Tips to Travel with your Kids in Upcoming Summer Vacation

Summer vacation is a perfect time for family adventures. It will help you create lasting memories as well. However, most parents face the challenge of keeping their little ones entertained during long journeys. Read on and let’s take a look at a few tips to travel with your kids this summer and have a quality time.

Take Time to prepare

Your summer vacation starts before you even leave home. This is when you should create travel packs for each child with age-appropriate activities. You may include coloring books, stickers, small puzzles, and a special toy saved specifically for the journey. This element of surprise goes a long way in capturing your children's attention.

Don’t Ignore the Power of Snacks

You should never underestimate the entertainment value of snacks. Pack a variety of healthy options such as fruits, cheese sticks, and granola bars in individual containers. Then you can allow your kids to have their own snack bag to manage. For summer travels, you may freeze some grapes and yogurt tubes that will thaw gradually. They are ideal for hot days and offer a novel snacking experience.


Get More Interactive Games Beyond Screens

Digital screens offer mainstream entertainment nowadays. However, you should prioritize interactive games as they help create excellent family bonding opportunities. You can plan to do classic games such as license plate bingo, “I Spy”, and the alphabet game. For summer travel, you may even create a “Summer Scavenger Hunt”. You may do it with items that are specific to your route, such as ice cream stands, boats on lakes, and people wearing sunhats.

Learn Through Travel

You can also think about transforming your summer vacation into an educational adventure. Before leaving home, you can help your children research interesting facts about places that you will pass. Along with that, you may create a simple travel journey where they can document observations, collect postcards, or press flowers from stops along the way.  

Plan Strategic Stops

You should plan your route to have regular strategic stops every few hours. All these stops should be interesting. Summer travel provides wonderful opportunities for roadside fruit stands, quick dips in lakes, and picnics in shady parks. These breaks aren’t just fun, but they allow children to expand energy.

Air Travel

According to John Hopkins Medicine, make sure to take special care when flying on a plane with


children.  They suggest consulting your travel agent to find the most suitable airplane seats for children. If you're flying with infants, request bulkhead seats on long-haul flights, as these often accommodate bassinets that can be mounted to the cabin wall.

Additionally mentioned by John Hopkins Medicine, air travel can be exciting but also unsettling—and even uncomfortable—for young children. They're more vulnerable to ear pain during takeoff and landing due to changes in air pressure. This discomfort is caused by a pocket of air in the middle ear that reacts to shifts in altitude. Because children's eustachian tubes are narrower than adults’, their ears are more likely to become blocked, making the experience more painful.

They suggest swallowing or yawning usually helps "pop" the ears and ease the discomfort. Giving a bottle or pacifier to very young children can also help "pop" the ears. Try to keep the baby awake as the plane descends.

Final Words

Follow these simple tips and you will be able to have a quality time with your kids in the upcoming summer vacation. If you need a helping hand with planning, you can always get in touch with me.

References used in this article: John Hopkins Medicine

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Tisha Jones, owner of E Jones Travel, specializes in cruises, family trips getaways, accessible travel, and budget-friendly adventures.  Whether it's your dream vacation or a quick escape, Tisha offers expert guidance and personalized service.

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