The Best time to get first travel for child

I have brought my girl to Cameron Highlands once and I am quite phobia to do that again. That was my first travel with her (she was about 19 months). She was sitting in the car for almost 4 hours and at the same time I have to keep entertain her with toys, food, sightseeing and etc. I suffered motion sickness by turning side to side too much (watching my girl). How I wish if she is a big kid and could entertain herself in the car with things she likes and I could enjoy my sightseeing. And the night mare started when she do not want to sleep in the apartment. Thinking to bring her for another vacation but I am keeping my fingers crossed that things will go well.

Hi there! In my opinion I think the best time for a child to travel is at the age where he can already walk on his/her own, he understand and can speak too though still a little baby talk in there hehe. The best would be when the child is aware of the surroundings and knows how to appreciate things he sees already. Maybe with this description a child is fit to travel at the age of 3 to 4. If a child already knows how to walk you don't have to be carrying him/her all the time and no need for strollers too, which is still a bother to carry along. If the child can already speak he/she can express appreciation of the things they see during the trip. A child would be most happy when she already knows what they see around them. Ciao!

I don't have kids but I have traveled a lot. I've certainly seen my share of good and bad behavior in kids of all ages during my travels. What seems to be the most important factor is the parent. Are they patient? Did they come prepared? Are they attentive? Kids love new things but they have to have boundaries and parents that are engaged with them during the travel. Except for rare things like plugged ears or airsickness, I've seen that most kids are very adaptable at all ages. So if the parents are game, I think that any age after 9 months or so is okay to travel if the parents are prepared. I think that exposing kids to new things is also important and travel is a great way of opening their eyes to other ways of living - for that to impact the child though, they need to be at least 5 or older.

The best time is when they already walk and go to the bathroom by themselves..LOL... Well, I don't think there are really guide lines. Back 7 years ago I had to travel when my kids still 2 years old and 11 months old. It was tough! But that time I have no choice but took them with me of course. Right now, it's much much easier since they are older.

Travelling is my hobby. I can say that every year I will travel back to my hometown and sometimes will dropby Singapore or either KL for short break too. It is best to travel with kid above 6 months old....I still remembered well that the first time I bring my boy take plane is when he reached 10 months old, we went to Singapore for about 1 week then back to my hometown for a month. Travelling with kid is more tidious,have to take alot of things along.Although it might tiring,but it has a fun part also and the precious moments that spent together during the whole journey is priceless.

I have 3 nephews and a niece. For me, the best time for a child to get his first travel is at the age of 8-10. At this age range, children are already aware of their surroundings. They somehow know how to be patient and will also appreciate doing sightseeing while travelling.

I have traveled during the middle stage of pregnancy without any problems. All three of my children were born at home but traveled to hospital on their birthday. My teenage son doesn't like traveling though. So from the time they were born I have tried to get my other children to love traveling. My toddler son has been to Portugal at 4 months, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia at 13 months and South Africa at 20 months. I took him to cities and countryside and will leave tropical beaches until he is older. My toddler son likes sightseeing because as a primary school teacher I make it really fun. I always let him have sometime to relax in the evening after a busy day of sightseeing. My toddler son has the nickname Leo the Lion and he saw real lions in South Africa. I would say it is great to go traveling with children. Each age group will need different care. By age four years traveling is excellent but I wanted to get my children traveling from birth.

Any time/any age- Newborns are easy they sleep & eat! can go anywhere :) we traveled when our oldest was 2. She did better than i did LOL! just make sure they have their own seat- on the 13hr flight dh & i shared the 3 seats & dd slept on her blankie (make sure you travel with More than one!) on the floor. the warmth & vibration of the plane helped her sleep really well. only drawback to that was She was rested & we Werent! when we went to Greece w/her at age 3 we simply adjusted our activities. every other day was 'play' day - she got to spend hours at a local playground & we traded off watching her & shopping or what ever we wanted to do close by. on Busy days - we did Half day bus tours (she was usually the only little one & had a great time as most people fussed over her & gave her lots of attention & she could sleep on the bus. as a result she was a seasoned traveller by age 5= it really came in handy as our jobs involved travel. We ALWAYS used a harness in crowded places & airports (a friends 3yr old was snatched in an airport - luckily she was found Outside the building but it was a very scary close call -if she had been harnessed the guy couldnt have grabbed her) (in europe - its expected to use a safety harness- they dont have to silly hangups about them that the us has..) I dont believe in waiting to travel with the kids - if you dont take them how will they know how to behave or what to expect? & while dd doesnt remember a Lot of things from when she was very little - every so often a memory will pop up & remind her of some fun thing.. how many kids can say they played under a bench on the Acropolis or had their 4th birthday at the Original Legoland in Denmark? its like taking a kid to a resturant, if you dont take them, how can you expect them to behave properly(with manners etc)when they finally go the first time. you just adjust your travel activities to to accomadate them to make it good for everyone. we continued the travel thing every other summer here at home sometimes to visit family in other states sometimes just 'because' (like the summer of the "holes in the ground" lol- the kids got to see & learn a lot. & it didnt cost an arm & a leg- as we usually camped at places like KOA or stayed with family. they saw a lot of the US and usually had their summer reading list for school finished well before we got back home. we often did their school clothes shopping while traveling which they loved as they could tell their friends what state this blouse or those jeans came from - it was fun for them that way. (we usually shopped at Thrift stores & little one-off mom & pop places so that added to the adventure! they also started collecting postcards from where they traveled (more practical souveniers - they pack small)& that helps them remember the trips too. as an aside: in high school, dd traveled world wide with her hs symphonic band, & it was like getting on a bike after a long time, she found she could still relax and sleep on the flights & found it far less stressful then the kids who had never traveled before. just my opinions of course but based on experience..

