Filed in archive Travel Tips by Sabrina Dent on July 6, 2006

Fodor's has a great interview packed with tips from parents who long-hauled it to Italy with their 15-month old daughter... and managed to return home both still married and with the child, which is a remarkable accomplishment.

There really is a ton of good information and ideas about traveling with small children, but my favourite was this bit:

It's easy to forget that children do live in most vacation destinations. Keeping this in mind, we did not overpack diapers, diaper wipes, or baby food, opting instead to buy the basics as they were needed.

That's a fantastic difference in mindset from most parents I see checking in with small children at the airport, who tend to look as though they're going to need a sherpa just to get their imported nappy stash up the hotel steps.

Related Entries:

Travel IQ, clever reisen : interview de Konstantin Schlüter,... - 31 May 2007
Preparing for Travel with a Food Allergic Child - 08 August 2007
Should You Buy Travel Insurance? - 29 October 2007
Finding a web name - 30 October 2007
Lufthansa Airfare Sale Alert: Act Now! - 13 March 2008
Save Some Money: Save the Planet - 21 March 2008
Travel Friendly Beauty! - 10 April 2008
Travel Emergencies - 04 May 2008

« Picture Perfect Passports | Main | UK Terror Alert and Your ... »

Permalink: Child Friendly Travel

Tags: travel with small children wandalust child+friendly friendly+travel travel+tips

Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/28147

Addthis

Ask

Blinklist

del.icio.us

Digg

Fark

Facebook

Google

Lycos

Ma.gnolia

Mr Wong

Netscape

Netvousz

Newsvine

StumbleUpon

Slashdot

Tailrank

Technorati

Wink

Yahoo

Vote for Child Friendly Travel:

Currently 9.00/10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Rating: 9.00 out of 4 vote(s) cast.

Response from: shelly (09/10/07 8:02pm)

True enough, except the quality isn't always the same. The diapers in China did not hold up half as well, I'd really suggest packing some of your child's own if you travel there, esp. for nighttime.

Response from: Vicky (09/18/07 9:07pm)

Travelling with kids is certainly an art. I think the more you travel the easier it becomes. The temptation is to take everything "just in case" but this is not always necessary as you suggest.

One of the best things about travelling with kids is that they are a great way of meeting people because they are often a talking point.