Unaccompanied Minors Can My Child Fly Alone? Several airlines allow children of a certain age to fly unaccompanied. In airline speak they are known as UM’s. Below provides information on individual airline policies but as a general rule, children are aged between 5 and 15. Unaccompanied minors can also be children under 8 who sit…
How To Sterilise Bottles Whilst Travelling | 5 Tips to Help I’ve had several people ask me how I’ve managed to sterilise bottles on a 24-hour flight. Here are some useful tips and products that have helped me. (I’ve both breastfed and bottle fed with formula, so for breastfeeding tips on a plane, you may find this…
Holiday Essentials: 5 Holiday Essentials For Kids With Sensitive Skin This post does contain some Amazon affiliate links, where I may make a few pennies if you decide to purchase. This does not affect you or the price you pay in any way and helps towards the running costs of this site. Both my daughters…
Birmingham Airport Family Travel Guide As a continuing part of the Airport Guides, to help your journey start smoothly and calmly, I have now included Birmingham Airport. Birmingham Airport flies to over 150 destinations including Heraklion Airport in Crete – our destination this May. We opted for flying out of Birmingham as it is slightly…
Road Trip With Kids: How To Survive A Long Car Journey With Kids Guest Post By Laura Wood We have just returned from a wonderful ski trip to France with our two children – aged five and eight – and this time, we drove (gasp!). So, how was the journey? Well, in all honesty,…
Car Seats Abroad: Tips & Information On Taking A Car Seat On Holiday Taking car seats abroad is often a point of discussion for not only considering their use on airplanes – but also deciding whether to take on holiday. There are several things to consider when doing so – this guide will help you…
San Francisco With Kids: Top Kid Friendly Activities for 2017 San Francisco is an oasis of fun for kids of all ages. With lots to do whatever the weather, San Francisco is truly a family friendly destination. Check out the Go Pass and Muni cityPASS for discounts on some of the attractions and rides. Muir Woods National…
Travels With Kids Lessons I’ve Learnt I thought I pretty much knew all there was to know about travelling, seeing as my old career had me flying off to places far and wide. Sometimes to beautiful Paris; then off exploring the rich, colourful souks of Marrakech or the following weeks trekking through the raw wildness…
Review: GoEuro – A Travel Booking Site GoEuro is a travel booking site with a difference. It is a travel search website that allows you to compare and combine air, rail and coach transport across Europe. Launched in 2013 it has steadily been growing and now operates in 11 countries. We are planning a visit…
Single Parent Holidays: How To Plan & Find Your Holiday I think all my parent friends would agree they enjoy going on holiday, but for some of them a family holiday is often full of costly surcharges. The problem? They are a single parent family. You would think nowadays, with families coming in all shapes…