The vacation experience starts with your transportation to your end-destination. You might want to consider contacting a sedan service as a non-hectic way to kick-off your vacation. Depending on where you live, another consideration is a bus service to let’s say a cruise pier or even a location such as New York City. Either way, you are able to interact with your children and family members without having to stay focused on the road, and potentially misread directions and end up late to the airport or cruise pier, causing further stress.
A few examples where we have realized benefits by enlisting an alternative transportation means than just us driving include the following: We have traveled via ferry to Key West, Florida to save half the travel time and with gas prices, we probably saved money. We have used sedan service to airports and hotels/cruise piers and we opted to have the car seat provided so it was one less thing to carry. Additionally, we have traveled to New York via bus and train for overnight and day trips.
Whichever transportation mode you elect, be sure to have a few items on hand to keep your children occupied if they are not sleeping (which is our secret wish). But, if they are awake, be sure you have snacks and beverages on hand, a Tide to Go remover on hand for unexpected spills, a change of clothes if an accident happens along the way, a portable DVD player, and even a new travel game, cards, and/or books to keep them entertained.
A few interactive ideas include creating a travel journal for your kids to complete during the trip, a scavenger hunt for kids to keep them busy during transportation, and the 50 state license plate game.
What traveling tips do you have to keep children on their best behavior and occupied before arriving to vacation spot?
--Bill & Jenn Thomas
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With 4 kids of varying ages, 9 - 1, we find this to always be a challenge. The 9 & 5 year old are thrilled to watch movies and read but the 3 and 1 year old need to get out and stretch and run around. So, this year we will be trying the "drive half-way" advice over 2 days. We have a 10 hour trip and are planning to stop about 5 hours into it and find a hotel so they can swim and run around a play ground before getting up the next morning and finishing the rest of the drive. We also plan on finding 1 sight seeing item on the way to allow them the opportunity to see something new and again, stop and run around for a hour. We are planning to visit a battlefield on the way there and add some history into the 9 year olds summer! Not the least expensive way to travel but may help us, the parents, enjoy the drive more.
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