Road trips are sheer fun when you enjoy them with your friends and favourite cousins. So, suppose you are planning a road trip with your family or friends. In that case, you should carry a few things with yourself to keep the excitement intact and comfortable because it may become stressful if you forget to take even a single essential item that may create an issue for you in between the trip. So, let’s share a guide that will acquaint you with the required knowledge of having the long car journey essentials.

Have your license and registration handy

Even before you step into your car for a small ride, always ensure that you have your car registration papers and license on the dashboard. Without these papers, you will be restricted from reaching your desired destination, whether inside or outside the city. The car registration papers include –

·   The original and photocopies of the car’s registration

·   Driver’s license – original and photocopy

·   Car’s insurance papers

·   Car’s pollution certificate

·   Your identity proof – Aadhaar Card or Voter Id

Come equipped with the First-Aid and Emergency kit

Going on a trip alone means you have to be your own doctor and mechanic for a few days. You should be aware of the first-aid basics. You must carry your first-aid box with all the medical requirements such as medicines, bandages, antiseptics, as well as the pandemic essentials – sanitizer, mask, and liquid soaps. Then, you must have the warning triangle, window breaker, tire pressure gauge, and other emergency essentials equipped in the car’s trunk. This will make your journey easy and comfortable.

Have a spare tire or Stepney

When the weather is too hot, there are chances that the car’s tire may go flat, thus enhancing the possibility to go for a new one. Well, it’s not just the weather that may puncture your tire. Sharp objects such as nails and glass pieces can also do the same. Thus, it becomes essential to keep a spare tire in your car. However, you must also ensure that you are well aware of the tricks of changing it quickly. So, come equipped with all the repair essentials as well.

Snacks and extra water bottles

On long journeys, undoubtedly, snacks and water bottles become the road trip essentials. Well, we aren’t talking about the heavy snacks. The road trip essential snacks are the lighter ones, including biscuits, chips, etc., which will protect you from being hungry all the time.

However, when it comes to water bottles, you can always go for the big bottles, which can store liters of water. Along with it, carry a few small bottles which you can refill timely. After all, keeping the body hydrated is a must as it will keep your body fit during the travel’s ups and downs.

Always carry a portable charger along

A travel journey is always incomplete without a portable charger. After all, electricity is erratic and can leave your side at any time. Thus, it becomes essential to save your phone and cameras from battery drainage when needed the most. This can be done with portable chargers.

Have your protective gears always

If you are planning a trip during the monsoon, then you must have a little space for your protective gears in your car. This must include a raincoat, towel, umbrellas, waterproof covers, and most importantly, repellents to avoid unwanted insects.

A backup map

To protect yourself from unwanted roads, a backup map is always needed. We indeed have artificial technologies that guide us the right way, but we cannot always rely on them as all places do not fall under the network coverage area.

There must be spare torches every time

Like the movie scenarios, you may get stuck in the jungle or isolated areas during night where you might feel the need for torches the most. Not only under such circumstances, but a torch can also play an essential role in many ways. So, make it a handy tool always for yourself.

So, these were the eight top things to have on a road trip. These things will save you from unwanted issues that generally arise when people don’t find the car travel essentials worthy enough. But you must always keep yourself protected and preserved. This will keep up the enjoyment and make the journey much more accessible and cost-friendly.