Any travel by children on vacation requires a minimum of planning, adults should think about all the details to avoid burdens and unforeseen events that may break down forecasts.
Any change in children's lives is a disorder for them, even when they don't manifest it, and therefore one of the most important aspects is to communicate to our children our holiday destination, how we will get there, how long we will take and where we will stay.
From there they they will feel safer and may make their contributions as to activities to be carried out during the trip, places to visit (if we provide information about the destination), etc.
When traveling by boat it is not very different, although this means of transport has (like all) its peculiaritiesThe choice of the boat to go to our holiday destination is conditioned by the comfort of the trip and the possibility of taking our car. For me, if the plane is faster, the boat allows experiences that otherwise would not be possible: feel the sea breeze, sleep in a cabin (like in the movies!), And discover dozens of details like the panel that Indicates the progress of the boat.
The details of the trip
If it is important to organize well what we are going to take, and be clear about our accommodation, it is also specify the benefits we want during our boat trip (For example, and according to the time of the trip, select what food we want to include, and the type of menu).
And since we are, let's not forget that no matter how exciting it is to go by boat, children should rest when we are going to spend many hours - I would say more than three or four - traveling, so many families choose cabin even when they travel during the day.
As with the plane, we will have to contribute documentation of our children even when we go to national destinations (DNI, or failing passport, and take the family book because sometimes they also ask for it). On the website of the maritime lines company you have chosen, you will find all the necessary information, and if you are bundled, call by phone.
When we have our bags ready, we will concentrate on the travel bag, its content is decisive because in that small space we must carry everyday items (tissues, toothbrush, wet wipes), and others we may need to entertain children (mini puzzle, coloring book and paints, finger puppets); or get out of a hurry (the diapers of a baby, the change of children in case they get dirty, a mini kit with the medicines they usually take).
Remember that luggage conditions are also available to the traveler on the company's website, where for example they inform us that if we stay in a cabin we can have a suitcase with us, having to comply with the handbag if we go in armchair
Children on the boat emotion, nerves or boredom?
In principle we can count on all those emotions at once, and prepare for it. The trip can be enriched if we have previously prepared them looking for information about the interior of the vehicle, or better yet, if we propose to prepare a dossier with photos that includes the internal distribution of the ship, its own expectations, the particularities of the marine space that we will cross, and A space to score.
There are many options to be entertained, and not all of them go through carrying physical objects. We can tell them stories, or ask them where they would like to travel next year, we can sing, or propose some of these entertainments that are not only intended to travel by car.
We can also walk, go out to the deck area (with care, yes), intended for passengers, browse inside the ship... that we are housed in a cabin does not prevent us from being inroads.
Before talking about dizziness (with the sway of the boat it is very easy to happen), I would like to influence the expression of emotions, that is, if we see that our son becomes restless or uncomfortable, we must talk with him, favoring tell us how you are doing, otherwise the experience could be unpleasant
Go by boat also tide
Especially go by boat ... although the movements notice less in the areas farthest from the sea (upper deck, center of the boat).
Of course, if you travel in an outer cabin (as we are going to do) or go on deck, the possibilities increase, but if we have solutions at hand, we will not miss the details of an experience that we do not know if it can be repeated.
In this post before the holidays, we talked about dizziness, but I'm afraid that in general it will not be very useful. Therefore, we remember that it is better than do not have a very full stomach, and that relieves having a damp and fresh cloth on the forehead To feel better
If our son gets dizzy, we will ask him to lie down by staring at a single point, and we will remain with him
Finally, I want to mention the importance of carrying water during trips, so that they do not become dehydrated and better withstand heat. And very important! not lose sight of children at any time to avoid accidents.
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