Travel can be daunting, even if it’s a short trip down to grandma’s.
Clothes, food, accessories, a multitude of gadgets, shoes and oh yeah, a $50 fine on overweight baggage. And an additional $10 if you didn’t pay it online before you were even fined.
With the recession and rising oil prices, airlines certainly don’t make it seem like they put the customer first. I mean, why else would you be allowed to travel with an infant, but not given any excess baggage allowance? Was it a non-parent who made that rule? Don’t they know that infants equate to more stuff than the rest of the family? And with further cost-cutting, who knows what else we will have to give up on flights – free water? Oh wait, too late.
But, there are some joys associated with traveling: vacations, adventures, family reunions, friend visits, and a sense of liberation as you ascend to the skies. Parents particularly get so caught up in the logistics that they forget how much children can learn through travel, by seeing the world through someone else’s eyes, in someone else’s language. But the distances can be tough so here are some tips to follow to survive long flights when you are traveling with your kids.
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