“Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music.”
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
– Mark Twain
"Being on vacation with my family has brought me so much closer to my iPad."
“Until you’ve learned to drive, you’ve never really learned how to swear.”
— Robert Paul
"If anyone is Christmas shopping for me, I wear a size 7-day Caribbean cruise."
"A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it."
— Marcelene Cox
“The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.”
— Dudley Moore
"It’s bad manners to let vacation wait!"
“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine'.”
― Tommy Cooper
“The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist!”
– Russell Baker
“The inventor of cobblestones was clearly not communicating with the inventor of luggage wheels.”
"Summer vacations are a time when parents realize that teachers are grossly underpaid."
“There is nothing safer than flying, it’s crashing that is dangerous.”
- Theo Cowan
“You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.”
– Paul Theroux
“Road Trips: Because they’re cheaper than therapy.”
“It’s my car now, but as soon as it’s fixed, it’ll be my daughter’s again.”
– Jeff Stahler
“I put my phone in airplane mode, but it’s not flying!"
"I love those days when my only decision is whether to go to the beach in the morning or in the afternoon."
"The devil himself had probably redesigned hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts."
- Anthony Price
"Like gum to a shoe, you’re stuck with me and I’m stuck with you."
"There are good ships
and wood ships
and ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships
are friendships
and may they always be."
"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey."
– Babs Hoffman
"Yeah, working is great… but have you tried traveling?"
“Roadtripophobia (n.) The fear of not having any road trips currently booked.“
“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.”
— Susan Heller
“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers.”
– Dave Barry
“When going on a vacation, I wish I could load my wallet with money as much as I can overpack my luggage.”
"Backpacking is money spent on education."
"Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio."
– Juan Manuel Fangio
"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best."
— Bob Talbert
“That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything.”
– John Green
"We travel, initially, to lose ourselves, and we travel, next to find ourselves."
- Pico Iyer
"If you think adventure is dangerous try routine, it’s lethal."
– Paulo Coelho
"Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery."
- Douglas Horton
“Driving is boring,” Rabbit pontificates, “but it’s what we do. Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went.”
– John Updike
"I bought my wife a ticket to go on a cruise. It's no Titanic, but I'm optimistic."
"Family Vacation (n.) A time for you to remember why your family never spends any time together."
“I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.”
– Miriam Toews
“You’re not truly a parent until you’ve yelled at your kid for drinking fluid on a road trip because now they have to pee again.”
— Abe Yospe
"I have been to almost as many places as my luggage."
“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”
– Robin Williams
"Parents don’t really go on holidays. They just look after their kids in a different country for a while."
“A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.”
– Tom Lichtenheld
“If everything comes your way, you are in the wrong lane.”
"I’m a travel fiend on the road to recovery. Just kidding. I’m headed to the airport."
“I’ve had entire relationships that didn’t get as far as these airport security checkpoints.”
— Michael LeRoux
"Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think."
- Robert Henri
“Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.”
– George Carlin
"You call it chaos. We call it a family vacation."
"I’m getting tired of waking up and not being at the beach."