A GPS Unit Made My Vacation Easier!
Recently, my family and I took a lovely trip to the State of Florida. We were there to go to a wedding, visit family, enjoy the beaches and other local attractions. To get around, we realized we’d either have to have a bunch of maps all printed off, or we’d have to rent or buy a GPS unit.
Thankfully, we opted for buying a GPS unit. It proved to be well worth the money and we figured we could use it on other trips as well, so the cost could be spread out over more than just one trip.
We bought a Garmin 550c off of eBay. What an incredible little piece of equipment! We paid under $200 for it which was a fantastic deal for that brand at the time with a cool array of features.
What that little GPS unit did was make our trip go smooth! It helped us find all kinds of places. We’d punch in where we wanted to go and it’d help us figure out how long it’d take us to get there as well as help us find new places to visit along the way.
My sister brought her Magellan brand GPS unit. She’d thought it’d be helpful as well. However, hers got her into all kinds of problems because it couldn’t figure out where she was and/or couldn’t figure out how to tell her to get places.
So, we learned from the experience that it definitely pays to get a good quality brand. Not only did it save us time and frustration, but it also saved us gas money since we weren’t taking oodles of wrong turns all the time!
So our recommendation is that GPS units are one of the handiest things to take on a trip, you just need to make sure you invest in the right brand! Garmin is one of the better brands, in our experience.
