerts, extra gas, and anything else that will help you if you end up broken down on the side of a road. Also, make sure to have extra bottles of water and a bit of unperishable food.

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  1. Make sure your cards are with you, your bank has been notified, and that you also carry some extra cash. There could hardly be anything more stressful than getting into a situation on the road without having money with you. Sometimes, banks will block your account if they have not been notified of travel or you may end up in a situation where you absolutely need cash. When it comes to money and road trips, it’s always good to be over prepared than under prepared. Keep your money close to you at all times and even when you are parked somewhere relatively safe for the night, make sure to lock up. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.

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Road trips in RV rentals are worth all the preparation and planning. It may take some time and effort to ensure that you have everything taken care of, but there is nothing better than heading out knowing that you are ready for whatever may come your way. Make sure to stock up on great music, snacks, and water for the road so that you can drive happily for the hours needed to make it to your destination.

From being able to visit places that you only ever dreamed of to getting to spend quality time with family and friends, a vacation spent on the road can be an exciting and fulfilling one.

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