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With the holiday season upon us, Alamo is here to help make your holiday travel a little easier and less expensive!
Alamo is offering some amazing deals through the end of the year that should help make your holiday travel experience a little less hectic. Let’d face it, while most of us love the opportunity to visit family this time of year, it can still be exhausting on the body, mind, and pocketbook!
Keep reading to learn more about these fantastic deals from Alamo, and learn how you can enter to win a fabulous Alamo prize pack that includes a $100 AMEX gift card! Can’t beat that!
Alamo has a number of deals that make renting a great car for your trip easy. You can check them out on Alamo’s weekly deals page.
You can also sign up for the Alamo Insiders loyalty program and get an additional 10% off any Alamo promotion!
For a little fun on the trip, because we all know that entertaining kids in the car can sometimes be a challenge, you can try this fun Disney Cars Land trivia game, or this print a fun Cars Land Activity Book!
ENTER TO WIN
I love Alamo. We’ve personally rented cars with them several times, and it has always been a great experience! Alamo is generously offering one lucky Dear Crissy reader this great prize pack! USA only, ends 11/23 at 11:59 p.m. Good luck!
THE PRIZE PACK
- Alamo branded Striped Boat Tote bag
- Alamo branded travel coffee mug
- Alamo branded sunglasses
- Alamo keychain
- Travel scrabble game
- iTrip iPhone/iPod adaptor for your car
- $100 Amex giftcard
HOW TO ENTER
Simply leave a comment on this post telling me what you love most about traveling with your family. You can get up to TEN entries total, just leave a separate comment for reach reason up to 10.
Giveaway closed: Winner is Jennifer Tillman.
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Alamo. Opinions are my own.
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Quality time without video games.
I love getting away and exploring new places with the family
The fun things you see when you get lost!
Time to bond!
I love traveling with my family and having that time for just us. It realy is the best time to carve out memories wherever we go! Just love when we are all together.
I love traveling with my family because we go lots of places & learn lots of different things! ♥
Love traveling and getting closer
First reason: We get to enjoy something outside of the norm!
I love the company of my family and catching up
I love being with my family in general!
I like traveling with my family for all the new sights we see together! Thanks!
hondaray6 at hotmail dot com
I love to talk and listen to music with my family on road trips.
The laughs we share and the sites we see. Conversation just seems to flow good when traveling down the road.
I love singing songs in the car while traveling with the family
2nd reason: I love seeing situations and moments outside of my perspective and having six kids gives me six new perspectives on a trip!
I love the memories we make when traveling! From beautiful scenery, to who had a bad gas attack, we love to look back and share the great stories! We do most of our travel by car, so with 6 of us crammed in (7 if my sister comes) the opportunities for fun are endless!
Love experiencing new adventures through my children’s eyes.
I love the opportunity to really spend time talking with my family during our trips.
I love going out to eat.. it’s nice to not have to cook every once in a while!
I love making new memories.
Going to the beach with my family is my FAVORITE thing to do! My kids adore it, and I do too!
My family is a bunch of comedians–so its never boring!
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I enjoy the feeling of togetherness when travelling with family!
I love packing everyone into the car with some new movies to watch.
When traveling we also love to play games in the car with the kids like A-Z, I spot.
3rd reason: I love reading and the best way for me to do that uninterrupted is to go on a trip because my kiddos are intrigued with their new surroundings!
I love for my my kids to be well rounded by seeing different things/places.
I love listening to the Margaritaville station on XM radio as we get closer to the FL Keys.
What I love most about traveling with my family (my girls) are the memories that we make together
I love traveling with my family because we get to spend more together.
*Whoops, more TIME together.
Its also a great time to have family conversations while traveling.
We all pick different snacks so theres always a variety onboard!
hondaray6 at hotmail dot com
I love teaching my kids about new, exciting places.
What I love most about traveling with my family is getting to see old friends
We like to go to out of the way places, so seeing new things is one reason!
I love traveling with my family because we get to explore the open road!
what I love most about traveling with my family is the break we get from the regular day to day demands on our lives
A lot of the time we’re traveling to VA to see my family, which is exciting because I miss them so much!
I love stopping a new rest stops and seeing the crazy items they have for sale.
I love traveling because of all the offbeat places that I find on my travels.
What I love most about traveling with my family is discovering new things together
I like counting down the miles in the car.
I always loved having us all together in the car – where else can we be so close and see/hear each other? It makes me so excited thinking about it! We can talk about what we see, what we have done, what we want to do – and of course we can eat good things and always have plenty to drink as traveling tends to dehydrate us.
Spending time together without the rush of having to get everyone to different places.
I love the together time and they way it brings us closer together. We really reconnect. No work or school to keep us apart!
