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VW Routan – Helping You Survive the Summer Road Trip {Giveaway}

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VW-LogoI remember my favorite road trip with my family. We rented a RV and drove through Canada when I was 10. It was so much fun staying at campgrounds and exploring a different country. I remember even taking pictures inside the grocery store! One of the reasons we took an RV was because it was hard to be comfortable for longer trips in our wagon but of course that came with a hefty price tag in terms of rental and gas.  With the vehicles on the road today like the VW Routan it is much easier to stay entertained and ride in comfort.

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Summer is just around the corner which means time to round up the kids and head out on a family vacation road trip! Whether going across country to a national park or just taking the kids up to the grandparent’s house, half the fun is getting there. And it doesn’t matter where you’re headed; you’re going to want to be comfortable along the way.  With 12v power outlets, JoyBox™ Entertainment system, UConnect® Bluetooth® system, roof rack and more the Routan provides comfort and fun for the family.

VW 2010 Routan Interior 2To celebrate how the Routan can help make your next road trip just a little bit easier, I have this amazing giveaway prize package to give away. You can take your next road trip in style and with all the conveniences!

Routan Prizing

  • One iPod® music player that can be plugged into to the Routan minivan’s auxiliary port
  • One Bluetooth headset to use with the Routan minivan’s UConnect® Bluetooth® system.
  • One VW Electric Guitar (not pictured)
  • Two No-spill cups for babies/toddlers
  • Travel editions of board games: Travel Candyland® game and Travel Guess Who® game
  • Coloring book w/ color-changeable markers
  • Two DVDs of the latest family movies (to be selected by Sponsor) to play in the Routan minivan’s JoyBox™ Entertainment System.
  • One Battery Jumper
  • One Fix-A-Flat Tire inflator
  • One AAA® Emergency Preparedness Kit
  • One neck pillow (not pictured)

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{ Giveaway}

Volkeswagen Routan would like to offer one of my readers the Summer Survival Prize Pack shown above with a value of $400!

MAIN ENTRY: Tell me a favorite road trip memory!

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This contest will end on 6/21/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents only 18+. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner.  See the complete Volkswagon Sweepstakes Rules.

The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $400. Prize(s) consist(s) only of items specifically listed as part of the prize. Prizes are nontransferable and no substitution or cash equivalent is allowed, except in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize of the same approximate retail value. All taxes, costs and expenses not specified herein related to the prize(s) are the sole responsibility of the Winner.  If the prize is a gift card, any terms and conditions of the gift card shall apply.

Disclosure: I received no type of compensation for this post. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.


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Emilie is a Minnesota mom of three boys ages 13, 12 and 8. She loves to share recipes and crafts along with stories about parenting and travel. Favorite activities include watching football, reading, cuddling with kids and spending time in the kitchen. Not a fan of laundry, nagging, or drama. Join her here and on her dessert blog, ohmysugarhigh.com where she shares her love of baking!

Comments

  1. Jennifer B says

    My favorite road trip memory was when my grandparents took me to Granfathers Mountain in NC. It was the most fun I had.

  5. Jennifer says

    My favorite trip was the move from CA to MT and all the activities we made up to pass the time like trying to get all 50 states license plates

  11. Jillian says

    Not sure if this classifies as my “favorite” road trip memory. But when I was 12 I went on a three week road trip with my mother to New Mexico. My mother hates driving, it scares her. We were in a big truck. Well…if you’ve ever been to Angelfire, New Mexico, you know the road up there is quite scary. A large cliff to the side of you with no shoulder. I watched out the window as we climbed the mountain, and didn’t say a word. Until two days later. 🙂

  17. Jillian says

    This seems silly…but my favorite feature is the purse hooks! No more putting in on the floor, or next to the baby who just gets in it!

  18. jennifer says

    My family took annual road trips, and the one we took when I was 15 was my favorite! We went to Arkansas, right on the waterfalls in some great cabins! I met a guy there who ironically lived close to us back home, and that is when we started dating! He is now my husband!

  26. jamie kelsey says

    My favorite summer trip memory is when me, my mom, and my brother flew to San Diego to see my aunt when she was serving in the Navy. It was our first time on a plane.

  29. Nicole May says

    Every summer growing up, we drove 8 hours to visit my relatives in TN. We could do that easily. Driving the 24 hours to Florida was a lot rougher!!! I remember on the return trip my dad just wanted to get us home and drove straight through without any overnight stops! Crazy!!!!

  30. Nicole May says

    3rd row folding bench seat w/tailgating position–The next car I get will have this!!!

  32. cher says

    I remember driving with my family to Disney World when I was about 13. I didn’t want to go and leave my boy friend and friends, but I had a blast and loved it. We played car games, I slept, and we ate lots of fast food!

  33. nan lara says

    i went with my sis up to maine..we almost ran out of gas on our way to our hotel and we were surrounding by nothing but darkness and moose crossing signs..i was so scared i was laughing..it was funny..to look back on
    nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net

  43. Lori A. says

    We used to go up to my grandparents house in Missouri (from Texas) every year. One of the funniest things I remember about one trip was our car breaking down (not really so funny – lol!) and having it towed. We couldn’t all fit in the tow truck so my brother, sister & I rode with him and my parents stayed in our station wagon that was being towed.
    We had to go back through a toll booth to get to the shop. So the tow truck driver pulled up and paid and then pulled up so my parents could pay. We all thought that was the funniest thing.
    ljatwood at gmail dot com

  44. Aleksandra says

    For Christmas we drove from Chicago to St. Petersburg FL when I was 12 and my sister was 4. We laid around on sleeping bags in the minivan and I read books while she played Santa Clause Is Coming To Town over and over and over again. It was my first real vacation (we were poor immigrants) and we stayed in a dumpy motel and we loved it.

  45. Lori A. says

    Power operated sliding side doors and power liftgate would be my favorite feature!
    ljatwood at gmail dot com

  50. NJJ says

    My favorite road trip memory is going to the local State Park and seeing the beautiful sails of windsurfers and people flying beautiful kites on the beach side of the park! 😀

  56. Madeline says

    Well, my favorite and only memory of a road trip was when I was a child and my family traveled from Maryland to Washington state. I remember the prairie dogs in North Dakota.

  63. Annette D says

    When my son was just 3 years old we went on a road trip to New Mexico. He was a great little traveler and we had the best time. One of the highlights of the trip was to see real cowboys. We had to stop our car to allow them to cross the road. They were on horseback and were herding cattle. My son was just so excited and we were too!

  66. Annette D says

    The Routan has 13 cup holders, woohoo! I have a VW Touareg and I just love it! It is my favorite vehicle I have ever owned!

  72. Marilyn Wons says

    My favorite road trip memory was driving to Colorado and first seeing the beautiful white covered snowy mountains. It was early in the morning and the sun had just risen. It was a beautiful sight that I will never forget.

  73. Christina says

    My favorite road trip memory is going from FL to OH with my mom and great grandpa on summer. We didn’t do anything major, but I have many fond memories!

  74. Tiffany says

    I love road trips! I love driving! But with 3 little ones (4 years to 4 months) we need lots of things to keep them entertained on those longer drives besides a DVD player! My favorite road trip would be the one I took with my sister down the coast a few years ago, when we both just had 1 1-year old. It was just the four of us, and so much fun!

  75. Tiffany says

    I’m not a big mini van fan, but I am loving the Routan! I love how the seats fold flat, I love the storage bins under the feet, and I love the multiple dvd players!

  79. Christina says

    So many features to choose from but I like the rear back up camera (DVD navigation system, touch screen w/ 30 gig hard drive and rear back up camera)

  84. Deb Anderson says

    My favorite road trip memory is when my sister and my mother and I went to Clearwater Beach. We got blistered, but had so much fun!

  92. Ann F says

    My favorite road trip memory is when my grandparents drove me to Disney World around my 8th birthday. We camped along long the way and stayed in Fort Wilderness

  95. Holli L. says

    Favorite road trip memory- Driving with my family (5 people total) in a van from MN to Alaska and back for vacation- we always picked a song to be the “theme song” for the trip. We would listen to the song over and over throughout the trip and by the end everyone could sing each and every word! This particular trip’s song- Friends in Low Place by Garth Brooks. Good times!

