I have never been great at travelling light, I was always the one at the airport getting a bit hot and anxious the numbers on the scales wavered on the weight of my suitcase. Now that we have children to travel with, my packing dilemmas are getting even harder but each time we do go away I find new things which make my life (and packing much easier).
Totseat
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Ok so Beanie Boy isn’t really in need of a high-chair anymore but I do need something to keep him in one place whilst I try to get him to eat his meals and the [easyazon_link identifier=”B001QC77W0″ locale=”UK” tag=”mummmatt-21″]Totseat[/easyazon_link] is perfect for this. A foldable, washable, squashable highchair which fits on most chairs and takes up less room than a jumper in my suitcase! Here is a great post that will help you find the best travel high chair for you and your little one.
Travel Cot Canopy
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Both Little Bean and Beanie Boy have always preferred to sleep in a really dark room, both having blackout blinds at their windows. In the past I have managed to get away with putting blankets up at the windows when we have been on holiday but sometimes that just isn’t practical as we found out when we stayed in a hotel. When the time came to put Beanie Boy to bed, we all needed to sit in darkness until he had gone to sleep. Then I discovered the [easyazon_link identifier=”B007BADUH2″ locale=”UK” tag=”mummmatt-21″]Travel Cot Canopy from Snoozeshade[/easyazon_link] which is amazing. It’s basically a blackout tent which is big enough to cover all cots, cotbeds and travel cots and folds away into it’s own handy carry bag. Beanie Boy thinks this is great fun and asks to go in his ‘tent’ when he is getting tired.
Innergie Magic Cable Trio
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What would we do without our technology?! When we go on holiday we generally take our mobile phones, digital cameras, games consoles, iPod and the iPad but as slim as they all may be, the chargers rarely are so we end up with a bag full of scrambled cables and plugs which aren’t generally that lightweight when all added together. The [easyazon_link identifier=”B0060X9T0S” locale=”UK” tag=”mummmatt-21″]Innergie Magic Cable Trio[/easyazon_link] is the answer to this problem, a handy USB cable with three different tips including Apple, a mini USB and a Micro USB. The Magic Cable Trio has been very cleverly designed to keep all the tips attached to the cable when not in use so there is no chance of accidentally leaving one at home or misplacing it. We haven’t found any gadget in our house yet that the cable doesn’t fit.
Trunki Ride-on Suitcase
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We haven’t as yet had the opportunity to take our children on a foreign holiday where we have to endure airport departure lounges but I’ve heard that the [easyazon_link identifier=”B014KYGQZY” locale=”UK” tag=”mummmatt-21″]Trunki[/easyazon_link] ride-on are perfect for towing the younger children behind you when their little legs are too tired to walk any further. That doesn’t mean we haven’t had our money’s worth out of our Trunkis. Little Bean and Beanie Boy have one each which they use for sleepovers at Grandparents and to carry all their clothes when we go on holiday. In between times they use them to race each other up and down the hall at home! When I first saw them I assumed they wouldn’t hold very much but I have been very pleasantly surprised by just how much I can get in, far more than I need to for a week’s holiday that’s for sure!
GB Pockit Lightweight Stroller
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I always give a little sob when we go away on holiday and I realise that I have to give up my beloved Stokke Xplory Evolution pushchair for the week. As much as I love it there is just no way that it will fit in the boot of my car along with everything else that we need to take and so that is where the [easyazon_link identifier=”B077TNPVJ2″ locale=”UK” tag=”mummmatt-21″]GB Pockit Lightweight Stroller[/easyazon_link] comes into play. It offers optimal comfort for all sizes: Infinitely adjustable backrest, Easy folding with 2-step folding mechanism, Swivelling and lockable front wheels, Easy pushing with one hand.
That magic cable trio is such a handy idea! I have a multi ended cable for my in car phone charger, which comes in so handy too.
Stevie 🙂
I use mine all the time, it’s a handy one to carry around 🙂
We haven’t travelled in a while but when we did I found our Quinny Zapp pushchair was brilliant as it folded up small enough for hand luggage. I love Trunki’s too – such cute designs.
Yes we used to use a Quinny Zapp too which was brilliant for travel 🙂
There’s some really good suggestions here 🙂 thank you. All the kids I know who have trunkies absolutely love them.
I even have my own Trunki which is great for protecting my laptop and belongings if I am going a long way.
They all look great, I especially like the tot seat! I’ve notice how many places don’t have high chairs, so this would be perfect.
The Tot Seat saved me so many times, I have even used it at Xmas dinner when we couldn’t squeeze the highchair in with all the other bodies at the table 🙂
We adored our totseat. So versatile, made going anyway so much easier, and packing to go out so much lighter when you seem to be taking the whole house with you!!!
Exactly that, I was so pleased with ours.
Oh wow that Tot seat looks FAB! I’ve never seen those before, it looks like it would be so useful especially when flying!
It was a saviour on so many occasions, one of mine in particular hated highchairs so this was perfect.
Ohhh that cable looks so handy. And we would not go anywhere without our trunkies!
It’s brilliant, one of my most used travel gadgets for sure.
The cable trio is the only thing applicable to me here and I absolutely love this recommendation as often I need to charge all my devices on the go.
It’s such a handy little gadget, I carry it everywhere with me.
I used to love the Totseat when Bugs was younger, it made eating out so much easier and he always felt so grown up as he was on a proper chair. We loved Trunki’s too! they are fab x
Yes that element of the Totseat was brilliant too, one of mine hated highchairs so this saved me some grief x