How To Pack For Family Vacations

Whether you're going away for three days or six weeks, it's still a big job to pack for a family trip. Here's tips.

Here's How:

1. First, forget the usual advice to 'travel light.' Small kids can go through three clean t-shirts before you even get off the plane at your destination.
2. Use plenty of clear zip-lock bags for packing tooth-brush stuff, toiletries, audiocassettes, batteries, crayons, etc.
3. Practice redundancy for important items (like bandaids). Buy twice and pack each in different places -- this doubles your chance of finding the thing when you need it!
4. Don't forget to pack the medicines you use most frequently (children's fever medicine, etc.).
5. Have each child use a backpack to carry their fun stuff.
6. Have each child use one piece of 'rolling luggage' for their clothes. Even 4 or 5-year olds can handle 'rolling luggage' on flat surfaces.
7. Let older kids pack their own bags -- but check the contents in case they've packed their rock collection, or 5000 Pokemon cards.
8. For the budget-minded: bring along cereals, crackers, instant soups and other snacks. As you use up your food-stuffs, you'll free up room in your luggage for souvenirs.
9. Ditto, with diapers: bring plenty of your own (you know where to buy them cheapest as you use them up, you'll have room for souvenirs._z_travelwithkids_z__z_b:i:u:br:pre:p:link:url:email:sub:sup);
10. Bring plenty of amusements (see below), and maybe a ball or frisbee too.
11. Don't forget Mom (or Dad)-to-the-rescue stuff: batteries for hand-held electronic toys, scotch tape, scissors, pencil-sharpeners.
12. Don't forget baby-wipes for cleaning hands, faces, messes.
13. For hot climates bring sunglasses, sunscreen, sunhats, aqua-shoes if you have 'em, snorkel and facemask, swimsuits and extra t-shirts to wear while swimming.
14. Dress your child in "disposable clothes": i.e. clothes on the verge of being worn-out or too small. Once they're dirty, say "sayonara": you'll have less to launder. (If the clothes are outgrown but still good, consider giving them away.)

Some Extra Tips:

• Don't forget to pack your own stuff! It's easy to get so busy packing for the kids that you leave behind the things you need yourself.
• Check for those most easy-to-forget items: sunglasses, cameras, sunhats, swimsuits.
• Two swimsuits are a good idea: use the second one when the first is wet.

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