Ten Tips For Flying Internationally With A Baby
I hope you enjoyed the posts this week on flying with a baby. I thought it would be helpful to wrap up this series with a distillation of the mom-tested words of wisdom from the series. Don’t over pack, have a diaper/nappy bag with just nappies and wipes in it. That way you’re not digging Read the Rest…
Flying With A Baby: Arrival + Jetlag
This is the third post in a series of guest posts by my sister Trish on her marathon 28-hour trip from Sydney to London – with a five-month-old baby. The second installment of this story, Flying With A Baby: On The Flight, was published yesterday. Today, she talks about arriving at their destination and dealing Read the Rest…
Flying With A Baby: On The Flight
This is the second post in a series of guest posts by my sister Trish on her marathon 28-hour trip from Sydney to London – with a five-month-old baby. The first installment of this story, Flying With A Baby: Pre-Trip Planning, was published yesterday. Today, she talks about how she chose what to bring on Read the Rest…
Flying With A Baby: Pre-Trip Planning
This week I have a series of guest posts by my sister, Trish describing her first flight with her infant son. This past December she traveled from Sydney, Australia to London via Kuala Lumpur. The flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur is eight hours, from Kuala Lumpur to London, 13 hours and they had a Read the Rest…
Preparing For Jet Lag
I started thinking about jet-lag and how I would manage it days before my trip to Sydney. Yes, I tend to hyper-organize but also I was nervous about traveling east-to-west for the first time in a long time and traveling alone with my two children. Knowing that I would likely be more tired than they Read the Rest…
Pre-Teen Pre-Flight Commentary
I think I’ve mentioned that my older son, CAM, is a reluctant traveler. But his inherent grumpiness about everything travel-related sometimes leads to some genuinely funny moments. Here’s a couple from our recent trip to Mexico. On the shuttle from parking to the terminal CAM (At the top of his voice): The only thing which Read the Rest…
Flight Cancelled!
It’s been 10 years since I’ve experienced a cancelled flight so I must admit that I was flabbergasted when we arrived at SeaTac Airport this afternoon to see FLIGHT CANCELLED next to our flight number on the departures board. We had checked in the night before and had printed out our boarding passes. Busy at Read the Rest…
More Ryanair Madness
Today is Photo Friday and I should just post a travel-related photo, but I came across this news article this morning and it’s so nutty, I just had to blog about it. Charging for using airplane toilets??? What utter insanity. Not to mention that comparing this to coin-access toilets at bus or train stations is Read the Rest…
Unaccompanied Minors
“Unaccompanied Minors”. To me, as a parent, these are two frightening words conjuring up images of children alone and lost. In reality, children traveling alone are so common that most airlines have programs to support this service. I have considered using this option a number of times to enable my children to spend more time Read the Rest…
public transport options from heathrow to central london
I’ll be traveling to the U.K. in March, flying from Seattle to London Heathrow. Usually for us, Heathrow is a lay-over point where we connect to a flight to elsewhere in Europe. This time, however, we’ll be staying in the U.K. – visiting family, tasting pasties, and finding pixies in Cornwall. Picking up a rental Read the Rest…
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