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2 adults and 1 younger teen

We're going on a two week road trip that'll be fairly leisurely. Stopping by some parks and sights as we go and a few nights at our ultimate destination

I had my car recently serviced. It all checks out

I have a steam deck on the way! Any recommendations here for travel accessories? Or just in general?

We've all got devices and chargers and their respective blocks. I'm looking at a power inverter for the hungrier devices
I was debating bringing the oculus to give whomever a bit of isolation if they need; is there anything specific I'd need to do to use it where there's no internet? I haven't used it enough to be very familiar with most of its abilities

We adults have ps5s. Most likely won't bring one. I've seen portable monitors that people use with a local device; does anyone have experience using one for remote play for the ps5?

And making sure we've got entertainment downloaded to our devices; obviously books and offline/non electronic entertainment will be brought, as well

I'm really looking forward to this and want to make it the best experience for all involved! I look forward to hearing your tips

Edit to add: the point of the road trip is to bury my grandfather. And I'm petrified of flying in the current state of the US

Since we HAVE to make this trip we're trying to make the most of it by stopping by some state/national parks and other landmarks/pois during which we'll be present. But there's going to be LONG stretches of literally nothing exciting. Like corn fields. Many hours of corn fields. Most days are 6 - 10 hours in the car

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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

I always bring a basic medical kit, flashlights and headlamps (especially headlamps for night time mechanical issues/tyre changes). I also like to bring my camping gear so we have that for sleeping just in case, but it's not always feasible. Radios would be nice/fun, but usually overkill and the cheap ones don't work that well unless you have line of sight which makes them useless.

PS5 might be a bit much, but could be nice if you can hook it up to a hotel tv. Other wise it'll just be dead weight. Same with the oculus, especially if you bring both (doesn't the oculus needlessly require internet anyway?). Would also be risky to leave them in the car when you're away from it, would really dampen things to have it broken into. I don't see a reason to bring all that unless you're staying at the same accomodation the whole time (which you`re not); it won't be fun moving it in and out of the car for two weeks. Power inverter is ootq.

If someone needs isolation they can use headphones and/or go for a walk.

I personally like to make sure nothing of value is ever left in my vehicle when I leave it. I like to make sure all of my stuff is packed in one bag, two at most and I bring everything with me anywhere I go. I'm relatively fit tho, so I'm not sure how much would be too much for y'all.

Most important thing is the medical kit and headlamps imo.