Top Tips for Travelling with Kids

We absolutely love family days out and building precious memories together. It is very enjoyable getting ready for our family adventures, spending time together then talking about it once we have been.

As an international family, we often travel to Brazil, Cyprus and France to visit our family members. We have just returned from a road trip to France and we had a fantastic time, so I thought I would share our top tips for travelling with kids.

Drinks and snacks

Long journeys ask for plenty of drinks to keep little ones hydrated throughout. We usually pack a selection of drinks and snacks in a backpack for little man so he can help himself during the journey. If you have younger children, you might want to keep hold of the bag and give snacks to your little ones as required.

It is always handy including a packet of baby wipes and tissues, just in case of spillages and sticky fingers. We also take some plastic bags to store all the empty packages and litter, until our next stop.

Entertainment

We usually take a range of activities for long journeys, such as reading book, pen and paper, DVD player and also a laptop or tablet. Little man also likes taking activity books and colouring books, they seem to keep him entertained for a long period of time.

If we are travelling in the evening, as we were during our last trip to France, little man mainly watched DVDs in the car, as we we were hoping he would sleep on the way.

Last minute checks

It is extremely important to make sure that you are safe and ready for the journey ahead. We usually check our car a couple of weeks before our journey, in case we need to fix anything. It is essential to check in advance as you might need to order a spare part for your car from www.bestpartstore.co.uk to ensure your car is safe. If you need to change any parts, you might want to check the online video guide for easy spare parts replacement on www.youtube.com.

We also make sure that the car seat is fitted properly and that all seat belts are working perfectly. Once we have all drinks and snacks ready, the entertainment sorted and our car is ready to go, we set off on our family adventures.

What are your best tips for travelling with kids?

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21 Responses to "Top Tips for Travelling with Kids"

Sarah Bailey says:

12 June, 2017 at 8:05 pm

I can imagine that travelling with kids can be a bit of a nightmare sometimes, so making sure you plan to keep them entertained and can be a big bonus.
Steph gill says:

12 June, 2017 at 8:10 pm

I always take a snack pot filled with different things like cheerios, raisins etc. Any little bits like mini marshmallows and chocolate buttons also. Keeps the girls busy fishing around for their favourite bits and means they then eat the healthier bits too!
Nayna Kanabar says:

12 June, 2017 at 8:41 pm

I love the idea of packing an entertainment kit for the kids and a snack pack. I also pack headphones so that if you have more than one child and one is napping the noise does not disturb them.
Vicky says:

12 June, 2017 at 9:25 pm

I don’t have kids but these are the kind of things my old flatmate used to say you had to do on a trip with me because I get cranky when bored and/or hungry. We joked she had a mum bag for our days out. ?

V <3
Nicol says:

13 June, 2017 at 12:16 am

Entertainment is always a good should for a long drive. It keeps them distracted and hopefully won’t constantly ask “are we there yet” haha
CHARLOTTE EVANS says:

13 June, 2017 at 2:59 am

I don’t have kids but I do travel with my nephew especially in the holiday so these tips are great thank you! 🙂 xx
Donna says:

13 June, 2017 at 8:03 am

Great tips! I also carry sea bands for travel sickness, sick bags, wipes and spare clothes ha! Kids eh?!!!!
hannah says:

13 June, 2017 at 9:53 am

I think it’s great to take some form of entertainment along, especially a portable dvd player
Ana De- Jesus says:

13 June, 2017 at 10:28 am

Having a source of entertainment like movies or something like a puzzle is a great idea for travelling with kids! x
Gareth Torrance says:

13 June, 2017 at 11:28 am

I think finding a way to keep kids entertained is probably one of the biggest things.. Because if you are driving, you can’t really afford to get distracted by them when they get bored…
Rhian Westbury says:

13 June, 2017 at 12:10 pm

I bet there’s so much more you have to carry around when you have kids, just to keep them occupied x
Yaya says:

13 June, 2017 at 12:35 pm

We tend to travel quite a lot (being an international family ourselves) and the what works for us the best is to organise a backpack for each kid that has their personal items in it. We usually pack it together and they get to choose what they want to bring on the trip in terms of their personal stash of snacks, headphones, books, etc. and it works really well as they reach for it and know they will have a personalised bag to keep entertained. x
Jenni says:

13 June, 2017 at 9:02 pm

Entertainment is very important! I always make sure we have toys, ipads and books in the car to keep my nanny children entertained. I have also invested in one of those organisers for behind the front car seats to organise your children’s snacks, drinks, toys, baby wipes and tissues etc.
Mel says:

13 June, 2017 at 9:16 pm

These are great tips – travelling with kids can be extremely stressful so it is so important to keep them entertained
munchies and munchkins says:

13 June, 2017 at 10:48 pm

YES – entertainment is key. Always, always be fully charged with all the devices! ha
francesca says:

14 June, 2017 at 10:38 am

Entertainment is hands down the top of my list!!! And snacks!! Its hard travelling with kids, I often find it quite stressy if I’ve not organised the journey very well!
Natasha Mairs says:

14 June, 2017 at 11:19 am

I think snacks and drinks are the most important. And we always take plenty of activity books and tablets to play on. But checking to make sure your car seat is correctly fitted is so important and a lot of people forget about doing this, so I really glad you mentioned it
Joanna says:

14 June, 2017 at 4:14 pm

Keeping children entertained during road trips is very important for both their comfort and their parents sake. These are some really good tips.
Louise says:

14 June, 2017 at 7:24 pm

These are all great tips for when you’re travelling with young children. Our 4 year old loves Ed Sheeran, so we always make sure we have plenty of his CD’s to play on the journey, and he’ll happily just sit in the back and sing along with his sister 😀

Louise x
Dannii says:

15 June, 2017 at 6:09 am

Snacks are essential! My daughter is an age now where she is eating snacks and they kept her occupied on the flight, which was great.
Jen says:

18 June, 2017 at 10:17 pm

Today went travelled with our five year old for a 2 hour trip. It was 30 degrees outside, and we don’t have air con. Was horrible. Luckily he was sitting on the shaded side of the car, which I assume helped a little. Meanwhile I was cooked slowly, with no choice to move as I was driving. Due it being so hot, we stopped twice, which we wouldn’t normally do. Got some fresh air and a drink. It can be so tricky travelling with kids, so your advice is really worth taking on board. Particularly the safety aspect.

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