  98. hollowsins says

    My husband and I went on a trip in April.We took a few days to visit Lake Erie and did the African Safari,Toledo Zoo and bunch of other stuff along the way.

  101. Susan says

    My favorite road trip memory is driving around Ireland while in college. I was living in France, but met my grandmother in Dublin and rented a car. They told me I was too young to rent a car, but I asked if they’d rather my elderly grandmother drive on the opposite side of the road. They said ‘no’ and let me drive anyway. It was a little hairy getting out of Dublin, but once we started down and around the coast, we had a fun time!

  103. megan says

    i don’t know my favorite but i know one that was a bit crazy and that was driving to Iowa from South Carolina when i was about 7 months pregnant and the van didn’t have air!!!! I was in July too i was so hot and miserable. We were in Iowa for the State Fair and it was a bit crazy and busy but it was overall a good trip. The drive home on the other hand was not so fun either.

  109. June says

    My parents drove us from Austin, TX to Yellowstone National Park. We camped, watched scenery, counted cows, cars, poles, anything to pass time.

  113. Denise S says

    My favorite is a couple summers ago in Yellowstone driving around looking for bears to take pictures of.

  115. Jackie says

    My favorite road trip memory was driving from New Jersey to Florida with my family when I was 14. It was our first “real” family trip. We had a blast all together in the car and stopping along the way. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

  116. Jackie says

    One of the features I like is the Power Sunroof. I had a sunroof on my first car and loved it!
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

  118. Colleen Turner says

    My husband and I took a road trip for our 6 month anniversary and made a plan to visit some of his family in Georgia. We had a few days to play with after that, so we just drove and drove with no plans. It was so much fun! We ended up in Chatanooga, Tennessee and had such a great time exploring the area and just relaxing together.

  119. Colleen Turner says

    I love that it has Bluetooth® hands-free mobile phone connectivity. My car doesn’t have that.

  124. Cynthia says

    my favorite road trip memory is of my brothers and I in the car singing along to a song on the radio and eating popsicles while my dad drove us to yosemite!

  125. HilLesha says

    Oh gosh, I have so many! I used to travel a lot as a kid. My favorite was going to Mt. Rushmore National Park. 🙂

  138. Nicole says

    My favorite road trip memory is when me & my family went to St. Louis. We had a blast!

  143. yanickm says

    My favorite road trip memory was when my I was about 13. My family and I took a road trip to FLA. It was packed!! We were packed, lol! We tried to play Monopoly and all the game pieces would go fall all over the place and our stepdad who say if you don’t stay in your seat(because we would unbuckle ourselves to get the pieces) i’ll throw the game outta the window! FUN TIMES! yanickm(at)gmail(dot)com

  144. yanickm says

    Since i’m hot and sticky right now, I like the Air Conditioning, 3-Zone Manual A/C. yanickm(at)gmail(com)

  145. Jillian says

    My favorite road trip memory is driving to the Grand Canyon w/my parents. I think I was about 9 yrs old.

  146. Jillian says

    Can’t decide if my favorite standard feature is the power operating sliding doors, overhead storage, or the purse hooks!

  150. Jamie says

    My favorite roadtrip memory is going to North Carolina from NJ…had to go to the BR rly bad !

  151. Margaret Smith says

    My favorite memory is when we were kids and my parents took my brother & I and my cousins to Cape Cod. We took our time driving there and made many overnight stops. My Dad, not one to ask for directions, got lost many times. At one point, we were heading down a dead end street and the street ended into a cemetery. We laughed so hard. “Dead End”
    I think what really made this trip is that we kept getting lost. Now some 30+ years later, my cousins, brother and I, still laugh when we think of our Cape Cod trip.
    Thanks so much for this giveaway.
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  152. Margaret Smith says

    I love the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), w/low pressure indicator feature.
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  157. Tiffany says

    My fav is when my brother and I drove from Florida to Illinois and our car broke down literally in every state. It had so many hangups but we still had the best time.

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  159. Dana says

    My favorite standard feature is the Power door locks w/remote-activated lock, unlock, rear hatch release and panic button key.

  165. Crystal b says

    my fav roadtrip memory waas the time we pcs’d to texas from oregon it was a 5 day long trip we stopped in new mexico for the night and stayed at this really nice motel when we stepped out of the car the groud was covered in crickets and locust anytime u stepped they would jump on you or you would crunch it was freaky!!

    we take alot of roadtrips have lots of memories!

    cbrocious1984gmail.com

  166. Crystal b says

    love this! Touch-Screen Radio system, w/hard disk for music and photo storage, single DVD player for movie and audio discs, USB and auxiliary inputs

    [email protected]

  167. Alex H. (lexigurl) says

    I remember being stopped on a pass in CO for over an hour one summer and playing with the children from all of the other cars!

  176. Marci says

    When I was 10 my Dad decided he was going to take my brothers and I to Disneyland. We drove from Everett WA to Disneyland CA. The camper was on the back of the truck so my brothers and I hung out there and played games etc… We stopped along the way at many places and did lots swimming. Disneyland was great and then we drove down to Tiajuana where we got to haggle over the prices. I got a really cool purse that was made out of a coconut. Then on our way back we visited the Hearst Castle which was simply stunning.

    That was so most fun I have ever had on a road trip.

  179. Rebecca says

    My favorite was when my friends and I were coming home from Falls Creek (church camp). It was just a bunch of friends taking their time and having fun on a 4 hour rode trip.

  184. Leeann H says

    My favorite road trip memory is from my childhood. It was back in the day before everyone was so concerned with safety belts. My parents put the camper on our truck and my brother and I would take turns sleeping on an elevated bunk in back of the truck. I remember crawling through the back window into the cab of the pick-up. I got my first portable tape player on that trip and chose Debbie Gibson and Tiffany tapes…what a great memory.

  187. Leeann H says

    I like the Routan’s safety features: Side-curtain airbags, LATCH system

    I also like the Bluetooth hands free capability

  189. Kim says

    my fave is stopping in Pacific City, OR, and eating ‘elephant ears’ and walking on the beach!

  193. pixie13 says

    I don’t really have good memories from road trips as I get motion sickness very easily. Road trips for me are not a great deal of fun.

  200. Tabathia B says

    my fav road trip is the first time i took my kids to myrtle beach, sc after other crummy vacations and we enjoyed it even without ac in the truck because we were together

    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

  202. Soha Molina says

    My favorite road trip nenory is driving to Las Vegas and stopping at roadside stands for fruit and munchies. The road trip is more fun than the actual destination.

  203. Soha Molina says

    I like this feature:

    Power, heatable driver and passenger exterior rearview mirrors, matte black

  214. Lim says

    My favorite memory is when we got there (one of the Carolinas, I don’t remember which) we flew our kites on the beach. Mine got away and landed in the water. Mom went in and got it! We have a great picture of her triumph!

  216. Erica Best says

    i love the have 3-Zone Automatic A/C because our last van only had ac from the front of the van it was hot in the back sit.

  220. hannah says

    I have a lot of great roadtrip memories from my childhood, but probably one that stands out most in my mind is when we took a 3 week trip to the Canadian Rockies. I woke up in the morning and went outside to see the sun rising behind a beautiful mountain, just across the road. What a sight!

  221. hannah says

    Of the standard features, I love that it has cruise control, a 12v outlet – always useful! , and mp3 capabilities.

  226. Karen R says

    My favorie road trip was the trip we took to The Smokey Mountains. The mountains were beautiful. We took hikes and had picnics. I tasted grits for the first time. We stayed in Gatlinburg, TN. We went to Ripley’s Believe it or Not.

  227. Carol says

    I vividly remember my 3 sisters, parents and me driving out to Amish Country, Pa, and being fascinated with all the different things we learned.

  235. Carol says

    Browse the standard features of the Routan & tell me a feature you love!
    The Multiple DVD Players!

