{"id":567035,"date":"2026-03-28T18:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/567035\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:01:11","slug":"keegan-michael-key-on-why-road-trips-still-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/567035\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan-Michael Key on why road trips still matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 HooNV\">He fondly remembers the era of slow, experiential travel \u2013 where trips unfolded on the open road and were guided solely by paper, instinct and whimsy. &#8220;Back in the old days, you&#8217;d get out your map and your dad was, like, &#8216;Hold on, I gotta figure this out&#8217;,&#8221; said Key. &#8220;The excitement started to build when you&#8217;d undo [the map] on the bed and everyone [decided where to go next]. You can change your mind on a road trip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 HooNV\">Once the dominant form of leisure travel in the United States, whose massive highway system sprawls through endless prairies, deserts and national parks, road trips have played a crucial part in shaping national identity. Here are Key&#8217;s thoughts on why this iconic American pastime will never go out of style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 HooNV\">Why should people take a road trip in 2026?<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 HooNV\">I think we&#8217;re craving a certain type of connection that we&#8217;ve been losing in the past couple of decades. [And] we&#8217;ve got a bunch of things happening this year; 100 years of Route 66, the 250th anniversary of the country. Also, the World Cup is happening this year all over North America, which would be a really great road trip.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774622469_84_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/p0n96sm8.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Alamy The US' endless sweeping spaces and extensive highway system have made it an iconic road trip destination (Credit: Alamy)\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>AlamyThe US&#8217; endless sweeping spaces and extensive highway system have made it an iconic road trip destination (Credit: Alamy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He fondly remembers the era of slow, experiential travel \u2013 where trips unfolded on the open road and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-567035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}