vingyan.. a nice one here for us to discuss it ya.. as my child is only 6 months old, however I have bring her to travel inter-state.. however with the way you describe doing all the 'fun' stuff together, I think a child will need to be at least 7 and above.. actually, any child below 3 years old, if they travel on flight, it's FOC and also you get priorities.. and after that, a child will have to bear a half price charges. For me, if I to plan bring my child to Disneyland or whatsoever, I think I will go after she turns 10 or older.. and of course between 3 to 6 is one of the most difficult handling child age, and not worth to pay for all this fare if she does not know how to appreciate.

i would thin its appropriate to bring a child to travel when they reach the age of 10. the age where they are can talk understand and walk.

From my experiences of travelling with my children, I'd say that about four-years old is the best time to start travelling with the kids. We took my daughter to Atlanta when she was 2.5 years old and she doesn't remember going there. However, when she was 4 we again went on a family trip, this time to Arizona. She really enjoyed it and now, over two years later she still talks about it all the time and asks when we are going to go back. Basically, the only drawback that I find with travelling with her at that age is that it cost more because she was too old to fly for free, but the fact that she enjoyed it and that it made an impression on her made it all worth it to me.

Hi there! I think 6 years old kid would be fine going with parents to travel. By that age he can appreciate the beauty of sightseeing but of course not with skiing or same sort of activities. Me and my husband is also fond of travelling with friends but now that we're having a baby we plan to travel only when he gets a little older except when going home for vacation.

Hello , In my opinion 5 years will be the ideal age to introduce the child to the world outside our own. I had taken my child who was 5 years old and she enjoyed every bit of our experiences. That age is not too young so that they cannot enjoy Happy mylotting

I think,different kid different age.

I think the age where they can really appreciate the beauty of nature, they can talk, they can share some moments, their feelings, and understandting about the place where will they go. I think its nice to have them in an age of 7 or more so that they can really appreciate and enjoy vacations with the parents.

My parents could not afford a lot of trips but sometimes they had to go a long ways on some sort of business and they had to take us kids because they did not believe in leaving us with somebody else. Where they went, we went. Period. So I know they had to take me on a very long trip when I was 2 years old and that one I don't remember at all. But I do remember having gone for some long rides in the car when I was 5 or 6 and although there is a memory left of the ride being tedious in part, I was very much aware of it being a trip away from home and that was exciting...and memorable. So I think that if the parents have someone they can absolutely trust to take excellent care of the kids and love them in their short absence it is ok to go without them when they are in their terrible twos and up until about 5, but after that if the destination is appropriate for families, then hey kids are part of the family. I don't understand the concept of a parent needing to get away from the kids to de-stress, not if the children are properly reared. And if they are not, then even more so!

It depends where you are going. In my experience, when the children were small, I preferend a place where we would be relatibly quiet (like a beach or countryside) and where we could have some activities with the children but not have their routine disrrupted so much that it would stress us. When they were older, we could go anywhere with them. Older kids appreciate sightseeing and cultural places if they are subjects that are talked about at home. Happy posting!!!

thousands and thousands of people travel every day on travel trip.every thing you need to know is explained by the flight attendants.in the airport terminals there are signs evrey where,people to help you.you have to check in near the front ,pass through security and find the gate from which your flight departs.there are screens all over the place to tell you this.once you get to correct terminal all you have to do is follow the crowd .and exit from entrance.