Long road trips can be a blastor they can be boring, exhausting endeavors.

Quora userJon Mixonoffers some advice for traveling alone, with your significant other, and with coworkers.

I dont care for driving alone at night.

Even if I make better time than expected, I will not drive any farther in a single day.

Choose the music that you want to listen to before you leave.

Stop at truck stops, not rest areas.

Rest stops have… bathrooms.

Also, rest stops are often isolated, which might feel less safe if you are a lone traveler.

Theyll thank you for it.

Get AAA (If you are in the United States or Canada).

Drive with comfortable, hard-soled shoes or boots on.

High energy foods (proteins and carbs) are the best.

that either you both like or that you’re able to at least tolerate.

The idea is to have a fun, safe trip and get where you are going in one piece.

Unless your shortcut is a well-lit interstate or four lane highway, just stick to major roads.

Split it up evenly ahead of time and youll both have time to relax.

Keep your driving advice to yourself.

No point in potentially ruining a nice trip by pushing things too much.

Stop either for a while or for the night and continue on again later.

Never assume that there will some place that has rooms.

That usually does not work in your favor.

If that means you have to part with a few extra dollars, then so be it.

Its a pretty damn silly argument to have a dispute about who is going to drive.

Decide on your route beforehand.

As with other things, its always better to plan things than wait to see what happens.

Keep the conversation relatively light.Work talk is okay.

Work talk that provokes arguments or that will cause hard feelings is not.

If it is controversial, either leave it alone or change the subject.

If you are the jokester, keep it to yourself.

If someone needs to stop…then stop.

Personal calls on stops only (unless it is an emergency).

Nobody wants to hear your family drama or what kind of a stud you are.

Keep your cell phone calls short if they come in while youre driving.

And, obviously, no texting and driving.

If someone chooses to read, listen to music, sleep, play games, etc.

rather than interact…let them.

While it isnt social, how they deal with long rides is how they do it.

You really cant make them do what you want them to do.

Personal grooming is important.

If you have hygiene issues, address them BEFORE the drive to be considerate to your colleagues.

If this is a dietary problem, then you may consider traveling alone.

Even if being a whiner is your normal state, get it under control for a few hours.

If you cannot, consider traveling alone to the destination, if possible.

What are some hacks to surviving long road trips in a car?

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