  236. Tinap says

    We drove from Miami to North Carolina. We had so much fun! We had games and all kinds of junk food! We played truth and dare ( the dare was a little hard to do in the car). We rented a cabin with a fireplace. We went river rafting for the first time.
    tinap
    [email protected]

  237. Jessica says

    My favorite road trip memory was when my family and my aunt, uncle and cousins all went to Niagra Falls. We stopped off for donuts before we got onto the road. I remember listening to Beach Boys and eating a donut and just feeling happy.

  243. ShootingStarsMag says

    A favorite road trip memory is going to new jersey with my parents and sister. it was so long but it was definitely worth it and we have some good memories.

  245. Rachel C says

    I’m not much for roadtrips (I’d rather fly!), but we do take short trips to Chicago and those are pretty fun. My favorite is when the kids are sleeping 🙂

  248. Kim says

    my favorite road trip memory is when my friends and i were on the freeway for hours and mist starts coming out of the air vents in the front of the car and we all start screaming cuz we have no idea what it was

  249. Rachel C says

    My favorite feature is that there is a button on the remote to open the rear hatch. I wish I had that on my van!

  250. Diane Baum says

    My favorite road trip memory was a driving trip my family took when I was a child from Michigan and headed out West. Some of the sites we saw were Pikes Peak and an Indian reservation in Arizona. Today I am 53 years old and I remember that trip as if it was yesterday, Including the part, where I fought with my younger brother over who had more space of the back seat to lay down on.

  252. Caitlin says

    My favorite road trip was the first I took with my (not yet, or for years to come) husband up to Door County, WI to visit a friend we knew from college. We had only been together for a few months and it was a ton of fun to just go and do that together, starting the foundation of our unit.

  255. Makayla says

    My dad getting in a fist fight with Goofy and Disney world. It was so embarassing, we had to beg not to get kicked out. But Goofy started it.:) LOL!

  257. Beth Warren says

    A favorite road trip memory was when we drove 2-3 hours each way to see the Manatees, and found out they weren’t there and were actually where we’d left from at that time of year. Wasted 6 hour trip. A kit like this might have helped us get less stressed out. 😉

  261. Katrina says

    My favorite memory is my parents surprising me after school one day with a rental car packed with our luggage and news that we were driving to Disney World. I’ll never forget it!

  266. jennifer hamilton says

    When I was in college 3 of my girlfriends and I drove to New Orleans for the Jazz Fest. It is one of my fondest college memories 🙂

  270. Jill L says

    Love the road trips to grandma’s house. She used to live just 4 hours away. Far enough not to go every weekend but always a treat to go. We could go up right after work and it would be dark when we go there. Run around in pjs and just be so excited.

  275. Andi says

    My favorite road trip memory is the summer I turned 9 and we took a 3 week vacation across the Southern US. We got missed our turn before the Pontchartrain Bridge and ended up having to drive all the way across it before we could turn around and come back to our turn. It’s a very long bridge.

  279. Andi says

    I really like the Rear-view camera system, w/on-screen display. That’s a feature I would definitely get if I were to get one. Those come in so handy.

  280. Nicole says

    My family could talk for hours! I think it is why I am so close to my parents today. I also remember playing LOTS of alphabet game with my brother!

  283. Sarah B says

    My favorite roadtrip memory was the time my family drove from Texas to Canada. It was a loooooong trip, but certainly memorable.

  289. Kelly Ann T. says

    My favorite memory is going to Branson Missouri with my mom and dad along with my aunt uncle and cousins. We camped out for a week and had a great time.

  290. Dana (Lily Bean Designs) says

    I always went with my mom to Florida every summer. I loved the time we went when I was 14. I got my belly button pierced, we tried on my Aunt’s fancy dresses, and just had so much fun!

  291. Rae Higgins says

    My favorite was when my daughters and I drove crosscountry over a 3 week period.

  303. Debbie Welchert says

    It was a camping trip we took to South Dakota with my husband, daughter and pet dog. It was a week before school started so there wasn’t alot of people. It was one of the most peaceful trips we have had.

  309. Jodi says

    My favorite trip is when we drove with our daughter to lake George and Canada then to Maine. Lots of driving. But we had a great time

  314. Stephen Saunders says

    Cool page here, and thanks for the great giveaway! As for a road trip memory, I’ll always remember the first time I seen Las Vegas. Coming across the Hoover Dam and then up the winding road, and then it was just… wow!!!! lights everywhere it looked like Christmas.

  315. Jennifer H says

    That would have to be the road trip my now hubby and I took from Chicago to Fl. (He was moving for me) 🙂

  322. Trisha Mason says

    My favorite memory was driving to Canada from Florida with my grandparents and cousins the summer of ’92.

  324. Beth Monson says

    Any time I go on a road trip, I seem to have some sort of car trouble. Once, my alternator went out. Another time, I got a flat & my spare was flat, too!

    Guess I need to be more prepared beforehand! lol

    See? I could really use this stuff! 🙂

  330. Diane says

    My favorite road trip was when i was in college. I was giving one of my friends who lived along the way a ride home for easter break and one of my best friends was coming with me to meet my family. We listened to music and sang and laughed the whole 8 hour ride!

  332. dddiva says

    I should probably care more about the safety and function features but for me this is it- Premium sound system, nine-speaker w/ 506 watt Amplifier
    What can I say we love our music.

  340. Mary Williams says

    My favorite road trip memories are of the ones where my husband and I just started taking roads had never been on before and seeing where they took us!! Loved the scenery and seeing different sights!
    maryw1981 at yahoo dot com

  345. Rose says

    My favorite road trip was with my family and fiance (now hubby) to see my aunt and uncle in Mississippi!

  347. Megan says

    My favorite road trip memory is playing car bingo with my sister.
    mearley1979 (at) gmail (dot) com

  352. Kimberly says

    We took a really fun road trip a couple of years ago to Biloxi and New Orleans. Our route was almost completely along the Gulf Coast so nobody got bored and nobody asked “are we there yet”! I’m so glad we got to see the beautiful coastline before the horrible oil spill.
    Thanks for the chance to win!

  353. Kimberly says

    I like the Universal garage door opening system in driver visor. No more searching for the remote!

  355. Katharine says

    My favorite road trip memory was the trip to see the Grateful Dead play in Hershey PA in 1985. What a LONG strange trip that was!

  356. Eileen says

    My favorite road trip was a within a vacation out to California with my grown daughters and soon to be son in law. We rented a convertible and drove along the coast and even up into the “hills” where we apparently were not supposed to be ( we saw the sign coming DOWN that said “no admittance”.)Growing up a small town farm girl, this was the ONLY slightly indulgent thing I ever did for myself and it was really amazing getting away from home and the little ones, seeing a FAMOUS game show host & sleeping on the sidewalks of a big city in order to ensure our seat at the show. Taking in a Dodger’s game was a dream of my son in laws and window shopping at upscale boutiques was my girls’ heart’s delight. It was my son in law’s first time to see the ocean and it was SO fun to see that happiness!

    My second favorite road trip involved the little kids on car trip from Wisconsin to Florida and was pretty INSANE traveling 7 months pregnant with two little ones, and ended with me going into preterm labor in Georgia on the way home. We saw AMAZING things, especially loved the mountains and horse “plantations” we saw in the south, and visited family in Florida, but I could NOT get home soon enough and vowed never to travel more than a few hours from home while pregnant EVER again (OR with a car load of tired little ones)…and I held up that pact with the next 3 children!

    THANKs much! Fun promotion and fun to read other stories!

  357. brandlyn says

    my mom took my sister and I too disney world when we were both 9 years old. We sit in the back of the Van the whole time talking about what we were going to ride when we got there and just playing disney baord games to just calm us down because we were so excited, mom had to keep trying to get us to be quiet.

  358. Elizabeth says

    My favorite memory is going to Colorado with the whole family and playing in the very back of the van with no seats all the way with my brothers and sister 🙂

  360. Eileen says

    WOW so many standard features you would NEVER get with other vehicles! I love the whole audio package including the:
    Touch-Screen Radio system, w/hard disk for music and photo storage, single DVD player for movie and audio discs, USB and auxiliary inputs.

