Good Stuff: Traveling With Toddlers

Becky Worley, ace correspondent and mother of twins, featured Shae by Air and other parent travel tools on Good Morning America this week.



Items highlighted in this feature:

• Jet With Kids Book
• Shae by Air DVD Toolkit
• CARES Harness
• Trunki Kid's Rolling Suitcase
• Wikki Stix
• Portable DVD Player
• iTouch or iPad
• Handheld Games

Newsworthy Family Travel Articles

It must be springtime! With school nearing close and summer fast approaching, articles about traveling families abound. Here are some of our favorites:

• TSA: Traveling with Kids
• Mom's Minivan: Flying With Kids
• FAQs: Tips for Families Flying with Children
• GoodLittleTraveler: PREPARE Toddlers and Children to Fly
• Travel+Leisure: 6 Tips for Flying With Kids
• OneStepAhead: Tips For Flying With Children
• WomenOnTheirWay: Flying With Kids

Advice from The Experts: Top Tips for Toddler Travel

It's cold outside! Whether you and your little ones are en route to a warmer place or off to enjoy the snow, these tips will ensure that getting there is safe, fun and drama-free.

Travel Expert Anya Clowers, RN, is a post-surgical specialist and thirty-year veteran of air travel. Her flight experience covers 34 years and over 400,000 miles. Anya flies monthly testing and reviewing products and services with her toddler son. She is the Creator and Author of Jet With Kids: the book, website, newsletter, and blog. Her expertise and passion are providing products and tips that provide comfort for practical issues travelers face. Anya teaches that self- sufficiency is required for successful travel in today’s world of aviation. When she is not at 37,000 feet or in an airport, she resides in Northern California with her husband and son.

Over the years, Anya has given seminars, written articles, interviewed countless experts, traveling families - and learned from personal experience that one can never be too prepared. Our favorite advice (for parents traveling with toddlers) from this incredible woman follows:

Prepare yourself and the kids ahead of time. "The key to happy kids are involved parents. Talk to your kids, read to them (even the safety card can be entertaining!) Talk about the plane, airport, runway, noises, seats, etc."

• Traveling With Kids: 12 Holiday Travel Tips
  
• Travel with Kids: Airport Task List, Carry-on list, Travel Checklist, Family Passporting
• Toddler Travel Prep Tools
  

A stroller/carrier is a MUST HAVE when traveling with kids.

"Do not make the mistake of thinking a stroller or carrier is just one more (unnecessary) thing to take along! A lightweight stroller or carrier WILL save your trip, your sanity, and your back!"

• 7 Products Worth Packing: Holiday Travel Packing List 2009
• Jet With Kids APPROVED: Travel Strollers
  

Do not rely on the airport, airline, hotel, train, bus, or anyone else to provide the basic needs of food and drink. "Hydration is ultra important for the entire family when traveling. Dehydration or low blood sugar can result in crabby, uncooperative, irritable travelers (of all ages!)."

• Traveling with Kids: 12 Holiday Travel Tips
  
• Traveling with Kids and the Flu (or motion sickness)
• Tips, Tricks and Resources for Flying with Toddlers
  

... And most importantly: "My biggest tip is to be flexible. Whether it be a sick child, weather delays, traffic jams on the way to the airport or viewing the word CANCELED next to your flight number, holiday travel – actually any travel with kids, requires flexibility.

"If you bring with you the right attitude and pack wisely – then delays, cancellations, overworked and rude ticket agents, tantrum-throwing passengers (not always children), extra time on the tarmac or an ill-timed-teething baby will not ruin your family trip, but instead just be small changes that you roll with."