TAP Air Portugal is making it easier to plan an epic getaway to Europe and beyond this winter with a flight deal that has roundtrip tickets starting at just over $400.
22.12.2024 - 11:11 / cntraveler.com
I just got back from a three-month, six-continent, round-the-world solo trip with my 2.5-year-old son Julian. When I tell strangers this, they typically have one of two reactions: “Wow, you’re brave!” is the nicer one. A variation of “Are you nuts?” is the other.
To both of these, I reply: “Yes, and thank you—but I didn’t do it alone.” Throughout our 88-day trip, which I am documenting for Condé Nast Traveler via an exclusive newsletter about family travel (sign up here), I tapped into a broad network of jet-setting parents, needling them for their best advice on navigating the very real physical, social, and emotional torments of traveling with children.
It was these pearls of wisdom—plus daily FaceTime calls with my ever-patient husband, WhatsApp chats with friends, and connections I made with like-minded parents through Facebook groups such as Families Who Love to Travel and Tiny Globetrotters—that kept me afloat during the more challenging moments abroad. I’ve put their words into action countless times and am thrilled to pay it forward by sharing their sage guidance with you.
Ahead, more than a dozen travel journalists, tour operators, and other road warriors share their best advice for traveling with babies, teens, and everyone in between.
David DiGregorio, the New York-based managing director of consulting firm CornerSun Destination Marketing, and his wife traveled frequently before having children. But when Chandra got pregnant with their first daughter, people loved to chirp, “Guess your traveling days are over!” The couple found this response obnoxious and decided that, no, actually, their daughter Samara would have to “adjust to our lifestyle just as much as we would have to adjust to hers.”
From the get-go, Samara was out and about with the DiGregorios, crossing Canada by train when she was just 10 weeks old. “It got her used to moving around and being out of a routine very early in life,” says DiGregorio. “By the time she was a year old, she was extremely adaptable and could easily be put into new situations without complaining […] It was the perfect training for the little traveler she became.”
Fast-forward to today and Samara, now 11, has been to dozens of countries. DiGregorio credits an early start with teaching his daughter how to be less nonjudgmental and more flexible. “Samara understands fundamentally what so many Americans don’t when traveling abroad—that she is the foreigner and must adjust, not the other way around,” he says. It’s also been a huge confidence booster. “Samara is happy to order her own food at a restaurant or go into a store on her own to buy something using money she’s never seen before. Put her on a playground anywhere in the world and she’ll come back with
TAP Air Portugal is making it easier to plan an epic getaway to Europe and beyond this winter with a flight deal that has roundtrip tickets starting at just over $400.
For those with the New Year’s resolution to travel more, Frontier Airlines recently launched the “New Year, New Adventures!” promotion which will give away free flights for a year.
Jan 8, 2025 • 8 min read
If you’re sitting close to a colleague, you might want to dim your screen when reading this because if you’re smart with planning your PTO next year, you could triple the consecutive days off by timing it with federal holidays and long weekends. Although I feel like I’m whispering this while writing, there’s nothing sneaky going on here, and it’s your right to plan your vacation time. Just do it wisely, and you could start with 16 days off and finish with 55.
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