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Tune In for Travel - Creating a Vacation Soundtrack

August 18 2008 by Matthew Clyde
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Time for some summer refection. Memories of barbeques and kicking back with some good friends. Remembering late nights and early mornings because no one is watching the clock. But there is one key to making any summer memorable... road trips. This summer no road trip was complete without a playlist full of great music. What you will discover is with the right playlist of tunes, you will always have a trigger to remember your getaway. I still play Milan 2006 with longing and relive the thrills of Grand Canyon Adventures 2004 thanks to my travel tunes.

Keep your destination in mind when creating your hodgepodge of melodies. Pick music that will get you pumped up for the vacation ahead and keep the memories flooding back when it is over. Here are a few sample playlists for creating your own vacation soundtrack:

San Diego, California
If the beach is what you are looking for then put on some laid back tunes and get ready for some relaxation while soaking in the rays.
1. Amazing - Josh Kelley
2. Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
4. Yellow - Coldplay
5. Love Soon - John Mayer
6. New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
7. Fun, Fun, Fun - Beach Boys
8. Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
9. Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
10. Everything - Michael Buble
11. Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper
12. Where are you Going - Dave Matthews Band
13. Upside Down - Jack Johnson
14. Californiacation - Red Hot Chili Peppers
15. Island in the Sun - Weezer

Nashville, Tennessee
If you are a country music fan then this is the destination for you! Nashville is the "home of country music" and you can bet that is what I centered my playlist around.
1. Never Wanted Nothing More - Kenney Chesney
2. Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts
3. That Song In My Head - Julianne Hough
4. Wherever You Are - Jack Ingram
5. A Feelin' Like That - Gary Allen
6. Summertime - Kenney Chesney
7. So So Long - Dierks Bentley
8. Wide Open Space - Dixie Chicks
9. Chicks Dig It - Chris Cagle
10. Last Name - Carrie Underwood
11. You Can't Take the Honkeytonk Out of the Girl - Brooks & Dunn
12. It's Good To Be Us - Bucky Covington
13. Playboys of the Southwestern World - Blake Shelton
14. Mud on the Tires - Brad Paisley
15. Walking In Memphis - Lonestar
16. Fast Cars and Freedom - Rascal Flatts
17. Something Like That - Tim McGraw

Chicago, Illinois
The city comes to life in the summer with street fairs and music festivals. Start the fun in the car with up beat songs that everyone will love.
1. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
2. Hurt So Good - John Mellencamp
3. Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
4. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
5. Anyway You Want It - Journey
6. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
7. I Will Buy You a New Life - Everclear
8. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
9. Forever Young - Rod Stewart
10. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
11. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
12. All For You - Sister Hazel

The best part about making a road trip playlist is how it takes you back to the open road every time you hear it. But no matter where the road takes you, with some good company and great tunes you are sure to be loving life behind the steering wheel.

Share your destination soundtracks with us to inspire other travelers when they hit the road.

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