Top 5 Things You Essentially Need For An Awesome Road Trip

I really love road trips and I wish I could do it more often like on a weekly basis sort of things. Anyway, I had one of the best road trips a couple of weeks back and I would like to share with you the Top 5 Things You Essentially Need For An Awesome Road Trip. Let's get started with the list.

1. Find yourself not just a good travel partner but an awesome travel partner.

This can be difficult to find in most cases but you know what, take your time, experiment and finally figure out who is the right person you are willing to have around for the whole duration of your road trip.As for my case, I'm indeed lucky because I could still nicked a few days out of my newly married best friend to become my partner in crime for the road trip. She's the best because there are always non-stop talking and stories to tell which are super juicy, haha and we haven't met for the longest time since she got married and there are a lot to catch up on. The next thing we know, we are already arriving at our destination. Time really pass with good chat and company.

2. Always have a sense of direction or a map or GPS handy.

For my previous road trip, we couldn't technically rely so much on the GPS or the Google Map Apps from the smart phone but I wouldn't say it didn't help us to find our way. Overall, the best combination for a direction is to have your co-driver (your travel partner) to read the map and direct the way for you while you just focus to drive on the road and traffic. With excellent communication and before hand knowing some sense or landmark on where you are heading, you will reach for your destination without any hassle, on time and there are less chance for you to get lost if you have an awesome partner who is really good at directions.

3. Never travel or continue with your road trip with an empty stomach.

You know what they say, “ When the stomach is full, the talk is good.” Hence, it applies to pretty much on anything in life and on this case for your road trip. When you feed your stomach accordingly and preferably on time, you can think right, hesistate less and you can make better decision making in reaching your destinations. Therefore, always have some snacks and drinks handy when you are traveling and stop for breakfast/lunch/dinner breaks.

4. Spend time to really go all out on taking pictures, posing in pictures and basically enjoy your moments of cam-whoring!

Pictures are memories so don't hesistate or let the memories fade by not capturing great and mostly really fun moments with your camera. I always find taking pictures very relaxing and the best part is I get to do some crazy, nutty and silly poses in the photos which makes the whole picture taking ordeal absolutely fun!

5. Travel with good spirit, energy and please be fit to travel!

I know this is a bit too much to ask especially about being fit to travel. There is a very important reason to that.

Personally for me, a road trip means a non-stop, constantly moving travel and the only time we make a long pit stop is when we call it a night and finally crashes on to bed before another long day starts the next day. You need a good spirit, energy and fitness level to last more than 12 hours of constant moving or walking or driving or talking or partly eating and walking again. So there is a lot of work put in together for a jam-packed but totally worthy road trip in a day. Hence, if you don't have the good spirit, energy and good fitness level, I doubt that you are going to have an awesome road trip. The worse that could have happened if you are lacking on those three thing is that you are just going to be a drag for your travel partners which you really want to avoid doing. The whole idea of a road trip is to have a good time and if you think you are not cut out for some mega awesome time with multiple, constant activities, then it is best for you to just stick around at home. Ouch that sounds harsh. :)

So there you go, The Top 5 Things You Essentially Need For An Awesome Road Trip. So travelers out there, would you care to be my travel partner for yet another awesome road trip of your lifetime? Leave me a comment and we'll see if we can make it work!  *Subject to terms and conditions that is.