| Pre-Flight Planning- First and foremost you want to | | | | study how your going to get there and the most |
| know that your flight and accommodations are | | | | effective means of transportation. |
| appropriately setup in order to provide the | | | | Preparing for the Flight- If you plan on traveling with |
| smoothest transitions. In order to make this possible | | | | children you should carry some kind of cup for water |
| you should spend sometime on the internet looking | | | | or some kind of liquid in the event that he/she |
| for deals on airline, car, and hotel packages. Keep in | | | | becomes thirsty and you can't access anything. Keep |
| mind when doing this that the earlier you setup your | | | | in mind that the cup needs to be empty when |
| arrangements the better deals you will find. | | | | traveling through airport security though because |
| Remember more often than not discounted tickets | | | | they won't allow the cup if it has liquids in it. If your |
| will be announced in the middle of the week. If your | | | | lucky your child is old enough that you can just pack |
| planning on going to a popular destination or | | | | him/her a small video game like game boy or DS and |
| somewhere that you believe is going to have heavy | | | | they can entertain themselves for the flight. If you |
| travel I would suggest trying to setup your flight 6 | | | | do bring a video game make sure you have enough |
| months in advance and if this is not possible make | | | | batteries or a full charge or else your child may get |
| sure you do take care of it immediately or else the | | | | upset when the game stops working. Last time I |
| flights could fill up or the price of the tickets could | | | | traveled I simply brought a deck of cards and a book |
| exceed what you were hoping to spend on your | | | | of various card games and this could entertain you |
| flight. If you are planning an international flight you | | | | and a companion for hours. Some airlines may not |
| should try and either purchase travel cheques or | | | | have pillows and of course if they do they are not |
| make sure that you have the proper currency for | | | | very comfortable so you might want to keep that in |
| your destination this will save you a lot of time once | | | | mind while packing carry on luggage. Well now that |
| you reach your destination. I would also suggest that | | | | your packed up ready to go and the trip is planned |
| you spend time looking into your destination that | | | | make sure you get yourself something to eat before |
| way when you arrive you don't come off completely | | | | your flight, flying on an empty stomach can make |
| as a tourist. Things to think about when doing this | | | | you extremely nauseous and nowadays airlines aren't |
| include the countries etiquette so you don't upset the | | | | as good about feeding the passengers. Enjoy your |
| local people without knowing what you did and check | | | | trip! |
| out a few places you want to go look at a map and | | | | |