Archives: December 2010

Flying with Kids Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

Send your tips to strollerderby@babble.com If you are brave enough to travel by plane with your children this summer, CBS’s The Early Show recently profiled some products and tips to make your flight a little less crazy. The program mentioned a vest which attaches to your seatbelt that keeps your baby on your lap and out of the overhead compartment when the plane hits a pocket of turbulence. For those of you who do not feel like dragging a toddler [...]

A Right to A Vacation?

Spring break is upon us (God help us all) and while some people are enjoying a spell at the Happiest Place on Earth, others of us are tied to our homes with a baby and a bank account that are both too small to allow a getaway. According to research from the University of Nottingham’s Christel De Haan Tourism an Travel Research Institute, though, those families who can least afford a vacation are the ones likely to see the most [...]

Staycations: 5 Ways To Go Nowhere — For Fun!

Listen, family vacations are soooo 2005-6. Homes were cash machines, a recession seemed impossible. Gas was … well, it wasn’t $4 a gallon. Airlines didn’t charge for checked luggage! Back then, vacations weren’t a choice, they were a right … no, a duty! So I hope you took plenty of pictures. Since this summer is all about the housing crisis, recessions, expensive food and unimaginably high gas, you’ll likely be vacationing — or, as the travel world is calling it, [...]

10 Places To Bring the Kids

At some point or another, parents get the urge to load up the family truckster and go see America a la the Griswolds. I’d say most parents dream about getting to take their kids someplace spectacular at least once in their life. Our two dream family trips are driving out to Colorado to explore Rocky Mountain National Park, and heading to DC, when our kids are old enough to actually enjoy traveling but still young enough they’ll be seen in [...]