Best Travel Apps for Family Road Trips
Submitted by Anna Fader on
This is part of a series of posts on the best family travel apps. See other posts in this series on the Best Hotel and Flight Booking Apps and Tools and Apps for Road Trips.
If the romance of road trips hasn't worn off even though you've got kids in the back seat, I get it. The idea of just jumping in the car and driving to see what types of adventures await is definitely appealing, and with a little planning and the right tools road trips can be great family vacations with kids of all ages.
There's no question that the smart phone and tablets have revolutionized long car drives for families if only because their unlimited access to games and videos can keep the backseaters quiet almost indefinitely. But there's a lot more that your digital devices could be doing to make your road trip vacation better in ways that will get everyone in the family engaged in the adventure rather than in their screens.
Here are the best apps for making your family road trip vacation better: