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Ask Shelly: Travel stroller for international Florida vacation with a baby?

Flying from overseas for a Florida vacation with a baby? Here are suggestions for how one parent might handle her stroller dilemma.

I received this email from a mother planning a very exciting Florida vacation with a baby.

Hi Shelly,

We are planning to fly from Israel to Florida for four weeks with our 5 mos. old in January (he will be 8 mos.). We will fly into Tampa, visit the Gulf Coast, then drive to Miami through the Everglades and visit the Florida Keys before flying out of Miami. My que...

Top Tips for Holiday Travel with a Baby, Toddler, or Preschooler

To Grandmother’s house you’ll go? Usethese top tips to ease holiday travel with a baby, toddler, or preschooler.

Are you gearing up for holiday travel with a baby, toddler, or preschooler (or any combination thereof)? Have no fear, there are EIGHT holiday seasons’ worth of Travels with Baby tips condensed into this post!

1.Use the Ultimate Holiday Travel with Kids Checklistas you count down to travel!

2. WatchChildproofing for holiday travel.

3. ReadThree tips for happier Thanksgiving (and ho...

Need to Know: Flying Virgin Atlantic with a Baby or Toddler

Flying Virgin Atlantic with a baby or toddler? Be sure to read this first.

Will you be flying Virgin Atlanticwith a baby or toddler? Or more important, will you have the choice between Virgin Atlantic and another airline for your flight with an infant or young child?The “Need to Know” airlines series for family travelers continues withsome important points to be aware of when booking a flight with Virgin Atlantic.

Virgin Atlantic’s infant and child discounts:

Unlike many U.S. carriers that ma...

Nine Tips for Raising Happy Travelers

Ten amazing years of adventures with one, two, and finally three enthusiastic travelers–and it feels like the adventure is still just beginning. Here are some of the helpful things we’ve learned along the way. Photo credit: Tim Rivoli / Bonneville Salt Flat, Utah.

Do you want to raise a kid who loves travel as much as you do?There are many ways we can help our children feel likehappy and successful travelers before they even start preschool–andcertainly during the preschool years.

This month’...

In Loving Memory of My Traveling Grandma

My grandma, not bothered one bit by the overly friendly monkeys of Gibraltar.

Over the weekend, I had the privilege of being with my grandmother as she peacefully rested through her last full day with us, with my mother and I sharing favorite stories and a game of Scrabble (her favorite game) at her side. I have been so incredibly lucky to know my grandma for 40 years, and to have her in my life through many momentous occasions, including many birthdays of my own children. She has been a fun...

Pack This! Halo Sleepsack for safer, saner travel with a baby

Don’t let him get a leg up on travel cribs.

I was chatting with a mom just the other day and, before I knew it, I’d come out with at least 3 reasons I loved to use a Halo Sleepsack during travel with a baby-through-early-toddler. Here’s the top one.

You might already know it as a safe solution to blankets for back-sleeping babies, but during travel, when cribs can be smaller than yours at home and resort rooms tiled to potentially painful perfection, he won’t be able to clear the rail of the...

Should the FAA force parents to buy seats for babies and toddlers?

A rear-facing car seat on the red-eye to JFK. “Just try and recline your seat. I dare you…”

Join the conversation! Please, share your own thoughts on this with a comment below this post.

In case you haven’t yet heard, there is a petition circulating in an effort to end the practice of allowing babies and toddlers less than 2 years old to fly as “lap children” on airplanes in the U.S. While improving air passenger safety is the most obvious motive behind this petition (airline revenues and pro...

“Travels with Baby” Wins a Lowell Thomas Award in Guidebooks

As you know, I’ve had a lot of good news to share about the new Travels with Baby book and blog this year. This, however, tops it all.

Last week, I’d been adventuring solo aroundHuntsville, Alabama onemorning, earning myself a seat at the Liars’ Table at a traditional southern diner, exploring downtown, and walking miles within a cemetery with more stories to tell than your neighbor over the fence. I got back to the hotel just in time to freshen up, change clothes, and hurry down to the next...

And the winner of the $100 Amex gift card is…

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Travels with Baby Tips blog to wish it a happy 7th blogiversary / birthday!

I’m happy to announce the winner of the $100 American Express gift card “blogiversary present,” whose comment-entry for being a Twitter follower of @travelswithbaby is… Kim, aka @kgail11.Kim, please check your email for a note from me! You will need to reply to that email within 3 business days, and I’ll get your gift card out to you ASAP.

Did you read about my adventure “Ziplini...

The Case for Traveling with a Baby (an excerpt)

Traveling with a baby? Sure, just producingan acceptable photo for the passport can be a challenge (one of our first attempts above–already 10 years ago!). But there are plenty of reasons to go now…go far…and go before they start school!

Great Scott! How can it be that two of my children’s passports are already due for renewal?! And for my big girl shown above, it will already be her third (yes, she’s all of 10)! As the kids all march back to school and I pore over the school vacation dates an...