The Ultimate Guide to Travelling With Children
With the school summer holidays only weeks away I have only one thing on my mind – our summer travel plans. I am so excited about our upcoming vacation to France and the other trips we have planned for the summer! I have written before about my own personal tips for travelling with young children and today I would like to share with you a huge array of tips for all types of travel, from camping to air travel from lots and lots of talented bloggers.
100+ Tips and Tricks for Family Travel
General Travel Tips
- 7 Things to Do When Taking Kids on an Extended Vacation– Lemon Lime Adventures
- 17 Absolutely Essential Tips for Solo Travel with Kids– Roam the Gnome
- General Tips and Tricks for Travelling with Kids– Our Little House in the Country
- Travel Safety Precautions– Nothing if Not Intentional
- Travelling With Teens and Tweens– Premeditated Leftovers
- European Family Travel on a Budget: 13 Tips for an Affordable Vacation– Mom It Forward
- Travelling With A Large Family– Paradise Praises
- Mega Tip List for Travelling with Kids– We are THAT Family
- 25 Tips for Travelling with Kids– Y Travel Blog
- 10 Sanity Saving Tips for Travelling with Kids– Cloudy With A Chance of Wine
- The Top 10 Family Travelling Tips– I Think We Could Be Friends
- How to Turn Travel into a Learning Experience for Kids – IGame Mom
- Maths Activities for Family Vacation and Holiday Travel – IGame Mom
- The Best Advice for Travel with Kids – Child Led Life
- 14 Things to Know about International Travel with Kids – Nothing if Not Intentional
- Preparing to Travel – Play and Learn Everyday
- Travelling with Allergies – Family, Food and Travel
- 5 Top Tips to Prepare Your Child for Overseas Travel – Learn With Play at Home
- 6 Tips for Travelling with Kids – Kid’s Creative Chaos
Road trips
- 20 best ideas, activities, and resources for road trips with kids– It’s Always Autumn
- Getting Kids to Unplug on RoadTrips – Lemon Lime Adventures
- Travel Activities and Games to Keep Kids Busy on Your Holiday Road Trip– Umbrella Tree Café
- Literacy Activities in the Car– Growing Book by Book
- How to Have a Successful Road Trip With Young Children: Pack an Emergency Box– Money Saving Mom
- 10 Things to do Before Your Next Road Trip– KC Edventures
- 25+ Ways to Survive (and Enjoy) Your Next Family Road Trip– Let’s Lasso the Moon
- Organizing for a Road Trip– Organizing Made Fun
- 17 Travel Tips For Long Car Rides With Kids– Local Fun for Kids
- 50+ Ideas for Car Trip Fun!– 123 Homeschool 4 Me
- 25+ Car Tricks and Tips– Kids Activities Blog
- Simple Ways to Add Outdoor Play to a Family Road Trip – Kitchen Counter Chronicles
- 50 Fantastic Road Trip Activities for Kids – Cloudy With A Chance of Wine
- Road Trips with Car Sick Kids – A Mom With a Lesson Plan
- Road Trip Activities For Kids – The Typical Mom
- 5 Tips for Road Trips with Kids – Family, Food and Travel
- Road Trippin’ With Kids – Tips from Experienced Mamas – Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes
Air Travel
- Travelling with a Toddler– Sand in My Toes
- Carry-On Luggage tips for Young Kids– Our Little House in the Country
- 10 Simple Tips to Make Air Travel With Kids Easier– Cloudy With A Chance Of Wine
- 17 Tips for Flying With Kids– Y Travel Blog
- 35 Tips to Help Your Family Pack Lighter for Air Travel– Thrifty Travel Mama
- Handling Babies and Toddlers with Jet Lag – A Mother Far From Home
- 10 Useful Tips for Air Travel with Your Toddler – Mom Junction
- International Travel with a Baby – Military Wife and Mom
- Flying With A Baby – A Little Londoner
- Air Travel and Sensory Issues – My Mundane and Miraculous Life
- Tips for Flying with Toddlers – Family, Food and Travel
- Flying as an Unaccompanied Minor – Sisters Raising Sisters
- Travel Well: Practice Family Yoga at the Airport – Multicultural Kid Blogs
- Toddler Plane Travel Ideas – Kids Play Space
Packing
- Sun Holiday Packing Tips and List– Our Little House in the Country
- Travel Packing Kit to Motivate & Involve Children {Free Printables}– Lemon Lime Adventures
- Packing Tips for Families– East Coast Mommy
- How to Pack for a Baby and a Toddler (free printable)– Intentional By Grace
- Packing Tips for Families– Kids Are A Trip
- Packing List for Toddlers– Trips With Tykes
- Ultimate Packing Tips for Summer Vacations – A Mother Far From Home
Camping
- Camping With Kids: Keeping Kids Busy at the Campsite– Umbrella Tree Café
- It’s Never Too Early to Go Camping With Kids: 5 More Tips For FamilyCamping – Umbrella Tree Café
- Top Tips for Family Camping – Bon Bon Break
- Camping with a Toddler – Dad’s the Way I Like It
- 10 Fun Camping Games for Kids – From ABCs to ACTs
- 10 Great Things About Camping – Pulling Curls
- 101 Camping Tips and Ideas – The Dating Divas
- How to Camp with Kids – tipsaholic.com
- 50 Ideas to Make Camping Easier and More Fun – A Mom a With A Lesson Plan
- 10 Tips for Camping with Kids – How Does She?
