On Friday I will be flying from Auckland to Vancouver with my three daughters (8, 6 and 4 years). A lot of people have commented to me how much easier this trip will be compared to when I flew France to Sydney alone with them a few years ago. I always pause before commenting on…
As we prepare for our flights from Auckland to Hanoi (via Kuala Lumpa) on Thursday night I wanted to share with you a simple but effective technique I have for keeping my kids together at the airport. It is called – The Magic Ribbon. I invented the Magic Ribbon when I had to fly solo…
We leave for our family trip to the north of Vietnam in just over a week. I am really excited but somehow it doesn’t feel real. I still feel consumed by the madness of end of term activities with the kids and am having to remind myself we are about to head off on a…
Many moons ago my husband and I spent 365 days traveling the world together living out of our backpacks which taught us the art of keeping things simple which still influences how I pack today when traveling with kids. When I stand in line at an airport and watch many families with small children struggling…
This post was originally published on the 17th October 2013 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. A while ago I wrote an article for Expedia about surviving long haul flights with kids. I had personally…
In July 2014 we took a family trip to France for a month. A few weeks before we left my husband was told he needed to stay on for work in the UK leaving me to fly home to Australia alone, with three young children. When I found out I would have to fly home…