Getting Children To Enjoy The Journey: How An RV Trip Benefits Families
There is an old saying that speaks of the journey being more important than the final destination. Families who choose to vacation together during the child-rearing years understand how important the journey is and how many memories they are helping their children create along the way.
Instead of traveling by car or air, where everyone becomes tired and cranky, vacationing families should consider embracing the journey by taking a leisurely RV trip. If you would like to know more about the potential benefits your family could enjoy from an RV vacation, this information can help.
Avoiding the cost and confusion of hotel rooms
Any family that has stayed in motels while vacationing understands the frustration of unpacking the car each night only to repack it the next morning. Even worse, parents must either choose to stay the night in a cramped room filled with sleeping bags and rollaway beds or pay exorbitant rates to rent multiple rooms.
Opting to travel in the comfort of a rented, purchased, or borrowed recreational vehicle means packing and unpacking are limited to the beginning and end of the vacation. Even better, is the fact that using an RV allows everyone to feel comfortable and get a good night's sleep without renting nightly hotel rooms or keeping to a hotel's check-in and check-out schedule.
Traveling a more scenic or educational route
Another reason to make RV vacationing a part of your family's routine is the ability it provides to let kids enjoy different scenery and learn about history in a relaxed enjoyable manner. Instead of driving on the Interstate, where kids relieve their boredom by staring at their tablets, parents can take kids to historical locations, no matter how remote.
Civil War battlefields, Native American reservations, National Parks, and unique attractions like the World's Largest Ball of Twine are just a few of the memorable places you could expose your kids to on an RV trip.
Making new friends with other RV travelers
RV travelers are known for befriending other RV-ers along the way. At night, they often gather in RV parks to visit, forming friendships that will last for years to come.
Parents aren't the only beneficiaries of the friendly nature of fellow RV travelers. Children also benefit from social interaction with other youngsters during relaxing stays at RV parks. Since many RV parks offer playgrounds, swimming pools, and activities, all in a safe outdoor setting, kids and parents can relax and enjoy themselves at each stop along the way.
Offering more security and privacy for families
RV travel also offers more security and privacy for families than is usually possible in a hotel or motel room setting. Valuables can be safely locked away inside the RV, and families can choose to enjoy family game or movie night in the comfort of the RV living room, complete with popcorn and comfortable furniture.
Including the family pet becomes possible
Another family-oriented reason to choose an RV vacation is the ability to include the family dog, cat, or other pet. Traveling by air or car is difficult and often unpleasant for pets while traveling in an RV allows the pet to remain with the family while still experiencing comfort, safety, and normal care, feeding, and exercise throughout their time away from home.
Traveling in a recreational vehicle is most enjoyable when the route is planned to include nightly stays at RV parks along your vacation route. If you are considering an RV vacation and would like to learn more about planning the best route and locating comfortable RV parks along the way, contact an RV park owner in your area.