This or That Road Trip Questions

60 This or That questions for the car, for couples, families and friends. Swipe through them on your phone or let it read them aloud.

Beach or mountains?

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Tap the card or swipe for the next question. Arrow keys work too.

Tap the card or swipe for the next question, or press Read aloud and the phone asks it. Each card is one quick pick, like beach or mountains, and everyone answers in under three seconds. Sixty cards, no sign-up, and the deck works offline once the page has loaded.

How to play with this deck

A passenger holds the phone and reads the card. Everyone answers at once: count “three, two, one” and say your pick together, so nobody copies the loudest person in the car. No “both,” no “neither,” no explaining. Then swipe to the next card.

That speed is the whole point. This or That is the warm-up game: forty cards go by in ten minutes, and the car learns who is a waffle person without anyone giving a speech. If you want reasons and arguments, switch to the Would You Rather deck once everyone is talking.

The driver can play every round. The passenger reads, the driver answers out loud, and nobody needs to look at the screen.

Scoring for couples and friends

Played straight, nobody wins. Add a score when two people want to find out how well they know each other:

  • Guess first. Before your partner answers, say which one they’ll pick. A right guess is a point.
  • Match. Both answer at once. Every match scores a point for the pair. Twenty cards, then compare your total with the last trip.
  • Car majority. Each player guesses which option most of the car will pick. Right guesses score.

The This or That rules page has more versions, including one for two players on a long highway stretch.

Which cards start the best arguments

Some cards are over in a second. Others run for twenty minutes. The long ones are almost always about the trip itself: scenic route or fastest route, plan every stop or wing it, map or GPS. Save those for when the car has gone quiet.

Kids go straight for the animal and food cards: dolphins or sea turtles, pancakes or waffles, cows or horses. Teens care about seats and music. Adults end up debating whether a short trip every month beats one long trip a year, which is really a question about how the next vacation gets planned.

Keep it fresh on a long drive

Play one round of ten to fifteen cards, then switch games. Coming back an hour later works better than grinding through all sixty in a row. Shuffle before each round so the same favorites don’t always lead.

When a card gets a laugh, let the youngest player make up a new pair in the same style. “Gas station hot dog or gas station pizza?” is a fine card, and inventing them is half the fun for a 7-year-old.

For deeper conversation once the quick picks run out, try the road trip questions for couples.

Frequently asked questions

How many This or That questions are in the road trip deck?

Sixty. They cover food stops, places, animals, seats, music and how you like to travel. Shuffle deals a new order each time, and the deck remembers your card if you close the page.

What makes a good This or That question for the car?

Two options that both sound good and split the car close to half and half. Beach or mountains works. Pizza or broccoli doesn't, because everyone picks pizza and the round ends in a second.

Can kids play This or That?

Yes, from about age 4. Every card is two short words or phrases, so a pre-reader can answer as soon as someone reads it out, and older kids can take over the reading.

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