Yellow Van Travels: A Family Travel Podcast

Join Ben and Meagan for our monthly destination episode. This month we are talking all about Scotland! 

See all of our Scotland blog posts here. 

Wooly Coos here. 

The tours we used:

• Rabies Tours
• WOW Scotland

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Join Ben and Meagan as we talk about how we plan our trips, which websites we find useful and which apps are helpful in planning. 

Trip Advisor 

Pinterest 

City Passes

• Paris
• London

 

Chimani

Lonely Planet 

Metro Apps:

• Washington D.C.
• Paris
• London

 

Rick Steves Audio Europe App 

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Welcome! This month we are talking all about flying with your baby, specifically babies that are 0-6 months old. We have taken our 6 month old daughter on a few flights in her first 6 months of life and have come up with a great list of helpful tips to make the flights easier for you and for baby!

 

Blog Post: 5 Tips for Flying WIth a Baby (0-6 Months)

 

Tips for Flying with a Baby 0-6 Months Old

• Fly during sleepy times
• Ask to change your seat
• Allow plenty of time
• Have essentials easily accessible
  • RuMe Baggie All Bag (website here) use the coupon code RRYellowVan514 for 20% off your purchase
• • Mom’s Bag: Kindle, headphones, chapstick, pen, power bank
  • Lucy’s Favorite toys: turtle, giraffe, rattle, fruit teethers   
• Board early
• Ask for help from flight attendants
• Bring a stroller
  • Our Stroller
  • Our stroller bag
  • Another great travel stroller
• Bring a carrier
  • Our carrier
  • Our wrap (for little babies!)
• Put baby in a 1 piece, footed outfit with snaps
• Extra Clothes for Baby and Parents
  • Trash bags and refills
  • Zippered pouch for clean clothes
• Check with airline what they allow you to check
  • Car Seats (ours is a Graco Click Connect infant car seat)
  • Our Car Seat Bag
  • Pack N Play (ours is the Graco Pack ‘n Play with Reversible Napper and Changer)
  • Our Diaper Bag (ours is a different pattern)
• Use a pacifier or feed your baby for take-off and landing to help their ears
  • Lucy’s favorite pacifier
  • Our bottles and formula container
• PACIFIER CLIPS
  • We have these ones and these ones
  • Bottle tether
• Light blanket for sleeping
  • Muslin Blankets
• Know it will end

Yellow Van Travel Plans:

• Last month: Minnesota (see our previous visits to Minnesota here)
• This month: Arches National Park (see our previous visit to Arches here)
• Next month: Zion National Park

Do you have any tips for our future visits? Did we miss something fun in Minnesota? Let us know by sending us an email at [email protected] or sending us a tweet.

 

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Episode 3: Saving While Flying

 

One of the most expensive parts of traveling is flying. And while there are other options to travel like cars or trains, flying makes the most sense if you’re going a long ways. We’re here today to share some of our best tips for saving money on flying.

 

WAYS TO SAVE ON TICKETS

1: Google Flights

2: Hopper

3: Be Flexible

4: One Way Fares

Bonus: Flights From Home

 

FLYING

• Bring own snacks/water bottle
• If you do need to eat at the airport go for filling snacks instead of a full meal
• Only use a carry-on
• • Or if tickets are cheaper without carry-on allowance, use only a backpack for under the seat or pay to check one large bag and share as a family

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Types of bags

• Hard shell with wheels
• Soft shell with wheels
• Duffle bags with wheels
• Duffle bags without wheels
• Weekender bags
• Hiking backpack/Stuff sack

  5 Tips for Packing

1. Make a packing list
2. Make piles
3. Use packing cubes (blog post here and packing cubes we use here)
4. Roll up your clothes
5. Use all the space

  Tips for 3 Weeks in a Carry-on

• Bring clothes that mix and match
• Limit shoes (We like Chacos)
• Laundry! (clothesline and soap)
• Take clothes you are getting rid of anyway!
• Convince yourself that you can do it

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Get to know Ben and Meagan of Yellow Van Travels as we start our new podcast! Learn about us and how we got started in travel and why we are starting this podcast. 

Check out our blog http://yellowvantravels.com 

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