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November 24, 2014

How to Survive Holiday Travel with Kids

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This conversation and giveaway is brought to you by Safety 1st. The opinions in this post are 100% mine.  You can read my full disclosure policy here. 

Are you hitting the road or skies, this holiday season? Traveling with kids can be tough. Check out these tips on How to Survive Holiday Travel with Kids.

Are you planning to hit the road (or the skies) this holiday season to visit friends and family? We are hosting Thanksgiving here but will traipse about on Christmas to visit family.  Fortunately for me they are all pretty close. My kids are pretty good travelers now but when they were babies it was a different story.  Safety 1st has shared with us some great tips to make traveling with your kids this holiday season a little more bearable for everyone.

How to Survive Holiday Travel with Kids 

According to AAA last year 94.5 million people were on the roads, train tracks or in the skies during the holiday season.  That’s a lot of people! Then add your own kids into the mix of congestion and for some it can mean holiday headaches.  However, Safety 1st has some tips to help fight some of those headaches this season.

  1. Avoid peak travel days –Try not to fly or drive the days immediately before and after the actual holiday.  Those are the busiest travel days. However, if you fly or take a train you might save money by traveling on the actual holiday, the roads are less congested too.
  1. Prepare your child for the trip – Holiday parties can be overwhelming with sensory overload.  Especially for young children it’s good to talk about the upcoming trip days even weeks in advance.  This will help him or her get excited about the journey.  Show photos of family members or friends your child has not met yet, this way the new face might be a little familiar on arrival.
  1. “Are we there yet?” – To help avoid that dreaded phrase an hour into your six hour trip reserve a bag just for the kids, include books, toys, diapers a change of clothes and snacks.  Pre-load a tablet or smartphone with kid friendly apps or games. If you are driving keep all necessary items such as wipes, hand sanitizer or tissues easy to reach in a second – there are times you may not want to be digging through the bottom of a bag for such items. The Safety 1st Car Door Sanitation Station is a great solution.
  1. Car Seats – If you are flying check to make sure your car seat is FAA certified. If it’s not clearly labeled contact the manufacture. For parents with older children the Safety 1st BoostAPack can double as a kid survival kit, it’s FAA certified, and will fit in the plane overhead bin. If you are driving make sure your car seat is installed correctly. If it’s been awhile since you visited a car seat check, it’s recommended to check your seat with a Certified Child Safety Technician in advance of your trip. Safercar.gov is a great resource.
  1. Prepare the guest room – If your child will be sleeping in a Play Yard during the trip, use that for bed or nap time the entire week before. This will help him or her get used to a new sleep environment.  Also if your infant or child sleeps better in a dark room or tends to wake up early with the morning light, bring garbage bags or dark fabric to tape over windows.
 

This week’s #MondaysMoment is for all of those family travelers hitting the road (or skies) with kids this holiday season. We’re giving away a Safety 1st Summit Booster Car Seat ($119 prize!) winner’s choice of color from the 3 pictured above. To enter follow @safety_1st @linsefrank @shesaved. Then comment here by tagging 2 or more of your friends that love #familytravel. Want a bonus entry? Repost this image and tag us so we see it! Easy peasy! Giveaway ends 11/30. Open to US residents only. #instagramparty #giveaway #instagiveaway #safety1st #traveltips See more holiday travel tips from Safety 1st #ontheblog.

A photo posted by Lindsay (@linsefrank) on Nov 11, 2014 at 10:31am PST

To help you survive the holiday travel season with your kids and keep them safe, Safety 1st is offering one of my readers their own Summit Booster Car Seat! The winner will have the choice from these three patterns: Entwine, Central Park, and Victorian Lace.  This is our #MondaysMoment giveaway so to enter you want to go ‘like’ this photo on Instagram and tag 2 or more friends who have kids the love to travel with! This giveaway ends at 11:59pm MT on Sunday November 30, 2014.

Good luck!

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About Lindsay Frank

Lindsay is the Owner/Editor and Content Creator at See Mom Click, a family travel and lifestyle blog based in Central Pennsylvania. She is a wife and mom of two kids and a handful of fur babies.

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