 Very in depth and useful |
| Review Date: August 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: CCGal, USA |
| When I ordered this book I was half expecting this travel guide to be like all of the others out there... where to eat, how to travel, where to stay. It is so much more. If you were an avid traveller before kids and you'd like them to be now that they are older (read: looking forward to learning and an communicate with you well) then this is an excellent resource for you. Each section (by place) takes you through the top kid-friendly highlights. The front of the book gives in depth ideas on how to prep for traveling with children, how to prep them, what to remember, and different travel types (seasonal, regional, etc.). Highly recommended to serious travelers that want their kids to enjoy the same learning and experiences of other cultures... or even something close to home. |
A great esource for parents
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| Review Date: September 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Moore, Garden of Earthly Delights |
I am a dad of 3 year-old twins and the wife and I are starting to plan on traveling with them. The idea is a little daunting for us, as we are first-time parents.
I found this guide (like most Lonely Planet guides) full of great information and very well organized. It's full of checklists for packing, health concerns, safety etc. What's most helpful for me is that it is full of age-specific advice and activities for kids to make travel enjoyable for everyone.
With kids, the big worry is always the unpredictable, but having a good guide like this for planning gives a great deal of comfort. The back of the guide is full of kid-friendly destinations for those who are thinking about travel, but haven't made plans.
Apart from the content, I find the travel size of the book very convenient (it's easy to stick in a bag). It's full-color as any good travel-guide should be |
Way more than I expected
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| Review Date: September 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Bunson Honeydew, White Plains, NY |
| I wanted a simple book on how to pack and travel with kids. I have an infant and another one on the way. This book is a lot more than that. It gives a lot of suggestions of what to do in various countries and cities - both in and out of the US. If you like to travel and don't mind bringing the kids, this is a handy guide. |
Very Good Child-Traveling Information
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| Review Date: September 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Loveguitar, Georgia, USA |
I have kids and we are a family who likes to travel. We've never used a specific source of information before such as a book written specifically about traveling with children, but have planned the best we could anticipating what we'd need and what to expect. We've yet to travel out of the country with our kids, but are planning a trip to China the near future. China is their country of birth and I want to spend a lot of time there.
Truthfully, though much travel information is available on a plethora of websites, including traveling tips with children, it's nice to have instant hands-on access to a book. Though it is impossible for this book to cover all world-wide destinations and to give useful information on every facet of traveling with children, it still does a very good job with an interesting overview about basic traveling information with children, and then down to much more specific information. While reading through this book I got excited about future trips with the kids thinking about the many destinations mentioned in this book. Besides China, there are many countries listed as "kid friendly" and safe for travel with children, ranging from Australia to Zanzibar. Specific activities and sights which children enjoy are listed with a short blurb about each one. The author includes much advice and information concerning traveling with children of various age groups from infants to teenagers, and the joys and potential pitfalls of traveling with children of various ages.
Specifics discussed include information on food, lodging, water, insurance, health, vaccinations, packing, booking, resting, one-parent traveling, activities, camping, hosteling, flying, going by train, bus, taxi, fees, freebies, shopping, restaurants, toys, traveling when pregnant, long-term traveling, schooling in a foreign country, and much more. Many beautiful photographs of some of the destinations are included which help to make the possibility of traveling with children more exciting and feasible. Luckily, our kids ages 6 and 7 do relatively well at traveling but the book does a great job of anticipating potential problems with children and how to avoid or adequately deal with them. The section on long-term travel interested me the most because I hope to spend several months in China with my kids and they will have to attend school there.
Overall, this is a very good book, I can find little if anything to complain about. |
Lonely Planet is still the gold standard
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| Review Date: September 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Brad Bonner, |
I love the Lonely Planet travel books. They haven't led me astray yet. This one is suited for my new stage in life - as I have been a world traveler for quite some time now, but never with a child, let alone my child. The first part of the book offers nice general advice about what to expect with different age children. Again, very helpful when you are a first time father and have no clue what you are supposed to do. I know the old stand-by advice is follow your gut and you'll be okay... but its nice to know that if you take a one year old in public they will probably throw a fit at some point. This has a lot to do with their inability to speak English (or any other of a small handful of languages that I could understand what she wants). I can't comment on any of the suggested destinations as we haven't had a chance to go anywhere yet. I did notice that if you are traveling with kids in the US, according to Lonely Planet (and a large number of Americans) there is no where in the middle of the country worth visiting. I find that a bit regrettable, since everything offered as a suggestion is a long haul from where I live.
All and all I found the information in the book very helpful. Lots of information on what gear to bring and what to expect. |
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