Classic Road Trip Games Every Family Should Know
The rules, the variations, and the honest shelf life of every car game your parents made you play.
The Dispatch
Field notes from the road.
Roadtrip ideas, helpful travel tips, car advice, weird stuff players spotted, and the occasional rant.
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5 Fun Car Games for Kids That Make Road Trips Fly By
Five no-screen classics that actually hold up past exit 47, ranked by how long they buy you before someone asks for the iPad.
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Summer Car Care: How to Maintain Your Vehicle in Hot Weather
Heat kills more car batteries than cold does, and that's only the third-worst thing the southwest summer is doing to your vehicle.
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Summer Car Maintenance Checklist: 12 Things to Inspect Before a Road Trip
There are a few key car problems that cause the AAA to rescue 7 million drivers every summer? Spoiler Alert: Almost all of them show up in a simple 20-minute driveway check. Are you ready for summer?
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10 Fun Road Trips From Chicago You Can Do in a Weekend
Ten Midwest weekenders, ranked by drive time, kid-tested, and honest about which one's a stretch from Friday to Sunday.
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Budget-Friendly Weekend Trips From Chicago: Complete Guide
Five weekend escapes within 3 hours of Chicago, priced down to the gas tank, with the math to prove they're actually cheap.
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Cheap Road Trips From Chicago That Won't Break the Bank
Groceries are up, rent's up, and a "normal" family vacation now runs close to eight grand. Cheap road trips from Chicago are the workaround, especially since Illinois happens to be one of seven states where state park admission is free. Here's where to point the car.
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Best Road Trips From Chicago by Season: Year-Round Adventures
Here's a season-by-season guide to the best road trips from Chicago, with real drive times, what each spot does best in that window, and the stuff worth spotting out the window along the way.
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Fun Road Trips From Chicago for Families: Activities & Stops
A record 60.6 million Americans hit the road for July 4th 2024, and a huge chunk of them were families staring down two-to-six hours in the car. This is a rundown of the best family road trips from Chicago, with real drive times, two or three concrete kid hits per stop, and an honest take on the part most posts skip: what to do between mile zero and the parking lot.
