Comments on: Traveling with Kids

By: Curryhut

Curryhut — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:46:27 +0000

Great Blog Thanks for sharing…

By: Bri

Bri — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:23:04 +0000

A-MAZING! I hope we get there too one day…so far we’ve done a couple short-trips down south, but no ‘big’ European adventures with the kids yet. We ARE diaper free though, so this gives me inspiration!

By: LoveCompassionateLee

LoveCompassionateLee — Wed, 23 May 2018 02:40:21 +0000

I have very vivid and happy memories of my childhood and I think it’s wonderful that your family is able to enjoy the gift of traveling and discovery. The children will never forget their time with Mom and Dad exploring France. I look forward to the season of my life where I can travel with my children as well as my nieces and nephews. I would love to experience a large family trip to all the islands and countries that make up our heritage.

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By: Gina Moore

Gina Moore — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:43:49 +0000

Ahhhhhh you are my favorite. You paint the picture of your family so perfectly and it’s exactly what I dream about for mine. I always say that with your Date Night In book too. I have a toddler and am pregnant so it’s not my season to make semi- all day meals right now (too exhausted!) but I read your book frequently for the stories and know that my time is coming back to cook like this in a couple years. That’s how I feel about this post! Traveling with a toddler is SO much work! I love how you didn’t forget your travel dreams and started your international trips when it became “easy” and the youngest is 5. Thank you for posting! I’ll come back again and again to read this!

By: Sara Forte

Sara Forte — Wed, 16 May 2018 18:41:18 +0000

this feels so far from where we are with young toddlers, but I can’t wait. What a special time for you guys – something they’ll look back on and appreciate even more than they may express now. You two make such wonderful parents. I enjoy seeing glimpses into it.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 16 May 2018 16:27:26 +0000

Such a lovely post. This is mega-inspiring as I contemplate travel with my future kids. My husband and I love to travel and I fear that our travel will be limited when we add kids to our family. I love the approach you took and how you balanced your kid’s needs with the realities of traveling. ❤️

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 15 May 2018 18:08:40 +0000

Love this!! I reposted it to our Penguino page as it’s such a great resource for families considering when and how to venture off on a big international adventure with their kids!

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 15 May 2018 09:24:39 +0000

This is great! I don’t have kids, and didn’t leave the US until my late twenties, but when I did, I went big and moved to New Zealand. I’m currently living in England, and as someone who must eat breakfast, I’ve found my best travel tip is to pick up a pizza to have for breakfast…even a bad pizza (I’m looking at you Budapest) is still pretty good. In a hotel? Shove it in the minibar and eat it cold. I’m a house? Heat it up. I find I’m much more amenable to a late lunch if I’ve had a slice for breakfast. I’m also a huge believer in grocery store rotisserie chickens for easy dinners.

By: Taste of France

Taste of France — Tue, 15 May 2018 07:27:41 +0000

Bravo to you for giving your kids the travel bug. I totally agree on so many points–longer is better, go with the flow, have a kitchen…
On museums, it’s really important to hit the “important” ones as soon as they open. My nieces wanted to see the mummies at the Louvre, and we got there in the afternoon. Total disaster. A mass of disgusting bodies, and that was the visitors. Because of course everybody else who has kids needs time to get out of the house and they all seem to arrive en masse around 2 p.m.
Although it’s great to see as many different places as possible, I am big on a hub-and-spoke strategy of day trips, where you go back to the same place for several days, if not the whole trip. Basically you’re exchanging your check-in/check-out, packing up/unpacking drill with an hour or two of travel in and out of town.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 15 May 2018 04:49:45 +0000

Great post! We have travelled a lot with our kids (age 2 1/2 and 6 1/2) but we have family in England and Africa so it’s a little different. I am so impressed with your light packing. I am terrible at overpacking me and the kids.

By: Charity Oremland

Charity Oremland — Tue, 15 May 2018 00:05:37 +0000

Great post!! I am loving that photo with the lays potato chips! Real life! We just took our boys 3 and almost 1 to Ireland. And it’s true, it really is a relocation! I look forward to exposing them to more travel experiences in the future!

By: Judith

Judith — Mon, 14 May 2018 22:40:57 +0000

05.14.2018 Thanks for sharing! I felt like I was right there with you. I liked the restaurants comment…reminds me of what we take for granted in the USA.

By: Molly F.C.

Molly F.C. — Mon, 14 May 2018 21:27:15 +0000

YES! I loved this post. I agree with your sentiment. It is important to expose your children to travel, different cultures, all of it. I have so many feels about this! My husband and I have traveled overseas with our children twice . Our first big trip was to Ireland when my youngest was five. We’ve been to London with them too. If I could afford it, I’d use our passports every year. Our children are now 20 as of yesterday, (Mother’s Day), 18, & 12. Time FLIES. Good for you and your husband that you took the plunge. You’ll never ever forget it. 🙂

By: Nancy P Adams

Nancy P Adams — Mon, 14 May 2018 21:16:54 +0000

Although I’m a great-grandmother, I really enjoyed reading your account of the 3-week travel trip with your 3 children. Grand idea; simple plans; good communication –memories forever.
Thanks!