Everything You Need to Know to Plan A Kid-Friendly Road Trip

While it's very important to keep your child safe in a time when pandemic & pathogens are wreaking havoc everywhere, there is an extent to how long you can keep kids constrained within the four walls of a house! So, here is our suggestion, on how to plan a short trip within your locality and take your kids for a time of fun and exploration. Here is how you can plan a kid-friendly road trip without spending a lot of money, and making sure that your kids have fun.  

Plan fun routes 

The most important thing about planning fun road trip with your kids that you will have to sit down and find out places where kids have fun. With most of the public amenities and facilities staying closed because of the pandemic, you will have to get creative and find places which are still open, or allowing people to arrive and explore unlimited numbers. Children have a very limited span of attention, so if you expect them to sit patiently in the car for several hours at and, you're going to find yourself in a spot of bother! So, plan for attractions along the way so that they can reach a destination after every 4 to 5 hours of driving and stretch your legs as well as get distracted from the mind-numbing situation in the back seat of a car. You can also explore abandoned factories, sea shores, beaches, zoos, water parks, skateboard parks, and nature parks just to keep things interesting.

Games and foods 

Another thing that is exclusive to children other than a short attention span is in active metabolism. what is essentially means children will become hungry more frequently than an adult, so you will have to keep on feeding them in short intervals. The size of the stomach in a kid is not as big as that of an adult, so they cannot consume a lot of food at a time, but they feel hungry more frequently. So, instead of spending lot of money on junk food, or packaged food, you can carry home prepared meals in a hermetically-sealed box and give it to your kids whenever they feel hungry. You can also pack nuts and seeds which are very nutritional and make for great healthy snacks. To keep them distracted from the boredom of being sedentary on the back seat of a car, you can also pack a few of their favorite games or a few art and craft supplies so that they can stay engaged while you focus on driving safely. 

Take it slow 

Instead of planning to reach many destinations focus on taking it slow so that your kids don't have to exhaust themselves while trying to keep up with your speed. Take it slow and explore only a few destinations in a day and allow a lot of time for your kids to rest and recoup date the last energy. Because of high metabolism, they can easily become tired so, keep an eye on the back seat to make sure that even if they have fallen asleep, they are completely safe and comfortable. 

Prioritize safety and comfort 

Safety and comfort must always be your first priority whenever you're heading out to a long-distance road trip with kids in tow. Whether you’re going on a motorcycle, or using a car for the trip, ensure that it has all the necessary safety and comfort features. Think from the perspective of a child. As an adult, you may be prepared to make a few compromises with comfort, but when it comes to children, see that they don't have to make any compromises. Always make sure to use a motorcycle safety helmet, preferably a branded helmet with the latest safety and comfort features along with specially designed motorcycle helmets for kids.