My Top Ten Tips on Travelling with Kids!
It is no secret that travelling with kids can be difficult, especially if you are on public transport of some kind and have other passengers to consider.
Being a mum of six, I have seen it all. Been delayed for hours in a crowded airport, trying to stop a toddler running up and down the aisle on the train and trying to calm a scared child on an aeroplane, but I do have some valuable tips to share.
- Prepare them for the journey. Kids over the age of one have a fair idea of what is going on, so it is wise to explain what is going to happen. They may initially get over-excited, but should calm by the time the journey arrives. Mine like to spot signs for the destination we are travelling to.
- Be Prepared – I am not saying you need to pack everything but the kitchen sink, but I recommend you take an extra couple of nappies and a change of clothes for those little emergencies. If you are clever you can disperse these things in the kids hand luggage and I highly recommend getting a Trunki for children under the age of 10, as they can use them as sit and ride toys whilst you wait plus they are small enough to class as hand luggage. Do check an online baggage allowance finder to check the size and weight of your baggage before you travel – you don’t want any nasty surprises!
- Take some toys / games / books. Travel sized games are perfect, as are colouring / activity books and some pencils and a tablet, plus headphones, loaded with films or their favourite TV program. Avoid toys that require lots of little parts.
- Take drinks / snacks – when my children are bored they like to eat so I pack raisins, grapes, biscuits to keep them going but avoid sweets. If you are flying you are unable to take baby food and drinks in the hand luggage, but most airports sell it once you are through customs, so make sure you have some money with with.
- Hand sanitiser and baby wipes for day are essentials, especially when you are out and about in the great outdoors with no facilities on hand for a clean up
- Make sure you book accommodation that is suitable for your family. Check they provide the equipment you need, such as travel cots, as this will save you dragging them along with you.
- Take your time! Kids love to explore their environment and rushing them is likely to cause a meltdown so where possible take your time and give them a chance to get comfortable in their surroundings.
- Don’t forget the First Aid Kit – you can buy ready made first aid kits from the supermarket which don’t take up much room in your hand luggage. I always add sachets of calpol, piriton and some paracetamol for us parents too.
- With teenagers the best way to avoid a soul-destroying sulk is to involve them in the planning of the holiday and ask them for input on what they’d like to do.
- Don’t park too far from your destination and make them walk. If flying I highly recommend using a service like APH where you simply drive to the terminal and head straight to the check-in desks while your car is parked for you and returned to you on your arrival home!
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kim neville
I always take some travel games, snacks, book, change of clothes and pampers wipes
Catherine McAlinden
Take a spare change of clothes for yourself (as well as them) in case they are sick.
iain maciver
try and make it fun
susan younger
a variety of different games and music.
Jo Hutchinson
Pack travel games.
ashleigh allan
Dont stress to much!
joanna butler-savage
Don’t do it!!
Tamsyn
Take lots of colouring and pencils and games. All new in the pack so it’s exciting. And I put pens etc in little zip sandwich bags so they are easy to find, and not hard to lose!
ELAINE DALE
keep them occupied
Tracy Nixon
Travel either late at night or early morning so your child will most likely sleep for most of the journey!
karen cowley
Sing alongs an snacks , always keeps them occupied x
laura stewart
i take colouring things x
sharon martin
car games to keep them occupied and stop for a leg stretch and little run around to let them let off abit of steam and to have a drink and snack.
Also if they don’t travel well a change of clothes/wipes / couple of carriers always handy too.
Kay Panayi
Make lists and stay prepared
Julie D
don’t take them!! hehe , seriously though, we find ispy is good
dawn f
take wet wipes drinks and snacks!
Kirsty Ward
Lots of Snacks & Fun games to keep them entertained!
Andrea Fletcher
Lots of fun games to keep them occupied.
Paul Ballantine
Make them think it’s a game so they don’t get bored
Paula Barker
a few new games or toys, to keep them interested
Cristín Williams
Leave the house before you really need to, better to be early than late because you need to stop at every services for wee breaks
louise
Try to travel during nap time if children still nap.
Tracy Hanley
Let them pack a little bag each , something to play with , maybe colouring book or reading book a snack and something to eat
Mrs Rachel Heap
A fully charged Ipad normally works for us
Tanya Camilleri
play lots of fun car games.
