We are going on a two -- almost two week road trip tomorrow.
We just finished packing and now we're actually going to unpack
to show you what we're going to bring on a road trip.
Yep and I also wanted to share with you how to prep for a road trip
because I already did this road trip -- well not as long -- I came from Florida to California solo with my dog
and it took a total of five days driving about eight to nine hours each day.
This road trip we're taking -- we're kind of going a little bit longer -- we're going to stop by a couple of national parks.
So it's going to be a total of, I believe like 10 days.
What I like to do is definitely get my car checked.
I want to do that 21-point inspection to make sure my oil is changed, all my filters are good, tires have air in it.
Also, I like to download some offline maps.
We're going to stop by Utah -- a couple national parks, which will be Capitol Reef National Park and Arches National Park.
I know around that region, it's a mountainous region, it's kind of remote, so i downloaded offline maps around that.
Those are just examples of where you want to download some offline maps and we do it through Google Maps and it's super simple.
Another thing we like to do is prep some food.
Before our road trip, we do like to cook some foods -- obviously, it's only going to be for one day because we don't have a refrigerator.
What we always cook is Japanese rice balls or onigiri.
These are great because you don't have to refrigerate them. They stay fresh all day.
Another thing we make before our road trip is kara-age which is like these deep fried chicken nuggets and that has just got so much flavor.
The chicken gives you protein and it really fills you up.
We just pack those two items for the first day on our trip and it's good for lunch and dinner. It really fills us up.
And then in between, of course, we have like snacks and stuff.
Yeah.
Now we're going to go into our car accessories that we like to have on our road trip.
I'm going to start off with this Roadside Rescue Emergency Kit.
Driving solo a lot, I wanted to have this ready just in case something happened
and yes, it's also good to have AAA too, but if you're in need of something at the moment, this thing is packed with emergency things.
It has a first aid kit - your band-aids, bandages, tape, gauge... things like that so lots of good stuff in there.
There's also cables, a poncho, some gloves, jumper cables...
Wow, there's a lot in there.
Yeah. More cables for pulling cars, zip ties, rescue blanket...
This should actually be in the front of my car, but this is the window smasher.
If you get underwater somehow, then you could smash your window with this.
Oh yeah, you need to put that in the front of your car.
So this needs to be in the front of my car.
What is this? Trying to figure out what this is.
Oh! This is the emergency hazard.
So much good stuff in here.
I got this on Amazon and it says there's 110 pieces in here.
I don't know about 110. I don't know what kind of pieces they're talking about.
Little things in the first aid kit probably.
It was under $40, so I think it's well worth it to have something like this in your car.
Another car accessory that will probably come in handy if there's more than one driver is a magnetic mount for your phone.
If you're renting a car, which I'm sure a lot of people will probably rent cars when they go on road trips
this is a universal magnetic phone holder
so how it works is you just put this in one of the air vents
and it doesn't look like it'll work, but trust me, we used it in like several different rental cars and then your phone will stick to it.
The next thing I put in my car is a portable power station and I actually got this for hurricane season
when the electricity would run out, I needed some outlets, so this is why I initially got it
but then it's also good to have in your car too, again, if you're an emergency situation and you need some power,
there's two outlets here and then there's also two USB plugs in the back
and there's also some other outputs here and inputs that you can use and it's 150 watts.
On a lot of our international trips, we like to take our portable WiFi and most of the time, we don't use this in the States
because we have our phones and we could tether off of it
but some phones you can't tether off of or you'll run out of data, so you can't use it anymore for WiFi
so if you needed WiFi for bigger projects or needed fast WiFi, then these hot spots come in really handy.
We've used the Skyroam, which works really good, and we've also used Tep Wireless.
We like this design better because it's flat and it kind of fits in your pocket and it's very slim
but both pretty much work the same way.
We just take this just in case if you need WiFi.
It's always good to have a USB car charger in your car.
This one I got on Amazon as well.
This was a little bit more expensive than usual USB chargers because the top one is a Quick Charge.
I wanted to get one that was solid and one of them charges faster
because I have things like -- not on my phone but my GoPro or something that I want to charge so
this Quick Charge port comes in real handy for those and the bottom one is like a more regular port.
I've used this on the road trip for the past few months and it's worked out great.
Aother thing we keep in the car are things to keep us clean and sanitized and fresh.
I actually have three different things here. I always have these flushable wipes in the car.
There's some hand sanitizer spray.
I actually got this from Trader Joe's. I thought it was pretty nice because it's grapefruit and lemon.
I love those citrusy scents so this is what i also keep in the car.
This is something Crystal and I just recently purchased because we ran into this issue quite often on our most recent road trips.
They're just kind of like weekend road trips
but 50 percent of the time, I would say like the rest stops -- or not really the rest stops --
usually like the gas stations we stopped at to go use the restroom...a lot of time there's no soap.
So how this works is...
because it's nice and small, you can just stick it in your pocket or in your purse.
It's a sheet of soap -- it looks like a thin piece of paper and basically it dissolves in water and then that's how it turns into soap
so this is really, really handy.
