Category: Travel Tips

When we purchased our car we made sure it had three things: third row seating, a hitch, and captain seats (to easily access the third row).  These three features are key components on how we pack a car for road trips.  Our twins are still in car seats, so they sit in the captains seats.  Our oldest kiddo has the back two seats all to herself (unless we are traveling with the dogs).  The captain seats also helps to ensure all of the kids have their own space so there’s less arguing.  

In front of each of their seats, the kids have a hook to hang up their backpack.  This backpack is full of things to keep them occupied during the car ride (see our list of ideas in the “Great Ways to Keep Your Kids Entertained” section below).  They also have access to a snack box that lasts them for both legs of the trip.

The hitch comes in handy so that we can use a cargo trailer to store our larger items.  This helps create more room in the vehicle when we’re traveling with our pups.  In the video, you’ll see we used a suitcase to store all of our belongings  on this particular trip…but that isn’t always the case.  We often leave the suitcases at home and pack into storage containers with lids, instead.  We’ve found that these fit better on our cargo trailer.  Each family member has a different color packing cube set.  We fill our cubes for our outfits for the trip and toss them into the tote.  It couldn’t be any easier!