When packing for a road trip, it’s important to bring those things you cannot find along the way.
1. Absolute essentials
- First-aid kit (Band-Aids, Tylenol, Tums, ibuprofen, Benadryl)Personal medications – more than enough for your road trip
- Fleece blanket
- Cellphone mount (Stay safe when using GPS.)
- Cash, including change (Bring a roll of quarters for any tolls and/or parking meters.)
2. For fun
- AUX power adapter for music to stream through the car stereo
- Travel games
- Adult coloring book and some colored pencils
- iPad with preloaded movies/TV series
- Stamps and address book
3. When hunger strikes
- Mini-garbage pail/plastic bags for garbage
- Mini-cooler for drinks, as well as snacks (cheese sticks, jerky, vegetable sticks, single-serve nuts, dried fruit, apples, oranges, bananas, dry cereal, cereal bars, packets of oatmeal for a quick breakfast/snack
- Water
- Mini-picnic kit
4. Safety
- Flashlight
- Umbrella
- Spare tire
- Road atlas (Even if you have a GPS, you’ll inevitably lose service in some places.)
- Copy of your own car insurance card
5. For the body
- Chapstick
- Hand/face lotion
- Sunscreen
- Hand sanitizer
- Bug spray and anti-itch lotion/cream