#TTOT Round-Up: Family Travel -

#TTOT Round-Up: Family Travel

By Connie
October 25, 2011
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Every Tuesday, it’s Travel Talk on Twitter! There are two scheduled sessions to join: 9:30am GMT and 9:30pm GMT. Follow the #TTOT hashtag on Twitter and join in on the fun!

Here’s the round-up of this week’s #TTOT on “Family Travel!”

Q1 via BackPackerSteve: Which destination would you suggest to travel with your family -why?

AyKate: Yellowstone National Park – Kids would love watch Old Faithful & the others sprouting out
engelasaf: Thailand. there are lots of activities for kids and their parents. great beaches and lots of sun all year long
destinology: Dubai, it has everything for families including the fantastic Aquaventure at Atlantis, make sure you take plenty of sun cream!
sudhamathew: Turkey – warm hospitable people and very friendly to kids. Found it to be safe for single women too
SuuperG: I can speak for what dazzled me as a child – nature and animals! African Safari, Amazon Jungle, Galapagos and Alaska
giuliaccia: Probably obvious but I’d say Disneyland. Easy peasy
grapehops: NYC is fabulous with family of all ages!
HostelBookers: It depends where you live, travelling too far with young children can be difficult so try and find somewhere nice, closer to home

Q2 via himalfootsteps: What kind of travel/destination would you never do with family?

TravelsinT: Africa, way to rough on small children
Journeywoman: I don’t like taking the kiddies into malarial or dengue fever zones. I’d be worrying all the time
GDARCYRYAN: Nudist resorts are a big No No!
eezeerhotel: India is not on my list with family… Too dangerous for kids specially if they catch the gastro!
mygo2it: Spring Break
TravelDesigned: I am not a fan of Las Vegas for kids but my pal flyingwithfish says his kids LOVE it
jasonalvinjacob: Anything too crowded and dangerous.. I would defo not got to places with hostile forces
marksmayo: The ‘Stans would be very hard to do w family in tow – Delhi Belly the whole time!
RobertKCole: Burning Man
katyabroad: A caravan in Wales. Being cooped up in a tiny space with family for days on end while it rains is hell on earth

Q3 via lucy_c_b: What is your best childhood family travel memory?

sudhamathew: Pretending it was night when passing through tunnels on the annual train journey between Bombay and Kerala when we were lil kids
banbarkawi: Getting stuck in Malaysia for a month because of the Gulf War back home. To a 7-year-old, that equals paradise. Or to a 26-yr-old
Liligo_UK: A deer started to eat my sweater when I was a kid at SeaWorld’s petting zoo. That was pretty funny
petebouch: 2 years spent with family cruising the canals of N. France, Belgium & Holland on a home built 60 ft catamaran
journeytom: Disney was a great memory I first went at 21 though does that still class as a child?
rkerestes: Visiting the upstairs lounge on a transatlantic 747 with Dad. I miss the piano player
plinthpics: Our camper van trips down through France and Spain
bespoketravels: Playing the license plate game on road trips
earthxplorer: My first plane trip was amazing, pancakes with syrup ( I was 10) !

Q4 via SophieR: To what extent do you involve the children in the planning of a trip?

hotelhekla: Great to have kids involved in travel planning. Brings the family together and teaches them essential life lessons
RanchRider: I always get my son’s globe out – then we make a list of things we’d like to do – he loves to travel
Jake_Ivo: Depending on the age, children should be considered but not consulted
PLUSHOSTELS: Did that once. All we ate was chocolate and chips for dinner
mapthegap: We were never really involved in the planning of a trip, but had a say once we got there
StayAdventurous: My parents involved me… I plan to do the same some day
missbritt: We give them options of things to do in each city
KirkCole: I dont have kids, but my parents would decide on the destination, and my sister and I could each pick one thing we wanted to do
1Dad1Kid: I try to involve him as much as possible. We do it as a team

Q5 via galavantingmama: What’s in your in-flight survival kit?

nankichawla: My parents used to give my sis a sip of brandy to make her stop screaming on planes. It worked!
lowcostholidays: Thinking up a collection of ‘Eye Spy’ answers pre-flight, Nintendo DS, Ipod, and Boiled sweets for take off and landing=a MUST!
hjortur: Keep them occupied. Bring them something to eat – and make it something you’d like to eat yourself
magellanpr: Sick Bag
TravelingEditor: Nintendo DS – so I can toss it into a circle of brats and watch them fight to the death
kymri: When I travel with my daughter, we play WWF back and forth, but I hate that she’s old enough now to want the window seat! Argh!
BackPackerSteve: Chocolate! A problem solver for every age

And there you have it, “Family Travel”!

Next week’s #TTOT topic is: “Customs from Around the World.” Submit your questions HERE! And don’t forget to follow the #TTOT every Tuesday at 9:30am and 9:30pm GMT to chat about all things travel!

As always, a HUGE travel community thank you to our #TTOT hosts and organizers: traveldudes, roniweiss, toddwassel, traveldesigned, insidetravellab, WildJunket, tbloggersunite and mobilelawyer!

Have YOU got anything to add to the Family Travel discussion?

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