Our Best Holiday Travel Advice: Don't Be a Hero

Here's a universal truth -- all the most well-meaning travel advice in the world can not eliminate the hassle of traveling with young children.

Great advice can certainly make it easier but  at the very core - traveling with kids is a lot of work. So instead of offering a list of practical holiday travel tips I'm just going to say 'Don't be a Hero'  when you travel this holiday season. More specifically, when it comes to getting the family from point A to point B and all the places in between, find the path of least resistance and give yourself permission to take it. 

For us this means that our kids will  eat more cookies than they should, they will have more 'screen' time than the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends, they will be shooed away  at holiday parties while the adults are chatting, they will go to bed super early whenever humanly possible. And it means that on almost all of the nights of our multi-generational Christmas trip to Disney World,  the boys will dine at Simba's Clubhouse while the adults enjoy a few precious kid-free hours.

What does the path of least resistance mean in your family?