How do you fit everything for the beach in the car??

[Anonymous]

We are headed to a house rental at the beach. How on earth do people fit everything in one car.

Ideally, I'd like to bring the double stroller, but I know that's not going to happen. I already have three Whole Foods bags full of a few food items and soaps for each bathroom, plates, cups, paper products, dishwasher and laundry soap, etc.

Then there is clothing for the 4 of us, beach bag, cooler, towels, toys for the kids. I'm renting the crib and linens there.

I have a decent sized SUV, but even the single stroller takes up over 1/2 the back.

Do people just buy diapers, food, water, sodas, paper products, soaps, etc. at their destination? I feel like we are going to need to take two cars.

[Anonymous]

Car top for the car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Car top for the car.

And yes, buy soda and food at the destination. Bring any thing you can't get easily at your destination or if you are pre-making some food for the week but the easy stuff stop at the grocery store at the beach.

[Anonymous]

We have a minivan and can fold down the third row. Our kids are older, so we don't have to bring a stroller, but we do have a beach cart. We also don't have to bring plates or cups as those come with our rental. We also don't bring a ton of clothes and plan to do laundry while we're there.

[Anonymous]

Yes - buy anything you can get at the grocery store at the destination. Take no food unless you must feed a baby en route.

Don't take much clothing - use the washer/dryer in the beach house.

Fill cooler with beach towels. Limit each kid to one small backpack of toys/books.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

OP here do you bring 7 days worth of clothes or only 4 and do laundry in the middle?

[Anonymous]

We buy groceries after we get there, bring an umbrella stroller instead of our regular one, and heavily edit the clothes/toys/extras we're inclined to bring. If you still have no space, get one of those car-top hard cases to bring stuff in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes - buy anything you can get at the grocery store at the destination. Take no food unless you must feed a baby en route.

Don't take much clothing - use the washer/dryer in the beach house.

Fill cooler with beach towels. Limit each kid to one small backpack of toys/books.

+1 This is exactly what we did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.amazon.com/Keeper-07203-1-Waterproof-Cargo-Cubic/dp/B00D9C2CDO/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1470170841&sr=1-2&keywords=car+top+carrier

Car carrier for $50. Amazon prime it to yourself

Hm this is great as I know that the turtle thing on top will make my car too tall to fit in the parking garage. Thanks for this idea. I'm going to measure to see if it will work.

[Anonymous]

Put the stroller(s) in a waterproof cover and strap to the roof. Pack clothes for 4 days and do laundry when you're there (bring detergent). We also have two of these cheap foot lockers that the kids used for camp and they hold a ridiculous amount of clothes, towels, etc. and they don't take up much space in the car. All the clothes, beach towels, and favorite blankets for a family of 5 went into the two foot lockers.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-Footlocker-Black/16415912

[Anonymous]

Why are you bringing so many paper products?

Can't you stuff towels onto beach bag? Fill cooler with the non perishable food (it's just empty space).

Where are you staying? A condo? Hotel?

[Anonymous]

Don't bring 7 days worth of clothes if you have a washer/dryer.

[Anonymous]

Car top carrier

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are headed to a house rental at the beach. How on earth do people fit everything in one car.

Ideally, I'd like to bring the double stroller, but I know that's not going to happen. I already have three Whole Foods bags full of a few food items and soaps for each bathroom, plates, cups, paper products, dishwasher and laundry soap, etc.

Then there is clothing for the 4 of us, beach bag, cooler, towels, toys for the kids. I'm renting the crib and linens there.

I have a decent sized SUV, but even the single stroller takes up over 1/2 the back.

Do people just buy diapers, food, water, sodas, paper products, soaps, etc. at their destination? I feel like we are going to need to take two cars.

Is this necessary? I rent out our beach house, and these items are provided, and I restock them. I thought everyone did.