Traveling by Car
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Car Seats and Travel Insurance for Plane Trip
Asked by J.L. from Chicago
on May 2, 2012
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We just booked our very first family vacation, complete with plane flight, with our 2.5 year old son. The flight will be about 3.5 hours.
The first issue I'm consi...
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- Find out if you can REALLY take the car seat. We were allowed to check it without a fee, but we could not use it on our international flights. The only time we needed ...
- If you do decide to take your car seat onto the airplane, I recommend the GoGo Kidz (http://www.target.com/p/Go-Go-Kidz-TravelMate-Black-Orange/-/A-10538396?ref=tgt_ad...
- We took a trip to Costa Rica when our daughter was two. With the layovers and small hopper planes that we took while in Costa Rica, we were on a total of 7 flights! ...
Car Travel and Camping with One Year Old
Asked by N.L. from Los Angeles
on July 29, 2009
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Does anyone have suggestions for car travel of approx. 5 hours, and camping with a one year old. How difficult is it? Does their schedule get completly thrown off? ...
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- We just did an 8 hour car trip with an 11 month old to go camping and are doing another 5 hour one this weekend! we found the best thing to do is travel at least part...
- We just drove 7 hours with three kids ages 6, 4 and 1 and it was a piece of cake! Got up at 5:00am, got organized and put kids in the car at 5:30am and hit the road! S...
- We went camping in March with our then 15 month old boy and it was strenuous but lots of fun. He usually has a hard time falling asleep but during the trip his days ...
Car Travel with a 23 Month Old
Asked by S.B. from Burlington
on June 4, 2010
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We have a family vacation coming up that will involve a couple of plane rides and several long car rides. Our 23 month old is a healthy and outgoing regular toddler. ...
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- We drive 18 hours twice a year to visit our family, so we spend a lot of time in the car. We have been doing this since our son was 4 months old (he is 4 years old no...
- We travel alot and dont have a travel dvd but it is a good idea. I find new toys, books, and miniature color books with crayons help a great deal! I also usually bring...
- We drove to florida (two 14 hour days, including stops) with our son at age 2 and on the trip down, we did not have a dvd player (i was morally opposed, after all, I d...
Car Sickness
Asked by S.P. from Nashville
on June 17, 2008
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My 6 year old daughter gets carsick, usually on long car rides or if we travel on curvy rodes in the morning. This weekend she got sick on a 20 minute car ride in the...
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- You should not have to convince your husband; it should be pretty obvious if the child is car sick. Not to be ugly, but let her vomit on him once and that's allthe pr...
- I have a son that's 3 and he gets carsick all the time. I have found one thing that really seems to work for him. They are wrist bands that he wears in the car and the...
- Have you tried giving her ginger before the car ride? It can help with motion sickness and since it seems that it is daily, maybe she can take it before you even leav...
Branson- What to Do and Car Travel Suggestions
Asked by M.L. from Wichita
on June 16, 2009
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We are taking the three kids (6 year old twins and 3 year old - all girls)to Branson. We went last year and did Silver Dollar City and a couple of shows but are lookin...
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- Hi M., When we went to Branson we did the hatchery and my girls loved it! Who would have known that feeding a bunch of fish could be so much fun. And they do have a...
- If you like Mexican food, visit Casa Fuentes. It is a tiny place, but the food is excellent and relatively inexpensive. The service is great too! We just got back...
- Buy some cheap toys and don't let them see them. Pull a new one out every 1-2 hrs and give it to them. We took a trip to Colorado last Dec. It was 16 hrs in a charter ...
Travel Car Seat
Asked by R.I. from Los Angeles
on June 20, 2011
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My husband and I will be traveling with a 2 and 4 year old on an airplane and then renting a car. I've seen the car seats with wheels. Any recommendations on travel ca...
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- Bring your own car seats with gogo babyz platforms. http://www.gogobabyz.com/ that way you have strollers/carseats and much more convenient.
- You can rent a car seat from the rental place. Ours was free with AAA membership. It was very clean--looked like new.
- My advice? Take he carseats. Rental carseats aren't just dirty, they can be dangerous. They gave us one once that looked to be 30 years old with a bar over the midd...
Need a Cab Ride from the Airport with a 3 Year Old - Car Seat?
Asked by M.T. from Minneapolis
on January 24, 2013
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Hi, we are planning a plane trip overseas. The only thing is that our flight bback will be arriving at our airport at 9pm, which means after immigration/customs, it w...
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- Maybe get a car service instead. They will have a car seat. It will be a little more expensive but worth it.
- Call you local cab companies and check into it. Best way to know for sure. Another option may be to see if the airport has a way to "check" your carseat so that yo...
- Call a car service. They have them.
Car Seat Travel Bag
Asked by D.S. from Phoenix
on May 2, 2007
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I will be traveling with my 6 month old next month and will need to take his new full size car seat with us. I am in the process of buying a travel bag for it. There...
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- We have used the backpack-style bag for at least 5 trips. It is fairly easy to handle with other luggage and it keeps the car seat clean if you check it.
- I have been traveling with at least one child 2X a year for the last 5 years and what I do, (because I don't trust checking it, it may get broken) I take it and gate c...
- They also have an item kind of like luggage, but you put the car seat on it and it folds down quickly. This way your child sits in his car seat and you pull him while ...
Car Seat/Booster for Travel
Asked by M.R. from Miami
on July 26, 2011
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I travel a lot with my two girls (3 year and almost 1 year) and I will not put either of my girls in a car (tax included) without proper car seats. The baby is not an...
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- The minimum recommended for a booster is 4 and 40 lbs your 3 year old meets neither.
- You could use the car seat you have if you are set on keeping your girl in a 5 pt harness, and buy one of those carts that the seat fits on to and it becomes a "stroll...
- There is a 5 point harness car seat that has a handle and wheels. It was marketed as a way to travel even by planes and let your child have a seat and make it easier ...
Car Sickness
Asked by V.R. from Boston
on February 29, 2008
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My son gets car sick every time we go out, even for a 5 or 10 minute ride. Anyone else experience this? He is 2 1/2 years old, started happening this past summer.
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- OMG! my daughter was the same way. we had to keep a large tupperware bowl with a tight fitting lid in the car just to go to the store! thankfully she grew out of it. ...
- Hi V., My 12y.o. has been getting carsick since he was 2 1/2, so I can relate. We used to give him Dramamine every time we took a long road trip, but I hated doing t...
- this would happen to my now 5 year old, it started when she was about 2 as well. We would limit her food intake expecially if it was going to be a long trip, we also ...
