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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We once packed for 6 weeks in carry ons. This was for a trip to Paris and the Alps in the summer, and what took up the most space was the hiking boots. We carried our fleece and rainjackets with us on the flight. We knew we had laundry facilities available, and just packed minimally. No electronics for the kids either - they watched movies on the plane, and had books at their destinations. Just capsule wardrobes, shared toiletries and important medications (Epipen and Synthroid: you can't get Synthroid in France). We had an Embassy event to go to and had one nice outfit for that, that we rewore for nights out.

My parents are like you. They cannot travel without several suitcases for every short trip. I have no idea what they put in there.[/quote]

Did you buy books or were staying with family who had books?

We bring one kindle & headphone per kid and a deck of cards, plus chargers for kindles and phones.

Would love books but a) our kids get motion sickness while reading but can listen to audio books and b) books are bigger and heavier than a kindle. [/quote]

PP you replied to. In Paris we stayed with family who had books, and in the Alps we were pleasantly surprised to find that our chalet resort had a bilingual library. DD finished all the Harry Potters there! We were just planning on letting them be bored, so that they'd run around and make friends. Yes, we have motion sickness too. No reading in the car or on the plane. I'm not bringing audio material, everyone can just sleep or watch movies.[/quote]

Uh, I guess you never fly domestic? We fly to west coast often on connecting flights, and there it is BYOD - your own tablet or bust. My kids can’t sleep for 9 hours in the middle of the day, eventually this results in fighting and grumpy kids. I mean 9 hours of staring at the back of a seat?[/quote]

PP you replied to. Really? I didn't know that. All our travel budget is spent on visiting parents/siblings overseas. [/quote]

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