We are big advocates of travel with tweens and teens as you know. And now that we have older kids of our own — and have a new travel contributor focusing on teen travel — we thought we’d cover some great tips for parents who travel with older kids, on this week’s Spawned parenting podcast.
We cover tips to help save you money, ways to get your kids involved with planning so they’re more invested, scientific reasons that travel is important for kids, thoughts on splitting up on your trip (yes, the kids can be alone for a while) and why it can be a great idea, and why it’s essential to build in down time — just like you do with younger kids.
Whether you’re flying around the globe, or staycationing (is that a verb?) right at home, we think this chat will help make every vaca a great one.
We’ll even talk about where not to go with kids (ahem, Atlantis, sorrynotsorry).
It’s such a fun chat, and will totally inspire you to sign up for airline price drop notifications! Take a listen right now:
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Related: Completely mind-shifting tips for treasuring the teen years instead of “surviving” them
Related Links on Travel with Kids
– The 20 most affordable travel destinations for families in 2019
– Barcelona with tweens and teens
– Iceland with kids
– Paris with kids
– Costa Rica with kids
– Nickelodeon Resort, Punta Cana with kids
– Cancun with kids
– Atlantis with kids
– Disney’s Aulani, Hawaii Resort with kids
– The best new Broadway shows to see with older kids in NYC
–Great national parks in and around New York City
– Washington DC with kids
– Nashville with kids
– Stowe, Vermont with kids
– San Antonio with kids
– Disney with kids with special needs
– Orlando with older kids (or adults only)
– Universal Orlando with younger kids
– Camping with kids
– Family resort vacations with kids
– Cruising with kids
– Road trips with kids
– Skiing with kids
– Expert tips on saving money on family travel
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