These Products Will Help You Keep Your Sanity While Traveling With Kids

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Traveling with your kids can be a wonderful adventure. Even when you’re visiting a spot you may know well, you can experience it anew through their imaginative, young eyes. And when the family ventures to uncharted territory, the excitement of traveling is universal. (I mean uncharted for you and your family, for the record—don’t bring your kids to officially uncharted destinations; there will surely be snakes and big spiders and such in said places.)

While spontaneity may increase the fun when you’re roving about with an all-adult group, when traveling with kids, it’s best to be very well-planned ahead of time—especially if you’re looking to avoid a full-blown meltdown mid-flight or if time changes (i.e., jetlag) are involved. Impromptu agenda changes are often inevitable when traveling, but a properly planned itinerary and a well-thought-out packing list are always good ideas for family travel—and that goes well beyond just grabbing some snacks and the iPad before you hit the road. (But god help you if you forget the snacks and iPad on that five-hour flight.)

Read more at The Daily Beast.