Are you planning for a road trip with your friends? Then, you should carry many essentials while traveling in a car. The list of essentials that you must carry while traveling in a car depends on the distance of your travel, the number of days you are traveling, and on time of the year. The following things you must carry on a road trip are as follows:

Emergency Kit for Car: As you are traveling in a car, your car can mishap or stop functioning at any time. So, it is better to carry an emergency kit with you to be on the safe side. The kit includes a puncture kit, jack, and jumping cables.
Medical Kit: Medical kit is the most important and useful thing that you should not forget. First aid box, few medicines of your and your traveling partners need, anti-allergens, antacids, and so on.
Food and Water: Food and Water are the key essentials that you must carry while traveling it may be in a car or other transport. But on road trips, you must have adequate food and water as you may not get food shops everywhere on the roadside.
Hygiene is important: While traveling in a car, it's obvious that you will not get well-cleaned washrooms in every place. So, it is better to take your soap, hand sanitizer, tissue paper, etc.
Road Map: So that you don’t go on the wrong path, you should carry a road map with you. Road maps are available on your smartphones but you also should carry a paper road map for emergency purposes.
Electronics Gadgets: You should carry your mobile phones, charger, USB cable, power banks, and such essential gadgets.