Meh, my parents travelled to India with kids all of the time in the 80s--like most immigrant parents did. You need to just roll with it

I was the nanny for a well known celebrity. I or the weekend nanny always traveled with them. Always on a private plane and with security. Every place we went they had famous or just rich friends who would hook the mother up with hair and makeup people. The mother packed for herself and the child but the father had a professional packer!

They were amazing and involved parents, too. Great employers.

You have to prioritize. Maybe you travel more and allocate more funds there instead of other things such as big birthday parties or tons of toys or other lessons.

Anonymous wrote:Good relationship with my ex. I am able to travel within reason with friends or family (although family trips usually include DD) and socialize with my friends when DD is with my ex. We are also flexible in changing our schedule to accommodate friends and outings as long as it's not a regular thing. I assume couples who are together can do this too- switch off nights out with friends while also taking time to go out as a family or budget time/money for date night or trade time with other families for childcare.

Ha. Your solution is divorce so you have the kids half time? You assume you can just trade off with other families for weekends away like you would with the children’s father? Hilarious.

Money changes everything.


Or so I hear.


We would love to prioritize date night, but rent kind of edges it out.

You just make it work. Prioritize those things. Plan ahead. Invite people over. Make good friends. Spend your money wisely so you can afford to travel. What problems do you think you’re facing, OP? Travel with kids can be hard, but you deal with it. Family trips are not vacations. Vacations and for when you don’t have the kids with you. Adjust your expectations accordingly.

We travel a lot, or people seem to think we do. Not internationally but we are on the go a lot and we have two little kids.

Honestly it just comes down to doing it. You do it knowing that some flights are going to suck, some days are going to be hard, things might need to be adjusted on the fly. And the more you do it the better the kids are at it and the easier it gets.

Money is an issue, we traveled way too much last year and with the kids realized we had over extended and pulled back a lot this year. But there is a lot you can do that isn't THAT expensive. Day trips and weekends and staying with family kind of stuff. We NEVER say no to something that is somewhat subsidized because a group of family is doing it together.

For us the hard days are outweighed by the good ones.

We have a good social life because we are always willing to take the kids for the night so the other can do something. So DH has a sports team he practices with twice a week for about six months of the year with games on the weekends and I have dinners out with friends etc. And we have a date night built into our nanny contract so we go out with each other every other week.

Basically if you set your life up to prioritize those things you can do it but it has to be built into the structure of your routine.

We have a babysitter every Friday night. I plan a lot of events with my girl friends, host a lot of dinners at my house (no need for a sitter!), host a lot of playdates and just generally put myself out there.

I've found that the busier you are, the more you do.

I only have one kid so only one extra person to pay for. We only go out 1-2 times month for a date night, otherwise we switch off childcare for happy hours and other socializing, and we have a lot of parties so everyone can come, single, married, with and without kids.

I don't have a Kardashian life, but this works as far as getting out and we travel 7-8 times a year a a family, sometimes a short trip and some times out of the country. Also, I'm not trying to live a social media life, so its fine if things go wrong, we'll figure it out.

Kardashians are always on a private plane.

Are you really asking how celebrities travel so much with kids? They have a staff. Multiple nannies (night and day). Fly private. Assistants to handle the logistics. This isn't brain surgery.

Now your average person who travels a lot, that person probably has a lot of money and/or doesn't care if things don't go perfectly.

Money. Oodles of money. It doesn't solve all problems - and creates some - but does make frequent and far travel easier. Nannies, ability to pick flight times based solely on personal preference, money left over for social life, etc.

Good relationship with my ex. I am able to travel within reason with friends or family (although family trips usually include DD) and socialize with my friends when DD is with my ex. We are also flexible in changing our schedule to accommodate friends and outings as long as it's not a regular thing. I assume couples who are together can do this too- switch off nights out with friends while also taking time to go out as a family or budget time/money for date night or trade time with other families for childcare.

They have amazing nannies who travel with them.

I am just curious, maybe you are one of these people on here. How in the world do these celebrities or do YOU who have children, travel so much and keep such an active social life/interesting life? Am I missing something here?