Hello fellow bloggers, hope all of you are having a wonderful day and I hope you had a good Easter. This is probably the first time in like 10 years, where we did not celebrate Easter with both sides of the family. Usually most of family members drive here to my hometown and some live close, while others almost live 3-4 hours away. Long drives can be frustrating, that is why we are going to be looking at some accessories to help with long car rides today!

1. Car organizer

When traveling, it is very important that you have your car organized and ready to go. This just makes the process faster and it will be easier to know where everything is at encase of an emergency. Also if you have passengers with you, it makes the car rides smoother for them when they can relax and not have to worry about stepping in a old bag of McDonald’s. If you get into an emergency, you want to make sure that you have the right tools for any emergency. Most cars come with a car organizer and it has very useful tools in it such as: Blanket, Flares, reflective vest, small flashlight, screw driver-flat and Philips, and etc. They might not be all useful but they should be able to help you out until another vehicle comes.

2. Trash can/bag

Having a mini trash can in your vehicle or even just a bag with do for this one and it is pretty self explanatory. You always want to have a bag at-least because you never know who might get sick in your car and passengers can throw there trash in there. What I really like too do is, go buy a battery hold for a vehicle and use that as my trash bag. It is not to big and it is not to small. If I do not want it, it can fit in my trunk or be used to hold another battery.

3. Spare Tire/donut tire

The farther you have to travel, the more risk you put your vehicle at and do not be that driver that relies on other drivers to help them. 9/10 times most cars traveling get a flat tire simply because a lose in air pressure, a small leak, or rain over a nail or screw. If your planning to make a quick trip less then 45 minutes you should be fine without a spare tire but any longer and you should have one ready to go in your trunk. It is a lot easier and cheaper if you just have a spare on you then calling someone to bring you one or have your car towed to the nearest shop. Make sure if you have a donut tire on that yo only drive no faster then 25 miles per hour. They are only meant to last for a couple hundred miles.

4. Phone/holder

Car trips can get pretty long and the last thing you need to be is distracted. It only takes a quick glance at the ground and you can be the person who caused a major crash all because you looked at a Snap chat. If you have other riders with you, let them send your streaks, text messages, play music, and etc. I know it is tempting but trust me it is not worth your life. Most car holders are universal so that means they can fit multiple devices which is really cool and they are not that much money.

5. Cigarette outlet plug in with USB

I hate to say it, but your phone is probably the most important tool for long trips. You never know what might happen and you may get lost. Most newer car have outlets built in them but older vehicles like my car, have a cigarette outlet… Well do not see how smoking is going to help you, so I bought a cigarette USB outlet so I can actually use it. The USB will charge your phone and you will always know that you have a full battery for emergencies. Some cigarette USB outlets have more then one output and can be customized if you buy online.

6. Mini vacuum

No matter how clean your vehicle is, sooner or later is is going to get dirty. The more people that you have in your vehicle, the more trash there is. I don’t know about you, but it bothers me when Spring comes and there are little rocks all over my car floor boards. To deal with this and trash, I bought a mini car vacuum and it gets powered from a cigarette outlet!

7. Jumper cables

Your car may run the first time you started it, but then you get to a gas station, fill up and then try to go on your way and your car wont start. You realize you have no power know and have to ask for a jump and cables. Jumper cables are important, battery in car are very unreliable and now days they are not like they where in the old days. There are so many competitors and the quality is just not the same. Asking for a jump is bad enough but asking for cables to make you look like a rookie, plus if you need to jump a friend you could help him out. Depending on how much you spend, you can buy regular jumper cables or you can buy a device that hooks up directly to you battery and restarts your car.