Review: Wish I Had This Guide Years Ago
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
"Baby Travel Tips - How to Travel with a Baby or Toddler on a Plane" by Rick Hartwig is a detailed and comprehensive discussion about everything having to do with traveling with children.The author not only lists useful equipment for kids of various ages when traveling in cars or planes as well as appropriate toys and other needed baby items, but he discusses potential problems that parents are likely to encounter that most of us wouldn't even think about.He talks about how partners can work together to foresee problems in advance and mitigate them, even things like building anticipation with your children for the trip. The author obviously has an enormous amount of experience when it comes to taking trips with children, be they babies, toddlers or preschoolers.The first chapter deals with trip preparation and of course discusses packing for children, as well as things like how to take care of your home while you're gone and caring for pets and plants. In addition, a handy checklist that can be used as a guide is included.International trips are discussed in detail including all the potential issues that may arise with that kind of travel. A lot of people get sick when traveling, and the author tells how to avoid illness while on the road.Chapters 2 and three deal with flight issues and with what happens when you arrive, including rental of car, SUV, vans or motor homes.The book is so comprehensive and touches upon so many subjects that it can make your head spin, but each chapter ends with a comprehensive checklist so it is possible to jump into those and then just read the parts that have to do with the age of child that you have, such as toddler, preschooler or baby.Certainly this is an excellent guide for any couple that is planning to take a trip, especially a long trip with their children. For any couple embarking on such an adventure for the first time, this book should be required reading.