KATHY D
games consoles
Nichole
Spare change of clothes and lots of wipes!
amy fidler
try and make it fun/and take travel games alongx
Michaela Hannah
Take plenty of things to keep them occupied like colouring books, ipads etc
laura banks
lots of travel games and a tablet
sarah rees
take lots of things to keep them occupied and busy. keep it fun
Lindsay @ Newcastle Family Life
plenty of snacks and drinks x
Anthony Harrington
take lots of things to keep them amused, fed and watered!
Ding Rankine
Best tip for travelling with children is take things that will keep them amused and be up front about travel times and any potential glitches.
Rebecca Lis
Lots of snacks
curtis cleary
Take plenty of games/colouring books to keep them occupied on the journney
Steve Carroll
Bring as much stuff as is reasonably possible to occupy them! DVD Players, tablets, books, food etc., and be prepared to play games yourself too.
nicola clarkson
plenty of snacks and games
Dawn McBride
Make sure you have a good supply of entertainment, Colouting, Ipad for movies/programmes etc. Something they are into and will enjoy doing. We sometimes try to plan to leave around nap time/bed time when possible xx
Lindsey Stuart
Always take plenty books, snacks, juice/water and an ipad or tablet always works wonders for me 🙂
Jessica Woods
Too many people result to the ipad computer screen what ever happened to the traditional ispy game etc x
Jennifer Wlodyka
Encourage the kids to write a holiday journal
winnie
bring loads of snacks
Martina Pichova
bring snacks, magazines and colouring stuff
Cassandra Mayers
Lots of Snacks and colouring 🙂 Play games
Victoria Mylittlel
i like the one where you advise to take food and toys
melanie stirling
Make sure they have plenty to keep them occupied and lots of snacks and drinks.
anne murray
Play games with them, play bingo, make out sheets with different things on them that they might see on there journey and give a small prize when they win.
MANDY DOHERTY
Dress baby in easy-on, easy-off pajamas for travel
jemma dwyer
Books , toys , music , x
Natalie Crossan
Bring an ipad and an external charger!!
Shirley Evans
Always keep very small toys in your handbag,it sometimes keeps them occupied
Maria Hackett
I always take books and toys with me, and I like to check if there is a play area at the airport (most airports do) so they will be tired when they getting on to plane and sleep straighaway x
Susan Lloyd
Lots of snacks
Samantha Loughlin
Take books with you to keep occupied xx
leigh boyle
games planned ipads charged and go around nap time xx
Laura Todd
Be prepared 🙂
Wendy Jones
buy a few of their favourite comics or books, and make sure the radio is on. Sing-a-longs are fun.
Samantha Wheeler
Go prepared! Snacks for all, drinks for all, lots of books and small, quiet toys!
caroline walliss
Lots of singing with disney CDs.x
sandra rubery
be prepared for anything!
Marc Chivers
Le them have their music on
Kelly Glen
Always take one of their favourite toys with you
Shivon Davis
Take lots to keep them occupied, Tablets are good to download films on, Books to read to them and toys they enjoy playing with. A simple sing song also is good mine love it x
Ruth Harwood
Always have a few books for the kids to read!
Kasia
a lot of books and toys
Claire Scott
Games and a portable DVD player
tracey ryder
try and travel at night then they sleep, or take plenty of games
Darren
Plan enough activities and food to get you through any possible delays.
Lauren Pilkington
take some crayons and plenty of paper. hours of fun with little games and drawing pictures.
Laura Pritchard
Take plenty of snacks, books & puzzles with you, and try to schedule in stops along the way.
Helen Gossage
Travel at night so they sleep through
Zoe G
Depending on the type of journey but when and where possible we tend to leave early hours/sunrise kind of time, that way the kids stay asleep and there is no traffic jams, we always do this when we go camping or caravanning
debbie hay
We always travel at night so the boys are guaranteed to sleep for some of the journey
Sara
Take snacks, new toys (or toys they haven’t seen for a while), and keep change of clothes in hand luggage
Paula Readings
Keeping them amused with games
Penny H
Plan ahead with fun games to do on the way and take frequent stops so they can run about and let out their energy.
Karen Lloyd
Pack activity books, they don’t take up much room but they can provide hours of fun.
Jen Palmer
Break up long car journeys with regular stops for running around – makes it so much less stressful for everyone involved! Also give them a bag with some colouring things, a couple of favourite (not noisy!) toys and some low-sugar snacks plus water to keep them going in the car.
