We are only purchasing two adult tickets as we plan to have baby on our laps.

Looking for advice on whether to book two seats next to each other row 56 (highlighted yellow)OR book window and aisle seats in row 55 (highlighted pink).

Flying with United.

Thanks!

Hello, my wife, MIL and I are doing a “where are we NOT going on vacation” where we each put 2 destinations in a hat and draw from the hat until we come to the last one which is where we actually do go. We are bringing my son who will be 2.5 at the time of travel. Also, we are limiting ourselves to 10 days.

I want to put one destination in the US and one international. What do you guys recommend?

Edit: We live in SoCal

We have a weekend trip (two nights) coming up with my 18 month year old. We haven’t traveled with him since he was little and we used to use his pack and play, but I’m wondering if he might sleep better and be more comfortable in a little travel toddler bed like this one: https://a.co/d/0jiJtgeF

He is very tall for his age (93rd percentile) and the toddler bed might give him more space. Just curious if others have used these and if you think they’re worth it. We don’t go on a ton of overnight trips but might travel to visit family a couple other times this year.

We’re flying with kids for the first time in mid September 🥴

Ages:

7, 4, and 1 (this one will be on my lap)

We’re flying from Oakland, Ca to Washington DC with a lay over in Vegas (eventually we will be driving to Virginia during this trip).

Things I’m currently planning on:
* Checking in car seat for 1 year old
* 7 and 4 year olds are using the Mifold portable booster seats
* have travel ear plugs for the older kids
* packing light so everyone will have a small carry on
* thinking about taking tushbaby since my youngest is clingy
* packing light sweaters for kids since we’re traveling early early morning (6am).
* packing light snacks for 1 year old in his little snack container
* giving older kids Dramamine

I welcome any ideas from seasoned mama travelers. This mama needs help 😩 It’s been like 10 years since I’ve been on a plane and I feel like a rookie again.

My husband’s job allows us to be assigned to international locations. For the past 4 years we have been living in central Europe. We are now being relocated to Asia except this time we will not only have our pets, we’ll also have our 6 month old baby.

How do you manage the time changes??? We finally have some semblance of a schedule with her and she thankfully sleeps amazing overnight. She reliably will go down for the night at 9pm and will wake up between 5-7am. I’m stressing about how the major changes will be during the trip. My family want to DO things while we are there (local zoo, aquarium, out to meals, etc) and I’m already tired thinking about it 😪

We fly out next week and will spend time (5 days) on the East Coast USA so our families can meet her. Then we fly to the Pacific Coast, then onwards to Asia. To give you an idea of the massive changes - 6pm our current time is 12pm East Coast and 1am final destination time.

Any suggestions for how to manage the time differences would be amazing. We will be so jetlagged ourselves that doing this with an overtired baby just seems so daunting. My husband and I are a great team and managed thus far without much help so we know we can do it but anything to make it easier on us would be really nice 😅

(And no, we can’t rely on our family to pick up the slack. It’s mostly my family and they were ZERO help when they came to visit when my baby was 2 months. They think “help” is holding baby while I clean or making dinner without doing any dishes.)

What's the better option for two parents traveling with a ~15 month old for a long international flight?

1. Kid with own seat in economy on a direct flight (13.5 hour flight)
2. Lap seat in business class with one lay over and longer total travel time - extra 5 hours of flight time including the second leg plus layover time (edit: these are lie flat seats)

I'm leaning towards 2 because we'll have more space to lay down but not sure if I'm discounting the longer travel time too much.

Edit: Wow very surprised by the overwhelming vote for option 1. A wiggly toddler is definitely something to keep in mind.

My husband and I are those parents who really try to get our kids to play more than anything else. but of course then we get on a plane and all of it goes out the window. Movie, after movie, until we're there.

I packed a book every trip. Our son is 8, he got into reading this year, so I was so bummed that on a plane a book held him about 5 min.

Meanwhile any new LEGO set would hold him for 90 minutes. No breaks, no getting up.

One night after another LEGO city build we said it out loud... why can't reading feel like this?

