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  • Quick Tips on Traveling with kids to Foreign Country

    Checklist for Traveling with Children Abroad

    Before Boarding the flight:

    1. 1. Make sure you cjheck the validity of passport and tickets WHEN you purchase the tickets. Most times we check our passports and forget about children.
    2. 2. Make sure that if you have to renew the passport do so before booking the tickets. If the names print out different on the new passport, you might have to purchase another ticket depending on the airline

    While Boarding and on the flight:

    1. Make sure you do not have more than one backpack that is light to carry around.
    2. Carry food – you can usually get away with telling at the counter that the kid is allergic and hence you have to carry your own food.
    3. Take enough entertainment. Video games / ipad are good. $1.00 activity games from Micheals – one for each hour of the flight!
    4. If you have a break journey – wake the kids up at the airport. Let them run around so that they can get tired for the next half of the journey.
    5. Most airports have family rooms that can be locked. Use one to take a break.
    6. If the kid is crying non-stop on the flight… just let them be – you cannot help it. No need to stress out. Eventually they will tire out 🙂
    7. Sometimes if you just disappear i.e give the kid to your partner or to the air hostess for sometime , they will quiet dowm.
    8. Carry goldfish crackers that are available in different colors. Let you kid play with them while you can take a break. They like to eat them too.
    9. Carry one item that you kids absolutely will eat anywhere.

    Safety While traveling

    1. Teach kids to hold your hands everytime they are walking. That way they will not get lost.
    2. Carry ALL passports on you wherever you go so then it can never get lost.
    3. Make copies of ALL passports and carry it in your backpack. If you lose a passport in a foriegn country – you will most likely be stuck there for a few days.
    4. know the 911/ emergency number to call everywhere you visit
    5. Try and dress the children so that they can stand out in a crowd. That way even when they get lost, you can spot them
    6. First aid kit and emergency medicine in the backpack all the time.
    7. do not plan a long day – a break in between will help you relax and you will be alert for you next plan
    8. Mark your bags/kids shoes/socks with your phone number along with the country code.
    9. Try and identify landmarks where the kid can go to at all new places in case he is lost. For e.g in a museum make the ticket counter a place to meet.
    10. Explain to the kid that in case he is lost to find a policeman or a mommy with kids. They are the 2 type of people who will most likely help
    11. Try and tell the kid to not wander from where he is lost. That way the area can be searched in a short time.

    Keeping these in mind will make your travel safe and uneventful most of the times.

     

  • Tips on traveling with Kids

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  • TravelwithKids-NoNo..

    The no-kids-allowed movement is spreading
    by Piper Weiss, Shine Staff, on Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:52pm PDT

    What’s the matter with kids today and why doesn’t anyone want them around? In June, Malaysia Airlines banned babies from many of their first class cabins, prompting other major airlines to consider similar policies.

    Lately, complaints about screaming kids are being taken seriously, not only by airlines, but by hotels, movie theaters, restaurants, and even grocery stores.

    Read more about restaurants around the country banning kids.

    Earlier this month, McDain’s, a Pittsburgh area restaurant that banned kids under 6 became a mascot for the no-kids-zone movement.

    According to a Pittsburgh local news poll, more than half of area residents were in favor of the ban. And now big business is paying attention.

    “Brat bans could well be the next frontier in destination and leisure-product marketing,” writes Robert Klara in an article on the child-free trend in AdWeek.

    Klara points to Leavethembehind.com, a travel website for kid-free vacations, with a massive list of yoga retreats, luxury resorts and bargain hotels around the world that ban children.

    “Call me a grinch, a misanthrope, a DINK (dual-income-no-kids), or the anti-cute-police, but I hate (hate a thousand times over) ill-behaved children/infants/screaming banshees in upscale restaurants (ok, anywhere, really, but I don’t want any death threats),” writes Charlotte Savino on Travel and Leisure’s blog. She lists a slew of a popular destination restaurants with kid-free areas and policies for travelers looking for quiet vacation dining.

    Traveling is one thing, but what about in kids’ own hometowns? Should kids been banned from local movie theaters, like they were at a recent s-only Harry Potter screening? In Texas, one cinema chain has even flipped the model, banning kids under six altogether, except on specified “baby days”.

    Even running errands with toddlers may be changing. This summer Whole Foods stores in Missouri are offering child-free shopping hours (kids are allowed inside but childcare service is available for parents who want to shop kid-free.) Meanwhile in Florida, a controversy brews over whether kids can be banned from a condominium’s outdoor area. That’s right, some people don’t even want kids outdoors.

    When did kids become the equivalent of second-hand smoke? Blame a wave of childless s with money to spare. “Empty nesters continue to wield a huge swath of discretionary spending dollars, and population dips in first-world countries mean more childless couples than ever,” writes AdWeek’s Klara.

    Catering to the child-free community may be good for business but is it good for parents? It could help narrow choices and make kid-friendly environments even kid-friendlier. And let’s be honest, babies won’t miss flying first class. They won’t even remember it. But their moms and dads will.

    Most parents with young children have self-imposed limits on spending and leisure. This new movement imposes limits set by the public. And the public isn’t as child-friendly as it used to be. As businesses respond to their new breed of ‘first-class’ clientele, are parents in danger of becoming second-class citizens?

    What do you all think?