Vacation 2013: The Early Stages

Now that we've laid out the process we go through to actually plan a vacation, it's time for you to witness said process first hand. Over the course of the next several months, we hope to show you everything that we go through while planning one of our trips.

As Matt mentioned earlier, we generally start to plan our next excursion as soon as the current one winds down. This year, the seeds of Vacation '13 were planted while we were still in Hilton Head. Right now, our tentative destination is Bethany Beach, Delaware. We came to this decision in a very scientific manner.

Rules of the Road (Trip)

Thanks, Match.

Given our budgetary restrictions, our preferred method of travel has always been road trip. Even with Obama driving up gas prices by selling all of our oil to the Socialist Kingdoms, splitting multiple tanks of gas between a car full of people still tends to be cheaper than a single plane ticket. Plus, given our previous destinations, air travel would be over in a matter of hours. Who would want to do that when they could spend 15+ hours in close quarters with some of their best friends?

Here are some tips for a successful road trip so that you can avoid turning your best friends into your worst enemies.