What is it about planning road trips that get me all sentimental? Is it fond memories of my own childhood with countless hours spend bumping along rutted country roads in Australia in an XF Falcon, or the memories I know I am creating for my own children with each mile we travel?
I wonโt deny those hours spent in the car with our tiny kids was tough. Not something I thought Iโd want to repeat at the time, but Iโm already looking just those few short years back with some nostalgia (ok perhaps rose-tinted glasses!)
So whether youโre looking to gear yourself up that your next family road trip is something not just to be endured but enjoyed, or you want to be ready for some witty comebacks when things donโt entirely go to plan โ hereโs our selection of family road trip quotes to take along every step of your journey.
Let us know in the comments if you have any more suggestions (or any attributions we may have missed! )
This post is part of our family road trip series โ you can see all of our road trip destination guides and handy road trip advice.
Family Road Trip Quotes – Inspiring you to plan that trip
Building up expectations and planning the journey can be half the fun. Letโs see why you should be planning a journey together as a family and adventure quotes for kids get you inspired to hit the road:
โLife is either a daring adventure or nothing.โ โ Helen Keller
“Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your souls.” – Jamie Lyn Beatty
โThe road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.โ โ Chris Humphrey
โRoad trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. Weโll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. Then weโll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things.โ โ Victoria Erickson
โHappiness isโฆ planning a trip to somewhere new, with someone you love.โ – Unknown
“The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences.” – Mark Paterson
โThe freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.โ – Aaron Lauritsen
โTo awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown.โ โ Freya Stark
โWe all have that one friend who is either on a road-trip or planning a road-trip or thinking about a road-trip or talking to people who are on road-trip or posting quotes about road-trip.โ โ Crestless Wave
โWe must take adventures in order to know where we truly belong.โ – Unknown
โLife is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip.โ โ Unknown
โKilometers are shorter than miles. Save fuel, take your next trip in Kilometers.โ โ George Carlin
โYou can be writing every day. When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story.โ โ Steve Rushin
“If we were meant to stay in one place weโd have roots instead of feet.โ – Rachel Wolchin
“People donโt take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinback
โTraveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations.โ โ Eugene Linden
โI travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travelโs sake. The great affair is to move.โ โ Robert Louis Stevenson
โKids donโt remember their best day of television.โ – Unknown
โOnce the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.โ – Michael Palin
โTo move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.โ โ Hans Christian Andersen
“When you travel with your children you are giving them something that can never be taken away โฆ experience, exposure and a way of life.” – Pamela T. Chandler
โThe world is full of wonderful things you havenโt seen yet. Donโt ever give up on the chance of seeing them.โ โ J.K. Rowling
โHaving kids is a reason to travel, never a reason to stop.โ – Unknown
Family road trip quotes โ Family, company & togetherness
We know that travel is a beautiful way to bring you together โ even if itโs trying at times! Everyday life can be too busy so letโs treasure these moments โ some light-hearted, some much deeper and sentimental to reflect on as you take off on your family road trip together:
โA road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.โ โ Tom Lichtenheld
โTwo of the greatest gifts we can give our children and roots and wingsโ – Hodding Carter
โMay your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from homeโ โ Trenton Lee Stewart
โIn the end, kids wonโt remember that fancy toy you bought them, they will remember the time you spent with them.โ – Kevin Heath
โEvery day we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.โ โ Charles R Swindoll
โWhen you travel with children you are giving something that can never be taken awayโฆ experience, exposure and a way of life.โ – Pamela T. Chandler
โTravel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity and reminds us how much we all have in common.โ โ Deborah Lloyd
โThe greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.โ – Og Mandino
โIf you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.โ – Paulo Coelho
โTraveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.โ โ Leigh Hunt
โWherever you go, go with all your heart.โ โ Confucius
โPeople forget the years and remember momentsโ – Anne Beattie
โGood company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.โ โ Izaak Walton
โIt doesnโt matter where you are going. Itโs who you have beside you.โ – Unknown
โJoy is portable, bring it with you.โ โ Unknown
โAs soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happenโ – A. A. Milne
โI have found out that there ainโt no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.โ โ Mark Twain
โTravelling the company of those we love is home in motion.โ – Leigh Hunt
โWhatโs your favourite place?โ โI donโt have a favourite place, I have my favourite people. And, whenever Iโm with my favourite people, it becomes by favourite place.โ – Late Night Tales, Nivaz Ahemad
“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, a parent.” – Barbara Bush
โSome roads arenโt meant to be travelled alone.โ โ Chinese Proverb
โNo road is long with good company.โ โ Turkish Proverb
Family road trip quotes โ enjoying your journey
Now youโre under way let the fun of your family road trip begin, here’s whay we love a good family road trip!