    AND unbelieveably the heated seats in front AND rear…the midwest is SO cold and this is a GREAT feature!

    thanks soooo much!

  365. LeeAnn says

    My favorite road trip memory is the time we were driving to Tennessee (I think) and my brother took off his shoes to get more comfortable. We all about barfed because the smell was so bad. I couldn’t get that stench out of my nose for days! But now we always laugh about how we were spraying everything we could find in those shoes and nothing helped. I know, gross. But still funny. 🙂

  366. LeeAnn says

    My favorite feature of the Routan is the rear-view camera system. I have decided that I can’t live without that in my car.

  374. Sarah Hirsch says

    my favorite road trip was a trip my husband and I took to Niagara Falls before we were married. Seeing this, though, is giving me a little wanderlust and I want to hit the road and head out on an adventure soon!

  377. Diane R. says

    Favorite road trip story? You mean like the time on the curvy mountain road when the vultures dropped a big hunk of bloody deer meat on my windshield? It might be gross, but I’ll never forget it.

  378. Joanne says

    My fav road trip memory was the first trip with my now husband. We had plenty of time to talk and really got to know each other.

  379. Katy M says

    A few summers ago before my husband started a new job the two of us took off in a Honda and drove from Oklahoma all the way to North Dakota and back! We had a ton of fun spending so much time with just the two of us.

    We also hit a blizzard, though and didn’t get to make our stop in Yosemite like we wanted too. Our little Honda just couldn’t take it and we had to stop in a hole-in-the-wall town for a couple of days. Yikes!

    Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!! 🙂

  385. hj mcnaron says

    My favorite trip was the time we drove from Washington state down to Arizona in one day. It was a long day but we all cheered when we hit the state line- what a feeling!

  386. R Hicks says

    Last fall we went on a road trip to the mountains with the kids to see the changing leaves. It was a very nice day trip and all had a great time

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  388. Becky M says

    One of my fav road trips was driving with my BF (now hubby) down to Chicago for the weekend.

  394. Lina says

    One of my favorite road trips was driving down south to Florida because the scenery in Tennessee was beautiful.

  402. Milene says

    One of my favourite road trip memories was when I went with my family to Disneyland for New Years. It was loads of fun!

  408. Claire says

    Getting out of the cramped car at Gila Bend, AZ during our annual summer road trip to Tucson — for a kid, all the souvenirs there are mystifying

  409. Linda Lansford says

    favorite road trip memory is when I thought the blue ridge parkway was a short cut

  410. Meg S says

    My first road trip without my parents when I was 17 is something I’ll never forget!

  411. Meg S says

    My favorite feature is definitely the A/C. As sad as that is, I went last summer without A/C in my car and it’s miserable!

  415. John Stetson says

    It was 1967 and we were driving from MA to NV with my 18 month old daughter. We left all our cloth diapers (pre pampers days!) in the motel and didn’t realize it until we needed them. To top it all off it was Sunday and most of the stores were closed. Amazing what you can do with kleenex, handerchiefs and rubber pants!

  417. Jacob says

    OK, well this one is a little scary only because of lack of sleep. My wife and I were supposed to go on a cruise in Florida after we were first married. We had flight tickets to get down there but on the day of our flight there was huge ice storm and and so we had no choice but to drive so we drove over 1200 miles from Oklahoma to Fort Lauderdale in about 24 hours straight. NONSTOP. It was crazy and dangerous and we certainly were not rested enought to drive and when we got to Florida everybody looked at us like we were crazy because we were wearing layers of clothes and we got to out motel and slept for about 12 hours. But once we got on the cruise we had a blast!

  422. Sarah Z says

    I remember taking a cross country trip to DC with the family when I was around 12!
    Thanks

  426. joni says

    I once drove from PA to FLA with an 80 year old and a 5 year old. If we weren’t stopping for coffee we were stopping to pee.

  428. Don Dyer says

    While traveling at night with dad driving I curled up on the floor of the pick up truck with a blanket and a flashlight and read Amityville Horror and was terrified…lol

  430. Mia J. says

    My favorite road trip was with a bunch of college friends heqading up to Lake Tahoe on a cold spring night. We all had such a good time.

  431. Suzanne says

    I would have to say one of my ‘old’ memories would be before seatbelts were a must – we were heading from Iowa to Cal to visit family and there were 5 kids in a 5 seat car – with mom and dad in there too!! My brother and I were in the ‘trunk’ part – it was a hutch trunk (did I say that right?) And my mom had made curtins so that it wouldn’t get to hot. It was the BEST trip!!

    Now a day memory would be just last week on a 15 hour drive, playing I spy with my little eye with a 5 and 3 year old!!! Oh the things that we spyed:)

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  437. Ronalee Duncan says

    My favorite Road trip memory includes driving to Missouri to see grandma and grandpa. We were in our twenties; a couple of gals on the road having fun.

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  438. Jen A. says

    My favorite road trip memory is a trip I took with my 2 best friends when we were in college. We drove from GA to Colorado and went skiing- had never done that before and it was great! Now that I have kids I love taking them to FL and NC- planning a real trip to NYC!
    Love road trips!
    Thanks!
    Jen A.

  440. Jenny Lloyd says

    -My favorite road trip memory occured last summer. We took our whole family – my husband, myself, our 2 boys and my 2 stepsons on a trip for the first time. The best part about the trip was being all together in the van, talking, watching movies and playing games.

  446. Linda Fish says

    I haven’t taken too many road trips but one memorable one is when my husband, 4 year old son and I went to Florida with my Mother in Law and Mother in tow. I was also pregnant! It was fun though.

  451. Gena says

    A couple of years ago my husband and I decided to attend a New Year’s concert in Detroit with a bunch of our friends from around the county and we decided to drive. So we left a few days early and we drove and on the way we stopped in Aurora, IL which is the setting of the movie ‘Wayne’s World’ and we thought it would be funny to take a picture there. Then we went to Chicago (we had never been) and stayed for 2 days. It was fun! We went to the Second City, museums and sites and then we drove to Detroit and joined our friends for the concert and had a blast!! But then the next day we got up and drove straight home. Good road trip!

  455. Jenny says

    Growing up we would visit my grandmother lived over 3 hours away, every month up at baltimore’s inner harbor. She’d always pack a big bag of goodies for the ride home!

  459. Jenny says

    My favorite feature is the sunroof! If would keep the kids busy with somewhere new to look for at least the first hour!

  460. Chani M says

    On our most recent trip, we broke down after an hour and a half, on SuperBowl Sunday no less…no one wanted to be pulled away from their TVs to help! My almost 2 year old was BEYOND EXCITED to get in the tow truck and ride to the nearest shop! He was hilarious and totally made the situation better for us!!!

  462. Kristi C says

    I remember the annual family gathering at the beach. All of the extended family met at the beach for a week, except for my grandparents. My grandfather would drive eight hours to spend one day with us and then turn around and drive back with no sleep.

  466. DebbieKL says

    We recently took a road trip to Tennessee with our toddler. It was rough at times, but we had fun getting off the highway looking for a place to eat and play – like a playground!

  469. Karen Gonyea says

    I LOVE road trips and have so many fond memories. One of my fav memories is when we went to Darien Lake and sang really bad 70’s and 80’s music the whole way there 🙂

  471. Denise B. says

    My best memories are driving to and from Kissimmee, FL from Long Island every January.

  473. Angela R. says

    My favorite memory is from when my family went camping to Douthat State Park in VA. I remember one day we were driving around the area and ended up at the top of the mountain! I was scared and excited at the same time.

  479. Dawnette Thomas says

    My grandparents were awesome about making road trips fun, however they were never longer than half a day. Grandma had special homemade treats packed, Grandpa pointed out fun things to look at, and they both had lots of games (that didn’t require anything in one’s hands) ready to be played. I miss those times.

