r/Travelwithkids

I have a 98th percentile baby and will be going on a 14 hour flight so bought my baby his own seat. This forfeits my right to the bassinet but the limit on the airline im travelling is 10kg and hes almost 9kg already with 3 months to go. He should be able to sit up by then by Im wondering if its worth getting the bedbox just to be able to lay him down on the seat for naps? Welcome any tips or alternative recommendations!!!

So we are moving to Germany and I will be flying with my 8 month old. My husband will have to go before us but my mom will be traveling with me and the baby. I am torn between siting in Delta premium select with my baby or getting 2 seats in economy so that I can bring her car seat for her to sleep in.

Also I’m not sure my mom would sit with me in economy…

I should mention I have severe flight anxiety and post partum ocd. So I know I’m going to be super anxious. I know the car seat is the safest option. But would the premium select be more comfortable for us if she end up sleeping on me?

I’m so conflicted and I am making so many other decisions right now I need input on what to do.

Hi everyone!

​My family and I are planning a trip to Greece from September 26th to October 4th. We will be flying in and out of Athens, and we are traveling with our 18-month-old toddler.

​Since we are traveling with a young child, we want to keep things relatively slow and low-stress. We are looking to split our time between Athens and one nearby island that is easy to reach and navigate.

​Here are our main constraints and questions:

​No car rental: We will rely entirely on public transport, ferries, walking (with a stroller/carrier), and the occasional taxi. So, we need an island where the main town/beaches are easily accessible without a car.

​Toddler-friendly: We’d love an island with sandy beaches, calm waters, and a stroller-friendly main town.

​Swimming weather: Is the sea temperature still warm enough for swimming (and for a toddler) during late September/early October?

​Island recommendations: Which island fits this description best? We were thinking about Aegina, Agistri, or maybe Poros/Hydra due to their proximity to Athens, but we are open to Cyclades like Naxos or Paros if the ferry ride isn't too brutal for a toddler.

​Our rough idea:

​2-3 days in Athens (mostly historical center, Plaka, Acropolis museum).

​5-6 days on an island to relax and enjoy the beach.

​Any itinerary suggestions, island recommendations, or general tips for navigating Athens and the islands with a stroller and a toddler would be highly appreciated!

​Thank you so much!

I’m 13 weeks preggers and I really want to go to Spain next year because I’ve been wanting to go on an international trip for a while and our parents are getting old and really want to go too.

Is it crazy to travel with an infant? I’m thinking when the baby is 6-12 months. I’m worried about airplane germs and Cabin pressure and the time difference issues for the baby. Any experience or thoughts?

FTM USA will be traveling with 8 month old for a week long hiking trip in Washington state. What should I be prepared for at the airports?

-Baby is a lap seat for all flights

-We don’t plan on bringing our car seat, we are renting a Turo with one when we arrive. Does everyone just leave their cars at their home airport? 😬

-Baby is exclusively formula fed but we are starting solids already. I’ve seen mixed issues with TSA and formula and I’m so nervous about it…how will I get through with bottles full of purified water for the flights? How do I prevent TSA from digging through my unopened can of formula???? I’m worried about contamination 🤦‍♀️

-I’m bringing a pack and play for sleep, an Osprey POCO, and the Pop n Sit. Do I need to put those altogether in their own bag for the flight? We are trying to check as few things as possible

Thanks in advance! Also open to any and all advice you feel like throwing my way!!!!

Hi everyone!
My son is currently 11 months old. He weighs 18 lb (about 8.2 kg) and is 72 cm (about 28.3 inches) tall.
We’re planning trips when he’ll be around 15 months and 18 months old, so I’m looking for a lightweight, easy-to-carry travel car seat.
We’ll mainly be using it in Ubers, taxis, and friends’ cars while traveling, so portability is a priority.
I’m not sure what the typical price range is, but my budget is up to $500 if it’s worth it.
I’d love to hear your recommendations and any experiences you’ve had with travel-friendly car seats. Thanks!

Hi all. First time dad here 👋 I’m doing some research and would love to know what stroller you use, what you love about it, and what you dislike about it. Do you have multiple strollers? If so, why! And anything else you’d love to share about your experience using yours. I’m sure it could also help anyone currently looking for one!

We have an Egg3 (I absolutely love it) and an Egg Sky. Whilst I really appreciate all the accessories (the Carrycot stand was so convenient when we used the bassinet), the Egg3 is very heavy and the seat doesn’t fold so make sure you have a big boot. The wheels are big which makes pushing it easier, and the pocket in the seat is so handy (we call it the glovebox).

Thanks all!

