Flying with children / toddlers
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I wouldn't worry, you'll be sitting in front of me 'cause I always get a screaming kid next to me, when I finally lose it, all will be quiet
Hazell ... I have merged your enquiry (and its replies) along with this previous topic, which hopefully may provide you with some additional tips.
David
David
great advice on travelling with small kids ours are 11 9 and 22 months we are traveelling to spain in july and i have a couple of questions here goes we are taking our pushchair do we need to put it away with our luggage and be left a couple of hours with ot it or can we keep it till we board the plane also do we need to label it with our flight details also we dont have a seat for our smallest dreading this we have paid for four meals on the plane will my youngest get a meal or what and also how will we manage to eat will they hold back my meal till my husband has eaten his sounds daft i know any ideas
thanks
thanks
Flight is suppost to leave at 7.30AM but you have to be at airport 3 hours before hand.I have a 2 hour car drive to the airport and will have to get out of bed at least 1 in the morning,seems a waste of time even going to bed.
The little`un is liable to fall back asleep whilst on the way to airport but I`m going to try and keep her awake until we get on the plane.Which will make things miles more easier for me.
I`m flying with My Travel,I used them when I went to egypt and I didn`t get any kids packs or anything,but my daughter was only 1 then so they might not of been any good for her.
But I`m definitly going to make her a backpack up.
I do like all the suggestions given,just hope her bag is big enough to fit it all in.
The little`un is liable to fall back asleep whilst on the way to airport but I`m going to try and keep her awake until we get on the plane.Which will make things miles more easier for me.
I`m flying with My Travel,I used them when I went to egypt and I didn`t get any kids packs or anything,but my daughter was only 1 then so they might not of been any good for her.
But I`m definitly going to make her a backpack up.
I do like all the suggestions given,just hope her bag is big enough to fit it all in.
dear bestfriend22uk
you can keep your buggy till you are at the boarding gate ready to board. put a flight label round it and you will be given a sticker or additional tag at the boarding gate from the cabin crew ( this may depend on who you are flying with), your buggy then comes round on the carousel with your luggage at the other end. regards meals with a little one on your knee, normally you do not get a meal for them as they dont qualify for a seat under the age of 2 years but if you have paid for 4 meals then you should get 4 meals. weve had to balance a meal on our tray whilst one of us eats and then we normally swap over and the other parent can eat.....bit like juggling but in a small space. hope this helps!!
you can keep your buggy till you are at the boarding gate ready to board. put a flight label round it and you will be given a sticker or additional tag at the boarding gate from the cabin crew ( this may depend on who you are flying with), your buggy then comes round on the carousel with your luggage at the other end. regards meals with a little one on your knee, normally you do not get a meal for them as they dont qualify for a seat under the age of 2 years but if you have paid for 4 meals then you should get 4 meals. weve had to balance a meal on our tray whilst one of us eats and then we normally swap over and the other parent can eat.....bit like juggling but in a small space. hope this helps!!
thanks ruth was completly unsure on the pram bit so do i need to make anyone aware i will be handing over my buggy on boarding the plane as for the meals i was thinking on asking if they would serve three meals then come back in a bit with fourth one think they would
This is probably a useless thought, but try phoning the tour operator and ask if you can take the buggy to the plane, and them take it off you, just to be sure, I am 99% sure you can, although i've heard of people being refused. And while you're on the phone to them, ask about the meal, they might keep it warm for you? Also, see if you're allowed to bring baby food on the plane, think about the glass containers, they might heat it up for you?
You might think it's extreme phoning over 'petty stuff' but people phone for even smaller stuff. We phoned up last year to ask if my auntie could sit at the front because she has arthritus, they were very nice about it! Even though we could have probably got to check in early and asked. It's their job.
You might think it's extreme phoning over 'petty stuff' but people phone for even smaller stuff. We phoned up last year to ask if my auntie could sit at the front because she has arthritus, they were very nice about it! Even though we could have probably got to check in early and asked. It's their job.
thanks for all your replys would it not be the airline i would neeed to phone up
lol, sorry 
I go with first choice or thomas cook so i just phone their customer line... it'd probably be the airline.
I go with first choice or thomas cook so i just phone their customer line... it'd probably be the airline.
when we have took our buggy the boarding crew have shouted out that anyone with buggys should go to the gate and hand over their buggy. also when you are checking in with your passports, tell the crew that you have a buggy. yep you could ring the airline that you are flying with to put your mind at ease.
A favorite with my kids are "Post it" notes and little stickers (stars, shapes or whatever).
They can either stick the stickers or draw on the Post it notes and then stick them all over the windows or the back of the seats. Easily cleaned up afterwards too.
