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Trips With Tykes is a family travel blog devoted to simplifying the logistics of traveling with young kids. With a little knowledge of airline rules & good planning, family travel can be really fun, even if it still involves the occasional in-flight tantrum or battle with TSA over your toddler's juice box.
Trips With Tykes
1w ago
My dear friend and fellow travel blogger Dia Adams wrote a post last week for Fortune magazine that stirred up a fair bit of controversy in the Disney travel space. Her contention? It in a world of ever increasing prices at Walt Disney World, it may be cheaper for American travelers to go to Disneyland …
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Trips With Tykes
3w ago
I love visiting Disneyland, but hate standing in line. As a result, I’ve spent the better part of the last decade thinking through and testing strategies to optimize my days to dodge the crowds when visiting the Happiest Place on Earth. If you are planning to visit the two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort …
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Trips With Tykes
3w ago
Lines at Disneyland – who needs them? Not me. I have made it my mission since I started regularly visiting the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California to stand in as few of them as possible. A key part of my line avoidance strategy is starting early in the morning when lines are shortest. This time …
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Trips With Tykes
1M ago
It is start of yet another year, when families often get into serious planning mode for travel – especially for long summer breaks those of us with school age kids plan for. If you need some travel inspiration this time of year, I thought it would be helpful to share a recap of my family’s …
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Trips With Tykes
1M ago
Like a lot of people, I usually spend the first few weeks of the new year getting organized. Something about putting Christmas decorations away seems to inspire a cleaning and decluttering spree this time of year. Although my closets and garage can definitely use some attention, my travel life often needs a good refresh as …
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Trips With Tykes
2M ago
In the modern era, Disney tickets expire a couple of days or weeks after first use. That wasn’t always the case. For many years, Walt Disney World in Florida issued tickets with no expiration date. What if you still had some of those no-expiration Disney World tickets today? Much to its credit, Disney has continued …
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Trips With Tykes
2M ago
You carefully book a flight for a trip. Weeks or months later, the dreaded email comes. Your flight times have changed. Maybe the airline has switched your non-stop itinerary to one with a connection, or maybe now you have to leave home before the crack of dawn when your previous itinerary had a humane departure …
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Trips With Tykes
3M ago
You’ll often find my family flying the friendly skies over the lower 48 states, but we’ve been doing a lot more international trips the last few years. That means the chance to try a lot of different airlines, including quite a few that may be unknown to most American travelers. Our spring break adventures took …
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Trips With Tykes
4M ago
If you’ve seen the headlines or planned a vacation yourself the last few years, you probably know just how expensive Disney World vacations can be. Airfare, park tickets, dining, lodging, souvenirs, and other costs can really add up. In the last couple of years, Disney began charging for several extras that used to be included …
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Trips With Tykes
4M ago
More than a decade ago, my husband and I made a purposeful decision to switch the bulk of our flying to Southwest Airlines. After some family-unfriendly experiences on other airlines with our young daughter, we came to the realization that Southwest was better in so many ways for travelers with kids. Flight crews have treated …
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