Executive summary article travel By Miranda Xavier

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Everyone needs time out sometimes, however, family holidays can often be more stressful than staying at home. A holiday should not be a relocation of the stress’s of home. Even the most chilled of parents can be left at their wits end if they have just had a disastrous flight with a small child. Wishing that you had stayed at home will not help, and nor will spending the holiday dreading the return journey. Some families seem to find traveling easier than others. Here are my top tips to becoming one of those chilled, in control parents.

You can’t be too organized, the more organized you are the better. If you start to get stress then you will either end up yapping at your kids or they will pick up on it and end up behaving badly. Get yourself a good organizer bag and pack carefully, you should be able to access anything you need quickly and easily.

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Choosing your snack food, It is important to pack the correct food for a journey. Hungry children are always hard work ,so make sure that you have a protein snack such as cold sausages. You will also need something which is bulking such as crackers – they travel well and no matter how many you eat of them you can’t make yourself sick. Finally you will need some treats, it is a good idea to choose a treat which will last a little while such as a lolly pop.

How to entertain the kids, it is easy to take a favorite toy to keep a child happy, but if you loose it or it gets damaged you are in for a nightmare. A simple solution is to buy a toy and give it to them on the journey. An extra trick is to wrap it up and then say that they will get a little present on the plane if they are good in the airport. Remember not to choose a present with lots of parts as bits can roll under seats and get lost.

If you consider that your holiday starts when you get up on the morning of travel and try to be in the holiday mood you will probably find the day easier. If you see the journey as tedious then the children will also do so and they will not make the same sort of effort to enjoy it.

I suggest you check out my other Air Travel Tips For Flying With Children, Air Travel Tips 101, and  air Travel – Long Haul Flight Tips for the Disabled.

Executive summary article travel By Michal Moreno

El-Al Israeli Airlines

A few years ago I have had the experience of being a flight attendant for El-Al Israeli Airlines. It was a great experience that had taught me much about life and the human (and especially Israeli) nature, and one of the most important things I had learnt was how to manage your flight as a passenger and make it as convenient as you can. Following are some tips I believe can make a more comfortable flight.

Head start,  make sure to be one of the first passengers to check into the flight, this way you can have better seats to chose from. Choosing a seat, I think that unless you are suffering from prostate problems the window seats are the best you can get. The front rows of the airplane have much less turbulence than the rear ones.  Carry on Luggage, make your carry on luggage as small as you can, but be sure to pack one set of underwear, a couple of books, a pen (for those landing forms) and a toothbrush. Toilet, the best times to visit the toilet is right after take-off, and between meals.

Drinking drink as much water as you can. It will make you use the toilets more often and make more walks as well as prevent you from dehydrating. Alcohol, Although some airlines serve free alcohol, it is not recommended to drink any alcohol during the flight since the airplane air is thin and dry, if you add some alcohol to that you’re on your way to dehydration if not blood poisoning. Trust me, I’ve seen in happen.

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Sleeping pills, If you decide to take some sleeping pills during the flight, take a low dosage. sleeping pills have a much stronger effect on you when you’re up 20,000 feet in the air. From my experience passengers who have taken a larger dosage just kept on sleeping after the flight had finished. Travel pillows – a good travel pillow will help you through your flight. The best travel pillows are the bigger and thicker ones, the simple travel pillows you are better off without.

Your relationship with the flight crew. Be nice to the flight crew, respect them and politely ask for whatever it is you want. Do not command the flight attendants or demand things off them, or you will get to their bad side. Flight attendants (like any other person) cooperate better when you talk to their hearts and make them empathize with you.

After landing do not stand up until the “fasten seatbelt” sign has been turned off. Passengers who do stand up end up being crammed by other passengers who didi the same with no ability to get back to their seats for as long as the airplane hauling takes, and that may take up to 15-30 minutes!

I suggest you check out my other: Air Travel – Long Haul Flight Tips for the Disabled, Advantages of Traveling in Business Class Flights, and A Guide to Business Air Travel.