  483. Trisha Lynn says

    My favorite road trip was my daughters first she was around one and everything was just so amazing to her she just sit there and was in awe!! It was so neat to see it in her eyes!

  487. Trisha Lynn says

    I love the Four-Way manual adjust driver and front passenger seats. 2nd row two-passenger reclining, fold-flat and removable bench seat w/storage tubs. 3rd row folding bench seat w/tailgating position!!

  489. Jill says

    My favorite road trip memory was driving through fog with my mom to the beach late one night. We had to go like 10 mph and were hysterically laughing the entire way!!

  497. Heather M says

    I was 6. Driving down from MI to Florida. It took just over 24 hours to get there. It was fun because we got to sleep in the backseat and listen to music. It was a blast!

  502. Debbie Stanton says

    a favorite memory is about every 3 years my family and i went to see family in Nebraska. This was a 2-day drive from Arizona. My mom and dad packed the car the night before and laid out a sleeping back in the back of the station wagon (this was before seat belts).. my brothers and I would fight to see who got this coveted spot. My mom always made brownies and bought Dunkin Donuts and we had soda pop… these were all very, very special treats that we got only a few times a year. I think it is for this reason that I still loved road trips!!

  503. Debbie Stanton says

    a feature I love is the 3-Zone Automatic A/C (Driver/Passenger/Rear) w/ air filter

  511. Jacqueline Griffin says

    When I was a young girl, my mom took us to Rosorito Beach in Mexico. I remember all the spanish castles as well as the cardboard huts. It was very intresting to me at the time, I was only 9.
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  512. Jacqueline Griffin says

    We are VW lovers!! I like everything about every VW!! We love the room the Routan has. I like the fabric and leather VW uses in their vehicles.
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  519. Marijon Pernell says

    I remember as a child we drove to Florida from Texas and the air conditioner in our car broke befroe we got there. We have a wonderful time in Florida anyway.

  525. Zoe says

    When I was 6 and 7 my dad used to come pick me up from my moms house every summer. ( he lived in a different province) So he would come with his van and we would have a three day road trip back to where he lived. One time the van started to smoke and we had to pull over. I was so scared that the van was going to blow up that I made my dad and I sit as far away from it as possible while waiting for the tow truck. (It was poring rain to!) 🙂

  530. Cynthia R says

    My sister and I used to drive each other crazy most of the time, but other times we played the usual games, I spy, license plates, reading books, etc…

  531. Peggy Gorman says

    I love taking road trips and once we were driving to Penn. Hershey ,and we were all having a great time . I only had 2 children at the time so my brother and sister came along with us. My son started to get sick and we stopped the car and I am trying to get him out but he was strapped in . I am laughing ,trying to get him out and he is getting sick. Poor kid!
    I will never forget that! The rest of the trip went better!
    Thanks

  539. samarcy says

    going to the amusment park, it was a 2 hr drive, and very boring, but the antisapation of getting there made it seem much longer, somrtimes my dad would say lets take a ride, we never know where we were going, and that was fun,

  543. Cynthia R says

    I couldn’t pick between 2 features- the DVD entertainment system and the Universal garage door opening system in driver visor

  544. Karen says

    My favorite road trip memory is driving through New England with my parents for two weeks visiting new states.

  548. Kimberly R says

    We drive a few hours away to go camping at a different place every year. All of these road trips are a blast! I can’t pick a favorite.

  555. Vickie Couturier says

    MY favorite memory would be taking my kids to Disney in Florida when they were big enought to remember it an enjoy it an we all rode the rides an had a great time now im taking the grandsons next week an hope for a good time there too

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  556. Vickie Couturier says

    my favorite feature would be;Locks
    Power door locks w/remote-activated lock, unlock, rear hatch release and panic button key
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  576. susan says

    My favorite feature is the LATCH system. It makes installing a car seat that much easier!

  584. Michelle S. says

    My favorite road trip memory was kind of unexpected, for my parents that is. My first year of college was out of state in NC (i’m from MA). After being their for only 10 days I had all of my bags packed and ready to go when my parents stopped by on their way to a vacation in Virginia. I showed them the bags and told them I was leaving with them, the distance was just to much for me at 17 years old. They were really good about it and let me make my own choice. So I chose the roadtrip to Virginia and then back home to MA 🙂

  585. Angela P says

    My favorite road trip memory is when we were kids my brother and I and our parents would all pick the exact time we thought we would arrive at our cottage. The winner would just have bragging rights that they were the closest, but one time my mom was going to win and there was a turtle in the road right before the driveway of our cottage and my dad stopped and waited for the turtle so his time would win. We all thought that was really funny!

  588. Jan A says

    My favorite road trip memory is our two girls giggling in the back seat–turns out that J had been drawing her view of her dad’s head while he drove–bald spot and all.

  593. Susan says

    We would leave Chicago every summer for our vacation in the early morning. About two hours into the roadtrip was the same donut place in Indiana. Perfect for the first vacation splurge on a donut breakfast!

  599. Steph says

    The one that stands out for me is the trip my family took to Kansas City in 1986 to buy a brand new VW Vanagon. My dad was so proud of that thing…it was a great ride and the only car like it in Northern MN. Very comfortable for the 12 hour drive home.

  601. Michelle says

    ok you may think this is weird but it was so funny I still remember it today. I was with my uncle, his 3 three kids and my lil sister and we were on the highway and all of a sudden he looks to his left and says oh my God why are these old people staring at us? and when we looked there was a station waggon with at least 6 senior citizens all STARING at us! even the old guy in the driver seat and they kept up at our speed and kept staring. It was very strange. but we couldn’t stop laughing.

  605. Katherine says

    Taking the kids on a trip around the Great Lakes and ending up in NIagara Falls. They got to change the lights on the falls

  622. Rachel G says

    When I was little I always enjoyed the road trip to the beach. The anticipation and excitment always made for a fun car ride…

  627. Deborah R says

    One of my favorites was a trip thru the mountains on Skyline Drive. It was amazing in terms of views and unusual sights, especially when we saw the black bear cubs cross the road and run up a hill along side the road.

  629. Jill L says

    The best road trip was driving through the middle of the desert in Mexico on a 12 hour road trip. We were in a small Mexican car with no a/c and no radio. I was stuck in the backseat the whole trip. We didn’t speak any Spanish which made it very interesting to cross the borders between the Mexican states. The border guards with their machine guns added to the whole adventure. It was the adventure of a lifetime.

  632. Holly W says

    When I was young, my family took a road trip to the worlds fair in Washington State from Utah. We had 8 kids and my parents packed into a Chevy impala. We had so much fun..I will never forget!

  638. Tara Hill says

    I remember singing the Travelodge commercial song with my dad on our trips from El Paso to Tampa…Travelodge, Travelodge, we’re almost there…

  649. Chelsea says

    My favorite roadtrip memory is that my dad would always stop and get me those coloring books that have one white marker but it colors the pages as you use it, my dad passed away when I was 12 so I sure do cherish those few memories that I still have.

  653. Jennifer M says

    Last summer we took a road trip in a big circle, with a circumference of 1 1/2 hours from our home. We discovered so many things we never knew existed, let alone were so nearby!

  658. venus desselle says

    My favorite roadtrip memory was the family drive back to california from TX. I followed behind my husbands car and video taped his bad driving. He can’t call me a bad driver anymore!!!! LOL!!

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  660. Amy Mac says

    I remember taking road trip as a kid in our red station wagon. My brother and I would sit in the “back back” and play games…we went to Disneyland in that car…so fun!

  670. susitravl says

    I was in high school and my friends and I followed a baseball team all summer long – to games in different cities. Sometimes we would have a ball player or two riding with us….times were sure different then – I would NEVER let my daughter take a road trip like that now!

  672. Amanda says

    A favorite memory is the time we went (from Indiana) to Pittsburgh via Ohio. A couple of years ago when we loaded up to go to Cincinnati to go to the zoo there and make a weekend of it. We were well into Ohio and my husband asked me how set I was on the Cincinnati Zoo and if I might like to check out Pittsburgh’s zoo instead. I agreed and we drove well into the night, finally stopping (very very late) at a hotel in West Virginia before getting up and driving the rest of the way in the morning. We had a fantastic weekend!!

