On our March 3 Jetiquette Radio show we have an embarrassment of riches on the topic of TRAVEL WITH CHILDREN. The three women who joined us have tremendous expertise and personal experience traveling with kids and they share their knowledge with us on this show.
Cynthia Harriman and her husband took their kids, aged 10 and 13, to Europe in 1989. They checked the kids out of public school and gave them a mobile education while living in houses in Spain, France and England for four months.
Cynthia experienced first hand the enrichment value of exposing children to life in other countries. Both of her offspring subsequently traveled abroad for study and pleasure. In 1991 Cynthia wrote and self-published a book about their original trip: Take Your Kids To Europe. The book became a best-seller, earning praise from such travel gurus as Rick Steves (Europe Through The Back Door), Dorothy Jordan (Family Travel Times) and the editors of the widely-respected Let’s Go! series from the Harvard Student Travel Association. This book is now in its 8th edition, with almost 40,000 copies sold over time. TYKE encourages families to show kids how to enjoy different cultures – and gives them the tools to do so for surprisingly little money.
Browse the table of contents HERE and see just how much information is packed into this book. After the first edition Cynthia invited readers to share their own advice and experiences, so the book is a wealth of information gleaned from many family roadtrips.
Colleen Lanin is the creator of the Travel Mamas site and author of The Travel Mamas’ Guide. Her site brings together parents and travel professionals who share a wealth of family travel strategies and experiences.
Colleen is a freelance writer whose articles have been published in many leading publications. Her own kids are four (daughter) and one (son), and she currently resides in San Diego where, among other endeavors, she teaches classes on how to travel with kids.
“I have taken many trips since I had my first baby in 2005. My travels vary from road trips, cruises, family visits, and tropical vacations to foreign tours, amusement park adventures, and more.”
Sara Keagle, who has been a guest on Jetiquette radio as a member of the hit 
podcast The Crew Lounge, has been a flight attendant for 16 years. She writes a popular blog, The Flying Pinto. Sara is a mom, too. She has a two year old daughter and 12 year old step daughter.
Last September Sara entered a blog contest on Colleen’s Travel Mamas site and won. Her essay, “The Bright Side of Flying with Kids” gives valuable and thoughtful advice on getting organized to fly with children and also stresses the quality time that can be enjoyed on a flight with your kids. Being a crew member as well as a passenger traveling with kids provides Sara with unique perspectives on flying with children, and she will share her insights with us.
Raymond, our European Correspondent, joins us live from his home in The Netherlands to give his take on this week’s topics, news and views. Follow Raymond on Twitter@Raymondstar. He will soon be making a guest appearance at a charity concert organized by Frys Gig in London on March 11.
For more of Raymond see his videos at Youtube. He will soon be creating some videos for this site!
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