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The snow and cold weather has finally left us and the warm air has been welcomed with opened arms. We now can pack up the car and plan our next road trip or day trip. I try to plan a road trip at least every other weekend and make sure I plan so I get everything in. I start with a wish list:
Girlfriend Getaway (Me and my besties)
Family Getaway (The whole family)
Couples Fun Adventure (My husband and I with other couples)
Friends Fun Adventure (My husband and all our friends)
Romantic Getaway (Me and my husband alone)
Grandkids Fun Time (Us with our princes)
I then start searching for the perfect places in driving distance, which for me is up to six hours. I find the perfect settings for what we want to do. Again more lists are created with activities, food, spas, shopping, and lodging. Once the destination is determined and booked I get right down to my list for packing. I keep a travel bag ready with toiletries so I only need to refresh those. One thing that most people forget about is the car. This is how you’ll be getting to where you want to be and also how you’ll get home. Your car needs to be in tip top shape. Getting gas is a no brainer but a quick check-up or oil change wouldn’t hurt if you are close to the due date. Also please don’t forget about your tires! We spoke earlier about the snow leaving but it left behind lots of dirt and plenty of pot holes to make you feel like you are driving in a video game trying to avoid them. These pot holes put wear and tear on our tires.
Let me tell you about a cool program that will help you get your car ready for your overdue getaway! The Sam’s Club Dare to Compare all-in tire offer is truly unbeatable. You may know them for their memberships giving you unbeatable summer deals but did you know that you can also get deals on everything, including auto & tire services!#DareToCompare
Sam’s Club offers the best tire brands at the best all-in price, matching offer. These tire brands include: Michelin, Goodyear, BF Goodrich and Pirelli. Not only does Sam’s Club offer a fabulous price on tires, but they also include the Tire Installation Package with each tire purchase. The Tire Installation Package makes this deal unbeatable! ($15/tire, $25/dually tire).
Check it out! The Sam’s Club Tire Installation Package* provides purchasing members with the following benefits and services for as long as they remain an active member of Sam’s Club:
- Tire Mounting
- Tire Lifetime Balancing
- Tire Lifetime Rotation
- A Value Stem
- No Charge Tire Lifetime Flat Repair
- 24-hour Emergency Roadside Service
* Complete terms and conditions of all Sam’s Club warranties and services can be obtained at any Sam’s Club Tire and Battery Center location
Sam’s Club works hard everyday to save their members money on tires. Let Sam’s Club help you save and get summer ready today! Their tagline is “We offer the best tire brands at the best “all-in” price, and we’ll match it!*”
How Sam’s Club “Dare to Compare” offer works: Bring a valid “all-in” quote from a tire sales and installation retailer to your Sam’s Club Tire and Battery Center service counter. The quote must be printed on dealer/retailer letterhead and dated within the past 7 business days. The tire must be the same brand, same line, same load index and speed rating (service description) as the tire intended for purchase at Sam’s Club. Sam’s Club carries some club-specific tire lines – in these cases, Sam’s Club will compare the club-specific tire line to the equivalent general-market tire line. Sam’s Club considers the following tire lines to be equivalent and will price match accordingly: Club-Specific Tire Model General-Market Tire Model BFGoodrich Touring T/A BFGoodrich Advantage T/A Michelin Defender XT Michelin Defender Michelin X Radial LT2 Michelin LTX M/S2
BF Goodrich 5/6/2015 5/31/2015 $50/$70 off set of 4 Michelin 5/14/2015 7/5/2015 $70 off set of 4 Pirelli 5/15/2015 7/12/2015 $80 Instant Savings Goodyear 6/24/2015 8/31/2015 $70 off set of 4
Pull in to your local Sam’s Club to get everything checked and new tires before your next summer trip!#DareToCompare
What road trips or day trips do you have planned?
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We have a mini (2 hour) road trip planned this weekend. A 4 hour trip to Vermont next month and then a 6 hour trip to Hershey later this summer 🙂
That is such a great wish list! I think I’ll steal it for my own. Enjoy the warm weather!
What a great list of vacations to hit this summer. I also agree with you. My warehouse club is a great buy for tires and purchases like that.
We try to take short, two to three day trips to the beach at least three times a year. It’s so much fun.
We are planning day trips to Asheville and hopefully to the beach.
We drive down to the Jersey Shore a few weekends every summer. We’re also heading out to either Boston or Baltimore for a long weekend – all road trips!
The only roadtrips we have planned right now are getting our kids to and from camp….4 hours each way. Making sure tires are in great shape is super important!
I don’t have anything planned right now. We usually just do local stuff in the summer. I will have to take my car to Sam’s when I need new tires.
Road trips are always so much fun! We are taking a road trip to Chicago next month – can’t wait!
We have several road trips planned this summer. We will be moving my son into college in Mississippi soon.
We are already Sam’s Club members so this program is an awesome bonus. Vehicle maintenance is always important but especially before those long trips.
Sam’s Club is a great place to have a membership to have. Road trips are always fun.
I often wonder why I would go through the trouble to get a quote, then turn around and drive my car somewhere else to have that price matched? Sam’s Club doesn’t try to beat the price? Just curious 😉
We are still up in the air over if we want to take a road trip this summer or not. We might head south to Tennessee or maybe East towards Niagra Falls.
I like thinking out trips. Like the maintenance idea.
Now you are a seriously organized, and I love it! We are going to travel about three hours for a family getaway with cousins for the fourth of July weekend.
It’s important to triple-check your list before leaving on a road trip! You don’t want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere without an item you need!
Road trips are so fun. Sadly, no road trips or day trips planned for us! At least not this summer!
We’re planning a daycation to Yosemite later this fall. It’s about 4 hours away when the weather’s good. I think the birthday celebration in October will be too crowded to attend. It was interesting to note their advice on the site about the size of the park and conflict with GPS. Enjoy your trips!
I’m envious of the amount of road trips you’re able to take. I would love to take a few myself this summer.
I need new tires. I haven’t checked out prices yet but I love the prices at Sam’s Club so they will be on my list.
What a beautiful Lexus and spectacular view. I really have been feeling the itch to travel more. I think its because I am going to be 40 next month and I have spent my life afraid of so much. I dont want to be that person any more.
I think you are exactly right on the length of time for the optimum road trip. I usually take a big road trip every year with my kids and find no more than 6 hours a day is best. I love all your wish list trips! Makes me think I should start planning one too.
Great trip and right on time! We’re getting ready to road trip across the country!!
Perfect timing–one of my tires has a slow leak. I’m going to call them today. I hate getting work done on the car, but at least I can shop while I wait.
I absolutely love a good road trip as long as it’s not over 4 hours and I don’t have to to drive…lol Great tips, I will be using several of them.
WOW I didnt know Sam’s Club did all that. I am working on a weekend roadtrip right now!!
I always get my car checked before i go on a road trip. I am planning on a few road trips this summer. I will have to go to my parents house a few times and they live a few hours away.
I love Sam’s Club! I didn’t realize you could take your car there now to be worked on. That’s great news!
I plan to take a road trip to Memphis, TN to visit friends and another end of the Summer road trip to visit my Dad in Florida. I love road trips.
Great tips for traveling, we are heading to Gatlinburg sometime this summer-can not wait!!
This program sounds really great for families traveling for the summer thanks for sharing I had not heard of this until I read about it on your blog.