Travelling with Children

Don’t stop travelling overseas just because you now have children and what’s more, you still want great accommodation, great facilities and a little time for yourselves. Great kids’ entertainment and supervision such as children clubs can be important, as well as facilities for them onsite. Plus, top tips on how to avoid the having a stressful journey with the kids.

1. Pace yourself. Go with the flow and don’t plan to much. Build in rest days and be realistic about what you might see and do.

2. Travel is great for broadening the mind, even if you’re a six-year-old. Start by getting your little ones prepared for their holiday. Read a guide book to them or show them videos of what you plan to do. This will get them excited and have something to look forward to. Encourage them to keep a holiday journal, collect photos, ticket stubs and draw pictures of what they have seen and record new words they may have learned along the way, and give things a try.

3. Research and prepare a “things to do and places to go if the weather isn’t great” list. This is particularly good if travelling out of season.

4. If possible check in online as knowing you are sat together will give you piece of mind and you can often turn up a little later to airport if you have checked in, leaving less time to entertain your child before boarding. Do remember a lot of airline now charge for seats if you wish to select more than 24 hours before flying.

5. Choose a hotel that caters for children. Kids clubs can give parents a break but make sure you check the age requirements and if its only ran specific times of the year.

6. Taking a buggy or pram, even if your child is now walking, can be handy as they can double up as places to rest from the heat or if up a little later than usual to rest.

7. Check the hand luggage restrictions before travelling, what you are permitted to take liquids, gels and creams, which will more than likely include milk and nappy cream for example. Make sure they have been stored in a specific way and not carried over a certain quantity.

8. Requesting a ground floor room if available is often a good idea many rooms lead onto gardens giving extra play areas.

9. When flying it’s helpful to have something such as a boiled sweet to suck for take-off and a drink for landing. Make sure you have plenty of ways to entertain your little one such as crayons, books and their favourite toy or an I pad.

10. If you book with me I can do most of these thing for you.