Family Travel Question
Q | At what age will children remember and appreciate big trips?
At what age will children remember and appreciate big trips - like to Europe from the United States? -Robyn, MI
Family Travel Answers
By Meg Keough - Backpack to Buggy
Great trips can be great at any age.
With my daughter deep in her why, why, why phase, I expect to be challenged to explain everything from headscarves and removing shoes to poverty and illness. I figure it’s good training for the sex talk.
By Mara Gorman - The Mother of All Trips
Kids are never too young to hit the road
As someone who spent 13 months traveling with a toddler around Europe and the United States when he was between the ages of one and two, I can say that your children may not remember details of a trip when they are little, but they will certainly enjoy discussing it and looking at photos. I [...]
By Heather Greenwood Davis - Globetrotting Mama
Too young for Europe?
It’s a tough question. Some kids can remember things back to a very young age, others can’t. I’ve been a family travel writer for almost a decade and a parent for only 8 years so I’ve been traveling with the kids since they were infants. Our first trip to Europe (from Canada) was when they [...]
By Mary Turner - Travel With Teens and Tweens
Tweens are ready to travel the world
You can certainly take kids of almost any age on big trips, in fact, there are several well-known long-term family bloggers traveling the world with very young kids. However, in talking with our teens about what they remember from trips when they were young it seems that they remember next to nothing before the age [...]