Stacy Huisman

Six Ways to Stay Sane on Your Road Trip this Holiday Season

Six Ways to Stay Sane on Your Road Trip this Holiday Season

For military families the holiday season usually means travel in one form or another.  Since we rarely live in the same community as our family, holidays mean road trips! Turn your rolling confinement to a car into an adventure using more than the standard DVD’s and video games.

We have six cool tips and tricks to survive the family holiday travels.

1.  Your Smartphone will be your best friend.   In a world of apps, travel apps are extremely creative and useful.  Below are a few great innovative new apps to help you navigate your travels and make a few memories along the way.

  • TVFood Map app – This little gem allows you to the hot spots of your favorite TV chefs. From Bobby Flay to Anthony Bourbain, the app finds the best of eateries featured on television.  Don’t hit the drive thru, make it a food adventure, too!
  • Waze app – This app provides real-time intelligence and alerts on speed traps, traffic tie-ups, road hazards, cars stuck in the road or a snowstorm ahead.  It pulls from a very active community of drivers with up to date data.
  • Field Trip app – This app runs in the background on your smartphone.  A card pops up with information when you are near local attractions.  You can edit your interests like historical sites, parks or my favorite – the world largest wine bottle.
  • License Plate Game app – This is a new twist on an old game.  This app allows you to search for license plates from each US state and will keep track of the states you’ve found and the ones remaining right on your phone.  Use it throughout the trip!
  • Candy Crush Saga app – This little addictive piece of technology will keep you occupied (or tuned out) for hours.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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Stacy Huisman: Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman is an Air Force spouse, writer, mother and advocate within the military spouse community. As a former Parent-to-Parent trainer for Military Child Education Coalition, she led workshops and seminars on many topics related to the education of military-connected students. She is the coauthor with Dr. Amanda Trimillos of Seasons of My Military Student: Practical Ideas for Parents and Teachers (Elva Resa, 2018). In her “other” life, she worked in public affairs and project management for the city of Las Vegas for 14 years. She was the Executive Director for the Las Vegas Centennial. She had a hand in baking the world largest birthday cake, hosting a 100,000 person parade, marrying 100 couples at once, organizing an amazing Red Hot Chili Peppers concert and managing 450 other events, programs and public relations celebrating her hometown birthday! She met her husband while he was stationed at Nellis AFB. She was whisked away on a crazy military spouse journey around the globe and hasn’t looked back since – only forward. Stacy is connected to many aspects of military life. She writes for one of our other Victory Media publications - GI Jobs Magazine - where she features successful transitioned Veterans in the workforce. She continues to write for myriad of websites and blogs, including a mini-think tank she co-founded called Families on the Home Front. Stacy was published in the popular book Stories Around the Table - Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life. She is also a judge for Operation Homefront's Military Child of the Year 2015.
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