Road Trip playbook

Documents

• REAL ID or other ID we might need at a hotel or for a rental — confirm what they want
• Passport if we leave the U.S.
• Travel insurance papers in the same folder — see Documents
• A paper backup of lodging confirmations in case phones die

Lodging

Use the lodging table on the trip page: type (Resort / Hotel / Airbnb / Vrbo / BnB / Hostel / w/ Family), then name, address, phone, URL, confirmation, cost, check-in, nights, notes.

• Write the stop order on the trip page — not as a made-up reservation.
• Screenshot the confirmation in the folder that does not get checked. Do not paste secret codes into this website.
• Parking: on-site vs. off-site vs. a ride. Decide before we leave the house.
• Quiet at night still beats a “fun” strip if we have an early drive.

Preference to fill in: hotel vs. family house vs. a kitchen, and a nightly range that isn’t invented as a fact.

On the road

• Meds, a layer, and a charger stay in the bag we can reach from the seat.
• Build a buffer the first time we drive a stretch. One tight check-in is enough to ruin a day.

• Know fuel and food gaps on the long stretches
• Offline maps saved for the day’s drive

Day pacing

• One big activity after we arrive. The rest is optional.
• Build a rest hour if the drive was long.
• Who needs shorter walks or fewer stairs: ________