Announcing your resort stay on the back of your car

[SL6827]

For all those who drive down, have you ever decorated your car with your Disney trip details using car chalk? For instance, "Disney's Beach Club or Bust" or "on our way to All Star Sports". You get the idea.

 

[Jadyreen1282]

Did this during college...those days are done. But if I had kids maybe.

 

[SL6827]

The two girls with me would love it. My husband would be most embarrassed. That's it, I'm doing it. LoL!!

 

[fla4fun]

We would see cars with destinations on them, but we never did it. We didn’t want to draw attention to the fact we were tourists after my aunt and uncle had their car broken in to at an overnight hotel stop.

 

[bumbershoot]

Zero chance I would do this. Advertise that you’ve got suitcases etc in your car? Nope.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

I normally put different Disney stuffed animals "looking" out of the window.

I don't worry about people being aware that I am traveling. I have out of state plates. And the backseat is full of stuff.

 

[gharter]

Zero chance I would do this. Advertise that you’ve got suitcases etc in your car? Nope.

Same reason we wouldn't. Don't need to let everyone know you are a tourist with cameras, cash, etc in your car. Sad to have to think about that, but that is reality today.

 

[SL6827]

These are some good points here with the "tourist" label, hmmm, maybe not.

 

[EdmondD]

I don't even park at a hotel because I don't want people to know I'm staying at a hotel. When we stop for meals on road trips, we eat in the car, for obvious reasons (Cracker Barrel is particularly accommodating at delivering food to your car). And on road trips, when the drive-through person at McDonalds gets too friendly with too many questions, I just cut my losses and pull away. Can't risk it. In my GPS, I don't enter the destination, in case it gets hacked and the hacker knows where to find me. I use paper maps (that I buy with cash, naturally.) I keep nearly all road trips within my state, because once I've crossed state lines, I enter people's crosshairs with my out-of-state plates. And instead of telling coworkers and acquaintances we're out of town, I tell them we're all cooped up with the stomach flu, just so no one comes around.

Sad to say, but that's how it is these days (even though car thefts, car break ins, and overall crime is way, way down compared to decades ago).

Now in all seriousness.... we made a long road trip to Disney when I was a kid. For several hours we were near another car on I-95 with many people in it. My dad said, "Wonder if they're headed to Disney World" despite us being in like, South Carolina. So I wrote a sign and held it up that read "Going to Disney?" And the kids in the back excitedly nodded in response. We wrote notes back and forth for several miles and it was quite charming.

Of course they robbed us at the next rest stop, but the first part is a good memory...

 

[DisneyMim]

I would never do it. I'm with people who don't want to be labeled as a tourist and may have stuff in the car. I grew up in an inner city and I realize I am probably way too cautious, but I just wouldn't take a chance.

 

[SL6827]

I don't even park at a hotel because I don't want people to know I'm staying at a hotel. When we stop for meals on road trips, we eat in the car, for obvious reasons (Cracker Barrel is particularly accommodating at delivering food to your car). And on road trips, when the drive-through person at McDonalds gets too friendly with too many questions, I just cut my losses and pull away. Can't risk it. In my GPS, I don't enter the destination, in case it gets hacked and the hacker knows where to find me. I use paper maps (that I buy with cash, naturally.) I keep nearly all road trips within my state, because once I've crossed state lines, I enter people's crosshairs with my out-of-state plates. And instead of telling coworkers and acquaintances we're out of town, I tell them we're all cooped up with the stomach flu, just so no one comes around.

Sad to say, but that's how it is these days (even though car thefts, car break ins, and overall crime is way, way down compared to decades ago).

Now in all seriousness.... we made a long road trip to Disney when I was a kid. For several hours we were near another car on I-95 with many people in it. My dad said, "Wonder if they're headed to Disney World" despite us being in like, South Carolina. So I wrote a sign and held it up that read "Going to Disney?" And the kids in the back excitedly nodded in response. We wrote notes back and forth for several miles and it was quite charming.

Of course they robbed us at the next rest stop, but the first part is a good memory...

Oh lawd! Too funny.

 

[Elle23]

I don't even park at a hotel because I don't want people to know I'm staying at a hotel. When we stop for meals on road trips, we eat in the car, for obvious reasons (Cracker Barrel is particularly accommodating at delivering food to your car). And on road trips, when the drive-through person at McDonalds gets too friendly with too many questions, I just cut my losses and pull away. Can't risk it. In my GPS, I don't enter the destination, in case it gets hacked and the hacker knows where to find me. I use paper maps (that I buy with cash, naturally.) I keep nearly all road trips within my state, because once I've crossed state lines, I enter people's crosshairs with my out-of-state plates. And instead of telling coworkers and acquaintances we're out of town, I tell them we're all cooped up with the stomach flu, just so no one comes around.

Sad to say, but that's how it is these days (even though car thefts, car break ins, and overall crime is way, way down compared to decades ago).

Now in all seriousness.... we made a long road trip to Disney when I was a kid. For several hours we were near another car on I-95 with many people in it. My dad said, "Wonder if they're headed to Disney World" despite us being in like, South Carolina. So I wrote a sign and held it up that read "Going to Disney?" And the kids in the back excitedly nodded in response. We wrote notes back and forth for several miles and it was quite charming.

Of course they robbed us at the next rest stop, but the first part is a good memory...

I read the first part thinking you were serious and probably the weirdest person on the forum.

 

[EdmondD]

I read the first part thinking you were serious and probably the weirdest person on the forum.

But the safest!!

 

[fla4fun]

It sounds funny until something happens. My aunt and uncle were moving from Ohio to Virginia at the time, and didn’t leave anything visible in the car, but it didn’t matter. Everything in the trunk was gone. Dad would take everything of any remote kind of value out of the car at overnight stops after that and would back the car in so the license plate wasn’t easily visible. I don’t know if it helped, but we didn’t get robbed.

We are actually having a seminar with local law enforcement this week at work about parking lot safety and keeping your car secure. They also sent out an email about not leaving anything valuable in your car. Our office is walking distance to South I-Drive. I am not aware of any incidents, but there is clearly a reason they’re doing this. So I tend to err on the safe side.

 

[Denise W]

Tacky, and dangerous to advertise you have stuff in the car ready to be stolen.
Denise

 

[gharter]

Its all funny until you have your car broken into at a hotel.
Had it happen once at a big name hotel. Must have been a group as they hit 10 cars all in one area.
Crow bars and dashes are not a good look. Ripped an expensive stereo right out of the dash. Popped open the trunk,luckily I had everything else inside the room. Shattered a window as well.
Took the police quite a while to fill out all the reports.

 

[Accidental Magpie]

Also, it's a nice note as you are driving out of town that your home is likely empty.

 

[JerseyJanice]

I read the first part thinking you were serious and probably the weirdest person on the forum.

Me too! LOL!

You had me going there for a minute @EdmondD.

 

[loves to dive]

I don't even put my AP stickers on my car, they are on my fridge. No bumper stickers on the car and no little stick people either.

 

[larissawbb]

I read the first part thinking you were serious and probably the weirdest person on the forum.

That would be some prize!