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USA Car Trip: 6 Things You Shouldn’t Forget at Home

<p>So&comma; you carefully planned each detail of your upcoming journey&colon; you bought flight tickets&comma; booked a hotel room&comma; chose insurance and finally reserved 7 passenger van rental for a big family trip to the USA&period; Yes&comma; a 7-seater vehicle is great for traveling with children&comma; but you can also pick up something different to your liking&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the suitcases are packed&comma; and everything you need is in place&comma; then you can go&excl; But let&&num;8217&semi;s just in case go through the list of things you must have with you on your car trip&period; This will help you avoid unexpected situations and fully enjoy the road trip to the USA&period; Keep reading&excl;&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Documents<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>We won’t remind you about passports and insurance&comma; but you need to take care about a driver&&num;8217&semi;s license&period; First&comma; check the expiration date of your license&period; It must be at least 1 year old&period; Otherwise&comma; you may have some difficulties at the pick-up point&period; Of course&comma; any car rental company’s agent won&&num;8217&semi;t provide you a vehicle for expired or temporary license&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;upload&period;wikimedia&period;org&sol;wikipedia&sol;commons&sol;thumb&sol;d&sol;da&sol;Singapore&lowbar;Passport&lowbar;and&lowbar;International&lowbar;Driving&lowbar;Licence&period;jpg&sol;800px-Singapore&lowbar;Passport&lowbar;and&lowbar;International&lowbar;Driving&lowbar;Licence&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Next&comma; find out if your home license is suitable for driving in the country you are traveling to&period; The fact is that if your license is not in the Latin alphabet&comma; you will need an International Driving Permit &lpar;IDP&rpar;&period; This document is actually a certified translation of your driver&&num;8217&semi;s license in eight languages&comma; including English&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t know where to get it&quest; Then read the detailed instructions on how and where to get an IDP&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When booking a car online&comma; you must also have a confirmation voucher&period; It&OpenCurlyQuote;s needed to quickly complete the contract upon arrival at the counter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s take a quick look at what documents you need&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Driver’s license&comma; plus IDP if required<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Passport<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Insurance &lpar;however&comma; you can purchase it at the car rental counter&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Car rental voucher<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Smartphone&comma; navigator&comma; chargers<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>At the car rental point&comma; you will probably be offered to get a navigator or pay for the use of what is already installed in the car&period; Save money&colon; take your navigator from home or simply download the appropriate software to your phone&period; By the way&comma; don’t forget to download the maps of the necessary areas in advance so that the device works without the Internet connection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;pixabay&period;com&sol;photo&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;17&sol;21&sol;46&sol;navigation-1048294&lowbar;&lowbar;340&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s also important to take chargers that connect to automotive power socket or just have a USB connector&period; It may be worth taking a dash cam as well&comma; especially if you feel more confident behind the wheel with it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Cash and credit card on your name with sufficient limit<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Most often&comma; a credit card is required to rent a car&period; It’s a credit card &&num;8211&semi; not debit&comma; not prepaid&period; Judging by the numerous reviews on the Internet&comma; you may not even get a car without a credit card&period; Also&comma; remember that the credit card must be in the name of the main driver &&num;8211&semi; this is written in the car rental conditions&period; If you have any problems with this&comma; contact the agency and clarify this question&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;p0&period;pikrepo&period;com&sol;preview&sol;133&sol;239&sol;10-us-dollar-bill&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When picking up your vehicle&comma; the rental office will block a deposit on the account&period; The deposit is the amount that you leave as a guarantee of compensation for damage to a car due to your fault&period; Also&comma; the deposit can be used if you took a car with a full tank and returned it with an empty one&period; The amount of the deposit is usually negotiated in the conditions in advance&comma; but most often its amount is &dollar;500-1&comma;000&comma; depending on the car class&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When traveling&comma; you should always have cash dollars in small bills&comma; as well as coins for small expenses and payments in various machines &lpar;for example&comma; for pumping a wheel at a gas station&rpar;&period; They may also be needed to pay for gasoline in case your bank card doesn’t work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>USB flash drive with music or a cable to connect a smartphone to the car audio device<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>In case you’re going to have a long-distance journey&comma; it’s easy to get bored on the road&period; Of course&comma; almost all rental cars have a radio installed onboard&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s not a fact that you will find a radio station to your liking&comma; and if you plan to travel to remote cities&comma; the choice may be reduced to one or two options&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So it&&num;8217&semi;s best to take your favorite music with you&period; Since it can be difficult to predict whether a rented car will have a disc&sol;USB flash drive reader&comma; don’t forget to take both USB drive and a smartphone with downloaded music&period; If you have a portable speaker- take it&comma; and all questions will be immediately resolved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>First aid kit<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;storage&period;needpix&period;com&sol;rsynced&lowbar;images&sol;first-aid-908591&lowbar;1280&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In any case&comma; you will take it with you on a trip&comma; but it won’t be superfluous to remind about it&period; Be sure to take the following medicines and things&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>anesthetic<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>antipyretic<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>sorbent<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>antihistamine&comma;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>motion sickness medication<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>wet wipes<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>local disinfectants<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>bandages and plasters&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>If you or one of the passengers needs specific medications&comma; it’s also important not to forget them &&num;8211&semi; it may be difficult or even impossible to buy them on the spot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Other items to make your trip easier<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Traveling by car will become much more convenient if you bring comfortable clothes and shoes with you&comma; for example&comma; a soft tracksuit and sneakers&period; Small pillows and blankets for passengers will also come in handy&comma; especially if you are traveling with children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If hot weather is expected during your trip&comma; stock up in advance with a special windshield protector cover&comma; which is installed when your car is stopped&period; It’s made of a material with a reflective surface&comma; which makes the car less hot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; you should always keep clean bottled water in your bag &&num;8211&semi; you can both quench your thirst and wash your hands&period; Sandwiches&comma; vegetables&comma; fruits or some kind of snacks are also recommended&period; If possible&comma; grab a small bag to keep the products cool&period; It’s not necessary to take a full-fledged car refrigerator&comma; since bags with walls lined with special foil are often enough so that the food doesn’t deteriorate during several hours of travel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>x<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;storage&period;needpix&period;com&sol;rsynced&lowbar;images&sol;first-aid-908591&lowbar;1280&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Traveling on a rental car in the USA is always a new experience and fun adventures&period; Thousands of miles of high quality highways&comma; incredible views behind the window and sights along the way will make your trip truly unforgettable&period; All you need is to choose the right car and take everything you need for the trip &&num;8211&semi; this is a guarantee of an easy journey filled with positive emotions&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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