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Keep calm and carry on!

Posted by: Linda Hine 2 Votes
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try guessing the colour of the next car to overtake - without looking

Posted by: trevor winn 2 Votes
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Plan your journey well.Plan stops at regular intervals.Bring talking tapes ,books and plenty of snacks and drinks

Posted by: richard whale 3 Votes
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travel at night so the kids sleep

Posted by: sharon rosemarie hathaway 3 Votes
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Plenty of soft drinks to stop dehydration, games to combat boredom, and stop regularly to let the kids move around.

Posted by: Janet Kam 3 Votes
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A variety of fun travel games is essential, little minds are happy when they are kept busy.

Posted by: Carol Taylor 2 Votes
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Take a series of small wrapped gifts for them e.g. books, DSI games, present them with a new one at regular intervals - stops boredom.

Posted by: Elaine Fitzpatrick 1 Votes
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Duck Tape & tranquilizers! Or u may prefer to take a spotter book like I-spy on a car journey, hand held games or dvd player!

Posted by: Andrew Collard 1 Votes
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Evenly spaced breaks, every 1.5 to 2 hours.

Posted by: Anne Conroy 1 Votes
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Potable DVD player works everytime with my Grandchildren.

Posted by: Susan Melville 1 Votes
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Always have something with you that they really enjoy to keep them interested and amused (and a handy sick bag for bad travellers)

Posted by: Rosemary Walsh 1 Votes
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Plenty of stops on the way so they can stretch their legs and have something to eat and drink

Posted by: Linda Revell 1 Votes
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keep the ds fully charged

Posted by: anthony houghton 1 Votes
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start the journey in early evening so they play for a bit, then fall asleep.

Posted by: fiona maclean 3 Votes
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Prepare a travel pack with each of the children, they will then look forward to travelling so they can get their goodies.

Posted by: Charlotte Summers 3 Votes
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Don't have kids :)

Posted by: Paul Daykin 3 Votes
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Top tips for Car travel with kids

If you are going on a long trip set off at their bedtime and they will more than likely sleep the whole journey. Lots of snacks help too!

Posted by: Alison McBride 362 Votes
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rear seat dvd player!! even works on the baby who watchs thomas at 6 months!!

Posted by: suzie Pay-blyth 342 Votes
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If you are going on a long trip set off at their bedtime and they will more than likely sleep the whole journey.If they wake play games!

Posted by: David Hart 246 Votes
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Start out early so they fall asleep for part of the journey and make plenty of stops along the way.

Posted by: Kevin Jones 200 Votes
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