Many families are planning to get away on this Easter weekend for a family trip. If you travel on a car trip with kids, what time would you choose to start driving, day-time or night-time? Each choice would have the pros and cons, of course. I tried the same choice as below when my children were small, it worked for us:

“We have occasionally got up at 4am to leave on our car trip, and will probably do this again this year. We pack the car as much as possible the night before. The morning of the trip, we wake the kids up gently and buckle them in the car in their pyjamas. We get a few hours of non-stop driving in and they get in a few hours more sleep. When they wake up for breakfast it doesn’t seem that far to go. Also, you can never have too many singalong tapes!” - iVillager teamduffy

7 practical tips for travelling with kids [iVillage.co.uk]

More tips from parents:

Tips for Driving With Baby
Tips for Flying with Baby, 6+ months
Traveling with an 8- to 15-month-old

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