- Important Family Camping Safety Tips – Mom Prepares
- Huge List of Fun Camping Tips and Tricks – The Frugal Girls
- Let’s Go Camping With Kids! 40 Tips, Games, Activities and Recipes – A Mom With A Lesson Plan
- Things to Pack for Camping – The Typical Mom
- 10 Tips for Camping with Infants – Family, Food and Travel
- Best Camping Gear for Families – Bambini Travel
Beach holidays
- How to enjoy the beach with kids– Army Wife to Suburban Life
Our Best Beach Tips + 15 Great Resources for Family Beach Vacation Planning – Bare Feet on the Dashboard - Beach Trips With Kids and Why They Rock – A Mother Far From Home
- How to Pack for a Beach Trip with Kids – A Mother Far From Home
- Beach Gear You Don’t Want to Forget – Written Reality
Cruise Holidays
- 50 Tips for Cruising with Family– R We There Yet
- 30 Tips to Create Affordable Disney Cruises for your Family – Saving the Family Money
- Tips for Cruising with Young Children – Carrie Elle
- Top 10 Tips for Cruising Carnival with Kids – The American Mama
- Cruising with Kids – The Good, The Bad and The Yummy – Nothing if Not Intentional
- How to Plan for Your First Family Cruise – Capturing Joy
- Cruising with Young Kids – 1+1+1=1
For all these tips and many , many more check out our Pinterest travel board!
Happy Travels!
Ciara xxx
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20 Comments
Jonathan
What a great collection of posts, there are so many that I want to check out! Thank you for including the one that I wrote about camping with a toddler. We’ll be off camping again with our two year old again this summer.
Our Little House in the Country
You’re more than welcome Jonathan, delighted to include your post. We are off camping ourselves this summer, our favourite type of holiday! Have fun!
Jonathan
Thanks. Where in France are you off to? I lived there for three years and teach French to college students. Our first family holiday was a trip to Brittany in summer 2013 and we’re off to Nantes this summer.
Our Little House in the Country
We’re off to Nevez in Brittany this year. Last year we went south to between Nice and St Tropez. Our best holiday ever was travelling all over Normandy and Brittany (camping) for about a month but that was pre kids now we tend to stick to one location for 2-3 weeks! My hubby lived in Normandy once upon a time!
Carrie
Thanks for sharing my cruise post – I’ve pinned this! It’s a great resource.
Our Little House in the Country
It’s my absolute pleasure Carrie! Thanks for pinning! Tonnes of great travel advice 🙂
burpclothsblog
Thanks for sharing my cruise post – I’ve pinned this! It’s a great resource.
childledlife
Thank you for adding our Best Tips for Taveling with Kids post! What an awesome collection of posts. We do a lot of traveling in the summer. Happy to pin!
childledlife
Thank you for adding our Best Tups for Traveling with Kids post. We do a lot of traveling in the summer. Happy to pin!
Our Little House in the Country
My pleasure to include your tips! Love sharing the fantastic work of other bloggers!
jbmumofone
Wow! What a great selection. Thank you so much for sharing with the #pinitparty. I have pinned.
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tripswithtykes
Thanks for including Trips With Tykes on the list. Great roundup! Have pinned for later….
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Pat Jones
Wow! what a fantastic resource this in. Will definitely be coming back to this next year as we’ve a second on the way and a tiny car, so I’m hoping there’s a tip in here about how to get a buggy and a travel cot in the boot of a Skoda Fabia. 🙂
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