What age were your kids when you went on your:
* First OS family holiday,
* Where did you go and
* For how long?
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What age were your kids when you went on your:
* First OS family holiday,
* Where did you go and
* For how long?
I took Yasin to the UK when he was 11 months old for 3 weeks
This year we took the boys to Paris and the UK for 2 weeks. Imran was 2 and Yasin was 3 and a bit.
Gabriella was 18 months old when we took her to Hawaii for 2 weeks, we also stopped in Melbourne for a few days so all up it was a 3 week trip.
We took both kids travelling around parts of Eastern/Western Europe last year for 8 weeks stopping in Dubai both ways for 3 days each time. Part of the trip was spent in Croatia where we have family (around 3 weeks) and then we spent around 3 and a bit weeks driving around by car. Fantastic experience. It was Alex's first o/s flight but not his first flight. He was 14 months old and Gabriella was just under 4. It was a fantastic experience!:D
We are taking both kids to Fiji this xmas time as well.
First OS trip to NZ, DS was 6 months old, for two weeks. It was easier than driving to East Gippsland with him for a weekend!!
Second (REAL trip!) was to Ireland and London (just London, whereas Ireland was a road trip to see family and attend a wedding), DS was 19 months old, we were gone for 3 and a half weeks.
DS was great on the flights, though BFing is the biggest reason for that. He became crap in the car, cos he wanted to be running around, not stuck in a car (at least in the plane he could walk up and down the aisles!). He loved train travel in London (and the bit we did in Ireland).
I think any age for kids is great to travel, and the less gadgetry/equipment you take, the more enjoyable for everyone. Much easier if you can share a big family bed whilst away, especially for booking accommodation :) We co-sleep, so it was with curiosity that B&B's would say "So, there are 2 adults and one child...and you only want one double bed?"..."ummm, yep". With two children, maybe you could get them to sleep in the one bed whilst away, or keep one child in with you, so that you dont' have to book as many beds. After all, it's a travel holiday - it doesn't have to be the same arrangement as at home, does it?
Our boys share a double bed at home so we try to book rooms with 2 double beds or 1 double and a fold out.:
I think one of the great things about co-sleeping is that it simplifies traveling - there's no need to request cots and worry that bubs won't sleep in a strange bed because next to you it doesn't seem so strange.
Expedia is great for booking for families because it gives an option for how many adults and how many children whereas wotif and others just ask how many adults.
Wow all young ages for first OS trip.....
It was AWESOME travelling with DS the age he was! To watch him take it all in and interact with his relatives, feel the cold of a REAL winter, watching planes on the tarmac, figure out accents, look at odd animals (deer in Dublin's Phoenix Park that he called 'puppies'!) etc. And travelling with him now that he's 2 and got heaps more words and can walk greater distances by himself would be interesting, too - really, I think any age is great once you remove the preconceptions and the complications!
We took DD to Thailand for 2 weeks when she was 2.5 - it was a fantastic experience for us all.
we took DS 1 and two OS when they were 3yrs and 6 months respectively. By the time we came back we worked out that DS2 had been on over 20 flights (domestic and internationally) by the time he was 7 months old - (they weren't all from this one trip though). With the OS trip we went to Hawaii and Canada - total time of almost 4 weeks. My DH still managed to read about 4 books in this trip (2 of which were on the flights)
We are looking at taking whole family to USA/Canada next christmas, they will be 6, 3 and 18mths respectively - some say we are gluttens for punishment. The worst bit for us will be how to balance the luggage. Poor DH usually gets caught lugging most of it.
It just depends if you want them to remember it or not. I don't remember any of the holidays my parents took us on before about 6 or 7. We went on family friendly holidays like to New Zealand, Bali or on South Pacific cruises when we were kids - great trips for families.
We took Emily to NZ when she was 5 months (2 wk holiday) and 22 months (1 week). Then we took Emily when she was 2.5 and Harry when he was 3 months to the UK for 3 weeks.
Plus we've done interstate flying too.
Out first OS trip with DS will be to Thailand for Christmas. He will be 15months.
We've done heaps of interstate travel but this will be the first longish flight.
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ooohhh kim where you heading :D
Not sure...just getting some rough ideas...wont be anytime soon..not with BumbleBee on the way!