I make travel boxes for my kids to keep them entertained…they are fun for us to do together.
I love all the time we get to spend together while we are traveling as a family!
We love being able to stop whenever we want to let the kids run araound and get rid of excess energy!
Making lasting memories with the kids.
I love to travel with my family because of the together time with each other.
I really like to see my kids excited when they learn something new while traveling
I love how happy my kids are, even on a long car drive!
I love travel to find new adventures in food. Sometimes they are great and sometimes I need pepto, but it’s always fun.
Spending time together
Getting to taste and experience other ways of living.
I love going on vacation in the car and getting a chance to share things I have already seen with my children! It is fun to see their excitement and happiness at this new experience!
I like packing for trips – weird I know – but there is something about choosing just the items you’ll need for a week or a month that makes me feel refreshed.
My kids also love when we are traveling to see all the different sites through different states, around us there is nothing but farms LOL. They love it especially at night because big towns have lost of lights.
I love the games we come up with to pass the time while we are traveling.
I really enjoy making the memories that we will share with friends when we are traveling
I love to see the sparkle in my daughter’s eyes as she sees the beauty of a new place for the first time.
my family love traveling!! we talk,laugh, and play games! we just love exploring new adventures!!!! with four kids its way to fun!!!!!
I like playing I Spy with my 3 year old.
I love to travel with my family because my kids get to learn about new places and the city’s food and general culture.
i love traveling with family because it is fun, you get to eat great food, you don’t receive tons of phone calls for the election, you have family time, and most of all you are making great memories for the future!!! :)
I just love the unique folks I meet along my way when traveling. The different faces and backgrounds always seem to amaze me. Some of their stories can’t be beat.
I like watching news stations in new places…different places have very different news content.
I love traveling with my family because it gives us more time together there are endless things you can do while traveling if you just put your mind to it. My kids also like playing Car Bingo.
I love that we can see the all the great places in the USA when traveling by car and we have had some great history lessons along the way from places like Gettysburg and the Old westerns towns of Colorado so much to see and do.
I love traveling with my family because I enjoy watching my kids faces light up when they see something new! =)
Photo time, photo time, photo time!…that’s why I love to travel.
Our family trips aren’t just about the destination. If they were, we’d fly, to get there more quickly. Seeing the countryside we travel through, in order to reach our destination, enables us to enjoy the journey, and better understand the areas in-between.
I print out scavenger hunts of things to spot and the kids have a ball with it. THEY’VE LEARNED A LOT OF STATE LICENSE PLATES AND STATE MOTTOS FROM IT!
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I love the initial anticipation that the kids have to reach our destination!
I love going on vacation with my family because it is always so much fun!
I love to travel with my family because we can talk and have a fun time together. We always cover a lot of topics during our travels! :)
I love the chance to get to hear my husband and kids thoughts while we travel! Being forced to be in the car together makes you communicate and it’s a good thing.
We love having the time together to bond.
Heading to SC to visit my dad, from Ohio, this would be awesome! Traveling is expensive enough…and when you add 4 kids, it’s even more expensive :)
I also love challenging myself to pack as little as possible!
I love to travel with my family because I can leave the norm of cleaning up and stress behind me! Fun awaits!
I love getting out of the regular routine and away from my responsibilities so that I can more fully enjoy my children.
I love traveling with my family because it gives us time to be together– away from the daily grind. Kids aren’t focused on school, adults aren’t focused on work- we are just focused on being a family and it’s great!
We love exploring new areas together.
What I love most about traveling is visiting other places and learning their culture.
I love their excitement – the thrill of traveling for kids is like winning the lottery for an adult. I love to see them happy!
I love traveling with the family because it’s when we get to spend quality time together. :)
I love that the kids actually want to talk when we are on a road trip – we were driving about an hour away this weekend and my son who is 4 said “Daddy, turn down that radio, I wanna talk”. It’s ADORABLE and I cherish these moments!
Traveling together with my family brings us closer,especially during the Holidays!
#1 – I love listening to the radio really loud and singing along to it with the kids when we travel together!
I love to travel with my family b/c my kids can get hands on experience on a trip, esp. if it involves an adventure or museum.
#2 – I love having picnics at rest stops on our long road trips!
I love that we get some reading time. Life is soo busy with work, school, practice for soccer, music lessons, girl scouts – its nice to be able to read a good book. My girls especially love it, and they read to their little brother as well!
#3 – I love the time I have to listen to and talk to the kids and my husband with no other distractions when we travel!
Traveling means that I can find local music scenes and discover new bands that I’ve never heard of.
Traveling with your family gives you the time to catch up on the things you’ve missed while being away from each other.
