Traveling With A Toddler Tips

Travelling with kids can be a bit like taking a herd of wild goats in your vacation. Whether they're your own or someone else's, factoring a child's needs into your travels involves far more than adhering on a CD filled with pop songs and making bathroom stops. Here two Rough Guides writers share their hard-won wisdom. First up, mum of two Hayley Spurway offers advice on traveling with toddlers, subsequently Ross McGovern shows the way he manages to traveling with older children. Hayley Spurway's tips for traveling with toddlers

Engage and involve older children

The best way to avoid a soul-destroying sulk from your teenager is to involve them in the preparation of this holiday and ask them for input on which they'd love to perform. You might be amazed to hear it isn't spending all day on the internet.

Be app-y

As a result of toddler-friendly apps, there's no need to cram a toy box into your hand luggage when travelling by plane. By all means have a book and a magical scribbler (crayons only get dropped down the side of seats), but the most streamlined form of entertainment is a device packed with apps and games.

Keep bugs at bay

If you're travelling to Paignton or Peru, antibacterial wipes and hand sanitizer are handbag essentials. A wipe of this cutlery in restaurants at which you're unsure of hygiene, or even a squirt of hand sanitizer if there's no washing facilities, can zap a few germs and stop toddlers catching some common bugs.

Brand them

In case you're likely to be travelling through busy, crowded airports or transport hubs, write your mobile number on your child's arm at biro if they have lost.