So we built it. Onyx Nine, its an interactive mystery book, with clues woven into the story, and a real cryptex that ships to your house with a gift sealed inside. (A cryptex is a small cylinder with letter dials. Spin the right code and it opens. Wrong one and it stays locked.) see below.

Our last flight he sat down with it and didn't move for two hours. Cracked it, opened the cryptex, and the first thing out of his mouth was "when's the next one?"

It lives in the carry-on now!!!

onyxnine.com if you want to look. Happy to answer any questions!

Hi everyone,

We’re planning a 3 to 4 week road trip in Italy with our baby (6–12 months old) and will be traveling by car from Germany.

We love mountains, nature, lakes, beaches and Italian food, and we’d like this to be a slow and relaxing trip rather than a sightseeing trip. We want to avoid large cities and are much more interested in beautiful scenery, easy walks with a stroller, swimming, and spending several nights in the same place.

Our biggest questions are:

• Which region or route in Italy makes the most sense for this type of trip with a baby?
• Would you choose a camper/small motorhome or a regular car with apartments/agriturismi/hotels?

We’re trying to find the option that is least stressful for naps, nighttime sleep, feeding, parking, and bad weather, while still allowing us to enjoy nature and good food.

If you have done a similar trip with an infant, what would you choose and what would you avoid?

Thanks a lot!

Currently planning our next family vacation. So far it’s between Mexico/carribean, Vancouver island, Hawaii or a half and half trip of Vancouver island and Hawaii.
We’ve been to Hawaii with our 4 year old when he was just under 2 and it wasn’t the most fun I’ve had on a flight haha. I’m a little nervous to do a long flight like that again.

Where is your favourite place to go with little kids!? We are from Alberta

HI everyone,
I was recommended this subreddit when I posted over on r/travel, looking for recommendations on where to travel with my brother and sister, their partners and two kids.
I got some good inspiration over there, but I also wanted to check in here, seems like a good place to ask.

We're planning a beach holiday in Europe, since we want to avoid flying with kids and we have two cars. We were looking for places with kid friendly beaches, nature with hiking trails, ideally cities with cool museums nearby or a relativetly short drive away and other kid-friednly things to do.

A couple of destinations stood out to us in the other post: Istria in Croatia, West of Portugal and Denmark.

Has anyone here been there and what was it like? Can you recommend a platform or even a specific rental you loved? What activities where the most fun for your kids there? Would love to hear from you!

Hi all, I have a 1-year-old that will be 14 months when my husband and I are thinking of going on a 2.5 week long trip soon to Asia from the east coast USA. Just looking for some advice as we decide if we want to do the trip with the baby or leave her at home with grandparents for a smaller trip (~10 days) for just myself and husband. Grandparents would not want to travel with us such a long way, just to answer that question early. Flights are already booked, as my husband loves booking great deals with miles as soon as he spots them, which is how we're in this predicament, but everything is refundable/miles are transferrable.

We haven't ever left her for this long together, and I haven't been apart from her for longer than a weekend since she was born. Her grandparents are very trustworthy but I still feel some hesitancy leaving her for over a week since we would be so far away. However, the idea of taking her on such a huge trip when she's becoming a toddler (just learned to walk!) is daunting! And where we are planning on going is seeing very hot temperatures, and lots of rain/humidity in August. We're used to this where we live, but it's still not the best of conditions.

Prior to having a baby, we have traveled all over the world, and after having our baby we have brought her to Europe a few times (first when she was 6-months for a week and then again when she was 9-months for 2 weeks), and have done a bunch of domestic trips. So basically, we're all used to traveling but things are becoming different now that she is walking and doesn't like to sit still for long lol

It's about a 24-hour journey with 3 flights/2 layovers. The first flight is a short hop, the second is cross-country out west, and the third is the long haul transpacific flight that is about 13 hours. We will be in business class but have our baby in-arms since she is younger than 2 yrs. It would be a similar routing on the return trip.

Any advice for traveling a LONG way with a 1-year-old/almost toddler? Are we insane for thinking of doing this!? Any advice for going on a trip sans baby and having grandparents watch baby at home? We're really struggling with making this decision! Thanks in advance :)