This 1 Travel Hack Will Save Your Family Vacation With Kids

Family Vacation Travel Hack

Flying with kids—oh, the joy of navigating the friendly skies with miniature humans in tow.

It's like trying to juggle flaming torches while riding a unicycle on a tightrope.

First off, getting through security is a spectacle. Your toddler thinks the metal detector is a spaceship, and your 5-year-old is convinced their stuffed dinosaur needs a separate boarding pass. Meanwhile, you're doing the TSA tango, desperately trying to keep track of shoes, bags, and your sanity.

Forget about strategic seating. Your carefully planned arrangement goes out the window as your kids decide to swap seats like they're playing musical chairs at warp speed. The flight attendants look at you sympathetically, but you suspect they're secretly placing bets on how long before chaos erupts.

The in-flight entertainment system? Oh, that's reserved for your child's impromptu interpretive dance performance in the aisle. Forget about the serene hum of the engines; you're treated to a symphony of high-pitched giggles, sudden screams, and the occasional "Are we there yet?" echoing through the cabin.

Mealtime? More like a culinary battlefield. The flight attendants present your child with a gourmet selection of chicken nuggets or mac 'n' cheese, and suddenly, your kid becomes a Michelin-star critic, demanding a refund for the lack of dinosaur-shaped nuggets.

Getting your kid into an airplane lavatory is a contortionist act that would make Cirque du Soleil proud. There's toilet paper strewn everywhere, and you emerge from the miniature restroom looking like you've just survived a water balloon fight.

Flying with kids is a comedy of errors, a slapstick routine in the grand theater of family travel. But hey, someday you'll look back on these adventures and laugh. At least that's what you tell yourself as you hand out apology chocolates to the row of passengers who endured the flight.

Painter’s tape.

According the New York Post, it's a lifesaver.

“I swear to you. It’s great on the plane but also on vacation,” Canadian photographer, creator and mom of two Nichola Knox wrote on Instagram last month, the Post reported. “Label the kid’s cups, a bandaid for when your toddler ‘really needs one,’ taping over locks and drawers you don’t want them getting into. The list goes on. It’s forever the ‘weird’ thing I bring on trips.”

Best Family Vacation Destinations Ranked - Three New England States Make the Top 20!

Looking to get away with the family? Sure, we just wrapped up Christmas vacation, but thanks to the school schedule, we as parents have TWO weeks in winter to entertain our kids. February break and April vacation.

Sure, you could plop them in front of a computer and have them play Fortnite for hours or send them into a different room with their iPad so you can watch Bravo.

But we have a better idea!

US News and World Report came out with their top 20 Best Family Vacation Destinations.

"With the help of reader votes and expert opinions, U.S. News compiled this list of travel destinations that offer reasonable rates and activities the whole family can enjoy," it reported.

The good news? Three New England cities made the list, which means you don't have to get on a plane.
But if you want to fly, here are lots of places you can relax while your kids are entertained by someone other than you and something besides a screen!