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Traveling can be stressful, especially during the holidays. Here is one of my favorite tips to make it easier. Thank you CVS for partnering with us to bring Tips To Make Christmas Family Travel Easier. Disclosure: I’m proud to partner with CVS/pharmacy for the #StayHealthyWithCVS campaign. I am being sponsored by CVS/pharmacy for my posts and activities, but all opinions expressed are my own, and all product claims or program details shared should be verified at CVS.com or with the appropriate manufacturers.
After traveling over 100 days this past year, we’ve learned some tips that make holiday travel so much better.
I’ve learned that our comfort is the best indicator of how we judge our past travels, so a bunch of my tips are based on that. From the basics like staying hydrated, to being prepared for almost anything, these tips will definitely make your travels better and easier too.
Here are our Tips To Make Christmas Family Travel Easier:
Tip 1. Plan for extra time. Every step (or car ride, or flight) of the way plan for more time. Leave a bit earlier, add more time for stops along the way, and stay as long as you can before heading home. Each of these will reduce the stress and add to the fun. I’ve been known to add a day or two to our destinations just knowing I will want to see more when we are there, or spend more time with family. We’ve never regretted adding more time.
Tip 2. Don’t wrap your gifts if you are flying. Plan to buy wrapping paper and tape when you get there and do it then. TSA often will have to unwrap a present to see what it is and even open boxes. So, make it easier for everyone, and don’t wrap them till you get there.
Tip 3. Bake when you get there. It’s hard to travel with food so bring any supplies that you can’t find in your destination and bake there.
Tip 4. Be prepared. I can’t tell you how often this has saved us. Being congested and having to get on a plane is no fun. Congestion can come from so many things, but we’ve found allergies and a change in the climate to be one of the hardest ones to deal with. We always pack CVS Congestion Relief Non-Drowsy Coated Tablets with us in our carry-on.
Tip 5. Always pack snacks and stay hydrated. If you’ve got kids this is a must, even if you are traveling without kids in tow, bring snacks. Nothing makes travel harder than an empty stomach. When we are flying, one of the first things we do after we go through security, is to buy bottles of water. We know how important staying hydrated is so having water with us at all times is a must too.
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What is your favorite holiday travel tip?
I spent a night at the ER one year when we were down in Disney World, so you are right – better to be prepared.
Great tips I did not know not to wrap presents that one missed me and bake when I get to my destination. Quite familiar with CVS on every corner to stock up on my cold remedies
That’s great advice about not wrapping before you travel. I always drive home for the holidays, so I never thought of that. Where I live now, I’ll be flying so that’s good to know.
We travel with children every holiday and I can honestly say these are terrific guidelines!
Preparation is key when travelling and even more so when kids are involved
thanks for the tips looks like a beautiful place you went to visit. Your family looks very happy as well
This is really great! Thanks for the tips. Travelling with kids is definitely a bit more challenging but it’s the best because you get to spend more time with them.
Those tips make sense. I never fly during the holidays so knowing the tip about the TSA unwrapping gifts is good to know just in case.
I love a family of travel goers. You guys looks awesome.
i never thought about waiting to wrap the presents due to tsa that is a great idea
I dont like to travel during the holidays. Too many germs are around.
Such useful tips. Family travel will be so easy and smooth this Christmas.
Oh yes having over the counter medication is a must I got sick when I was in NYC and didn’t bring anything so this is a must pack item form now on.
This is a very useful tips. I love to go to the beautiful places in this Holiday thanks for the tips
What template do you use? I like the tranquil background and these are great tips to go travelling too.
These are fantastic tips for families travelling at Christmas, especially having snacks x
Congestion relief is definitely a must-have. I like your list. we’re not traveling this year, I’m glad for a change, though I do love to travel.
These are great tips! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
It’s always better to be safe than sorry. I always make sure I have little extras in our bags just for emergencies.
I haven’t travelled for Christnas before. I haven’t travelled very much with my kids but hopefully soon!!
These are all great tips. I will keep this in mind not only for traveling during the holidays but any day. This year, we won’t be going far. My family will all gather together at my cousin’s house for the annual reunion.
Wonderful tips! It can be so hard traveling as a family. And yes…always, always have snacks 🙂
I prefer to travel by car with young kids. Otherwise you have the car seat problem when you land.
These are such important tips. My husband and I both have started taking allergy meds whenever we head out for travel.
My grandmother always made sure that we gave ourselves more time to leave than needed. We hit some snags traveling before but leaving earlier we always arrived on time.
Not travelling this Christmas but will for sure remember these very useful tips for the next time. 🙂
I always have my allergy meds on hand. I hate to have an unexpected attack.
Great tips, I would add dramamine.
These are very smart tips! Traveling- especially by plane- can be challenging. I try to budget to buy the little things when I arrive.
Order gifts through Amazon Prime and ship to destination. Brilliant!
I always Christmas eve celebration with my family in a beach resort 🙂 Thanks for these travel tips!