Packing Tips for Traveling With Kids

Traveling with kids is never easy, especially considering all the things you need to pack.   Here are some  packing tips for traveling with kids

Maybe I will get lucky and win, but I wish we could travel more as a family but with three kids plane tickets can become expensive. Not to mention the luggage fee the airlines are now charging. Having durable luggage that is the right size to use as carrying on is the key to keeping travel costs down, not to mention avoiding the nightmares of lost luggage.

Traveling with kids can be exciting but also stressful if you are not prepared. Get the kids involved in the process and use these 7 packing tips for traveling with kids.

packlng tips for traveling with kids

With the spring breaks coming up I am thinking about investing in some good luggage for the family that should last them until they are adults. I recently posted tips for traveling with kids but what is the best way to pack?

 

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7 Tips for Packing Luggage with Kids

 

  1. Give the kids a list of items to pack (they are most likely to wear the clothes if they pick them out
  2. Have an adult look over the selections
  3. Roll the clothes instead of laying them flat
  4. Pack all liquids and gel in a Ziplock bag and keep at the top of your suitcase or an outside pocket to be easily removed during security.
  5. Pack snacks for the plane ride
  6. Pack a day’s worth of clothes, medicine etc if you are checking your luggage just in case.
  7. Bring extra plastic or Ziploc bags for dirty or soiled laundry.

 

How often do you arrive at your hotel before your room is ready and your kids need to get their travel giggles out?

 

Place a prepacked packing cube filled with swimsuits or any attire for them to get some energy out at your destination on the top layer of your clothes and you can just pull it out when you arrive.

Trust me everyone will be happier than waiting around a lobby. These will also help keep you organized by being able to separate certain easy to reach items.

ONLY PACKING ONE LARGE SUITCASE?

Split up your kids’ clothes into smaller bags with the Ziploc Space Bags. You can add so much more in these than if you just placed them in your suitcase. Once you arrive at your hotel, you can then hang them up.

 

What are your favorite Packing Tips when Traveling with Kids?

 

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52 Comments

  1. It must be hard travelling with kids, i know for sure even just travelling alone is a pain. I also recently learned that rolling your clothes instead of flat folding is better way to have enough space and pack more. Hope to remember these tips when i do have kids and we need to travel.

  2. It must be hard travelling with kids, i know for sure even just travelling alone is a pain. I also recently learned that rolling your clothes instead of flat folding is better way to have enough space and pack more. Hope to remember these tips when i do have kids and we need to travel.

  3. These tips are great, thank you 🙂 We hope to take a big trip later this year so these will come in handy.

  4. These tips are great, thank you 🙂 We hope to take a big trip later this year so these will come in handy.

  5. These are fab tips! We’re headed out for a holiday family vacay soon, so these will come in handy!

  6. These are fab tips! We’re headed out for a holiday family vacay soon, so these will come in handy!

  7. Good packing tips – my hubby was in the service – he taught me how to back. It is amazing how much he can get into one bag.

  8. Good packing tips – my hubby was in the service – he taught me how to back. It is amazing how much he can get into one bag.

  9. What a great vacation! I signed up and am l looking into this new luggage. We are in the market for some.

  10. What a great vacation! I signed up and am l looking into this new luggage. We are in the market for some.

  11. We do roll here. I pack for the youngest, but I tell him he can pack his backpack for whatever…and I tell him he has to carry it though, no matter what. 😉 He thinks it’s fun to pack it. 🙂

  12. We do roll here. I pack for the youngest, but I tell him he can pack his backpack for whatever…and I tell him he has to carry it though, no matter what. 😉 He thinks it’s fun to pack it. 🙂

  13. Lumina luggage is perfect for traveling.

  14. Lumina luggage is perfect for traveling.

  15. I buy travel sized toiletries and make each of the boys a bathroom box with a pencil box from the store for our summer road trips. It makes sure that they can just grab and go at night when they need to get ready for bed.

  16. I buy travel sized toiletries and make each of the boys a bathroom box with a pencil box from the store for our summer road trips. It makes sure that they can just grab and go at night when they need to get ready for bed.