I think it's a great alternative to liquid soap because that usually take up more room
and I feel like you end up using a lot of it when it's like a travel size.
This comes with a ton of sheets and you can get many, many, many hand washes out of this so it's definitely something good to have on a road trip.
On that subject of cleanliness, I do have these Wet Ones.
They're wet wipes too but they're individual packs.
I often get individual packs because a lot of times when I get these big packs, they dry up so fast
and I always waste them so yeah, these are a little bit more expensive to get individual packs but I don't waste them anymore.
These ones are better too because they actually kill germs.
I don't think this one does.
Yeah, this kills 99.99% of germs.
This is more like, I just want to clean things a little bit and it's not really to disinfect
but that stuff disinfects.
This isn't really a necessary car accessory, but I found this very useful if you have a GoPro.
You know how GoPros run out of batteries super fast? You have to keep on changing them.
This is a portable charging USB case and you can put three batteries in here and charge them all at once
and it's a USB port, so one of those USB Quick Charge that I had on the USB charger works out great for things like this
and I was just popping them in and out.
Every time a battery went out, I just grabbed one from here and then put the other one back in so this came in really handy.
I really like this thing.
Yeah especially for people -- because I notice a lot of people like to take their GoPros on car rides and just mount it and record their trip
so I can see how that eats up a lot of battery and how this will come in really handy.
One last thing is the cooler.
This is super handy because you want to keep your things cool well -- if you like to keep your drinks and beverages cold this is a really, really good bag
and the one thing I really like about this bag is that there's a tab up here where we can easily grab a drink.
Another thing we also keep in here are these ice packets.
The night before our trip, we will usually stick this in the freezer
and then in the morning when we're ready to pack our drinks, we stick them in here and it keeps them cool pretty much all day.
Yeah, and these ice sheets in particular -- because we have ice gel packs as well, but I got these on Amazon
and they're ice sheets that come in like three huge sheets and you can cut them to how big you want it and that's why I like these
because you can maneuver it how you want to.
It's flat so you can maybe wrap things around it like a can or something like that
so that's why i really like these ones.
Alright, so now we're going to get into the stuff that we packed for our road trip
and this is something new that I recently got.
I have been wanting a hat box for ages so when I found an actual hat box that was actually a luggage -- like an actual bag, I fell in love.
This is where I'm going to keep all my hats so they don't get all bent up and messed up
and that's the thing is that I had that happen to a couple of my hats and it made me so sad
but now I will be able to carry my hats and they will be all stored in here beautifully and they won't get dented and ruined
and there's actually some room in here too if I wanted to put in shoes or whatever -- some accessories there.
It comes with straps too, so not just a handle, but you can also carry it on your shoulder.
We always talk about our Pacsafe bags and this is no different.
We're taking our Pacsafe bags with us.
Especially our favorite Citysafe CX Backpack.
We like to keep this up front with us or maybe just behind us so that we can reach and get something really easily.
For example, if we wanted to get our our face mask then it'll be in here or wet wipes or chargers or cables.
I also keep my camera in here as well but I'm actually using it right now
and just little accessories as well...
maybe I want to watch a movie on my iPad while Candy's driving -- things like that.
I also like this bed because it has...
a pouch for water bottles or a little umbrella if you want to put an umbrella in there
or selfie sticks
or a selfie stick or a GoPro stick.
Yeah, so I really like this just for miscellaneous things to have by my side in the car
and I also have another Pacsafe bag that I take with me.
This is the tote and it's so large and this also can fit on the back of your suitcase because there's a luggage slip.
And in here, I take all my camera gear, all my lenses.
I just stuff everything in here and it fits all of it and I love this so much.
It's very durable and it's easy to carry if you wanted to or like I said, put it on the back of your suitcase.
Another thing that I have recently been bringing on the road trips is this handy bag right here
because I can put it over as like a crossbody.
It holds my phone
and when we're at a gas station stop, I don't have to run back to the car because I forgot my masks because I always will have my mask right in here
and then what I showed you earlier, I have the hand soap in here
so when I go to the bathroom, there's no soap, it's already there.
I am taking the Medium Away Suitcase.
I was thinking about bringing the bigger carry-on but this trip is going to be almost two weeks
and then when I get to Florida, I'll still be there a little bit longer
so it'll be a total of almost three weeks for me on the road
and I couldn't quite fit everything I wanted in the other bag, so the medium one ended up being perfect.
On this side, I put all of my little accessories and stuff.
I'm taking my cable organizer.
This is an awesome bag to have to organize all your cables for my hard drives and phone and all that good stuff
so I love keeping all my cables organized because I don't like just cables all in my suitcase.
Got shoes in here.
Also got my toiletry bag -- it's mostly my makeup bag though, so all my makeup is in here.
This is my toiletry bag where I keep my contacts, my face cream, face wash, Listerine...
And... oh -- some hotels are so dark, I'm hoping -- crossing my fingers that that won't be the case in any of our hotels
but if it is, I always bring this mirror just in case because then I can do my makeup with a light fixture that's already on this mirror here.
