The weekend road trip kit (tested on one very keen frenchie)

The suitcase comes out and the dog is already sitting at the car. Road trip dogs are the best dogs. Here is the kit that keeps the trip fun and the back seat intact.

The window seat

The Booster Seat Cover ($49) gives smaller dogs a boosted, waterproof seat of their own with a built-in safety clip. Height means a view, the clip means a sudden stop is a non-event, and the waterproof lining means the beach can come home without soaking into upholstery.

Everyone buckles up

For bigger travellers, the car seat belt ($19) clicks into the buckle and tethers to a harness. It is a two-dollar-feeling fix for a genuinely dangerous problem: an unrestrained dog in a sudden stop.

Water without the puddle

The travel bottle ($29) rides in the door pocket: squeeze, flip, and the trough fills for a drink at every servo stop. No shared soft-drink lids, no soggy floor mats.

The whole kit ships free over $79. See everything in travel & car.