Weekly Link Roundup: Creative Travel Tips and Inspiring Travel Stories

Mommy Poppins, a blog for parents in New York (and a great resource if you are visiting New York) named us as one of their top resources for family travel! Check out their great article on Visiting New Orleans With Kids

Fly Away Cafe has a great suggestion for creating a travel journal that even my three year old would enjoy. I have particularly fond memories of a journal my husband and I kept on our first trip to Japan together years ago. Temples in Japan have either rubber stamps or calligraphers who will record your visit in a journal for you. We carried along our journal with us each day and filled it with these mementos

New research shows that there may be an Easy Way To Reset Your Sleep Cycle: Stop Eating While I'd never recommend this for a child, it seems like an interesting idea for parents. I notice that I wake up at home mealtimes for the first few days on any trip. My solution is to keep a quick snack next to the bed so that I can eat and go back to sleep. After the first couple of days, my stomach gets reset to local time.

Check out this interesting discussion on Parent Hacks about how to plan an extended family trip.

I was bummed to read this story on the Kids Food Allergies Blog about how difficult it is to travel with a child who has severe allergies. What really made me sad is how insensitive the airline staff were in accommodating her. Sometimes I think people put their compassion aside when they arrive at work.

I loved this story about Taking Kids to China, especially the advice about building excitement for the trip before you go. I can't wait for part two

Perceptive Travel has a nice article on what it felt like to travel in Italy as a new mother. Similar to our own experience, this mom found herself and her 8 month old welcomed with open arms in Rome with her young baby.

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