The most important things we recommend you take with you on a road trip are:
- Open Mind
- Positive attitude
- Good conversation
- Patience
- Laughter
- Adventurous spirit
With all of these, you are guaranteed to have the best family road ever! Here is a road trip packing list for you:
Pack Children’s Entertainment and Security items
- Favourite toys
- Favourite teddy for sleeping
- Games
- Colouring books / pencils / markers
- Reading books
- iPods / iPads / other elctronics
Parental Entertainment
- Movies (for passenger)
- Music
- DVD player/iPad/iPod/laptop
- Headphones
- Spare batteries
- Camera
- Chargers for all electronics
Food and Drink Supplies
- Have separate containers for cold food, dry food
- Water bottles
- Non-gooey, non-sticky snacks
- Trail mix, fruit, crackers, sandwiches in zip lock bags
- Spare containers / zip lock bags for leftover food
Smart Clothing Choices
- Slip on / off shoes
- Spare change of clothes handy for the car especially for kiddies
- Comfortable, loose-fitting clothes to wear
- swim wear
- Rain gear
Baby Supplies at the Ready
- Nappy bag full of nappies (diapers), formula, prepared bottles, food.
- Baby wipes
- Blankets
- Toys
- Plenty of dummies (pacifier) close at hand (they’ll throw them).
Incidentals
- Paper towels
- Hand sanitizer
- Garbage bags
- Vomit bag
- Spare toilet paper
First Aid Kit
A list of items to consider:
- adhesive dressings
- sterile gauze bandages
- tape
- topical antiseptic
- wound cleanser
- a thermometer
- eye drops
- insect repellent
- insect bite treatment
- scissors
- tweezers
- safety pins
- basic painkillers
- sunscreen
- antibiotics
- disinfectant
- calamine lotion
- antihistamine tablets
- band aids
- cotton swabs
- latex gloves
- Any other personal medications
- rehydration solutions
- sunscreen
If you are travelling overseas you may also want to include:
- syringes
- water purification tablet
- doctor’s letter / certificate for personal medication