  17. These are great tips for traveling with children. These will make trips more enjoyable for all the family.

  18. These are great tips for traveling with children. These will make trips more enjoyable for all the family.

  19. I always give my kids a list. They check it off going and coming.

  20. I always give my kids a list. They check it off going and coming.

  21. Great tips! We leave for vacation with our kids very soon!

  22. Great tips! We leave for vacation with our kids very soon!

  23. Thanks for the tips! I don’t plan on traveling anytime soon but I’m pinning this post so I can refer back to it when we do travel!

  24. Thanks for the tips! I don’t plan on traveling anytime soon but I’m pinning this post so I can refer back to it when we do travel!

  25. Looks like a nice line of luggage, the quality looks great!

  26. Looks like a nice line of luggage, the quality looks great!

  27. My tips…well, I have a 2 year old, and when we fly, I always make sure to have lots of snacks, toys, and an iPad stocked with movies and games accessible.

  28. My tips…well, I have a 2 year old, and when we fly, I always make sure to have lots of snacks, toys, and an iPad stocked with movies and games accessible.

  29. I so understand where you are coming from with the three kids tickets. We have learned to pack lightly.

  30. I so understand where you are coming from with the three kids tickets. We have learned to pack lightly.

  31. Making a list is the only way I can stay organized, especially if I’m pacing for a trip.

  32. Making a list is the only way I can stay organized, especially if I’m pacing for a trip.

  33. I am like you… I have to make a list or I forget almost everything… LOl. I also allow the kids to bring one favorite item so that they feel at home

  34. I am like you… I have to make a list or I forget almost everything… LOl. I also allow the kids to bring one favorite item so that they feel at home

  35. I always roll clothing, for both the kids and myself. It’s so much easier and it saves so much space.

  36. I always roll clothing, for both the kids and myself. It’s so much easier and it saves so much space.

  37. These are great tips. Once I had my kids pack for themselves, and thank goodness I double checked it. What kids consider to be important packing items are not what adult consider important.

  38. These are great tips. Once I had my kids pack for themselves, and thank goodness I double checked it. What kids consider to be important packing items are not what adult consider important.

  39. packing is never easy but packing with kids is hard. thank you for the great tips.

  40. packing is never easy but packing with kids is hard. thank you for the great tips.

  41. Great tips! We roll our clothes too and I big a garbage bag to put their dirty clothing in.
    Anything clean at the end of the trip we put in one suitcase and all the dirty clothes go in the other.
    Then I am not washing more than I have to when we get back.

  42. Great tips! We roll our clothes too and I big a garbage bag to put their dirty clothing in.
    Anything clean at the end of the trip we put in one suitcase and all the dirty clothes go in the other.
    Then I am not washing more than I have to when we get back.

  43. Love the back-to-back connecting luggage! It could come in really handy. My mom always taught me to double bag all lotions and liquids and then place them inside shoes. Keeps the shoe’s shape and doesn’t take up extra space!

  44. Love the back-to-back connecting luggage! It could come in really handy. My mom always taught me to double bag all lotions and liquids and then place them inside shoes. Keeps the shoe’s shape and doesn’t take up extra space!

  45. Ohh, this is such a great post! My problem when packing for my kid is that I constantly ALWAYS take way more stuff than I need to. So this post is extremely helpful for me! Totally bookmarking it! Thank you! 🙂

  46. Ohh, this is such a great post! My problem when packing for my kid is that I constantly ALWAYS take way more stuff than I need to. So this post is extremely helpful for me! Totally bookmarking it! Thank you! 🙂

  47. We travel a lot, so I kind of consider myself an expert at this point. The thing we can’t leave home without is the snacks!

  48. We travel a lot, so I kind of consider myself an expert at this point. The thing we can’t leave home without is the snacks!

  49. Great tips! I travel with my kids all the time and I always roll their clothes. Being military it’s what we do and it sure gives you a lot more room in your luggage as well. That trip would be awesome to win.

  50. Great tips! I travel with my kids all the time and I always roll their clothes. Being military it’s what we do and it sure gives you a lot more room in your luggage as well. That trip would be awesome to win.

  51. Great tips! I always roll the kids clothing. I found that instead of taking several suitcases by rolling I could fit all of their clothing in one for a 10 days.

  52. Great tips! I always roll the kids clothing. I found that instead of taking several suitcases by rolling I could fit all of their clothing in one for a 10 days.