10 Essential Packing Rules for Traveling with Kids

September 20, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Lifestyle News
NEW YORK, NY. – The editors of Familyhack.com have published the "10 Essential Packing Rules for Traveling with Kids". Offering some shocking suggestions such as "pack LESS than you'll need", the article explains that shopping for necessary items in your new surroundings can be a fun way to explore and learn some new vocabulary. Plus, you’ll have some cool and practical souvenirs of your trip (e.g. "hey, these are the socks we bought in Buenos Aires!").

FamilyHack.com writer Hannah Russell-Davis began the "10 Rules" as an impromptu list for a friend. "She was terrified before her first family trip. I just wanted to calm her nerves" said the family travel veteran. “Once I got started I realized this was a good resource for any parent”.

Russell-Davis points out that traveling outside the United States is often easier than staying close to home. “Most countries are far more family friendly than the United States. In Argentina, people in restaurants would ask to hold our baby and employees would stop working just to play with our 5 year old".

The sanity saving list includes many important "to do" and "NOT to do's" when traveling with your children. Available online at http://www.familyhack.com. It's a must read for any parent.