Christmas Vacation: Very Merry Time with Kids

Shiny ornaments hanging from the green branches, hand-made sweets, colorful gifts waiting under the lit-up tree, and big smiles on your little ones' faces… Yes, it’s Christmas! However, all these merry moments can change drastically if you are planning to go on a Christmas vacation with your infant or toddler.

Christmas is sure fun when you’re little yourself, but when you have little ones to take care of and make happy during a Christmas vacation, then it’s a whole other story. You may need a vacation away from home or want to spend Christmas with your loved ones who live far away. Either way, if you have a baby on board, it takes planning, attention to detail, and a lot of patience. Here are some tips to help you during your Christmas vacation with little ones!

Start packing for Christmas vacation!

The more you plan before your vacation, the more relaxed you’ll be! This way, you will have the time and the energy to watch your baby enjoy one of the first Christmas memories. Choose your way of planning, whether it is making to-do lists, creating charts, delegating duties to your significant other or family members, starting ahead of time, or taking every little thing at a time.

Assuming you already have a set destination and accommodation, the most important part of traveling with little ones is planning your packing list. Packing only the essentials and remembering that you can always get more stuff at your destination is important. Especially disposable items like diapers, shampoos, soap, or baby wipes can easily be bought at your destination. You can fill the extra space in your luggage with Christmas gifts or your toddler’s favorite toys for the road.

Keep the Christmas spirit alive!

Since this is a Christmas trip specifically, you may want to try different things to keep the Christmas spirit alive on your family trip! Here are some tips to make sure your little one is having an amazing Christmas away from home:

Bring Christmas treats and surprises:
You can send your Christmas gifts upfront, especially if you are planning to stay with family or friends. If not, you can always choose to bring some travel-friendly gifts with you to keep your child surprised and excited for the whole trip. These surprises could be Christmas-themed snacks, Christmas hats, coloring books, Christmas sweaters, or toys. Anything Christmas-themed will help you set the theme for your family trip.

Bring Christmas decorations:
Even if you are staying at a hotel or a rental, bringing the Christmas spirit with you can be fairly easy with some of your toddler’s favorite ornaments or Christmas-themed decorations. You can also buy some decorations at your destination. Of course, this would be a whole lot easier if you were staying with family.

Keep your family traditions alive:
Whether it is your special Christmas meal, a warm drink, Santa Claus pajamas, Christmas songs, games, or ugly Christmas sweaters that you force the whole family to wear, it can be nice to stick to some of the Christmas traditions on your trip as well. Portable speakers would help you keep the Christmas spirit alive with lots of holiday music.

Book your baby gear with Babonbo!

You may also need some baby equipment at your destination, like a stroller, car seat, highchair, bouncer, portable crib, or more! Finding a good baby rental service to provide you with all this equipment can affect your Christmas trip dramatically. Babonbo is the first platform where you can rent baby gear in Europe, and what’s even better is that you can have all the baby gear you want at your destination airport or at your accommodation address!