Turkey Day Traffic: Entertainment for Thanksgiving Travel

As Thanksgiving nears, it comes time to prepare our car—and ourselves—for the jostling journey, no doubt, full of traffic and restless children to entertain. The Turkey Day trek doesn’t have to be a stressful one, especially if you’re arriving in your new 2018 Lexus GS or NX Hybrid. Equipped with some of the most advanced connected technologies in luxurious and spacious cabins, Lexus isn’t just making the drive a little easier, they are using innovation and craftsmanship to maximize comfort and quality, so you arrive safely in speed and style, with a smile.

But how do you arrive with a smile when your kids are bored in the backseat? Usually, you don’t. This is why utilizing Lexus’ infotainment system is key—so passengers can enjoy everything from onboard Wi-Fi to Sirius XM’s commercial-free music and live sports, as well as all the personalized possibilities with the Lexus Enform App Suite, which enables passengers to listen to tunes on Pandora and iHeartRadio get traffic and weather updates, and even find nearby restaurants.

If the question is more of what to listen to on the drive, consider these new albums just released this fall:

• Jack Johnson’s “All the Light Above It Too”
• Miley Cyrus’ “Younger Now”
• Grace VanderWaal’s “Just The Beginning”
• Sam Smith’s “The Thrill of it All”
• Shania Twain’s “Now”
• Foo Fighters’ “Concrete and Gold”
• Kelsea Ballerini‘s “Unapologetically”
• P!nk’s “Beautiful Trauma”
• Demi Lovato’s “Tell Me You Love Me”
• Niall Horan’s “Flicker”
• Taylor Swift’s “Reputation”
• Ringo Starr’s “Give More Love”
• Weezer’s “Pacific Daydream”

Music isn’t the only option here. Anyone in need of a break from the country channel or top pop hits can switch it up, thanks to the iPhone and Android compatibility. Discover an immersive experience by choosing a podcast or online audiobook to play over the 12-speaker surround sound system. In need of ideas? No worries, here are a few favorites:

Kid-Friendly Audiobooks

• The Chronicles of Narnia (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)
• K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series
• Judy Blume’s The Fudge series
• Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island
• The Roald Dahl Audio Collection
• The Spiderwick Chronicles
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda

Kid-Friendly Podcasts

• Storynory
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
• Stories Alive
• Wow in the World
• Stories Podcast
• The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian
• Brains On!

Audiobooks for Adults

• Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
• Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime
• The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
• John Grisham’s The Rooster Bar
• Sweet Tea Tuesdays by Ashley Farley

Podcasts for Adults

• Serial
• RadioLab
• Modern Love
• The Bright Sessions
• This American Life
• Lore
• Uncivil

If it’s a little energy release or engagement that the kiddos need, perhaps a game will better suit them. With dual-screen rear-seat entertainment systems, Lexus enables its guests to hook up gaming systems in the back for hours of distraction. Other options for everyone to engage in are car road tripping game apps, such as Heads Up, Road Trip: Family Fun, Road Trip Bingo, FunBlast Trivia and Mad Libs, among so much more.

In addition to entertainment, Lexus Enform also offers Service Connect to monitor your vehicle’s most important data and Destination Assist to offer navigation—but Lexus goes a step beyond other automakers and puts their drivers in touch with an actual person to guide them to their destination.

Staying safe on the road, especially in high traffic seasons such as this, with your most precious of cargo (your family), is of utmost importance. With the Lexus Enform system comes the Safety Connect feature, which includes Stolen Vehicle Location, an Emergency Assist Button, and Automatic Collision Notification.

Just ask any of our specialists and they’ll tell you all about Lexus Enform and even show you some of its incredible features.

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