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Tis the season for great family travel gift ideas
Christmas is exactly 10 days away and the Jackson crew is very excited, especially the little ones.
The holiday season is a great time to think of adding to your travel tool kit, especially family travelers. For instance, every year we go camping with five other families, and each year I take the opportunity to add a camping tool to my collection. Why not use the Christmas holiday as a time to buy gear for easier family travel?
In today’s article, you’ll find a rundown of some great products that are especially for family travel and some that are everyday finds, but help make family travel more pleasant.
My ‘must have’ travel item my Juicy bag by Juicy Couture . I use it to carry all of my kids’ snacks and activities in. Its huge mouth makes everything accessible and helps me not leave things behind because we just throw evrything in and keep moving.
Baltimore Sun | Taking the Kids, Eileen Ogintz
Thanks, Mr. Bean.
If not for my pink flowered rubber boots from L.L. Bean (a far cry from the first hunting shoes Leon L. Bean sold in Maine in 1912), I would have had awfully wet feet the week I spent kayaking around Glacier Bay in Alaska last summer.
I’m equally enamored of my quick-dry shorts from Horny Toad (www.hornytoad.com) that I wore every day sailing in Tahiti and my Smart Wool socks that keep my toes toasty while skiing. And then, of course, there is my electronic book (I use a Kindle) so I’m never stuck without a mystery no matter how long my flight is delayed.
You probably have your travel faves too — things that keep your kids amused and you comfortable no matter how stressful your travels with your family. Jamie Pearson, the creator of www.travelsavvymom.com, loves cashmere sweaters for travel “because they are so warm, nice looking, and wrinkle-free.” Guidebook writer Pauline Frommer opts for big fuzzy socks to keep her feet warm on cold planes — “the kind you find at street fairs,” she says. Family Travel Forum’s Kyle McCarthy pines for “a netbook with a good keyboard I can write on without running to a masseuse.”
I just got a down “sweater” from Mountain Hard Wear (www.mountainhardwear.com) that crumples into it’s own stuff sack about the size of a fist — and it’s something I won’t leave home without this winter. (READ MORE)
By Malena Jackson | December 15, 2009 | Filed Under Carry on Luggage, Family Travel, Holidays, Road Trips, Travel
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