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To make the most of your
road travel and make it a tad less stressful, there are a few useful tips to
keep in mind. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 useful
tips for road travel.
Let
people know your whereabouts
This is mainly a safety
precaution. It is important to let friends or family know your whereabouts at
every major point of your road travel, especially if it’s a long road trip. In
case anything of note happens, it is important to have people who know where
you are and can raise an alarm where necessary. This is especially important
when you’re traveling alone.
Don’t
carry too much cash on you
This might seem like a
no-brainer but a lot of people neglect this when traveling long distances by
road. It is advisable to set aside some petty cash to settle one or two
expenses along the way like buying snacks or food or settling toll gate fares,
but never carry an unnecessarily large amount of cash on you for road travel.
Debit cards should be substituted for large wads of cash, and your bags or
anything that can be associated with large wads of cash should not be kept
carelessly and conspicuously in your car, so you don’t attract the wrong
attention to yourself.
Try
to pack light
Try as much as you can to
pack light for road travel, so you don’t have to pay too much extra cash for
excess luggage or squeeze your things in your car with little room for
yourself.
Have
entertainment options
Especially if you’re not
the one driving, you should try to preload your phone with entertainment
options to keep yourself gleefully occupied during the road trip. You can also
bring along novels, mp3 players and other sources of entertainment (depending
on your preference) to keep yourself entertained. Also, be sure to have a power
outlet to plug into when your devices are running low on battery. A power pack
can help with this if you’re traveling by bus, while simply plugging your
device into the available power outlet in a vehicle, is appropriate when
traveling with your own vehicle.
Anticipate
likely trouble spots
This especially applies
when you’re traveling with your own vehicle. It is best to plan your road
travel well, particularly the timing of your travel, so you can avoid certain
trouble spots at rush hour. This can save you the stress of dealing with
avoidable traffic situations and make your travel easier. Try to take likely
trouble spots into consideration during your road travel and plan for either
the best routes to use to avoid them or the best times of the day to ply the
route that will make it easier for you.
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