I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend, including the folks celebrating Independence Day in the US.
*** You’re busy, right? Need to cut to the travel-planning chase? The Budget Travel blog “This Just In” shows how to find the “best of” almost anywhere.
*** Don’t do it! Even after you read my Survivor’s Guide to Walt Disney World and get your family all worked up to visit Orlando, UpTake has 5 reasons NOT to go to Disney World on your summer vacation. Can you say, “Sticky heat and mosquitoes the size of Volkswagens?” If you must go, see the new audio-animatronic President Obama, just added to the Hall of Presidents.
*** More for Laura Ingalls Wilder fans – finding Laura’s homes on a trip with your kids – hot on the trail of pioneering author’s childhood footsteps.
*** Go wild; Kids Can Travel talks about African safaris with kids and National Geographic Traveler‘s blog has info on staying healthy on a Kenyan family safari.
*** Out in the Pacific Northwest, Fodor’s has 5 essential family stops on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Can you say Forks, you Twilight fans?
*** The UK’s Independent points out that this is a good time for long-haul flying with the family, especially if you’re British. Then again, keeping kids entertained on long flights is a challenge, although one of the World Hum writers now has some clarity and understanding herself on that issue.
*** Upgrade to first class for more room? Whoa, think hard about that, says Chris Elliott in his CNN.com article; should kids be banned from first class? Some would say so. (I would not, because if I could afford it, I’d do it. My money’s as green as some business person’s expense account, and my kids and I have just as much of a right to fly if we have the ability to pay.)
Your thoughts?
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i don’t think kids should be banned from first class either, they should have the same rights as an adult. But they should be expected to behave themselves
Hi andy,
Absolutely, the kids should be expected to behave (in coach as well as first class.) Of course, all of this is relatively easy for me to say now – my kids are 9 and 16. When they were babies and especially toddlers, I think I’d have actually preferred the general noise and semi-chaos in coach (just like it’s better to take young ones to lively, noisy restaurants, so any squawking gets drowned out.)
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