The excitement of packing up your car and hitting the open road to see friends and family during the holidays can quickly become frustrating due to the increased traffic you may encounter. USA Today lists the day before Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve as three of the worst travel days of the year. However, other days around these holidays, such as Black Friday and Christmas Eve, will have plenty of travelers on the highways. To help reduce the stress of a holiday road trip, follow these tips to arrive at your destination safe, sound, and full of holiday cheer.
A Day in the Birthplace of Thanksgiving
We all know the city of Plymouth, Massachusetts as the original home of our modern-day Thanksgiving celebrations.
It was in this seventeenth-century settlement that the Native Americans assisted the pilgrims in learning the basics of how to survive in the New World—and in thanks—in 1621, a year after the colony was established, a feast was shared between the native Wampanoag tribe and the settlers.
Get Back and Get Organized
Traveling is exhausting. Whether you just arrived home from a long vacation via car, plane, or train, you know that feeling when you put your bags down—the I’m done for the day feeling. And if we are being completely honest, that feeling usually lingers on for a few days, and then before you know it, you’ve been living out of your suitcase for 2 months.