{"id":98880644,"date":"2013-01-01T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/five-new-year-s-resolutions-for-traveling-with-a-toddler\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T06:59:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T10:59:04","slug":"five-new-year-s-resolutions-for-traveling-with-a-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/five-new-year-s-resolutions-for-traveling-with-a-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"Five New Year\u2019s Resolutions for Traveling with a Toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"

As 2012 comes to a close, I find myself thinking about how I want to approach travel in 2013. As an avid traveler whose traveling habits changed when I gave birth to my first child, I hope that these five resolutions strike a chord with parent and non-parent travelers alike. You\u2019ll notice they all have to do with going with the flow, a key approach when traveling with a strong-willed toddler like mine. They are also travel behaviors I would like to model for my daughter, so that she will learn to enjoy travel through the years.
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plan less.<\/strong> I\u2019ve always been a planner (at times an over-planner, especially when my daughter was an infant) when it came to when and how we were going to travel and what we were going to do with each moment of our time. My goal is to relax a bit in this department, to allow room for spontaneous travel experiences.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wander more.<\/strong> When I was in my twenties and traveling mostly by myself or with various friends, I would intentionally get lost in a city in order to take in the sights, the smells, the tastes, and the sounds. Since beginning to travel with my family of three, I\u2019ve become more \u201cdestination-oriented.\u201d Of course, sometimes this is a necessity but most of the time it isn\u2019t. My goal is to allow us to wander more, to have the opportunity to notice things we might not if we were always \u201cin transit\u201d to a desired destination.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome the unexpected.<\/strong> Travel, especially traveling with a toddler, is full of unexpected elements. My goal is to welcome the good and the not so good, and to try to make the most of every situation in which we find ourselves.
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Embrace the unknown.<\/strong> We all have our favorite travel destinations, especially kid-friendly ones. While we won\u2019t stop visiting the beach in California, I want to travel to more unknown spots, to open ourselves up to new places and experiences.<\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be in the moment. <\/strong>It\u2019s so easy to become distracted while traveling, thinking about the next museum we\u2019re going to visit, the next meal we\u2019re going to have, etc. My final resolution for 2013 is to enjoy each moment fully while traveling with my family.
\nHappy New Year!<\/p>\n

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