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Chris Epting:
Get your kids involved in the trip - you know, let their interests drive a certain part of the trip.

Travel author and expert, Chris Epting, spokesperson for the website local.live.com…

Once the kids get involved, then they feel a little bit of ownership over the trip and they'll be really excited. You won't have those kind of, are we there yet, boredom moments in the car because they've been part of planning so they're excited.

Chris believes that planning is the key to success in any vacation.

You can plan about 90% of your trip and you can leave maybe about 10% open to chance. That's what I like to do, again I like to know where we're going to be, when we're going to be there - but you want to leave some time to go and say, " You know what? - we're going to stop here, we're going to go see the world's largest strawberry or the world's biggest rocking chair, or whatever."

The price of gasoline is certainly a factor in planning a road trip this summer.

You know, I think in years you're not going to think about how much gas was - you're going to think about the wonderful view that you had or the wonderful bit of history you touched or the museum that you never knew existed- those are the things that I think you'll play back and that your kids are going to remember. You know, the gas price, you know it is what it is today - you've just got to make the best of it.

And on a road trip when the kids start to get restless and things get a little tense in the car…

There are certain songs that we can pop in - Back in the Saddle by Gene Autry for whatever reason, always sort of quells the mood in a tense car ride whenever it happens.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.