If you’re traveling in your new or used RV over the holiday season, make it count! Maybe you’re visiting loved ones or taking the grandkids on an unforgettable holiday vacation – or even heading someplace new and exciting! Here are some holiday RV tips if you’ll be spending these festive days on the road.
Festive Flavors
This is no time to abandon comfort food! Take your favorite holiday recipes with you. If boiled custard and sausage balls are a holiday must-have, make them on the road! You might need to plan on modifying recipes to a smaller scale in order to accommodate the available space in your RV, or consider prepping certain recipes in advance and freezing them (like your favorite Christmas cookies so you don’t have to haul along a mixer and mixing bowls).
Also, seize the opportunity to scout out local recommendations in your destination town or city. Don’t just settle for chain restaurants. Let local offerings provide you with the regional flavors you can’t get anywhere else!
Modify Your Traditions
Get ready to change it up a little! If you always enjoy trimming the exterior of your home, trade it out for some Christmas lights on your power awning. Trade out decking the halls with a tree in every room for a tiny tabletop centerpiece tree or an Advent wreath.
Put your favorite yearly reads (like A Christmas Carol) on a Kindle or other reading app so you aren’t packing along heavy books. Check the local events calendar on your destination’s Chamber of Commerce website to find out if there are extra activities – like lighting displays, community choir concerts, or parades your kids will love. If you typically devote several hours to community service, find a soup kitchen or shelter to serve. Stay flexible with the way your traditions are expressed, and we can pretty well guarantee you’ll find new, lovely, and memorable ways to enjoy them!
Speaking of Flexibility…
We get it. The holidays can be stressful. But one of the things that influences that are heaps of unreasonable expectations…a need for perfection…and being too hard on yourself. Instead of beating yourself up for things that don’t go quite right, try cutting yourself some slack, shrugging it off, and smiling anyway. You often can’t control the circumstances, but you can control how you respond or react to them. And that’s an opportunity you don’t want to miss!
The one thing you shouldn’t leave to chance, however, is whether or not your new or used RV is ready for a road trip. Contact us today. We can get you in for some pre-holiday RV service so that you can travel with peace of mind!
