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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not at all. Travel is more meaningful when they're older.

We're an international family, and have traveled with our kids to Asia and Europe to see close relatives, since they were babies. Let me tell you: kids don't have the memories you want them to have until they're in their tweens or teens :-) Before that they're going to have memories... of things that interest them! Mostly little snippets of food (my daughter has an undying memory of a Italian-Japanese spaghetti with fish roe in Tokyo), or animals (pigeons in Paris), or funny things that happened (sleeping on futons in a traditional Japan inn and always rolling into mine by the end of the night), that you might not remember. The iconic castles, landscapes, monuments, are likely going to go woosh above their heads.

So... only you can determine if these things are worth it. When they're older, academic and extra-curricular demands ramp up a lot, and it becomes difficult to juggle everyone's schedule sometimes. Travel gets more expensive because they pay adult prices. But they remember more stuff!

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School aged kids 5+ remember more of the travel experience than what you think - at least I did and my kids do. Younger elementary is a great age to start IME, and they can learn a lot.[/quote]

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