Oh man, traveling with kids! It can be hard, daunting, tiring, but I always feel like it’s so worth it in the end. I really am my absolute happiest when I am traveling with my family. They are my favorite life memories and I love exploring new, and familiar places together.
Although we are no experts, after traveling here and there with the kids, we definitely have some tricks up our sleeves! Here is a list of our traveling must-haves below!
Plane
- Baby Bjorn – after going through security, I immediately put on my Baby Bjorn and usually wear it until we get on the plane. I love that I can be hands-free and keep the baby ccontained until we get on the train, I personally use the Baby Bjorn up until they start walking. Then I’ll put them in the stroller.
- Zoe Stroller – the best umbrella stroller! Its soo light, great quality and folds up so slim. Use OLIVIABETH+ZOE to get a disocunt when you buy your stroller.
- Honest Wipes – I LOVE theses wipes. They are perfect for wiping down pretty much anything besides a baby’s bum!
- GoBe Snack Spinner – this snack spinner helps keeps the kids entertained and is also so great for their motor skills.
- Honest Hand Sanitizer – thanks 2020 for reminding us we should never travel without hand sanitizer again. This kind is our fafvorite.
- Coloring books (preferably the mess free) these are great because they can’t draw on their clothes or anything.
- iPad – I heard somewhere once that you should give your kids toys/things on the plane they hardly ever get at home and that is 100% the iPad for us. She will mostly just color on it. The app we have is called “Drawing for kids” and she just colors, colors, colors! Depending on the flight time she’ll definitely watch a show too.
- Kids suitcase – I think it’s great for kids to get used to traveling with their own luggage and being responsible for their own belongings.
- WaterWow – if you haven’t used these yet, they’re awesome. You just add some water to the marker and it colors the pages. I love these for church too!
- Gathre changing mat – I refuse to walk into any publicc restroomm without his lol. It also helps in the back of the car on road trips too for diaper changes.
- Headphones – another MUST HAVE are headphones for the kids. When we are driving in the car, we will play Disney Stories on Spotify in her hearphones and she stays silent for hours haha!
- Wonder Spinner – this toy is a must for cars, planes and restaurants. It sticks to the table (or window of the plane) and they just sit and spin spin spin.
- Kids Laptop – both kids love this toy!
- Suckers – suckers help with entertainment AND their ears with altitude and pressure etc.
- Car Seat/Stroller Covers – one thing I know for sure is that airlines do NOT care about your stuff haha. I swear everytime our car seats/strollers come back to us we are shocked at how beat up our things are if we don’t put a cover on them. We use this lovely RED TRAVEL BAG for our Zoe stroller! We usually use the stroller all throughout the airport and hurry and put this on at the gate before we board and gate check it.
- Sleep Drops – when in need, travel with some sleeper drops in case things get desparate. We love our Wink Naturals ones and even have a disount code (utahgrubs). And if you have a hard time sleeping on vacations, try the adult ones! I am so grateful for them!
- Phone Soap! Bringing the PhoneSoap go gives me the best peace of mind knowing that our devices are sanitized and clean after traveling through the airports etc. Use OLIVIABETH for a discount always!
Car
A lot of the things above will apply to the car too (hi, earphones!) but here are a couple more!
- Honest Wipes – same as above. These wipes are the best to clean up any sticky mess.
- Cosco Car Seat – if you’re traveling with car seats, these ones are great, cheap and light! The price point is a lot cheaper than our other ones so we don’t mind if these ones get damaged at all. Once again, the airlines don’t care about your things 🤪
- Fan for kids – this fan can wrap around your stroller, car seat and more. Nice to fan them off if it’s ever hot.
Sleep
- Wyze camera – we love our Wyze cameras at home and when we are traveling. However, if you are staying somehwere with an open network, you will need to use a diffferent monitor. This Motorola Monitor is another great one.
- Lovey/blanket – we love traveling withh our kids blankets so they get a sense of home and comfort. Okay FINE I will be honest, I travel with one of their always too. With or without them!
- Slumberpod – these are a MUST MUST MUST! Use OLIVIABETH for a discount!
- Hatch Rest+ – there is a big difference in the Rest and the Rest+. The Rest+ can work without being plugged in! We will use it in the car as a sound machine if we have a screaming baby that just won’t sleep!
- Baby Bjorn Travel Crib – this travel crib is pricey but it is SO light, so slim and just the best we’ve used. Our daughter still sleeps in and she’s 3.5!
That’s all for now folks, happy traveling and I hope this helps!
Safe travels ✈️
-Liv
