Weekly Link Roundup

This week we start the first weekly roundup of our favorite family travel related news stories, travellogs, and more from around the web. Enjoy!

Who Cares: The FAA's Car-Seats-On-Planes Policy is a Total Train Wreck An excellent story on DaddyTypes about the trials of travelling with the FAA approved CARES travel harness (pictured) on various airlines. We've never had a flight attendant reject ours, but airline policies vary (and in the end, you're subject to the whims of the flight attendants).

Mommy Poppins has a fantastic post called 100 things to do with your kids in NY before they grow up It's no secret that I'm always scheming for a trip to New York. I cannot wait to start checking off some of the activities on this list!

Like a Local has a new service that helps travellers arrange for a local guide who will show them what daily life is like in their city (or even eat a meal in a local home). This could be especially great thing with kids. Not only can you hire someone with local knowlede, (beyond the big amusement parks that get mentioned in tour books) and kid friendly restaurants, but if things work out well, you might even get some local playmates for your kids.
by way of Gadling

Cathay Pacific Thinks Your Kids Car Seat is a Security Threat tells the story of a family who booked business class seats on Cathay pacific only to find out that some planes do not accommodate car seats. Since they weren't willing to fly without a safety harness, they were removed from the flight. Sadly, they were treated as a security threat because they'd failed to comply with the flight attendant's request to seat the child without the safety harness.

Sheila Scarborough's Family Travel website has a great two-part post on Family Ski Vacations Part I. Part II.

Dos and don'ts of cruising with young children

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