Tripflix review
We have a small travel trailer. We go camping in upstate New York every year. The reason we don’t camp more is because the trailer is so small we have no room to move and cannot enjoy ourselves. Lately we’ve been doing some heavy consideration of getting a bigger trailer, so we can enjoy some family time. Camping can be much less expensive than flying and staying in hotels. Some people don’t like the driving aspect of camping, but they probably haven’t seen the award winning TripFLIX dvd.
TripFLIX is a travel/educational/entertainment dvd that contains over two hours family friendly content. The dvd would probably work best before going on vacation, when you’re in the planning and idea stage. Kids could also watch it while traveling just for the entertainment. TripFLIX was created by Llana and David Bittner. While traveling through Maryland the couple received a pamphlet designed to make a trip more fun for children.
When you start the TripFLIX dvd you’ll be presented with a map of the US, divided into six regions. Each region features descriptions of several places to go or see within that region. A couple of the stops are well known, such as Sea World, California, but for the most part the stops are places offering something fun and educational and won’t cost your family an arm and a leg. I’d never ever heard of some of the places, but found them interesting.
There are two ways to watch TripFLIX. You can watch it in entirety, which takes about two hours. Or you can tell it you’re taking a trip. When taking a trip you choose what region you’re beginning your trip in and what region you’re ending your trip in. TripFLIX will then show you all of the stops it has between your starting and ending point. There are a total of 25 stops in all on the dvd.
The TripFLIX dvd is hosted by two teens Alex and Emily. These two kids have just the right amount of corniness to make younger kids really enjoy watching. They’re energetic and fun to watch. The kids incorporate a little of everything in each segment including history and fun facts. One of the chapters I enjoyed the most was The Adventures of Afraidiana Jones segment with the garden gnomes.
In between some of the chapters you’ll find a quiz that you can answer with the remote. It isn’t as easy as one might think. I learned two things from the quiz - Arkansas is the state that is home to the only diamond mine in the U.S. and hamburgers were invented in Connecticut in 1865. The TripFLIX dvd also includes a bloopers segment and a TripFLIX ChaChaCha with the dance moves taught by Alex and Emily.
This dvd is a great idea. Not all states have stops within them sadly, I found this to be the one downside of the dvd. I think it would be great if this was available with at least one stop in each state. Ideally I think small states would have one stop and bigger states would have more. With this approach the dvd could be reused in the vacation planning stages. They could even include fun facts like the state capital. Maybe trivia on what the state bird/flower/plant, etc is and why it was chosen.
TripFLIX is available to buy on the TripFLIX site and on amazon.com with a suggested retail price of $19.99. Thanks to Team Mom for giving me this review opportunity.
