Winter Road Trip Tips
Road trips aren’t only for summer. Winter is a fine time to hit the open road for an adventure, as long as you’re well-prepared and practice extra caution. The following tips from Best Company writer Alice Stevens will inspire you to plan a winter road trip.
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Paying close attention to the weather forecast will help guide your trip. Since winter weather is highly unpredictable, it’s best for your plans and your sanity to be flexible with your itinerary.
Although a road trip is synonymous with freedom and spontaneity, your winter road trip should be explained in detail to the loved ones you’re leaving back home. And check in while you’re away!
An emergency kit stocked with tools, jumper cables, first-aid items, bottled water, non-perishable food, and a flashlight should be in your car every day of the year, but winter requires special items including a shovel, warm clothes, blanket, traction mat, flares, ice scraper, snow brush, sand or kitty litter, and de-icer fluid.
“The essentials for a winter road trip emergency kit fall into four categories: snowy weather basics, communication tools, car repair tools, and survival essentials,” according to Stevens.
Your phone is probably a constant traveling companion, just make sure you have an extra charger on hand for your trip. A warm car cabin will turn chilly in seconds if you have an automotive mishap like a flat tire, so make sure you and your road trip crew are dressed for the weather. Remember your sunglasses, too, as light reflecting off snow can be dangerously blinding.
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Just like for any extended road journey, make sure your car is ready for the trip by getting it checked out by a technician before you leave.
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