  683. Katie Stewart says

    A favorite roadtrip memory of mine would be when my cousin and I traveled from California to Utah with our grandparents and learned all the words to my grandparents’ “Carpenter’s” tape.

  684. Katie Stewart says

    So many features on the Routan to choose from! I like the Rear-view camera system for watching out for little kids behind you and also the touch-screen navigation. I’ve never had those before!

  692. elizabeth p says

    Every time we go home from Vermont to Alabama we break down in Roanoke Virginia. The first time was a blown tire that took 9 hours to fix. The second time was a broke tie rod that took 3 hours to fix but we were exhausted and took a hotel room. The last time my hand was stuck in the jammed glove compartment.

  696. Jeremy says

    My grandparents took my cousin and me on a road trip around the Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. At the time I just thought it was a fun trip, but now I cherish the memory.

  700. Melanie Swan says

    My fav roadtrip memory is when my sister, mom and I drove from Texas to Virginia the summer before my sister’s high school graduation to look at colleges. I had just gotten my license, so I got to flex my new driving muscles on the trip. But best of all, it was sweet time with mom and sister!

  701. Melanie Swan says

    Without a doubt, the 3-zone AC is my favorite feature!! For a Texas, AC always trumps everything else! 🙂

  706. Jason Eustice says

    I am a blog follower.

    My fav memory of a road trip was when my grandmother was healthy and I was young. we went to cherokee north carolina for camping but it stormed the entire time and we had to sleep in the car. It was fun never the less.
    Thanks fo rthis contest.

  709. Anna G. says

    My favorite road trip memory is going on a month long road trip in the summer as a kid. We camped at night and saw all kinds of fun places.

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  723. Kim says

    My favorite road trip memory is when a bunch of extended family went to breakfast while in Branson and realized we had all picked up a southern accent.
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  725. vanessa says

    I love having the privacy glass feature on the car. Because I sing and dance in my car and with that no one has to see it lol.

  733. Tracy P says

    My favorite road trip memory was when my husband and I took a road tip through Iceland. We didn’t realize all of the road signs ended with brat. We drove around in circles for 2 hours looking for our hotel. We still laugh about that adventure.

  740. kelly west says

    we used to drive to charleston sc every other summer to see family and go to the beach. it was a long drive but my siblings and i love the trip

  748. LWren says

    My favorite memory is just hanging out with my siblings in the back seat, reading books together.

  751. Heather Smith says

    I remember taking one road trip alone with my Dad. We actually turned down the radio and talked most of the trip. My parents had recently split and it was nice to have that one on one with him.

  764. Naomie says

    I love discovering unknown towns on road trips with the kids, we are all together on an adventure.

  769. Allyson T says

    my fav road trip memory was driving to camp in summer and playing the tractor game (counting how many tractors wqe saw til we got to camp) the most tractors counted won. it was sopmethign we always did as kids!

  773. dawn says

    road trip memory : 12 hour drive to fla in a tiny car with no a/c and three screaming babies. Stressful, but we all got to see the ocean for the first time 🙂
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  778. Miller Racing Family says

    What a fabulous giveaway. We took our son on his first road trip when he was two. Sad to say we also got stuck in a snowstorm on this trip. We were in the car for over 12 hours. Not the best road trip for weather but a great road trip for memories.
    Thanks for the chance.

  780. Lindsey S says

    My favorite family road trip was when I went to Florida. My brother, Kirk, and I sat in the back of our van and sang songs at each other. He entertained me the whole time whether I really wanted him to or not.

  785. Tiffany Schmidt says

    My favorite trip by far was driving to Disney World (from Ohio) and all the trips along the way.. We made many family memories and in the end, I got to meet Mickey & gang!

  792. Cathy says

    One of my favorite roadtrip memories is all 5 of us going to the NC mountains for a weekend trip.

  794. Kristen says

    I remember driving through Wyoming and stopping in this tiny little shack of a store that was filled with nothing but FIREWORKS floor to ceiling! (In Calif you can barely buy a sparkler on the 4th of July because of the fire danger.)

  796. michaela hoenigman says

    By far my favorite road trip was the one we took last summer with my kiddos. My favorite memory from that trip was seeing the wonder in my kids eyes when they say the Grand Canyon for the first time. Priceless.

  801. ANGEL JACKLYN says

    MY FAV ROAD TRIP MEMORY INVOLVES STOPPING AT THIS PLACE CALLED THE MYSTERY SPOT. IT STILL BAFFLES ME TODAY. YOU COULD BE WALKING CROOKED YET NOT FALL OVER & FEEL LIKE YOU WERE WALKING STRAIGHT. YOU COULD BE STANDING ON A ROCK 10 INCHES TALLER THAN SOMEONE ELSE YET BE THE SAME HEIGHT. WEIRD… BUT I LOVED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!! [email protected]

  806. Sonya Allstun says

    The trip I most remember was when we went to New Jersey to see my brother while he was in the Air Force. I got to see the ocean for the first time.

  808. Sonya Allstun says

    Liked Baby Loving Mama on Facebook with same name as I entered with on this

  814. Aliya says

    My favorite road trip memory is driving through New England with my parents for two weeks visiting new states.

  817. Melissa Painter says

    As a teenager going on family vacation, I would make a cassette of my favorite music and stock up on books and snacks. Then I was ready to go!

  819. Amber F says

    When I was young, my family took our one and only road trip up the coast of CA visiting all the big sites, but my best memory, is swimming in the pool at this little motel, where the water was FREEZING, but my sister and I wanted to swim so bad it didn’t matter. We jumped in, and barely made it out, it was so cold. But to this day, I laugh at that memory!

  840. Shanna C says

    I guess our second honeymoon trip to Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone/Grand Tetons is my favorite road trip – certainly was the longest one 🙂 !!

  843. Ruby Pena says

    My favorite roadtrip memory was going to Mexico with my mom, dad, brother, and nephew. It was a 2 day trip from California to Guadalajara, Mexico and we saw a lot of interesting places.

  850. Sara says

    My family drove from Iowa to B.C. in 1981. 7 miles out of town, we had a flat. It was very interesting and fun (in retrospect). We saw Mt. Rushmore, Devils Tower, Mt. St. Helens and made such great memories. I seriously think about that trip every single day, still.

  853. Debra says

    My favorite memory is a few years ago when my husband and I went to Georgia to visit his Aunt for 3 weeks. Honestly that is the only time I have been out of my state. I really enjoyed it!

  862. Kristyn Martin says

    My favorite road trip memory was when my friends and I traveled to the beach all packed in one mini-van! We all had our own cars and could have driven seperately, but it was so much fun being all together!

  869. Amanda D says

    We moved a lot when I was younger, and often traveled back “home” to Ohio to visit family. I have many memories that were made 70 mph. I’d have to say the most memorable was probably the weirdest. We were halfway through our 19 hour drive and as I often would, I sat in the backseat and watched as the other drivers passed by, glimpsing their profile and wondering who they were, where they were going. Well, imagine my shock when I realized one of the passing cars was our old neighbors and their daughters who my sister and I were best friends with for several years. We hadn’t seen them in 5 years when we moved 1,000 miles away. I rolled down my window and started waving like a maniac, they caught on, as did my parents, and we pulled off to a rest stop to catch up. Small world! We still keep in touch.

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  889. Pat says

    MAIN ENTRY: Tell me a favorite road trip memory!on a road trip to Ny from Fl, having to stop every hour or so,so that the puppy we were bringing my parents as a gift could “go” outside, he was not yet trained…LOL!..that was a long ride!

  895. Min says

    I still have fond memories of a two-month car trip my parents took me on 40 years ago.

  896. Valeria says

    Up to now, my favorite road trip was three years ago when we traveled through Mexico. Each place where we stopped was filled with great food and entertainment. I loved it 🙂

  897. Valeria says

    buut this year i will be on a trip from south Texas all the way to San Diego, CA.. it will perhaps beat or tie my favorite one!

