Tips For Travelling With Children

By Deepa Ranganathan

Planning to travel with children this vacation? Yes, planning is the word that you might have to enforce on when you are travelling with children. It's no longer the impromptu travel world for you. With children towing along, it might seem like you are on a wild vacation that involves a bit more than just a few toilet stops and, adoring your kids.

Travelling may even involve pre-bookings, getting to the airports earlier than before etc. You can no longer live that pre-baby life you enjoyed that was filled with just-in-time arrivals and, last minute bookings. To help you embrace the idea of planning and, also to make you prepared for the travel with your kids, here are a few tips you can try.

Tips For Travelling With Children

Tips for travelling with children:

Element of Time
When travelling with children, don't forget to take enough time with you. Yes, take it with you. Why? Well, have you observed that children tend to take more time than adults when using the toilet, while observing the surroundings etc? They believe in leisure and, hurrying them would make them cranky. So, include enough time when travelling for their tantrums, loo and, other stops so that you can keep your cool.

The App World
What would keep your little one engaged? Ever thought about it? Well, here's a splendid way to ensure your little one does not trouble people around or, even you for that matter when in flight or at the airport. You can give him/ her a fancy little gadget filled with apps to keep him/ her engaged.

Brace Yourself for the Climate
Weather

Research a bit on the climatic conditions of the place you are travelling to. It always helps understand what your kid might need and, what he/ she may not need. For example, if you are going skiing, you may need the skiing outfit along with the shoes and gloves. You cannot miss out on either. So, ensure you have your research and checklist ready.

Wipes & Diapers
his comes handy when you are traveling. You cannot always keep opening the overhead compartment to change your child's diapers. So, how about carrying one set of diapers and some antibacterial tissues in your carry bag? This way you can attend to your child immediately even when toilets are inaccessible.

Go Public Transport

You would want your child to travel comfortably hence, you would prefer going by car or taxi in a foreign land. But, the child would enjoy more when he/ she travels by public transport. So, make use of buses, trains, etc to roam around when travelling with children.

Keep Medicines Handy

When travelling with children, you never know what would affect them. It is always necessary to keep some basic medicines handy so that you can cure them off the sickness on the go.

You could even ask them to carry a journal to record their stuff or, give them child-friendly cameras to capture things their way. It's always good to stay prepared to have loads of fun when travelling with children.

Story first published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 19:22 [IST]
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