International travel with small children immediately conjures up visions of despair for anyone with or without children until you actually do it and realise it’s just not that big a deal. As an expat, I started planning my daughter’s first trip home almost immediately with research and booking months before we left last November. After that trip we refined our lists and “must haves” with experience and her ever changing needs to make the subsequent several international trips a breeze.

The important thing to remember is that with the exception of new things to look at, it’s just another day in your child’s life, no more different to her than any new location, restaurant, etc. You are her favourite person and are alongside her for that entire flight instead of being away at work or wherever, so no matter what she will be thankful. read more …

Parenting is more challenging than you think – we hear it all the time, in the office, from our consumers.  And  Dad Jermey (the packhorse Dad!) can vouch for that.  He and his wife have some tips, and advice about how to retain a sense of self – they refuse to become a prisoner of the nursery!

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We have managed to put the bags out in the spelling paddock for a few months and to be honest it has been great! The last flight we did ended up in an unsavoury war of words with a fellow passenger after he suggested we get off the plane due to our youngest cracking after being on the tarmac for an hour!! read more …

Matt Watson has thorough experience of travelling with kids in tow, and his book Hot Sun and Scorpions talks about their time in Turkey! !

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Dario and Sabine Schoewer are using phil&teds products to help them on their journey with their 2 young children, Salina and Andri.
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