Comments on: Can kids travel? http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36386 Darren Cronian Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:02:13 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36386 Ahh, that's where I am. Is that with Jet2 or BMI, Thomsonfly? Ahh, that’s where I am.

Is that with Jet2 or BMI, Thomsonfly?

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]]> By: lisa davies http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36384 lisa davies Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:28:23 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36384 i'm flyin wi leeds and bradford. thank you for your reply. i’m flyin wi leeds and bradford. thank you for your reply.

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]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36356 Darren Cronian Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:41:59 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36356 Hi Lisa, I hope you get this before you go away on holiday. It depends on the airline, Ryanair for example will allow you to take a bag for your child, but they will charge you for it. Your best looking on the airline website, or let us know which airline and I can find out for you. Hi Lisa,

I hope you get this before you go away on holiday.

It depends on the airline, Ryanair for example will allow you to take a bag for your child, but they will charge you for it. Your best looking on the airline website, or let us know which airline and I can find out for you.

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]]> By: lisa davies http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36309 lisa davies Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:33:03 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-36309 can my 15mth child have his own suitcase when travelling aboard? me and my partner are travelling on tuesday (19/6/07) please help.. can my 15mth child have his own suitcase when travelling aboard?
me and my partner are travelling on tuesday (19/6/07) please help..

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]]> By: Alexis Dawes http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-15858 Alexis Dawes Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:47:49 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/01/27/can-kids-travel/#comment-15858 I've been traveling with my now 4.5 year old since she was 1. The longest flight being Los Angeles to Paris when she was 2.5. And as icing on the cake, I'm a single parent. It's almost always just me and my daughter traveling together. Here's what I've found to be helpful when traveling by air: * Don't bring lots of old toys. I make a goodie bag of 10-15 new dollar store/cheapie toys before we leave. This way when we get on the plane she has some new stuff to keep her busy. This helps tremendously. Just be sure to stay away from really noisy toys. If you have one noisy toy, that's the one they'll cry to play with! :-) * If I know it's an international flight of 6+ hours, I prefer to take a late flight. Say after 8pm. This way I know she'll sleep most of the way. So far I've always taken direct flights. If your kids have problems with painful popping ears, direct flights are the only way to go. (I had the worst pain with popping ears when I was kid, so I speak from experience.) * Get a portable DVD player. I ALWAYS travel with mine. Make sure you have DVD's of their favorite shows. My daughter loves Scooby Doo, as well as kung fu movies. (Yeah kung fu!) * Talk to your children ahead of time. Even if they're very young. I've always explained the plane ride, what happens when we get off, etc. I tell her that she has to use her quiet voice on the plane. And it works for me. I've never had a problem with my daughter freaking out on the plane. People comment all the time about how quiet and well behaved she is. Planning is the key point here. Good luck to all! I’ve been traveling with my now 4.5 year old since she was 1. The longest flight being Los Angeles to Paris when she was 2.5. And as icing on the cake, I’m a single parent. It’s almost always just me and my daughter traveling together.

Here’s what I’ve found to be helpful when traveling by air:

* Don’t bring lots of old toys. I make a goodie bag of 10-15 new dollar store/cheapie toys before we leave. This way when we get on the plane she has some new stuff to keep her busy. This helps tremendously.

Just be sure to stay away from really noisy toys. If you have one noisy toy, that’s the one they’ll cry to play with! :-)

* If I know it’s an international flight of 6+ hours, I prefer to take a late flight. Say after 8pm. This way I know she’ll sleep most of the way.

So far I’ve always taken direct flights. If your kids have problems with painful popping ears, direct flights are the only way to go. (I had the worst pain with popping ears when I was kid, so I speak from experience.)

* Get a portable DVD player. I ALWAYS travel with mine. Make sure you have DVD’s of their favorite shows. My daughter loves Scooby Doo, as well as kung fu movies. (Yeah kung fu!)

* Talk to your children ahead of time. Even if they’re very young. I’ve always explained the plane ride, what happens when we get off, etc. I tell her that she has to use her quiet voice on the plane.

And it works for me. I’ve never had a problem with my daughter freaking out on the plane. People comment all the time about how quiet and well behaved she is.

Planning is the key point here.

Good luck to all!

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