US Passports for Children

January 6, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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Do you need passports for children when traveling to other countries? The answer is an emphatic "yes"!  Even when traveling to Mexico, EVERY U.S. citizen is required to have a valid passport. The only exception is travel to Canada by land or sea. When traveling from Canada by air, you are still required to present a valid passport upon return to the United States. This includes children. But a child is still allowed back into the US from Canada with only a birth certificate as proof of citizenship. … [Read more...]

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Algarve, Portual – Tina’s Holiday Extras

October 12, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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Many of my posts are written from the perspective of a US citizen. But after spending a couple weeks with British friends who were staying in our guest house with their 18 month old baby, I realized that we need to provide more posts for our friends over the pond. With that in mind, let me introduce... Algarve, Portugal. For most Europeans, it's hardly an introduction. Pristine sandy beaches, sunny Mediterranean climate, safety and relative low cost make Algarve the most popular vacation destination in Portugal. In fact, Algarve welcomes 9 million foreign visitors every year! … [Read more...]

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You “Guten” anything for that?

September 30, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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by Michelle Moore, Nurse and mother of two When a child gets sick overseas... My husband and I traveled 14 hours from California to Germany, and were DELIGHTED when our room was equipped with black-out drapes so we could all adjust to the new time zone. We were equally delighted when our 2 year old slept the first 14 hours we were there...until we had to wake her up (as new parents, it was a strict and holy rule NEVER to wake a sleeping baby). … [Read more...]

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Share Your Plane Trip with Young Kids Disaster Story

May 12, 2010 by · 5 Comments
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Sharing travel tales of woe? How is this productive? Rest assured, I am not trying to encourage anyone to wallow in self-pity or scare the pants off some new parent preparing for their first airplane trip with a young child. Mistakes are our best teacher. And why not let someone else make them instead of you? So I'll go first. Here are my top 5 travel screw-ups! … [Read more...]

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Entertaining Babies and Toddlers on Airplanes

January 22, 2010 by · 5 Comments
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You paid more for luggage than the actual price of your airfare, you shoved your over-large stroller through the security checkpoint, and you watched in resignation as your child did laps around the moving walkways. As the plane boards, most parents suffer some degree of anxiety about the potential public humiliation they will endure if their child throws a tantrum on the flight. Whether your flight is a puddle-jump across the state or an epic trans-Pacific voyage, you'll need a strategy to keep the little one(s) entertained. … [Read more...]

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