Another favorite is a Travel Magnadoodle (ELC), that always keeps them occupied for a while.
Sticker books.
Craft scissors and the coloured paper that they can lick the back and stick (like a stamp).
This year I'm going to take fuzzy felts aswell.
They can either stick the stickers or draw on the Post it notes and then stick them all over the windows or the back of the seats. Easily cleaned up afterwards too.
Another favorite is a Travel Magnadoodle (ELC), that always keeps them occupied for a while.
Sticker books.
Craft scissors and the coloured paper that they can lick the back and stick (like a stamp).
This year I'm going to take fuzzy felts aswell.
We have travelled all over with our daughter (now almost ten) and she has always taken a small rucksack on board. Paper, crayons, pencils and a book are always there. I smuggle a couple of new comics on board so she can look at them.If it was a longer flight we took ready cut out sticky shapes (from staples I think) to make pictures (she's a bit past that now!).
A cd player or mp3 with story cds on (available from the library) also proves a great time occupier. Dont take a full colouring book on board, just rip out a few pages. A gameboy can help and uno is a great game for all ages. Travel Yahtzee is now a must for us. Don't forget their fav snacks and sweets and no matter what the age WET WIPES.
A cd player or mp3 with story cds on (available from the library) also proves a great time occupier. Dont take a full colouring book on board, just rip out a few pages. A gameboy can help and uno is a great game for all ages. Travel Yahtzee is now a must for us. Don't forget their fav snacks and sweets and no matter what the age WET WIPES.
I was going tosuggest jigsaaws - but the kids might cut their fingers off with them, and I don't think saws would be allowed in hand luggage!!
I can remember when we went wen I was about 8, mum got us puzzle books - and I spent the first hour half completing them, and didn't touch it agabn (although we didn't get bored...)
I can remember when we went wen I was about 8, mum got us puzzle books - and I spent the first hour half completing them, and didn't touch it agabn (although we didn't get bored...)
Is anybody else on this forum concerned that a trainee teacher spells trainee "traynee"?
I'm pretty sure the trainee teacher also goes to "pondland" hope she's not teaching my son!!!!
OSCARBEN wrote:I'm pretty sure the trainee teacher also goes to "pondland" hope she's not teaching my son!!!!
casperslides wrote:Is anybody else on this forum concerned that a trainee teacher spells trainee "traynee"?
It is a good thing then that we don't run a spelling competition here on Holidaytruths and that the spelling brigade is not welcome here too
And to make such a remark to a topic that has not been contributed to for well over a year is rather unnecessary.
MarkJ HT Mod
It is a good thing then that we don't run a spelling competition here on Holidaytruths and that the spelling brigade is not welcome here too
And to make such a remark to a topic that has not been contributed to for well over a year is rather unnecessary.
MarkJ HT Mod
It is a good thing then that we don't run a spelling competition here on Holidaytruths and that the spelling brigade is not welcome here too
And to make such a remark to a topic that has not been contributed to for well over a year is rather unnecessary.
MarkJ HT Mod
Come on MarkJ, I was directed to this thread by a Holiday Truths moderator in a recent post on the Ibiza forum and I think that a basic spelling mistake (not a mistype) by a teacher deserves some comment no matter how old it is.
Don't take the comments made on this site too seriously it's all fun, keep a sense of (humorous) proportion. Everybody who posts on this site I hope are adults and they can take it.
Casper
No problem contributing to an old topic whether it is one, two or twelve months old. But posting just to point out a spelling mistake without contributing something constructive to it and essentially taking the topic off topic is not on.
Perhaps you may wish to visit this site: http://www.spellingsociety.org/ as it may interest you more than Holidaytruths does
Nothing wrong with my sense of humour but thanks for asking anyway.
Now if we can get back to the topic being discussed please.
MarkJ HT Mod
casperslides wrote:Come on MarkJ, I was directed to this thread by a Holiday Truths moderator in a recent post on the Ibiza forum and I think that a basic spelling mistake (not a mistype) by a teacher deserves some comment no matter how old it is.
Perhaps you may wish to visit this site: http://www.spellingsociety.org/ as it may interest you more than Holidaytruths does
casperslides wrote:Don't take the comments made on this site too seriously it's all fun, keep a sense of (humorous) proportion. Everybody who posts on this site I hope are adults and they can take it.
Nothing wrong with my sense of humour but thanks for asking anyway.
Now if we can get back to the topic being discussed please.
MarkJ HT Mod
Perhaps you may wish to visit this site: http://www.spellingsociety.org/ as it may interest you more than Holidaytruths does
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