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When you are taking a road trip with the kids, you want them to be comfortable and occupied (and quiet!) so the trip will be more enjoyable for everyone. Here are some new road trip accessories for kids of all ages to help you keep on truckin’.

You’ve likely heard of BubbleBum (an easy to take along car seat that folds up and flattens out for travel). They have expanded their lines to include Sneck (a seatbelt travel pillow) and Junkie.

The Junkie helps keep your kids organized, and the car cleaner. It is both a car organizer and an activity station that can help keep the kids busy once you put their favorite things inside. It is easy to harness into the backseat and store activities, coloring books, snacks, drinks, and more between two children (and carseats). There are two retractable trays, two cup holders, an insulated area for cold items, and plenty of storage. The tote bag is removable, so you can bring your “projects” into the house, hotel, restaurant- wherever you are headed next- easily. Junkie makes road trips more organized.

Sneck is a travel pillow that lets kids nap easily in the car, filled with micro-beads and is plush on the outside. The Sneck attaches most headrests easily with a Velcro strap so it stays where the child wants it to. There is a small mesh pocket that can hold a small toy or electronic device. Kids can use Sneck 3 ways to find the position that is most comfortable for them to sleep in.

You can find BubbleBum, Sneck, and Junkie on Btheir website as well as Target.com, Babiesrus.com, Sears.com and Walmart.com. You can also connect with them on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

NeckNapperz are easy to take along, adorable, transforming plush pillow/stuffed toys that are perfect for roadtrips, planes, trains- or even for your child’s own bed. These neck pillows transform from plush toy into a plush neck pillow and back again, which makes them great for dual uses. Kids are easily bored, as we all know, and being able to entertain themselves while you wait to board the plane or snuggle up with in the car, then use it when they are ready to nap is doubly-useful.

The pillow offers support and cradles your child’s head, so none of those stiff shoulders and necks when they wake up from sleeping “funny”. The neck pillow has a snap on the end, so they can snap it shut and secure if they would like to. It is easy to attach it to luggage or a carry on while you are moving about, so it doesn’t get lost. They are priced at $19.99- you can get yours at http://www.necknapperz.com/

Equiptbaby is for the littlest travelers, and makes it easy to put baby to sleep wherever you are. This portable bassinet is so small, you can fold it up and put it into your diaper bag. Made of rip stop nylon, it has SPF 50 protection from the sun to keep baby safe while he or she sleeps. Baby is visible from all angles and protected against insects with fine mesh- there are no chemical sprays used. The inside, soft padded insert is machine washable, so if baby has an accident, cleanup is easy. Setup is a breeze- it pops right out in about 2 seconds. No worries! It’s easy to fold back up too, and place back into your bag when baby wakes up. Recommended for ages 0-6 months. You can get yours for $69.95 at www.equiptbaby.com

If you are headed to a hotel, cabin, campground, or even a relatives house where you will need more sleeps pace then you have, check out Kid O Bunk. These portable bunkbeds are perfect for camping, or anytime when you need an extra bed for the kids. There are no tools needed to put it together, as it has lock in disks that snap together. They look somewhat like army cots, but are smaller in size and are built as multi-use bunk beds. You can also use it like a bench/couch for daytime use, or side by side beds if you have the room or the kids prefer it.

The bed’s material is machine washable, should anyone have a spill or an accident. They come with a zippered carry bag for storage and to take it from place to place, and have side organizers to place “treasures” in for safe keeping while they sleep. The Kid O Bunk is recommended up to age 12, but bigger kids will be too long to fit easily. Each cot holds up to 200 lbs, so that’s a non-issue for most kids of those ages (one would think). There are no ladders or mattresses needed- you can get your bunk for $289 at http://www.kidobunk.com or Cabela’s in lime green or teal.

Disclosure- I have received the above in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own and honest.

Toasty Totes are an interesting product. For one, it is multipurpose and not in the way you can use play dough to stop a leak in a pipe. More along the lines of, “this is actually useful.” The Toasty Tote is an item which will slowly become a necessity for the back of your car, much like the re-usable shopping bags are now. These interesting portable totes are not only a portable blanket, as well as a cushion, but also a blanket, and a handy carrying device. That’s a lot of uses.

Sure, it’s not big enough to carry a body- but only a steamer chest will do for this purpose. And what are you up to, carrying bodies around? What’s wrong with you? Knock it off, already. Moving on.

The tote can be easily wrapped around yourself for an extra layer of warmth when it gets too cold or the air is too nippy. You can also try wrapping it around a folding chair for quick and easy transport. There possibilities for the Toasty Tote are almost as endless as they are for Lego’s. Yeah, I said it. With the Velcro straps and various arrangements of organization available, the only thing holding you back is your own ingenuity. The more often you bring around Toasty Tote, the more often you will realize how useful it is. My husband is adding it to his “bug out” bag, you should get one for yours as well. What, no bug out bag? That’s a problem. You need a bug out bag. And you should add to it a Toasty Tote. Also, it’s useful for baseball games when they just drag ON and ON and never end and it’s freezing and the kids are all whiny because it’s cold….so, double useful. Zombies, or terrible baseball games that won’t end. I’ll bet you can come up with some ways as well, but those are the best two, I think.
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