19. How To Be Awesome At Traveling With Kids By Yourself!

How To Be Awesome At Everything

Lindsay Dickhout

Business, Celebratingeverything, Dressingyourkids, Makingpeoplefeelspecial, Dressingforyourbodytype, Amazon, Health, Aging, Tanning, Fitness, Specialday, Holidays, Maximizingyourtime, Goals, Startabusiness, Parties, Sunlesstanning, Throwingparties, Buildingabrand

4.6 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lindsay has all the tips for traveling with your kids… all by yourself! And why she thinks you should do it!

Here are some of the highlights:

✅ Pick good times to fly when booking your trip

✅Pack lots of airplane snacks

✅Pack things for kids to do… little toys for kids to open.. and iPads!!

✅Send a box ahead of time with bulky things like diapers and practical things like cereal!

✅Pack your carry-on with things you need of the day!

✅Make reservations ahead of time - call concierge and kids club!

✅Try to pick a place that you can travel to then STAY there!

✅Lindsay’s goal is to not even rent a car!

✅Think of it as an adventure and a trip.. its not the same as a vacation

✅Don’t get overwhelmed!

So many great mom hacks packed into this episode! Let us know what you think by commenting on Lindsay’s Instagram post about this episode. @LindsaysCloud

Hope you try out some of these tips! Happy traveling!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you ever thought about taking a trip with your kids by yourself?
0:04.0	When I booked a trip to Maui last summer with my three kids by myself, so many of my friends
0:08.5	and family told me I was nuts and I was like, why?
0:11.4	How hard could it be?
0:12.8	And it ended up being one of my favorite trips ever.
0:15.4	I spent so much quality time with all of the kids and had special moments with each kid
0:20.1	individually. When we go with the whole
0:22.0	family, it's amazing too. This was just different because this was nonstop kid stuff. From the minute
0:27.8	we woke up to the minute we went to bed, watersides, boogie boarding trips to the snack bar,
0:32.1	kids club, room service, up super, super early, multiple baths in one day, zero nice dinners and zero wine.
0:38.7	It's not something my husband, or most husbands I know, would be down for, and I wouldn't
0:43.1	expect them to be.
0:44.4	Most vacations are a balance of what's fun for everyone.
0:47.6	This time, I did it all for the kids, and I had a blast in the process.
0:51.6	So in this episode, I'm breaking down all my best mom hacks for traveling with
0:55.9	kids all by yourself, even if everyone says you're insane. Let's go. You're listening to the How to
1:02.8	Be Awesome at Everything podcast, where we're obsessed with life hacks that make your life more awesome.
1:09.7	Your host, Lindsay Dick Hout, is an entrepreneur and business owner, a mom and wife, and
1:14.9	someone who wants to do things over the top at all times.
1:18.5	This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting
1:22.9	to give to her kids one day, and now it's a podcast.
1:26.1	Join us on this journey where we talk about how to be
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