Our toddler is almost 20 months. I am having second thoughts about bringing him to NYC. It would be for 6 days. We just took him to my husband’s work conference in Spain and it went very poorly. It was exhausting for me and stressful for us both. He was extremely difficult and to be honest, it really soured the trip. Now, we have a trip to NYC planned to see old friends that moved there. We planned this and bought our child a ticket months ago. Way before the Spain trip. I can’t imagine dealing with our chaotic and rowdy toddler on the plane again and dealing with the everyday chaos. It will be hot, he hates the stroller but also hates to walk, and he doesn’t do well in restaurants. My husband wants to leave him but I feel sad and worried about leaving him for that many days. He’d be with either my mom or my MIL. Well cared for, but still. I feel uneasy. What do you think? Take him or leave him?

Hey guys, desperately need some travel stroller advice. We have a few flights comng up this summer and I am refusing to gate-check a stroller 'cause I know airlines will just destroy it. It has to fit in the overhead bin. I lovedd Bugaboo Butterfly and YOYO, but the prices are makng me physically ill lol. Especially since we’ll mostly just use it for trips. I keep seeing ads of Tuckgo on Tiktok and on paper it looks decent. Apparently they claim it fits in the overhead and the basket looks way bigger than the tiny one on the YOYO. But I cant tell if the reviews are just sponsored BS.
Does anyone have it and traveled with it? Does it feel flimsy? Also random question but how is the material? I’m trying to avoid stuff that semlls like a chemical factory. Give me the real tea, should I jst bite the bullet and buy the Bugaboo or save the cash?

Grateful for advice here. I’m struggling with online booking question.

My family:

Dad (me)
Mum
Daughter 1 (12)
Daughter 2 (10)

..are due to fly w RyanAir on Monday. We booked a holiday through TUI.

We’re looking forward to a much needed break, although as with many families, budget is tight!

We are preparing to check-in online, and we are being asked to pay extra to book seats. We don’t want to do this - we don’t mind where we sit, so long as everyone is secure and safe.

However RyanAir go on to say “children under ELEVEN will be seated with a parent. TEENS will be allocated seats seperately.”

So I have two questions:

1. My daughter is 12. Where does she fall under this policy? She is over 11 and under “teen”.

2. The age differentiation here is VERY young. In an age where we are much more aware of inappropriate behaviour toward young girls, could RyanAir seriously seat my young 12 year old girl between two strange blokes, without a parent to check they aren’t being inappropriate?? She’s far too young and nervous to look after herself in that kjnd of scenario.

I obviously understand that an age-cutoff is required for a policy like this, but I personably feel that the cutoff for automatic collocation with a parent on an international flight is way too young.

I requested support via an advisor on chat. They told me:

1. A twelve year old is a teenager
2. That my only option is to pay
3. That RyanAir does have a policy that any people under 16 must be “accompanied” by an adult. But that they can be seated in completely different areas of a plane.
4. I advised that I didn’t understand the definitions here and asked for the question to be reviewed by a manager.
5. They told me they couldn’t help further and sent me to a feedback form. Superb stuff.

As a parent with a duty of care to my children, in an age where smartphones and cameras are ubiquitous and where we are sadly more aware of inappropriate sexual behaviour by some men, I feel deeply frustrated that RyanAir want to force me to spent more money just to ensure my 12 year old girl is safe and happy.

Grateful for any useful advice or perspective here folks.

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice because I’m feeling really confused.
I’ll be traveling alone from Ireland to San Francisco with my 7-month-old baby. I have two flight options:
A direct flight that’s about 11 hours.
A flight with a layover: around 6 hours to Boston, then a 4-hour layover, followed by another 7-hour flight to San Francisco.
I’m trying to figure out which would be easier with a baby. Is breaking up the journey worth it, or am I just creating more problems for myself with the extra airport time, boarding twice, and another flight?
If you’ve traveled long-haul alone with a baby, which option would you choose and why?
I’d also really appreciate any tips or tricks for making the journey easier—whether it’s feeding, sleeping, changing diapers, keeping baby entertained, getting through security, or anything else you wish you’d known before flying.
I’m honestly feeling overwhelmed, so any advice or personal experiences would mean a lot. Thank you!

Flying solo with a 3.8 yo and 8 mo. Flight is 4 hours.

I have a stroller where I can put both infant car seat (if the baby still fits in it, shes 6mo now and 10kg already) and a seat. It makes it super bulky and im concerned about how i will disassemble it for security with a baby (im planning on putting her in ring sling) and a toddler.

I got 3 seats for us. Shall I take car seat on the plane? Baby is ok with it in the car, but im not sure how its going to go on a plane.

With this company you must hold your baby for take off and landing. So im wondering if car seat is just going to take up space and I honestly dont know how ill manage physically to bring it inside the plane. Its going to be flight bus boarding, so I can take stroller up until we get to the trap of the plane, disassemble it there and check it in. Then I have to carry baby, car seat, and hopefully my toddler will be happy to walk herself. She loves planes and usually there are no issues with her when flying. She is potty trained, but from our experience, her belly does weird things at take off and landing and she confuses it with needing to go to the toilet. Which is another fear of mine - toilet on the plane.

