Hi everyone,

I will be traveling with my 3-year old daughter from Vancouver, BC to a south east asia destination (that we haven't decided yet). There will be only me and my daughter. I'd like to ask for your help with making a few decisions about the flight.

Basically I have two choices of departure time:

- depart around 2 pm-4 pm, 10-13 hours flight. This will put us at our transit city around mid night at Vancouver time. Then we will have to wait 2 hours to get to the connecting flight (5-hour) to final destination. If I choose this option, I can imagine my daughter will be awake during the first flight and should be able to sleep during the second flight. However we will arrive at the final destination at mid night there and my daughter will likely be awake there while I will be overtired (as I normally don't sleep in flight).

I can have an overnight layover if I want to break the long trip. This requires going through immigration/custom, getting on a shuttle bus to an airport hotel and then coming back the morning after to continue to the final destination. Although it's not too difficult, it's also a hassle, but we can have an overnight rest. So, do you think it will be worth it to do an overnight layover or should I just take the 5-hour connecting flight right after the trans pacific one ?

- My second option is to depart at 2-2:30 am. My daughter usually goes to sleep at 9 pm. I am worried about having to wake her up at mid night and drag her to check-in then security then departure gate. I am afraid of possible meltdowns or disturbance to other passengers during night flight. On the other hand, she could also easily sleep through a few hours in flight. This departure time also allow us to arrive at the destination during the day and probably helps with time adjustment better.

I am not sure what to choose right now. Maybe I over think things. Please let me know what you think or your experience. Thanks.