Welcome to Travels with Baby!
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Air Travel
Flying with Babies and Toddlers
Thorough advice for booking flights with infants, clearing security with extra liquids, checking strollers and car seats, keeping babies content on airplanes and more!
Car Seat Advice
How to Travel with a Car Seat
Questions about traveling with a car seat by airplane, train, road trip, ride share, or rental car? Get answers, tips, and hacks for smooth travel with car seats and boosters.
Vacation Planning
Planning Your Next Trip
Get advice and recommendations for where to go and where to stay, vacations with grandparents, pacing your road trip, health and safety tips, and more.
Gear Finder
Great Baby Travel Gear
Find the best travel gear for your trip! Includes my recommended travel strollers, car seats, travel cribs, safety products, travel toys, accessories, and more.
The 6 Best Places to Visit California’s Giant Redwoods and Giant Sequoias
Here’s my guide to the best places to visit California’s giant redwoods and giant sequoia trees. Now with SIX of our family’s favorites! I will never forget the first time I saw a…
Need to Know: Flying American Airlines with a baby or toddler
Will you be flying American Airlines with a baby or toddler? As part of my “Need to Know” airlines series for parents flying with infants and young children, here are some important points…
Need to Know: Flying Southwest Airlines with a baby or toddler
Will you be flying Southwest Airlines with a baby or toddler soon? Here’s a quick guide to help you find the important details you’ll want to know as you prepare to book your…
Seven Easy Ways to Get Your Car Seat Through the Airport
Looking for an easy way to get your car seat through the airport on your next vacation? Whether you plan to use your child’s car seat on the airplane or not it’s far…
What to Pack in Your Baby Travel Kit for Carry-On
Sure you can bring more than 3.4 ounces of formula, expressed breast milk, baby food, and medicines for your infant or toddler in your carry-on bag (see tips and specifics here). But I…
Need to Know: Flying Ryanair with a baby or toddler
Will you be flying Ryanair with a baby, toddler or young child soon? Some of their rules and fees for babies and toddlers might come as a surprise to some families. Here’s a…
Recent posts and updates:
- Flying with a Baby or Toddler? Welcome to the Best Tips Online.
If you’ll be flying with a baby soon (or a toddler or preschooler–or any combination thereof), I’m glad you’re here! For more than 15 years, I’ve helped answer the real questions parents ask when preparing for travel with babies and young children… - Need to Know: Flying American Airlines with a baby or toddlerWill you be flying American Airlines with a baby or toddler? As part of my “Need to Know” airlines series for parents flying with infants and young children, here are some important points to be aware of (and be prepared for) if…
- How to Travel with a Car Seat (Without Losing Your Mind)For parents, the logistics of traveling with a car seat can be overwhelming. But I’ve spent years learning from experience (traveling with 3 kids of my own) and researching the topic exhaustively that there are MANY ways to make travel with a…
