If you are planning a family vacation with a toddler, chances are you will be looking for a toddler travel bed. Toddlers are often too big for travel cots but not big enough to sleep in a rollaway bed – or if you have two toddlers or small children, you may not want to pay […]
The Best Car Booster Seats for Travel
One of the challenges of travelling with kids is car safety – and in particular what to do about car seats and kids booster seats. At home we are all very careful to ensure that our kids have top rated car seats installed, but when we travel in a foreign country – for example in […]
The Best Travel Bassinets and Travel Cots
A question for new parents preparing for their first family vacation is where will the baby sleep? A baby travel bassinet or baby travel cot is one of the best travel accessories for when you are traveling with a baby. But with so many portable baby cribs on the market, which travel cot do you […]
Car Safety for Kids when Travelling Abroad
One of the biggest concerns for parents when travelling abroad with kids is car safety. While we all have our kids safely strapped into car seats in our cars at home, this can become difficult when we are jumping in taxis across town when we are sightseeing or taking an airport transfer to our hotel. […]
Product Review: Leap & Hop Travel Books
We recently came across the fantastic series of Leap & Hop books for families who love to travel. These travel activity books are aimed at ‘kids on a grown-up trip’ and have been designed to help children to discover and understand different destinations and cultures through puzzles, games, drawing activities, scavenger hunts and more. We […]
Product Review: Simply for Flying Logbook
My kids get so excited every time we head for the airport. There are the Trunki races up and down the airport, the promise of the iPad when they get on the plane, and of course the anticipation of the holiday that we are about to go on. But I often wonder how much of […]
Gift Ideas for Families who Travel
Yes, the holiday season is fast approaching! Some people I know have already finished their Christmas shopping (brief pause while I roll my eyes in disgust), but most sane people are still panicking about what to buy their friends and family, and frantically searching Google for this season’s must-have toys. But in reality, there are […]
Product Review: Up & Away Multiple Passport Holder
I travel a lot. Naturally – I’m a travel writer after all. I also have a weakness for over-priced designer handbags… So, put the two together and you would be justified in thinking that I would also have a beautiful passport holder to show off at airport check-in. But you would be wrong! In fact, […]
Ten Best iPad Apps for Pre-schoolers
It seems inevitable when you are travelling these days, especially during long haul flights or long distance car journeys that you will succumb to handing over the iPad to keep your kids entertained. While I am sure some kids would be quite happy to sit and watch Peppa Pig or Charlie & Lola for a […]