Road Trips

Tools for planning a family Road Trip with reviews of the Top 10 USA Road Trips, Europe road trip ideas, routes, itineraries for car travel in the USA, and best road trips with kids and toddlers. Use this widget to check on distance and travel time for your upcoming vacation, and find hotel values at your destination.

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Floyd Friday Night Jamboree

Banjo, Folk, Country Songs - Driving Appalachia's Crooked Road

Spend a weekend in Floyd watching fiddle pickers perform and you start to love bluegrass (if you don't already). Slow down to string banjoes with luthiers in Galax and you'll begin to understand the heritage of southern Virginia. With the richly detailed guide, A Guide to the Crooked Road:...

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rant on roadtrips!

i love to travel! roadtrips are fun but i don't mind taking other forms of transportations: airplanes and what not. umm let me list the places ive been too. my parents travel like crazy. so sometimes we have crazy road trips and we spend like weeks on the road. we stuff the car so that we...

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#KidsInTheCar Twitter Party

Road Trip Tips Shared Via Twitter

Last week on July 27th, Productopia hosted a Twitter party with Family Travel Forum and Motherproof to share great advice with traveling families about how to have fun on a road trip. Missed it? Don’t worry. We’ve got the highlights right here. And we welcome your thoughts in the...

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Road at night

My Night Encounter Driving Cross Country

For as long as I can remember, my family has taken trips over Spring Break. We typically spend the week in my cousin’s cozy condo along the small beach of Marco Island, Florida. This year, however, my parents decided we were in need of a change of pace, and informed my sisters and I that we...

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Customs Border Protection Agents

Canada And US Partner To Clarify Border Regulations

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency recently joined efforts to remind travelers of document requirements to travel into both countries. Frequent travelers know that regulations have changed steadily since 9/11 and keeping up with them is a challenge. Fortunately...

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Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Two Nation Road Trip, Maine to New Brunswick

Looking for a fun way to experience the beauty of North America’s Atlantic coast? Try the two nation vacation from Maine in the US to New Brunswick in Canada for scenic seascapes (and some world-class seafood).  It’s also a family-friendly eco-escape that will introduce you to the...

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On the road again -- exploring America in a Recreational Vehicle

Call me a wuus but when it was time for bed in the campground, I was glad for a bed and the AC. That’s right, we cozied up with the kids in an RV rather than a tent and boy was I glad. Erica and Daniel Mueller knew exactly how I felt. The Denver couple loved to camp—until they tried...

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Ireland is Our Land

Ireland is Our Land

It must have been the "Luck of the Irish" rubbing off on us when three generations of our clan set down at Dublin airport to sunny 70°F (21°C) weather... and it stayed that way for the entire week. That wasn't the only miracle. It was just as amazing that our family of six,...

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California Roadtrips On Roads Less Traveled

California Roadtrips On Roads Less Traveled

If your family has already ventured up and down Route 1, there is much more to explore among the Golden State’s endless shoreline and sweeping landscapes. Whether you want to coast the scenic mountains and valleys of the Inland Empire , to follow celebrities to chic Los Angeles, visit the...

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Minivan Road Trip

Favorite Resources For Planning Family Road Trips

Planning a family road trip is a major undertaking, but it's one of the best value and most rewarding family vacations you can do. After all, you've got your own wheels (and a place to sleep if need be), the open road, time on your hands, serendipity, resources to keep you out of trouble,...

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