Dawn Gould
Take plenty of supplies – drinks, snacks, toys, books. Then make sure you don’t bring them out all at once so they don’t get bored of everything too early.
Sam Goodwin
Keep them occupied, and have regular breaks so they can stretch their legs and let off steam
Chris Michael
Take an iPad (other tablets are available) filled with their shows.
Chris Michael
Take an iPad filled with their shows.
Lorraine Tinsley
Take loads of stuff to keep them amused, also if they are small take a sling, they are much better than a buggy especially for walking around the airport
Liam Bishop
Always have wet wipes to hand.
Barbara Jane Shaw
Have baby wipes handy and be organised – think of a variety of travel games you play on route
Michaela Jennings
Make sure you take lots of travel games/activities and plenty of snacks
Laura Kevlin
Lots of breaks! Gives everyone plenty of opportunity to go to the loo, stretch their legs and you can always schedule the stops somewhere fun so that it’s part of the trip!
gemma brown
activity books and eye spy
Tina Holmes
Take snacks, books, and colour book
Stephanie Tsang
Bring lots of games and activities to keep the kids occupied.
phoebe hurd
A new toy , a new magazine or a activity folder with paper ,crayons, books , sheets.
Jemma Taylor
We have just been away and borrowed a friends Trunki. We packed sweet for taking off and landing. A good tip is to wrap presents and open one every half hour. Keeps them amused and it doesn’t have to be big just little animal figures, colour/sticker books etc.
Christine taylor
Bring lots of snacks to keep them entertained and full up x
Heidi Brown
Take lots of things to keep them occupied
abigail edkins
travel either really early or late so they can sleep…and plenty of snacks
Rich Tyler
Take snacks and distractions!
Emma Gibson
Take a lot of entertainment.
Jennifer Potter
Take plenty of snack foods as it’s hard to find healthy kids snacks on holiday
Edward Guerreiro
Always bring distractions. Toys, books, iPads. Anything you got.
Rhia P
Wet wipes! Oh, so many wet wipes. And drinks, snacks, toys. Also, be prepared to sing the same nursery rhyme over and over and over again when you realise it’s the only thing that’ll make them happy. Sigh.
Angela treadway
Take activity books! X
Melissa Brown
I snack them up and pre load the ipad mini with games, a few colouring books and off we go. And try not to ever let them know that mummy hates boats and flying freaks me out. All part of the fun.
Jessica Powell
Be prepared! Take more snacks, drinks, things to do than you think you’ll need.
Sarah-Jane Laycock
Be prepared – make travel a game – have puzzles and tasks lined up in abundance to while away those boring hours
Val Swift
Take plenty of things to keep them entertained and snacks
YOLANDA DAVIS
Make sure they are sitting high enough to see out of all the windows so they don’t get car sick.
Fanny Tran
Always bring loads of games like doodle, snacks and audio books/music.
Jenna Parrington
Take lots of distractions! Food, books and games!
Linda McGarrigle
I would have to say take plenty of patience with you, remember they are little people too and a short period of time travelling to them can seem so so so long, be prepared to be attentive to them when possible sing play observation games etc.
fozia Akhtar
Pack lots of interesting activities
Stacey Melia
Baby wipes, always baby wipes!
Becky Yeomans
Prepare for different games! If me and my 2 year old daughter are travelling by car we play a game of how many birds we can spot!
Corinne Henson
The ipad is always a must for us
Sarah Lee
Take lots of snacks!
Lisa Pond
Comics, crayons and thinking games e.g. name as many yellow things you can think of in 1 minute ?
Jasmine Johns
Make a activity pack. Use a folder and fill it up with different coloring pages, sticker books and pages, puzzles etc. Lots of breaks and snacks and have there favorite CD on hand so you can have a good sing along. 🙂
julie perry
Take a pillow for somewhere to rest their head while asleep
aaron broad
Have lots of distractions available
Lucy mills
Have plenty of snacks and wipes
Georgina
Snacks drinks and entertainment like there tablets or portable DVD player
Sarah Brokenshire
take an ipad 🙂
a.e.adkins
Drop them off with grandparents en route
crystal williamson
coffee for Mum
Lisa
Take plenty of fruit ?