  898. Melissa D says

    I drove from Los Angeles to San Francisco up the Pacific Coast Highway in a rented car, and it was the most exhilarating trip of my life. That’s when I fell in love with road tripping, and I try to do at least a short trip every summer!

  900. Chels says

    We traveled to California in our Volkswagen van many times when I was a kid– mostly to visit family and a few times to go to Disneyland!! We would leave early in the morning and my parents would let my siblings and I sleep on the backseats that made into a bed! We had lots of room to goof off!

  902. Chels says

    What great standard features. I’ve been wanting privacy glass on my car for a while now. And I really like that it has a sunroof!

  907. Becky says

    We packed up the kids and drove all the way from Maryland to Georgia, stopping at neat local restaurants, taking the scenic route. It was our best vacation ever!

  908. Ladytink_534 says

    Coming down to Mississippi for the first time on spring break (I later moved here)

  913. Karen P says

    My fave road trip was when I was 15 and learning to drive. My mom and my sister and I took a round trip from CA to FL

  920. Laura Etherton says

    My favorite road trip memory is when a friend and I drove up to virgina to see a friend of ours graduate from AIT in the Army and our toll ticket flew out the window. we had to explain it when we pulled up to pay booth at the end of the tool road and we were laughing so hard we could barely explain why we didn’t have a ticket.

  921. Laura Etherton says

    I love that it has standard Side curtain airbags, all outboard seating positions. Safety is important especially b/c I carry precious cargo (my son).

  924. Lauren Foster says

    I just had my most memorable road trip this weekend!! My partner and I drove up to New Hampshire (on the border of Maine) and wow was it a beautiful drive! I’ve never driven that far and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it! We got along the best we have in YEARS!! Such a great weekend!
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  933. Sarah Cooper says

    my favorite road trip memory is when my husband and i moved from la to pa and drove across the country together – lots of time to talk and learn new things about each other after many years together!

  942. Tania S. says

    One road trip that stands out to me is when I was 12. We went to the mountains (we live in FL). We traveled with a couple of my aunts & uncles along with my cousins. It was so much fun to have my cousins go on vacation with us. We enjoyed walking on trails and seeing what all we could find.

  946. Kelly says

    Favorite trip was when I was a kid and me and mom and siter took a bus to NY. We got on the wrong bus and ended up in the wrong place, but it was fun getting lost. Then a friend came to help us outand get us.

  957. loni says

    I remember my mom driving quickly over this old wooden bridge to my grandmas house because it scared us kids to have to ride over it, but it shaved like 30 minutes off the drive…

  965. Farrah says

    My favorite road trip memory was when I was 6 and my sister was 4. My parents, grandparents and uncle rented a motorhome and drove from Michigan to Texas for the wedding of a cousin. We were bitten by fire ants, played in the pools of rv parks, and watched my mother have a nervous breakdown. It was awesome!

    Thanks!!

  967. Alisha D says

    My favorite roadtrip memory was when I was 7. My parents & I & some family friends drove from Oklahoma to Florida to Walt Disney World. Once we got to Florida we had a great time at the beach. My mom & her friend bought a huge inflatable dinosaur we called Dino…and attempted to ride the waves. lol It was definitely some good entertainment. lol

  968. Alisha D says

    I like this feature! “Touch-Screen Navigation Radio system, w/real time traffic display, hard disk for music, photo and route guidance storage, single DVD player for movie and audio discs, USB and auxiliary inputs” Definitely useful!

  975. Jordan Brower says

    Favorite road trip was one where we stopped to camp and my son accidentally pee’d on a baby bird! I don’t know why it was quite as funny as it was. Poor thing. It was ok!!

  977. Michelle C says

    When I was around 6 years old, my family drove cross country from VA to CA! There were so many awesome things to see, but I remember being so excited to see the desert for the first time! Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

  985. sandra says

    my husband tooled around chester vermont on our honeymoon in search of the local covered bridges.

  987. sandra says

    one favorite feature is the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), w/low pressure indicator

  991. Tami Alveshere says

    My favorite memory is a couple of years ago. My husband farms so time is tight for doing things but came home one day and said let’s go on vacation. So we packed up and headed out later that day and took the kids to the mountains. They had never seen them before and it was great! Totally unexpected and the ride was great for so much to see and just the feeling of excitement in the vehicle!!

  992. Tami Alveshere says

    I love that their are outlets… way cool, bluetooth, touchscreen radio… what not to like!!!

  999. Kallie says

    One of my favorite road trip memories was when I was a little girl and we drove to Colorado from South Texas. It was such a long car ride, but I remember playing fun games with my brothers and sisters and my parents laughing at our silly games. It was such a great bonding experience!

  1009. Melissa barnes says

    A favorite road trip memory would have to be coming home after camping in the ozarks and a walking stick the size of a ruler jumps out of nowhere in the car on my husband while driving – we start screaming while this walking stick seems stuck to my husbands shirt…..we pulled over and got it safely out but after the initial shock of it appearing in our car it was hilarious

  1018. julieh says

    My favorite road trip memory is when a bunch of us college girls drove to california to go to disneyland. The drive was more fun than the destination.

  1032. Shilo Beedy says

    My best road trip was bringing my daughter to the Santa’s workshop. It was a long car ride for me but the scenery on they way there was beautiful as got closer to our destination. My daughter had so much fun once we got there. She had a blast on the rides and seeing Santa.

  1033. Rachel Higgs says

    a friend of mine in college decided to drive 200 miles to Louisiana to get a burger and come back home

  1034. Debra F says

    We went cross country in a camper when I was a kid and I have some of my most fond memories of that family trip. We saw some of our countries most amazing landmarks.

  1042. Jennifer M. says

    Cruising down the interstate just days after our wedding with crepe paper trailing behind us and “Just Married” scrawled on the back window. Lots of honking and sweet looks from our fellow travelers!

  1048. Jennifer says

    My favorite road trip was when I took a youth trip to Washington DC! It was a long long drive but it was such a rewarding trip!

  1051. Katie R. says

    My favorite road trip was when I was 8 and my family all drove up to Canada to visit some relatives. It was a very long trip with 5 people in one vehicle but we were able to keep busy with different games.

  1053. Krista says

    My favorite road trip memory was when my family drove up from Southern CA to Canada. I was in the third grade, and remember randomly going fishing in Washington with my dad in a stream/river that we had to climb down some rocks to get to that was behind the hotel we were staying at one night! Going to Buchard Gardens is also a great memory from that trip. My mom and dad packed lots of snacks in a cooler that we took in our Ford Aerostar Van. LOL

  1069. polly k. says

    was a trip i took with my dad in his van with my 2 and 6 year old from california to minnesota. what a trip!

  1081. katklaw777 says

    My best road trip was with my Mom back in the 70’s.
    We drove east to Maine, ate our way up the coast(hooray for lobster rolls!) and then up through the mountains and upper NY. We garage and antique sailed the whole way.
    Then the majestic Niagra Falls, west through Canada and soon as were above Chicago, headed due south.
    My Mom passed 3yrs ago but I will always have the memory of that fantastic road trip.

  1083. Jill Myrick says

    My favorite road trip memory was our first time taking my children to the beach.
    The looks on their faces as we crossed the ocean was priceless.
    Thank you so much for the giveaway.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  1090. R Hicks says

    one feature I really like is the 3 zone air conditioning!

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

  1105. Melissa W says

    My favorite road trip memory is driving to Arizona with my family.
    Car rides are never really fun, but the end destination is worth it =)

  1110. angie says

    took a road trip to see my in laws when my children were small I loved the trip because we were all together and now that they are older memories like that are worth their price in gold
    [email protected]

  1121. mike says

    My favorite road trip was when I drove from Michigan to New Orleans for the millennium celebration. I went alone, but had a blast. Its the kind of thing that I would never be able to do again now that I’m married with a kid. Oh to be young again…

  1122. Nicole says

    It was great when we moved from MD to NE with our then 4 month old. She slept most of the time on the road and at night. We stopped and visited all our family on the way. It was great.

