Category: How To & Tips

Helpful Tips For Flying With Kids

Traveling by plane with kids can be an adventure in itself. There are so many moving pieces, so many new things, and usually you have your hands full. Short trips aren’t too bad, but if you have a long haul flight, whew that’s a lot of entertaining! Here are my best tips to get through a flight with young kids.

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Amazing Tips For Traveling With Kids

Traveling can be stressful in itself, but when you add kids to your travel it can be overwhelming. But, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do it. Traveling with kids is one grand adventure. It is something that will change your life – for the better! Yes, you might have a few mishaps along the way, but what good story doesn’t have any? Being prepared is one of the best things you can do to ensure a smooth trip, so here are my tips to making travel with kids easier.

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Tips for Baby and Toddler Jet Lag

Babies and toddlers seems to change their behaviors just as soon as we think we have them figured out. But one thing you can expect when traveling is jet lag when you go across time zones. Jet lag will affect us all, but adults can just sleep when they know they should, you can’t just tell that to a little one. But, this is not a reason to not travel with your babies!

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Making Time For You When You Share An Income

When I got my first “big girl job” out of college there was a feeling of self accomplishment being able to support myself on my own income. If I wanted a to go shopping, I went shopping. If I wanted to take a trip, I saved and then took a trip. The world was my oyster. Today, I would still say that the world is my oyster, but I also have to think about and plan for more than myself. After we said “I do”, my husband and I merged our bank accounts and decided to share all of our assets equally.

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Pre-Trip To Do List For An Extended Trip

Before going on our world trip, we had sooo many things to do. Every time I felt like we were making progress on our to-do list, I seemed to think of something else that needed to be added. It didn’t seem like we were ever making progress. But, eventually as the trip got closer and closer we were able to tick everything off the list. Here is my complete pre-trip checklist to help you get ready for your trip. These are in no particular order.

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