Cupcake R
Always take a packet of baby wipes in your bag when travelling with toddlers!
pete c
have regular breaks and keep them occupied with different things
Andrea Smith
Take lots of books, toys, music to keep them occupied. Also take a spare set of clothes and some zip lock bags ~ these are really handy for car sick kiddies and you can zip it up without it spilling everywhere!!!
Angela McDonald
Ensure you always have a back-up plan for activities to keep children occupied – just in case!
Stephanie Whitehouse
take a tub of crudites – picking and munching occupy a lot of time
jen morgan
make a list of everything you will need so you don’t forget anything
kayleigh Bates
Take a change of clothes for everyone x
Sonia Cash
Make sure you take plenty of drinks and snacks
Isabelle Smith
give them the ipad
Sue McCarthy
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity, to go to Romania.
Mummy Fever
I pack a ‘busy bag’ for each child – with a mix of their favourite things, some snacks and something new
Lyndsay-Rose
Lots of activities and snacks
Keri Jones
Always take a toy they haven’t played with for a while (or a new toy) it will help keep them entertained 🙂 x
katherine s
Makes sure all tablets and game consoles are fully charged before you start your journey.
karen hughes
pack their favourite snacks and toys.
Lisa Mack
Take spare clothes for both of you (I had a baby with severe travel sickness – yuck!) & just don’t stress about is, when they are little they don’t know it’s anything different & only get upset etc. because they are picking up on your anxiety xx
Gwen Maynard
Pack snacks and drinks and make sure you have extra clothing and blankets in case of a breakdown. Especially in cold weather.
Helen Swales
If travelling long distances, set off at your child’s bedtime if at all possible. Warm the car and put your child(ren) in their nightwear before setting off, once you get to your destination, you can put the children straight to bed. An added bonus is that the roads are often quieter too.
Rebecca Smith
Don’t forget to take the favourite toy or comforter it will be a godsend
Lynsey Buchanan
Take activity books and play games
claire woods
Taking plenty of things for them to do.
Karen Laing
It depends on what form of travel,if it’s in the car then I spy,songs,and see who spots the first cow etc.I’ve found that books in the car can make children car sick so it’s best avoided.If you’re travelling by car or train books can be useful,sticker books or drawing books,if they’re new they’ll keep them amused for hours x
Rachel C
Plan ahead – snacks, games and a change of clothes
Harriet
Endless snacks
Christine Dodd
Take a friendly granny to help!
elizabeth ferguson
travel at night with them sleeping xx
Stephanie Tsang
Take lots of toys and snacks.
jdean
Always have something fun to distract and occupy little ones with.
Kerryanne Atkinson
Keep them occupied, be organised, treat it as an adventure and tell them the same. Ensure they are well rested.
Jolene Yule
Packing a magazine treats earphones and favourite teddy always makes it a breeze to travel with mine
jennifer thorpe
take lots of books and car activities
Morgan Prince
You’ve got some great tips here! Thanks for sharing x
Claire Elizabeth Noke
pack a few “surprises” in your carry-on… wax crayons, little colouring book, dot-to-dots, stickers (which they could win by guessing “eye-spy’s”, etc ….. on longer flights, download a few child friendly games to your phone, tablet which do NOT require an internet connection to play 🙂
Sallyanne Metcalfe-Mullins
Was going to be silly and say “leave them with grandma”! I break the journey into chunks, so with flying I tell him to look out for planes, then once there focus on the next bit etc etc….we are lucky our son is pretty well behaved, either that or he is saving it all up to become a monster….lol
Lindsey Stuart
We always bring some snacks and plenty juice!
Colouring in books with crayons, tablets and earphones 🙂
Ema J Lowe
have plenty of non messy snacks and drinks to hand
Louise
games to keep them busy with snacks
John Tingay
Allow plenty of time, but plan for something to do if you don’t need all the time you’ve allowed!
Laura Loo
Some food bags filled with a few goodies, every time they start getting bored give them a new bag
stacey turner
My best tip is… be just as excited as they are instead of wondering what others think of any whingeing etc 🙂
Kelly L
Be prepared!
Jennifer Toal
Take plenty of activity books to amuse the kids
Karen Brady
A new book always help
Nat thomason
Snacks drinks and a blanket
Graham Antony Wright
use a in car dvd player to keep them occupied
Kayleigh Robinson
Take some colouring books and crayons.
Corinne Peat
Take plenty of games for them to play and make up games especially for the trip.