We flew with the baby one time before and she had a blowout at taking off and at landing, which is another concern.

Another option is not to take car seat at all and then at the airport I put my baby in the seat and my toddler can sit in the "trunk part" of the stroller, not sure how its called. I also read that its not recommended to check it car seat, because it might make it unsafe for travelling.

Happy to hear your experiences, thoughts and recommendations!

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice because I’m feeling really confused.
I’ll be traveling alone from Ireland to San Francisco with my 7-month-old baby. I have two flight options:
A direct flight that’s about 11 hours.
A flight with a layover: around 6 hours to Boston, then a 4-hour layover, followed by another 7-hour flight to San Francisco.
I’m trying to figure out which would be easier with a baby. Is breaking up the journey worth it, or am I just creating more problems for myself with the extra airport time, boarding twice, and another flight?
If you’ve traveled long-haul alone with a baby, which option would you choose and why?
I’d also really appreciate any tips or tricks for making the journey easier—whether it’s feeding, sleeping, changing diapers, keeping baby entertained, getting through security, or anything else you wish you’d known before flying.
I’m honestly feeling overwhelmed, so any advice or personal experiences would mean a lot. Thank you!

Hi,

38 yo solo mom here. When I was young, I liked to travel a lot. I would say it was part of my personality. But I didn’t travel in the way we usually think of it, following the tourism industry. It was more like living abroad for short period of time. For example, 2 monts in London when I was 19. A semester in Barcelona at 22. A year in Lima at 26. A month backpacking Andalucía, etc.

Then I had a kid and almost stop traveling. My kid is now 7 yo. This year I was excited to introduced my kid to traveling. We went 12 days in Paris. I tought it would be easier than other destinations because we speak french, there are a lot of things to do, etc. But I feel like it didn’t really worked. It felt too long for my kid, he wanted to come back home. I had to organize a lot of activities because he would get bored otherwise. It was not a desaster, we had a great time overall, but I was not as fullfilling as I was expecting.

I don’t know what type of advice I am looking for. Did some of solo mom traveled with their child in a more « slow travel » way? Where? Any ideas to find a sense of understanding the place and « living it » even with a child?

Thanks!

We’re looking to add a seat for our 6 month old so we can take the car seat on the flight with us. The sizes required are 43cm x 43cm. Width wise I can find ones that fit but length I can’t. I asked if it was just the base that needs to be that size or the whole seat and they said yes the whole seat.

What’s people’s experience with this? Is the airline staff wrong or have you been pulled up over this size?

We’re going on a short plane ride (only a one 1-hour flight), but it’s also the first time my 3-year old is going to fly! We have a travel stroller and I’m planning to check that in, but when it comes to the car seat, I’m debating if we should buy/rent the WAYB Pico or buy the Cosco Scenera? We have the Nuna Rava that we use daily but I don’t want to bring that with us because it’s so heavy.

For transporting the car seat, would it be easier to use a car seat travel bag with wheels or attach it to the carry-on? Expert travelers, please give me all of your recs ❤️

Im an active man who hunts, fishes, manages 40acres. I’ve just had my first child, a boy. I want to put him in a back pack carrier and go hiking/surveyin, one day a bicycle carrier, a bike trailer, tandem canoeing then kayak.
What ages have people done these things?

And I’m open to others active activities you can do with a baby, toddler, small child and so on. anything outside that’s active and engaging a can be done with!a child older than 5-6months old.

Please feel free to over share!! Haha

I’m planning on traveling with my 22 month old from Istanbul to Denver.
I’m trying to book a separate seat for him through online booking but the system doesn’t allow me to do so. My son is very active and will not stay one minute on my lap. Has anyone had a similar experience?

We flew to Austria from the west coast which is a 9+ hour change. Our 14 month old is not coping with it at all - up all night screaming and then wanting to sleep every 30 minutes during the day. It’s not helped by the fact that my husband’s family’s house is very hot and there are no fans (sold out city wide apparently due to the heat wave). We are miserable being stuck in a hot dark house 24/7 because we can’t leave without her screaming bloody murder and shredding our nerves. What can we possibly do to make things slightly more bearable? I don’t want to force her to adjust too quickly to the time but this isn’t sustainable

I'll be flying with a 13 month old baby from the UK to LA and it's very confusing which care seat is allowed.

Can you please give me some options?

I have contacted virgin Atlantic who couldn't verify if my existing car seat was approved but said it needs to be:

Designed and can be secured by means of a normal aircraft single lap strap

Have a 5-point restraining harness

Not exceed the dimensions of the aircraft seat

Should fit into an area of 43cm x 43cm

Display 1 of the following: An EU approved label FAA approved label Canadian approved label Australian or New Zealand approved label