Family Travel:

Feeding Time -Family Travel Tips

Wherever you roam, it's a fact of life that, at least three times a day, you'll have to feed little mouths somehow. 

Feeding kids on a trip has two distinct elements:

• No Fridge, No Cupboard: you're a dis-empowered parent
• Restaurant Torture: eating out can be a trying and wasteful experience

No Fridge, No Cupboard

Even with just a plug-in kettle, you can make instant soups when a snack is needed urgently.

Younger kids tend to not deal well with food/drink delays of more than thirty seconds: so have your own at the ready; you'll save a small fortune, too.

Also: pack cereals and plastic bowls and spoons: a DIY breakfast gets you on the road an hour earlier, saves money, and gives the kids what they're used to. Bring powdered milk to use in a pinch.   

Family Travel Tips: Restaurants

Sometimes nothing on their plates gets touched. But voila! Pop the uneaten servings into tupperware, or some sort of plastic container. The meal is saved for later.

More Family Travel Tips

Little kids are messy, so it makes sense to leave bigger tips (in proportion to the mess.)

It's important, too, to train kids in good eating-out manners: but this is probably best addressed when you're not actually on a trip. Kids may be tired, or overexcited; also, you don't have the option of taking them home if they behave badly.

Food As A Health Risk
In exotic locales, take these precautions: 

Kids and Scheduled Meals
If you're eating on "all-inclusive" plans, check if snacks are available between meals. This is typically the case at all-inclusive resorts, but may not be so in smaller places, or dude ranches or lodges with meal plans. You may find that a dinner is served at 6:30, and that's it, foodwise, for the night. And guess whose kids aren't the least bit hungry, at dinner-time?  (See tip above, about bringing plastic food containers, above.)