Tammy Westrup
Leave for a long journey when they are due a nap…then they’ll have a big sleep on the way!
Robyn Clarke
Try and plan journeys to make use of nap times. Mine both tend to have long naps while we travel, make sure you have some pit stops worked out before hand.
Danielle Graves
Allow yourself plenty of time for unexpected hold ups like toilet stops, needing to change.
Rachel Butterworth
Always take something to keep them occupied (colouring books, stories, travel games etc). Boredom equals grumpy kids.
Samantha Mann
Be prepared for a tantrum or two. Its no big deal and if you’re prepared you will deal with them better =)
marie powell
pre plan games, have plenty of non messy snacks and try to pre plan toilet stops
sharon sheppard
Travel at night as children will sleep through most of it if not mine always take there kindles as well as snacks and drinks x
Mark R
Travel at night so they more likely to sleep and keep a new book or toy as a distraction
donna peters
page and post liked and shared good luck everyone
Jon Sellers
Travel games, colouring books and DVDs are all very useful. Play interactive games too like eyespy etc
Donna Caldwell
Colouring books and pencils
Tracy Gladman
Usborne do some great activity cards for children who are travelling. There are some for car journeys and some for general travel. They are wipe clean cards that come with a pen. They are fantastic. Lots of games and activities. Keep mine amused for hours. No more “are we there yet?”
Michelle Banks
plenty of tings for amusement x
Tammy Tudor
Plan ahead and have a variety of activities planned
Lillian Fisher
Plenty of stops if travelling by car and lots of gadgets
Louise Whittaker
I pack colouring pencils and books, a couple of toys, we sing a lot and have regular breaks
claire haskins
take lots of food and a ipad
Dee Dmonte
Pack plenty of healthy snacks to take with you.
Emma Fox
Break up a long journey by visiting something on the way so you can get out of the car and move around.
z webb
take there favorite toy,but make sure its on secure, so not to loose it! easy snacks to eat and water to drink, hand wipes too!!
Heather Harris
spare clothes and plenty to entertain them
betony bennett
Plenty of snacks and things to do. Always make sure you know where the toilet is!!
lisa dolatowski
The greatest thing you can take – whether at the airport, sightseeing or getting from A to B – is extra time. Toddlers love to explore and don’t care for the time pressures of travel, so you’re more likely to all retain your cool if you factor the faffing, gawping, stalling, toilet stops and tantrums into your timeframe.
Colleen Thomas
lots to eat and lots to play with
Samantha O'D
Pack a small bag with entertainment and snacks to keep them busy
AMANDA ROBINSON
Lots of pens, colouring books, paper, DS, sweets and play I spy
Solange
Make your travel toys last, so try not to bring them out until your child asks for them or gets bored. They’ll probably be amused for quite a while with just looking around, talking to others, and having some one-on-one time with you. When you do get out toys, get out one at a time so that each has a period of novelty. It’s fun to have some (or all) wrapped as gifts. The wrapping won’t add significantly to your load, but it will provide a little extra excitement and entertainment for your child.
cheryl pearson
try to take plenty of sugar free snacks & drinks, and lots to entertain!
Beth
Make sure to bring plenty of snacks and things to do x
Doreen Mccarthy
games to play , tablets/hand held devices, snacks and wipes!
Julie Ward
We used to buy beano/dandy etc annuals from flea markets, or dose them up with calpol (joke)
Alix Smith
take lots of colouring books & things to entertain them
Monica Gilbert
Bring snacks, small activities, and some books. Unless the rules have changed in the last year, you can bring a reasonable amount of baby food and formula/breast milk in bottles. You just get stuck going through enhanced security checks and might have to taste it in front of them. I brought some baby food when my daughter was 8 months old and switched to dry snacks and empty cups when she was older.
Kelly
Allow plenty of time for stops and make sure you pack enough entertainment!
Hayley Mulgrove
Take plenty of books and games
Natasha Mairs
Take stickers books, nintendo DS and plenty of snacks
Jo Carroll
Make sure you always leave plenty of time for regular stops and journey breaks.
Gem Cook
Pack entertainment to get the amused and snacks to keep them from getting hungry x
Jill Donaldson
We create a play list for the kids with songs and rhymes and of course some sweets
Rebecca Phillips
prepare for all eventualities! bring snacks, pens, paper, colouring books and mobile devices as well as toys to keep them entertained
Kirsty N
Prepare stops or set times to stretch legs, use the loo and let off some steam!
