Listening to Your Feedback

When we ran our CARES Airplane Harness giveaway I asked for your feedback about what you'd like to see on DeliciousBaby. It has taken me a while to publish an article about all the great feedback, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been listening. You had some great ideas, as well as validation for some ideas that we've been thinking about for quite some time.

We've been hard at work making some exciting changes to the site based on your feedback. The changes will start to appear over the next few weeks. (In fact, if you explore a little, you'll find that some are already live!) I'll blog more about the changes next week, but I thought I'd first should share the feedback I got from everyone that participated.

Here's are the most requested ideas:

More Destination Guides
The most popular request was more destination guides to help with travel planning. Several of you specifically mentioned wanting to see recommendations from other parents. You also wanted to see more blog posts where I give an overview of what's great to do in a specific destination.

More Travel Tips
When it comes to traveling with kids, being prepared (both mentally and having the right things on-hand) is more than half the battle, so it is not surprising that so many people wanted more tips and advice.

Several people asked for tips on keeping kids occupied on long flights or road trips. I've done a couple blog posts about this in the past (Keeping Your Child Busy on a Plane and Ten Great Travel Toys You Already Have at Home), but you can expect more during the summer.

Several people also asked questions about feeding kids on the road, which inspired my recent posts about Finding Kid Friendly Restaurants and Nursing and Pumping on an Airplane.

I have some great posts queued up as summer travel approaches, but this feedback also made me realize that I need to find ways to make past blog posts and tips more available to new readers.

Personal Stories
It was really wonderful to hear how people relate to my personal travel stories and that you want to hear more! I've already started to blog a more about our day-trips and short jaunts, and, of course, I have some great family travel plans for this summer. This is also where I turn to you! If you have an experience that you would like to share, please send me email. I plan to post more travel experiences from other parents.

Travel Gear
Several of you wanted to hear more about travel gear that really works, including reviews of strollers, slings, suitcases, and other accessories. This is a subject I have lots of opinions on, and I've held back a little because I don't want the site to feel like a commercial. I have some ideas on how to better share my opinions without (hopefully) making DeliciousBaby feel like a big advertisement. As always, any product I recommend will be one that I have personally vetted and would spend my own money on.

"Specialty" Travel
People requested more information about issues like eco-friendly travel, camping, travel while pregnant, traveling with multiples, and nursing. Knowing what you want to hear about is a huge help. I'm excited to start sharing my ideas on these.

Thank you again to everyone who shared their ideas for how to make the website better! It's never too late to share your ideas. Please feel free to send me email with your feedback or ideas at debbie at deliciousbaby dot com.

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  1. Minnemom on May 31, 2008 at 8:08 a.m.

    Sounds like some great ideas. I'm looking forward to reading about your continued travels.

  2. TulipGirl on June 1, 2008 at 8:25 p.m.

    I'm totally enjoying your blog! We found our children to be immensely portable, and had fabulous trips with them in Paris, Egypt, and Greece; as well as road trips here in the States and train trips when we lived in Ukraine. Your attitude about traveling with children is encouraging and inspiring. Glad I stumbled across it!

  3. Debbie on June 1, 2008 at 9:01 p.m.

    @Minnemom Thanks! I always enjoy reading about your trips too. I am always a little nervous about making changes to something that works well and that people like, but I have put a lot of thought into the changes and I hope they'll make the site even better.

    @TulipGirl. I'm so glad you like the site. Hearing about your trips makes me jealous! We went to Egypt pre-kids and had a wonderful time, but I'd love to visit Greece and Ukraine.

    I agree with you that traveling with kids is a lot easier than people make it out to be, and like so much of parenting you just have to wing it! Still, people get worried about the unknown (especially if they don't see others around them traveling) and I started the site, in part, to help demystify travel with kids. I always think it's a shame when parents put their dreams on hold "until the children get older" especially when I consider how much our whole family (kids included) have gotten out of our travels.