โRoad trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunesโoh, and directions.โ โ Jenn McKinlay
โThatโs why I love road trips, dude. Itโs like doing something without actually doing anything.โ โ John Green
โIf youโre on a road trip, you need driving music.โ โ Edgar Wright
โHappiness isโฆ a car, the open road, and a best friend.โ – Unknown
โThe best part of a road trip isnโt arriving at your destination โฆ itโs the fast food along the way.โ โ Unknown
โThe freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.โ โ Aaron Lauritsen
โI love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.โ โ Miriam Toews
โNow, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.โ โ Elizabeth Berg
โHappiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.โ โ Margaret Lee Runbeck
โThe road goes on forever and the party never ends.โ โ Unknown
โI climb behind the steering wheelโฆ I drive off immediately without once looking back; itโs a long journey but it leads to freedom.โ โ Corinne Hofmann
Family road trip quotes – When things start to go slightly off the intended path, all is not lost!
Ok letโs be frank, thereโs bound to be a point where road trips donโt take the intended path. I donโt know about you, but this is where I really need to draw on inspiration from those far wiser than me!
Remember to keep some of these up your sleeve if tensions are getting frayed or youโre questioning your decisions!
โThe journey, not the arrival matters.โ โ T.S. Eliot
โI’m not lost. I’m exploring.โ โ Jana Stanfield
“Some beautiful paths canโt be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Oza
โStop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.โ โ Babs Hoffman
โLook for chances to take the less-travelled roads. There are no wrong turns.โ โ Susan Magsamen
โTo the tourist, travel is a means to an end; to the traveller, itโs an end in itself.โ โ Marty Rubin
โMap out your future โ but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.โ – Jon Bon Jovi
โRoad trips arenโt measured by mile markers, but by moments.โ โ Unknown
โA good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.โ โ Lao Tzu
โIf you donโt know where you are going, any road will take you there.โโ Lewis Carroll
โSometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.โ โ Unknown
โDo not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.โ โ Ralph Waldo Emerson
โLife is one big road with lots of signs. So when you’re riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind.โ โ Bob Marley
โI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.โ โ Douglas Adams
โI just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I donโt know where itโs going to lead me, but I follow it.โ โ Grace Jones
โGod made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.โ โ Isak Dinesen
โSometimes, the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to – it’s not for them.โ โ Joubert Botha
โSometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didnโt mean to take.โโ Angela N. Blount
โWhen all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.โ โ Charles de Lint
โSome beautiful paths canโt be discovered without getting lost.โ โ Erol Ozan
โLook for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.โ โ Susan Magsamen
โSometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.โ โ Jerry Seinfeld
โIf you donโt know where you are going, any road will get you there.โ โ Lewis Carroll
โNo matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn around.โ โ Turkish Proverb
Family Road Trip Quotes โ itโs about the journey, not just the destination
Itโs all about the journey, right? OK, tell me this 6 hours into an epic driving day when the snacks are running lowโฆ but thereโs a lot of truth here too.
I hope this collection will be the final inspiration you need to get out there and hit the road:
โRoads were made for journeys, not destinations.โ โ Confucius
โNothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.โ โ Jack Kerouac
โI guess the lesson is you canโt go everywhere. You should still go everywhere you can.โ โ Charles Finch
โThe greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memoriesโโ Og Mandino
โLife is like a road trip โ Enjoy each day and donโt carry too much luggage.โ – Unknown
โRoad trips arenโt measured by mile markers, but by moments.โ โ Unknown
โWhat it takes to realize everything is fine around you? A road trip to the mountains where your soul dwells in the echoes of the winds that carry fragments of clouds with them. What it takes to realize world is going back to chaos and infinite hurry? End of the aforementioned road trip.โ โ Crestless Wave
โOf all the paths you take in life make sure a few of them are dirty.โ โ John Muir
โTravel isnโt always pretty. It isnโt always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But thatโs okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.โ โ Anthony Bourdain
โEvery journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.โ โ Debi Tolbert Duggar
โThere are no perfect parents and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.โ โ Dave Willis
โAt the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.โ โ Shanti
โBecause the greatest part of a road trip isnโt arriving at your destination. Itโs all the wild stuff that happens along the way.โ โ Emma Chase
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I just love these amazing family road trip quotes . These are perfect for my pictures.