Ashleigh Day
My best tip would have to be have plebtly of snacks and a fully charged ipad!
sarah clegg
be sure to pack a change of clothes and wet wipes 4 mucky hands and something to keep them busy like crayons and a drawing pad
donna l jones
some games and books
Leanne Newsome
Kids tablet to play games
Deirdre M
Factor in a lot more time that you need & plan a pit-stop or two so they can get out & run around. Have snacks & games organised for the car. With all that hopefully all can arrive at the destination without being too flustered!
jo maxted
plenty of snacks and drinks available and i try and travel early in the morning so the kids are still half asleep and take a nap in the car
Bella Bazley
Have a secret stash of distractions you can pull out to settle them when necessary.
Georgina davies
plenty of food and magazines to keep them entertained
Chantelle Binge
Some form of entertainment and a lolly pop. Keeps my little one amused for a little while and then try colouring, reading. Even playing pretend games or travel games x
Tarbs Gill
Make time for stops
Katie Walker
Things to keep them amused, frequent breaks for both you and the kids
Diana
Chatting and making it fun! 🙂
kimberley ryan
Pack plenty of games, activities for them
Stacey Leigh
Always have lots of snacks, you can generally always calm them down with food (and daddy too!) xx
Jaynealicia
Change of clothing for me as well as them – bitter experience of someone else’s secondhand weetabix in my lap!
Farhana
snacks and ipad full of downloads does the trick
kate knight
Bring an ipad to keep them entertained
Lisa Wilkinson
Be prepared. Have plenty of snacks to hand. Also a few treats for the plane helps.
olivia Kirby
Lots of wee wee and stretch the legs stop! We try to holiday within 3 hours of where we live to be honest!
Kat Allinson
Takes lots to keep them occupied, DVD’s, games, books and food and drinks
Paula Phillips
Keep them occupied, take things for them to do and plenty of snacks and drinks.
Donna W
Take plenty of snacks and drinks and lots of toys and games to keep them occupied.
Julia P
take lots of individually wrapped up small presents, like games, pencils, colouring books, snacks. its as exciting opening the packages as it can be playing with the contents.
katie w
plan lots of games to keep them occupied.
sheila bound
Make sure you have plenty books and games to keep them occupied
Rebecca Howells (@PeanutHog)
Keep within view at all times (@PeanutHog)
Jamie Gallant
Take plenty of things to keep them entertained
tracey grevatt
Take colouring books and pencils as well as wetwipes and tissues just in case
Nikki Hunter-Pike
Help them pack their own travel bag which includes actctities like i spy sheets, colouring, puzzles and also sing lots of songs in the car!
Charmian Filewood
Take a range of things with you as they get bored of one thing quite quickly
Hayley Colburn
make sure they have something fun to do, ours have their innotabs to play with or watch films on
Victoria Prince
Break up the journey and take lots of travel games..etc to occupy them, as well as games you can play “off the cuff” like i spy!
Cecilia Allen
always have loads and loads of baby wipes to hand. even for older children
Amy Jane Beckett
Lots of wet wipes
Lisa Houston
Be as prepared as possible. Take lots to keep them amused, snacks and juice also. and lots of patience
Eleanor Jones
Take games to entertain them
Vera Bahounkova
Lots of Snacks and drinks
Kelly Hooper
activities to keep them occupied and a route that has rest stops
Eleanor Powell
have lots of word/ spotting games (that obviously dont mean extra luggage) to play
Nazrana Haque
an ipad or a tablet device is a must these days sadly!
Zoe Warren
Portable DVD player, plus Frozen songs for the CD player. (Not too many though!)
Catherine White
Make sure they have snacks, activity books and pens, toys to keep them occupied, keep them busy really.
