This is the ultimate car for the travel junkie. I have a love/hate relationship with minivans. I love them for road trip travel, but not for every day driving. However, when travel takes priority in our lives, I start to think of the minivan in a new way, as a critical tool for the life…
Do These 9 Car Maintenance Tasks Before Hitting The Road for Vacation Season
When you go on vacation, you don’t want to worry about having car problems. You want to get there and enjoy your destination. Whether you are taking a long trip for several days or a short day trip, you want to ensure your car is going to get you there and back. There are car…
Fly or Drive? How Do You Decide?
Fly or drive? It’s more than budget travel. It’s a question of time, cost and frustration. With summer upon us, it’s time to start planning that summer vacation. The first step is always deciding where you want to go. The next is figuring out how you’re going to get there. Will it be a road…
Holiday Road Trips: Why Fly When You Can Drive?
Driving isn’t just for everyday adventures, you know. My kids hate that I fly a lot for work but when we travel as a family, I insist we drive. I have learned to love road trips: no limits on what you take with you or what you bring home, schedules are flexible and itineraries are…
8 Ways to Make Sure Your Family Road Trip Isn’t All About the Backseat Fighting
Tips for road trip fun. It’s summer! And for many families, that means road trips with the kids. In fact, with gas prices low, and fear of international travel high, 69% of U.S. families are planning a road trip this summer. We all know the road trip drill: load the car, load the kids, then…
Is your dog a member of your family?
If you bring your dog on family road trips, read this The dog days of summer have ended, but family travel, with your pet in tow, is growing. Choosing a family vehicle that suits your children AND your dog means you need to consider a few extra things. The Detroit Bureau says minivans are not necessarily…
2015 Chevy Suburban and OnStar: Rock Your Road Trip
Family Car Checklist: Safety, Comfort and Convenience When yours is a family who likes to load up and pile into the family car for a road trip, you’ll find your checklist fulfilled with the 2015 Chevy Suburban and OnStar. Getting behind the wheel of the 2015 Chevy Suburban during the TravelingMom test drive and retreat…
Making Summer Road Trips A Breeze: Our May 19th Twitter Party
Be Prepped and Ready For Great Summer Travel Does this sounds like your summer road trip? “Mom, can we stop at Starbucks?” “Mom, is there a Bojangles anywhere nearby?” “Mom, can we get a movie from Redbox?” “!$&@#$! why does the state of Pennsylvania need to pave the interstate TODAY?” Sound familiar? This could be…
No More Booster Seats???
Ride Safer Travel Vests Eliminates the Need to Carry Bulky Booster Seats On Your Travels You probably have them too: Bulky plastic booster seats that are a pain to haul through airports, expensive to rent from car rental agencies and inconvenient to keep on hand when another child might need a ride in your car….