One of the most common reasons friends tell me they don't travel with their kids is they fear the plane part. The idea of being confined to a small space in a flying vessel for an extended period of time overwhelms them. What if the kids get hungry, bored, antsy, or upset? They tell me stories of the rough experiences they had and how it scarred them. I know…
Before having kids, I was very well-traveled. I went on a choir tour to Europe in college, lived abroad twice, traveled to more than 25 countries and worked for an educational travel company. Travel is important to my husband and me. So, naturally, when I discovered I was pregnant with my first child while living in Paris…after thinking ” hooray!”… I wondered how I would…
Long before my husband and I had children, we were avid travelers. We both traveled quite a bit for work, and as much as possible, for leisure. We had packing down to a science and were able to maneuver airports and planes like ninjas in the night. Then, we started to travel with babies. Packing a carry-on to travel with a kid became quite an ordeal. As our family…