I love traveling with my family because we have a chance to bond outside the every day occurrences
#4 – One of our favorite things to do when we travel is to eat at new restaurants only…no drive-thru meals in a box. It’s exciting to try the local flavors of each destination!
we are all old now, but my parents and i still live on the tiny island of bolivar pointe. i will be travelling with them to my sisters, riding in the back seat. we talk lots- its a 3 hour drive there and back- i’m looking forward to the trip
I have never had the extra cash to take a family trip with my children other than to local parks. My favorite things about those trips are just all of us being together, and having a good time.
#5 – We love playing games with the kids that we used to play as children..like spuds and bubbles. It’s a game that gives you points based on what cars you see while driving (Spuds are Volkswagon beetles and Bubbles are emergency vehicles) It’s great fun and teaches excellent math skills!
I love traveling with my family because we get to explore new activities.
I love traveling with my family because we live across the country from relatives and seeing them always feels like a blessing.
I love to travel so I can see my family and friends that live far away from me.
I love traveling with my family because sometimes its a great educational learning experience
I love having my family see new places and creating new memories!!!
I love getting to spend time together without all the electronic devices!
Ilove that my family is up for any adventure. We get side tracked easily and never know what we’ll see!
hondaray6 at hotmail dot com
I love traveling with my family because our relatives live across the country and visiting is always a blessing.
I love traveling with my family because it opens our minds and hearts to trying out new foods and experience different cultures.
I love traveling with my family because it helps us appreciate our life and the world around us that much more
I love to travel to see different zoo’s, museums and National parks. Most of them are a once in a lifetime visit, some I will be able to go back to.
Coming from a small rural area we don’t have a lot of variety in restaurants. When we travel we get to try out new (to us) eateries! We have no picky eaters so its always fun!
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I love to explore new places with my family.
I love traveling with my family because you discover new things often times my kids point out things I would normally overlook.
I love and want to travel to fulfill my bucketlist.
I love traveling with my family because we like to have fun and wind down from our every day schedule.
We love stopping by rest areas on a road trip and taking in the scenery. There’s nothing like breathing the local air in.
We love eating the local food.
I love seeing my Husband relax while on vacation . He’s always on the go and always helping one of our friends do or fix something and he works so hard , so it is a pleasure to see him just relax .
The best part of traveling to me means not having to cook or clean, do the dishes or make my bed. That equals happiness.
It’s interesting, but my kids are very quiet on trips. That’s definitely a plus.
We love playing the guessing games.
I love traveling with my family because it helps us connect as a family and discover interests together.
We love stopping by hotels. It’s so different region to region.
I love traveling with my family because we love the thrill of the adventure.
It’s nice to unwind from the daily stresses and be open to take in new things.
spending quality time with my family
we love trying tourist-ey things!
I love traveling with my family MOST of all because of the long lasting memories we create that forever stay with us.
My kids love souvenirs!
AND, my number one reason why I love to travel is because I can forget all the bad things in the world and find the great things.
My kids love snacking in the car, that’s what they look forward to.
Love going to attractions!
gives us uninterrupted time to bond :)
Designed to harmonize with mountain, lake, and seashore, Maine’s state park system is as varied as the state’s landscape. Mountain trails, lakeside picnic tables, ocean beaches. In Maine, there are 32 state parks and we hope to visit them all eventually. 8 down- 24 to go! How many does your state have? My family is keeping a life list!
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getting away from home to travel with people you love
Another great thing we love doing as a family while traveling is when we stop for a bit to eat we pop in a movie and watch it while eating. Gives everyone a nice break and also get to watch a movie. Sometimes we even stop at Redbox and pick a special one out.
seeing the world with those you love
I love the adventure that comes with family travel. I plan the route to and from but everything in between is up in the air and I love making new discoveries and showing my girls the greatness that is the United States.
Next summer we are going to try geo-caching…if Santa brings us a GPS! I think it sounds like a great family adventure!
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The best part of traveling are creative car games and conversation!
Family bonding. Having a mullet-cam when we traveled to Florida, snapping pictures of certain “hair styled” fellows along the way!
the talks we have while on the road
When traveling toll roads I keep a Ziploc bag of change. The kids take turns counting out the correct toll money…. but everytime we cross a bridge the bag moves to the next person! LOL Sometimes its a well worn bag at days end!
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And for the times that the kids wanna do something on their own when traveling it is great when they take along their handheld devices, like leap frog, or game boy.
being able to get everyone together at one time, in one place, and just enjoy everyones company
I love traveling with my family for the laughs we have.
I love traveling with my family for the pictures taken, some are absolutely priceless and/or funny!
Its true that travel is not about the destination but about the route you take to get there! We like backroads and side trips so theres always something new to see.
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