  1123. Jammie says

    My favorite road trip memory was when we went to the mountains. It was the first time my daughter and I have ever seen them. It was smaller ones but they was sp pretty

  1128. Julie K says

    I remember what a big deal it was for me to stop at South of the Border in SC on the way to Florida when I was a kid. I would love to hit that place again just for the memories. Thanks!

  1130. Louis says

    my favorite road trip was when we were visiting family in AZ – driving at night through the desert with the glowing stars was amazing

  1131. Louis says

    favorite feature:
    Power, heatable driver and passenger exterior rearview mirrors, matte black

  1138. Steve Scott says

    After marrying my wife we spent our honeymoon moving her from Tennessee to Idaho. Oh what a honeymoon.

  1144. Annette E says

    My favorite road trip memory occurred in 1995 when my husband and I drove from Seattle to San Diego to Tampa to Boston. When we were in Louisiana, we stopped and went on a river boat ride. It was so much fun.

  1148. Tim says

    I remember taking a trip to Minneapolis and while there walking in the procession that led to the names being read off for victims of the I35 bridge collapse. Not a happy memory per se but definitely an impactful one.

  1149. vanessa says

    My favorite road trip memory is every summer me and my family would go up to rye new york to rye play land. I looked forward to that road trip all year because it was so much fun!

  1156. Lauren @ Hobo Mama says

    One time we were singing “Frere Jacques” in French in a round, and my dad forgot his lines when he got toward the end and substituted “Someone ate the pizza, someone ate the pizza. Was it you? Was it you?” We about died laughing. Much better than the original!

  1162. Robin says

    We would always go on road trips and pick the hotel based on which had a pool and slide (bonus!).

  1163. valancia says

    I’d have to say when I was just a kid when my father took the whole family to the Mountains.

  1166. Danielle says

    when i was about 9 my mom, aunt, grandma, sister and I took a road trip to the Oregon coast. I remember stopping in a little seaside town and buying sea shells and salt water taffy. such a good memory.

  1169. Michelle H. says

    When my oldest daughter was a baby, we took a road trip to San Francisco and she screamed the entire ride back home.

  1172. My3Sons33 says

    My favorite road trip memory is the first time we drove to Florida to visit my family. My husband had been to FL several time, but the kids and I had never been. We were so excited to get there. Disney was an unforgettable experience.

  1173. My3Sons33 says

    Besides the obvious safety features, I love the Airline-style LED reading/courtesy lamps for all three rows. What a great feature!

  1177. Tara O. says

    My favorite road trip was the first one I ever took with my husband. We headed out to Colorado and camped, while experiencing every outdoor activity possible. Our favorite was biking down Pike’s Peak.

  1180. Shelley Mitchell says

    My favorite road trip was when a group of us – adults and kids went to the sand dunes. It was so much fun! These travel games would’ve come in real handy for the road trip though! Thanks!

  1181. Julia P. says

    Our best road trip was a 2 week drive from SC to Toronto. We stopped along the way at several ( I think) amusement parks where we rode the best roaller coasters. We also went to Niagra Falls. It was amazing!

  1182. Lyndsey Rullman says

    My favorite road trip memory is when I was in high school and we went to an amusement park. We got lost for 5 hours but during that 5 hours we were laughing and having the time of our lives.

  1186. Terri L says

    On long road trips when we were growing up my dad would yell “low shoulder” whenever he saw one of those signs and we would all lift our shoulders! My dad was not a good traveler and this little bit of lightheartedness was few and far between so it is a good memory!

  1188. Jay F. says

    I remember going on a road trip when I was a kid. We ended up at an amusement park in Atlanta where they told us it was the only day of the year that they had non-stop rain.

  1190. susan says

    Going to the shore with my family, it was always a fun road trip. we played games in the car on the way down, and we had a blast!

  1191. Jeannine m says

    My favorite road memory is when I was moving to SC and the d rive down there. It was me and three friends crammed into a little car. We have the time of our lives

  1192. Kimberly Wagner says

    I remember driving through the country to visit my grandparents and my mom pointing out EVERY horse (there were hundreds!)

  1198. Linda says

    My favorite road trip memory was when we drove across country from Illinois to California.

  1199. barbara wright says

    The best road trip I ever went on was my Junior year of high school. Since we lived in NY and were pretty much guaranteed to get a Regents scholarship, a friend and I drove around the state looking at all the colleges. One of us read out loud from our required reading list for an upcoming class while the other drove. It was the best time of my life!

  1200. Holly D. says

    I live in Mi. A the best trip ever was going up north with my daughter and husband for the first time. It was a loooong drive. But watching her face when she saw things for the first time and taking her to the lake with the puppy was worth it. One of the best trips I ever took.

  1202. barbara wright says

    I like the Roadside Assistance:
    3 years / 36,000 miles (whichever occurs first), 24-hour, provided by Cross Country Automotive Services, Inc

  1207. Ali Jameel says

    MY favorite family trip was when we got pulled over on the way to the beach and our car got towed, so we had to call our friend down 3 hours away and he picked us up, but after a nice day at the beach. Haha, thanks for the giveaway!

  1208. Erica C. says

    I have a VW and the first time I took it across a few states by myself was great. It was well needed alone time!

  1209. Joanne Schultz says

    We drove cross-country, stopping to camp, and see a lot of the national parks, spent a couple of months in Denver, Colorado, and then back home again. My father was in school for his company in Denver; each weekend we’d pick another place to go and camp. It was really a wonderful summer that year!!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  1217. Susan Smith says

    My family drove to Florida. It was a long drive but we had a lot of stops and got to visit a lot of neat places including Graceland. We also got to see the ocean for the first time in our lives.

  1222. Kathy Scott says

    One week in a red mustang convertible going from San Francisco to San Diego.

  1223. Brian Davis says

    Oh, the road trips I’ve been on. Crazy Jim was a lot of fun to ride with out to Glacier National Park. There was quite a lot that happened on that ol’ trip. If I win, I’ll tell ya more. 😉

    Thanks for the entry.

    brian_swp(at)yahoo(dot)com

  1230. Carolyn Ireland says

    Our favorite place to drive to in the summer was Eureke Springs Arkansas! There are so many neat shops there including a shop dedicated to frogs!

  1231. Justine says

    My fave road trip memory is when I was still young with no little ones…My girlfriend and I decided to drive to Canada for the weekend cause we wanted some freedom..Anyway, we drove there, stayed up all night, drank too much, then drove back down early the next morning to make it just in time for work. The worst part was when we drove back down it was so foggy we couldn’t even see and there was a washing machine sitting in the middle of the freeway and luckily we just barely missed it! Ah, to be young again 😀

  1232. Justine says

    I browsed the standard features of the Routan and I love the power sunroof of course!

  1237. Ed Nemmers says

    Driving cross country, I stopped at the Oklahoma City Memorial. It was sad and it had a quiet calmness.

  1238. Lucy Schwartz says

    I enjoyed preparing for our long road trips. I would get coloring books , puzzles . All sorts of things to do in a car , wrap them up and each child could pick a package to use and play with each day. they loved the mystery . My husband also planned frequent stops so that everyone could run and play and burn off energy.

  1239. Geoff K says

    My favorite road trip memory would have to be when three friends and I drove to Toronto for a summer trip during college. The whole vacation, as I recall it, was silly, carefree, and fun, from the bad 80s music and car games we played on the way to the odd roadside stops we made (for example, we stopped to see a guy selling celebrity pine cones – pine cones with celebrities’ faces etched in them – and each bought one) and horror movie-quality roach motels we, as poor students, had to stay in. Our family road trips now are much more “normal” (and still fun), but that trip with friends was definitely a great memory!

  1240. Geoff K says

    My favorite feature of the Routan would have to be that auxiliary plug – I love being able to plug in any mp3 player and listen to my favorite music (especially since everyone in the family has a different taste – we can make playlists that mix up everyone’s favorite tunes and artists).