Rebecca Powell
Lots of activities to keep them occupied
Jackie Rushton
Take a portable DVD player to keep them occupied
Jess Howliston
Have a little travel pack including travel games, snacks, drinks, colouring in and make sure any electrical devices such as tablets or leappads etc are fully charged! x
jessica cook
a selection of games and toys to entertain them
Angela Sandhu
Pack lots of games and at least one of their favourite toys
Nikki white
taking alot of activites so they dont get board and restless
ellie spider
carry a bag with wet wipes and some spare plastic bags to put used stuff in – its amazing the amount of mess and rubbish a kid can produce in a confined space! A spare outfit and some colouring books and pencils as well
Popescu Ioana Cristina
Try to get anything you need for your kid before you leave home
Lori Mckillop
snacks and lots of games
Teresa sheldon
Dress them in comfy clothes to travel nothing restricting or agrivating and take plenty of books and baby sipes
kate kathurima
Activities and snacks, if your doing a night flight keep your night time routine as much as possible when I did a 8hour night flight with my daughter when she was younger I let her have her dinner on the plane got her in to PJs and gave milk while read her bedtime story just like at home she slept the whole way
Diane Jackson
Take plenty of wet wipes
Holly Boyd
Breathe and remember to take each hour as it comes.
Keshia Esgate
Download some kids tv on the tablet
Katherine McDonald
If they are young enough for daytime naps try and plan a long drive for nap time!
Nancy Bradford
To bring lots of activities, books, games, movies, etc. and plenty of water and snacks.
Jessica K
If your journey is long then take things to entertain them during the trip 🙂
Matt McAndrew
Pack travel games. Absolutely crucial or they will do your nut in for the whole trip!
Jane Middleton
spare clothes and games to play
Vickie Jackson
Something to keep them entertained and regular stops
Laura Walker
We haven’t had a trip abroad yet but in this country we break the journey up with a stop for lunch and a walk round somewhere
James Holyland
Take their favourite toys
nicola james
travel through the night so they sleep
Wendy Guy
Take plenty of toys and activities to entertain them. It is best if these are new so they have novelty value.
Kelly Ellen Hirst
Plan your route with a stop off where the kids can stretch their legs.. A pub with a okay area or a park are ideal
Karen Howden
Plan your trips with plenty of stop off points
emily warnes
try to travel during their normal nap time
Sarah Lewis
Load some films onto a tablet for the journey x
Chris Fletcher
Lots of games and lots of treats to keep them quiet!
Chelsey Hollings
Take toys and books to keep them occupied
zoe johns
Don’t try to pack too much into the day, take it at your child’s pace and make it fun
kirsty broadhead
a well charged iPad/phone and lots of nibbles x
George Williamson
Make sure they are not bored or hungry.
Claire Nelson
Make sure there are plenty of places to stop on the way and pack their favourite games.
cat
Stock up on small novelty amusements they have not seen before, a new book and new model a new game a new colouring book etc, keep producing every time you feel they need a boost. Has served me well including a trip to the America pacific coast..
ellen sturman
travel snacks
kelly holden
Keep them entertained
Jill fairbank
Fill your trunki with lots of activities pens and stickers
Susan B
Do a deal before you leave on long journeys for a reward for good behaviour until arrival at your destination.
Amy Lambert
Always bring lots of activities to keep them amused on long journeys and plenty of snacks!
Allan Fullarton
Pack travel games.
lia sturman
lots of snacks and things to do x
Sarah N
I always take a tablet or smartphone loaded with games and videos and plenty of snacks.
Adam Berger
Take bite size fruit and toys.
rachel clennell
Sticker books. A fab lightweight timefillling activity. Failing that food and lots of it!
David Price
I encourage them to read but also use as a chance to have a long conversation about all sorts of things you might not when you don’t have a captive audience
kat pope
make sure they stay up the night before, so they sleep!
dianne davidson
I always find that travel games and their favourite comfort toy helps x
Rose Vincent
Take plenty of snacks and drinks! Loads of things to keep them entertained and wet wipes always come in handy
esther james
Take plenty of snacks!
Donna Caldwell
Plenty of I spy
LAURA ELIZABETH DAVIES
Take some audio books all the family can enjoy, thats what we did on our drive to Switzerland…and snacks!
Caroline Buckley
Pack in advance. There’s nothing worse than running around packing the morning you leave
Lynn Woodcock
Car spot bingo!
Denielle Nicol
Use noise cancelling headphones!.
claire little
singing songs and distraction.
Val Pownall
Be well organised, take plenty of travel games & toys, and have regular stops.
Sayeed
Ear plugs and Paracetamol
Leanne Bell
Allow yourself plenty of time, and take as many stops as you or your children need x
Elizabeth Williams
Be prepared. Have snacks and games to hand for entertaining them and keeping hunger at bay.