Traveling With Kids: Kid Friendly Travel Tips

Traveling with children can be an extremely daunting task; it is like taking a herd of goats on a vacation. Traveling with children means lots of toilet breaks, tantrums at any time and constantly staying engaged. Here are some Kid Friendly Travel Tips that will help make your travel less stressful. These tips include advices on traveling with toddlers and older children.
 

Take Your Time – Easy Way To Avoid Tantrums

When traveling with toddlers, try to reach the airport a couple of hours earlier than the scheduled time. Toddlers love to explore and they don’t care about time pressures while traveling. So, if you travel a little early, you’ll be saved from the tantrums, delaying, ogling and faffing.
 

Give Your Little One A Camera – Be A Photographer!

Give your little one a camera. Kids love to play games. Tell your child that he or she is a photographer and should capture some nice photos. The result will be surprising because those little hands will soon get busy and you can easily relax.
 

Be An App Lover – Try Toddler Friendly Apps

Thanks to the numerous toddler-friendly apps on the play store, now you don’t have to pack a bag full of toys. But I will recommend you to pack a coloring book and a magic scribbler. Why not crayons? Because crayons can get lost easily and lost crayons mean a tantrum will be coming soon.
 

Try To Invest In A Child Locator

Honestly speaking, when I traveled with my little one for the first time, my experience wasn’t good. I realized you just can’t leash them. Little ones don’t like to lose their freedom. So take my honest suggestion and invest in a child locator if you are traveling through train, bus or airport. The child locator is not at all uncomfortable for the child. They just have to wear a small unit strapped to their belt or shoe and you keep the transmitter. So in case you lose your kids just set off the alarm and follow the sound to find him/her.
 

Don’t Let Your Children Pack Their Backpacks

I once allowed my five year old to pack his own backpack and all the time at the airport he kept complaining that his bag was too heavy. Reason? Well, when I opened his backpack I found he had brought the entire fossil collection. So another honest advice, let the kids pack their own bags but later do check it and take out the heavy stuff.
 

Avoid Sweets And Give Them Healthy Snacks

If you are traveling on a long haul flight with kids then avoid feeding them sweets. Pack some healthy snacks like fruits, bagels, pretzel, breadsticks or cheese cubes. Plus avoid sugary juices; instead encourage them to drink water.
 

Encourage Your Kids To Keep A Travel Journal

Encourage your kids to keep a travel journal. Get them to draw the places they have seen and make them write down about all the interesting sights. . They could even write about the different cuisines they have tried. Also help them with collecting postcards and ask them to write messages on them, so that when they grow up, they will always know the things they did in their childhood.