I'm also bringing a jewelry bag.
It's a very small one but it helps keep my necklaces and earrings and rings organized.
My camera bag but I'm using the camera now so it's not in there
and then an extra bag for on the way home just in case I end up with more stuff
that won't fit in here because this is already jam-packed so I can't fit anything else.
Before I get to the other side, there is a mesh pocket right here and in the mesh pocket is where I put all my little accessories
like my extra face masks and also handkerchiefs or bandanas.
I have this handy bag right here.
This is actually made by Away.
It doesn't come with the case. It's a separate accessory.
I recently purchased this and what I put in here is stuff that I don't really want wrinkled
that I just want to be able to when I get to the hotel, just take it out and hang it up in the closet.
What I have in here this time on the trip, I'm taking a long skirt, a dress...
and also back here is a silk tank top.
I have three hangers in here and then when I get to the hotel, I just kind of hang this up like that.
I love how it keeps everything so nice and neat and then when I get there, I don't have to use their hangers or anything.
I can just hang this up and it'll be nice.
Then on the other side is all my clothes and I have three lightweight jackets here.
These are all by Anatomie. I love their clothing because it's breathable, lightweight, great fabric...
Most of my trip I will be wearing Anatomie just because their clothes are so comfortable, they're easy to mix and match. Huge fan.
And then all my other clothes are in these three bags.
These bags are actually from Pacsafe and I love that they have handles here.
I love the mesh here so you can kind of see what's in there
but one bag is just all my tops,
one bag is my my underwear and bras and socks,
and then the other bag is all my pants and that's it.
That is how I packed for my road trip.
So now Crystal is going to show you how she packed for hers.
I'm taking the Lo & Sons canvas tote and also the Away Expandable Suitcase.
I've packed everything pretty much into travel cubes and like Candy, I have the Pacsafe travel cubes
but I also have another travel cube that I use too.
I actually mix a lot of travel cubes because I have some from Pacsafe,
I also have one from Anatomie and I also have another one that I got on Amazon which I'll show you in a second.
I packed a little bit differently than Candy.
In my canvas tote, I packed clothes -- my athleisure wear first and all in one because I know I'm going to national parks first
so I know that's all I'm going to be wearing, so in this travel cube, I put all my fitness bras in here
and this one, I put my shorts
and this one is all my leggings and tank tops and sweaters that I will be wearing to the national park
so there's about -- I don't know, like three or four leggings and three or four shirts
and it's all in one just so I know that this is the bag that I'm going to use just for the parks.
I also like to have a clear bag like a Ziploc bag of things of like my meds, my contact lens, more face masks, shaver...
I also have my straightener because I need to straighten my hair.
I cannot live without a straightener so I need to have my straightener with me at all times.
This bag is made by Baggallini and it's made for straighteners and curling irons
so that after you use it, you can just put it in this bag and it prevents the heat from touching your suitcase so it won't burn anything.
This is actually heat protected.
I also like to carry a three-outlet charger with me
because sometimes the hotels don't have enough outlets for me.
I have a lot of camera gear, I have my laptop, my phone -- I have all these things that I want to charge
so this comes in handy with three additional outlets and two USB chargers at the top.
What's great about this bag too is that I can put my shoes on the bottom so it separates it out.
I have my sandals, I have my sneakers, and I have another pair of like fancier sandals
so I put three pairs of shoes under here.
Okay so then my expandable suitcase -- what I have in here is more travel packing cubes!
So these are different, these are called Trip Dock.
I got these on Amazon and the reason why I got these was because they have narrow sizes like this
so you could play Tetris a little bit better
because a lot of times when you have travel packing cubes, they're all like this kind of rectangle shape
either like this or like a little bit bigger
so I wanted something that had different shapes.
I like these narrow ones.
In here, I have my jeans.
Basically my extra clothes after I get out of the national parks visit
so I put in this bag -- these are all my shirts that I am going to be wearing.
Then in this bag -- I have to open it -- oh, pajamas! Make sure to bring your pajamas.
my pajamas are basically sweatpants and a T-shirt.
This is all my undergarments
and this is all my bralettes.
So on the other side, this is where I have a lot of my toiletries.
I'm going to start with my basic toiletry bag.
This is all my basics that I need like my deodorant, my toothpaste, my facial cream, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, and nasal spray.
And then these are all my extra toiletries that I need that I couldn't fit into this bag
so it'll just be extra things like a hair clip, more deodorant, allergy medicine, shaver, eyelashes, and some makeup removers.
These are my socks.
This is my jewelry case.
And finally, I've got my makeup bag.
This I've had for years and I take all kinds of different makeup.
Alright, so that is everything we're taking with us.
Hopefully some of our suggestions will help you on your road trip.
Yep, I think we did a pretty good job and if you want to learn more about the travel luggage that we're taking in depth
we did a separate video on that, so make sure you check that out
and also we go more in depth on various Pacsafe bags so make sure you check that out too.
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