Comments on: Five Reasons to Travel Before Your Kids Are Old Enough to Remember It

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:43:11 +0000

That is so inspiring to hear! I am pregnant and we are wanting to hike the Inca Trail next June when our little one will be about 8 months old. The main thing we were concerned about is the altitude and if a baby can handle it…and apparently they can?! Any other helpful advice you can offer about travelling with a baby?

By: Siem reap

Siem reap — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:46:15 +0000

Traveling provides an excellent opportunity to learn about life and what’s critical to you. Everything you see and do and every single person you meet provides an opportunity to gain a new effective perspective that will aid you live a greater life.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:08:35 +0000

My husband is Peruvian and we have done a lot of traveling/living in Latin America, as well as travel in Europe and China. I’ve been to Machu Picchu twice (sadly haven’t had enough days off to do the Inca Trail though). We just returned from a trip to Lima with our 1 year old. We just stayed in Lima visiting w/family and friends. I wish I had seen your blog before we left! I would have been more daring to venture out. We’ll definitely be going back to Cusco and the sacred valley w/our little one sooner than I had thought we would – your travels are very inspiring!!

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:17:31 +0000

We just took our kids (4.5 and 1.5) to Iceland, Greenland and the Faroes. No worries, they took it in their stride because they were with m&d, and where we were mattered a whole lot less than that. However, Miss 4.5 can tell you about puffins, minke whales and icebergs, and has a few special memories (‘fort’ beds in hotels, ziplines after a hard day in a carseat, special mummy and daddy hugs i.e. exclusive to her and not mr. 1.5). This will shape who she is, and while it meant that we adults were restricted in some (minor) ways, it also meant a lot to m&d to be able to share all of what excites us (travel), with our little love packages, and I know that one day they’ll look back at that Kalaalit Nuunat stamp and go “wow, how did they DO that?!’.

By: Lisa MK

Lisa MK — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:00:28 +0000

I love, love, love this post and have forwarded it to many of my like-minded friends. Sums up my feelings about family travel perfectly. Thanks for posting this!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:44:27 +0000

Good summing up the arguments for taking the little ones with you.

You’re lucky that you have your husband to travel with. I’m usually on my own. I also have three, which I warn you if you have any expansion plans, can get tricky with hotel rooms, etc.

Do people really say those things to you? I’m really amazed. If someone said they took their kids to S. America or wherever, I would say “Good for you!” The whole idea of only doing something because the child will “remember it” doesn’t make sense.

My children actually have a keen interest in anywhere they’ve been, remembered or not.

I will warn you, you might hear it from your kids later on. My son whines “I want to go back to New York! You took me too young! I don’t remember it!!”

Ha! There goes another good argument FOR taking the kids along.

By: Farmor

Farmor — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:50:46 +0000

Dear Jody,
Re. a crib in the hotell room:
you may not know, and I hope your husband doesn’t remember, that on his first birthday he landed with his sister and me somewhere far outside the city of London. When we finally found a hotel in the middle of the night, (the T&T was on strike) we had to walk up four flights of stairs, lugging him under one arm, a suitcase and his sister in the other. The “help” had temporarily disappeared, and when he finally showed up, he didn’t speak a word of English. Hmmm. Could it have anything to do with having to fetch a crib for my one-year-old in the middle of the night? And a glass of milk for my two miserable travellers? It truly was a scene from Faulty Towers.
When I finally burst into tears from exhaustion and frustration, he ran out and finally came dragging with the crib. At that time, the three of us felt forlorn and little loved by the world. We ended up cuddling in the same, extremely narrow old British bed till morning while TheCrib remained untouched.
But see what a savvy traveller that made him!

Heidi/Farmor

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:05:07 +0000

Hey there. What a great post!

It looks as though you may be starting a new blog here. I hope you continue with it as time permits.

We are avid travellers ourselves and strongly believe in travelling with the kids. It’s how I was raised and how we will raise as well. I’ve fondly bookmarked your post in my “how to become a good parent” folder.

best wishes.

By: AG Ambroult

AG Ambroult — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:28:15 +0000

well said, Jody. Love every word you wrote. Headed off to tweet about this and link to it as well.