Smooth Sailing for Your Family Holiday: Discover 25 Essential Products to Ensure Seamless Travels
Traveling with kids can be a joyous, yet challenging experience. To make trips smoother and more enjoyable for both parents and little travelers, BuzzFeed contributors often recommend a variety of essential travel gear for kids.
Raylyn Paquin, a BuzzFeed Contributor, recently wrote an article on travel gear for kids, and here are some of the items she suggests:
- Cooling Down: A flexible mini fan is a great way to cool off a child in a stroller or in the backseat during travel.
- Safe Eating: A portable high chair ensures safe eating during travel.
- Easy Storage: A backseat storage bag is recommended for storing toys, snacks, or other items easily accessible during a long drive.
- Entertainment: A set of travel-size magnetic tiles offers screen-free entertainment during travel. A snack spinner is another interesting way to serve snacks during long journeys.
- Water-Based Fun: The Water Wow travel set is a water-based activity set for kids during travel.
- Kid-Friendly Mobility: A ride-on suitcase is recommended for kids, featuring a leash for easier control.
- Waste Management: A portable trash bin is suggested for managing waste during travel, preventing the backseat from filling with garbage.
- Boredom Busters: A family game is a solution for boredom during layovers or hotel stays.
- Car Seat Organization: A car seat travel bag is recommended for easy transportation and organization of car seats during travel.
- Play Space: A travel activity tray is suggested for providing a play space during travel without taking up extra space.
- Portable Potty: A portable potty seat is recommended for easy use in public restrooms, particularly on airplanes.
- Clean Hands: A pack of antibacterial wipes is recommended for cleaning hands in situations where hand sanitizer is not sufficient.
- First Aid: A first aid kit is recommended for taking care of minor injuries while out and about.
- Organized Storage: A Skip Hop back-of-the-seat organizer is recommended for easy storage of items during long road trips.
- Comfort: A kid-size neck pillow is recommended for kids to sleep comfortably during travel.
- Power On: An Anker portable charger is recommended for charging multiple devices during travel.
- Weigh Your Luggage: A handheld luggage scale is recommended for weighing luggage before check-in to avoid overweight charges.
- Creative Fun: An LCD writing tablet and doodle pad are suggested as a solution for keeping children entertained without the need for multiple writing tools and paper.
- Dark and Quiet: SlumberPod is a product designed to provide a dark, quiet environment for kids in their Pack 'n Play or travel crib.
- Motion Sickness Relief: A pack of vomit bags is suggested for dealing with motion sickness during travel.
- Car Seat Snacks: A car seat snack tray is recommended for providing a sturdy place to keep snacks while driving.
- Shortage of Beds: A travel cot is suggested for shortage of beds or to avoid being kicked at night by a restless child.
- Noise Cancellation: A pair of noise-cancelling headphones is recommended for dealing with loud noises or for helping children relax in crowded spaces.
In addition to these, some general essentials for kids during travel include:
- Snacks: Portable, non-messy snacks to keep kids satisfied between meals and avoid hangry moments.
- Entertainment: Tablets or portable gaming devices loaded with games, movies, or educational apps; coloring books; travel-friendly puzzles or card games.
- Comfort items: Favorite blanket, stuffed animal, or pillow to help kids feel secure and comfortable, especially on long journeys.
- Water bottle: Reusable and spill-proof water bottles to keep kids hydrated.
- Clothing: Extra layers or a change of clothes in case of spills or weather changes.
- Sanitizing wipes and hand sanitizer: To clean hands and surfaces quickly during travel.
- Travel-friendly toiletries: Toothbrush, wipes, and other hygiene essentials.
- Small backpack: To hold personal items and keep kids engaged by letting them carry their own things.
- Sun protection: Hats, sunglasses, and kid-safe sunscreen if traveling to sunny destinations.
- First aid basics: Band-aids and any necessary medications.
These essentials help keep kids comfortable, entertained, and prepared, making travel less stressful for parents and more fun for little travelers. For the exact recommended products and packing lists, checking out BuzzFeed’s specific travel and parenting articles can provide detailed, curated suggestions.
- To create a fun and secure home-and-garden atmosphere during travel, Raylyn Paquin, a BuzzFeed Contributor, recommends a kid-size neck pillow and a portable high chair.
- In addition to the essential travel gear listed, maintaining a comfortable lifestyle for kids on-the-go may involve portable snacks, a travel cot for shortage of beds, and a reusable water bottle for hydration.
