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Family Travel Essentials: How To Plan A Stress-Free Getaway With Kids

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December 23, 2018 //  by Home Jobs By Mom//  6 Comments




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Family Travel Essentials: How To Plan A Stress-Free Getaway With Kids

While you may have enjoyed fun, footloose, and fancy-free vacationing before the kids came along, that really doesn’t mean that you can’t have equally as fun and rewarding family travel. In fact, seeing new locations and exploring new experiences through the eyes of your kids—life really doesn’t get better, more rewarding, or more inspiring than that. Yes, family travel with kids can bring added stressors — did we pack a pacifier? What if we run out of their snacks? What if they cry the whole way on the plane? Here are some family travel essentials that will make planning a stress-free getaway with your kids a breeze.

Prepare (A Lot) for Family Travel 

Family Travel Essentials: portable organizer

It seems like Benjamin Franklin knew what he was talking about with family holidays when he said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

But seriously, the more time and effort you put into preparing for family travel, the smoother it will run. That means you’ll get more enjoyment out of it too. SCORE! Especially if this is your first getaway since the kids came along, you’ll want to put in the extra effort.

Just because you’re on the road, doesn’t mean that routines need to change that much. If you know you’re going to be having a few long road trips, plan and pack food accordingly so you can keep to mealtimes.

Definitely find room in your bags for your kid’s favorite toys and buff up on your travel games; ‘Eye Spy’ only stays fun for an hour, at the very most!

Find the Best Family Travel Accommodations 

These days, hotels and island resorts like Jumby Bay Island Resort, are very child-friendly, and the staff is usually more than happy to help in any way that they can. Yet, if you’re the kind of parent who likes to have total control over meal times, clothes washing and how your day is structured, then you may be better off finding a holiday villa or condo instead.

There are vacation rentals in Gulf Shores, as well as New York, California – wherever you wish to go. Through private accommodations, you are able to unwind and not worry about having young kids in a hotel.

Remember to Relax

Family Travel Essentials: inflatable toddler bed

No matter how hard you plan and find the optimum location for your family travel destination, you can never prepare for all eventualities — and why would you want to, spontaneity is part of the fun of getting away! If, or when, something unexpected occurs, try to roll with it; it’s truly unlikely to be something you can’t handle.

Remember to relax, for several reasons. After all, it’s your vacation too, and you won’t come home feeling rejuvenated if you’ve been uptight the whole time.

More importantly, as a parent you’ll be modeling the behavior you want your kids to grow up mirroring; being able to relax and enjoy the moment is a wonderful lesson to pass down.

Final Thoughts on Stress-free Family Travel Essentials

Planning a family vacation can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be. So, before you hit the panic button and give up on family travel altogether, take a deep breath. These family travel essentials will help make your next getaway a stress-free success.

Can you share any family vacation ideas for families with us?

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Krystle Cook – the creator of Home Jobs by MOM – put her psychology degree on a shelf and dived into a pile of diapers and dishes instead. She is a wife and mother to two rambunctious boys, sweating it out in her Texas hometown. She loves cooking, DIY home projects, and family fun activities.

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  1. Dana Rodriguez

    December 27, 2018 at 9:51 am

    These are all great tips. I think “RELAX” is the best one of all!

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      January 8, 2019 at 6:34 pm

      I couldn’t agree more. When you focus on actually relaxing, you can actually come back from vacation feeling rested and rejuvenated!

      Reply
  2. Karen Propes

    December 27, 2018 at 9:41 pm

    You have covered this topic well. I love the remember to relax, you are right, sometimes after all the planning and getting there we don’t seem to remember to relax. I love having everything in a place before leaving the house for just shopping. Travel is a whole story in itself. Thanks for sharing these great tips!.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      January 8, 2019 at 5:36 pm

      Agreed! IT is hard to actually relax on vacation, especially when you have kids with you, but planning makes it so much easier.

      Reply
  3. Sandy Klocinski

    August 13, 2019 at 3:37 pm

    These are awesome tips! Sometimes we forget that the purpose of a vacation is to rest and rejuvenate…not necessarily to cram as many activities in as time will allow

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      September 24, 2019 at 2:13 pm

      Yes! We need time just to kick back and doing nothing sometimes.

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