Long-haul, long weekend with 3 year old?
Sep 17, 2018, 11:54 am
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Long-haul, long weekend with 3 year old?
What are folks view on join long-haul (West Coast US to Europe or Japan) for a long weekend with a three year old? I have to travel for work and want to bring my daughter along for a five or six day (including travel) trip. She is generally a good traveller, but has never done a long-haul for such a short trip. Am I crazy for considering it?
Sep 17, 2018, 2:18 pm
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What are folks view on join long-haul (West Coast US to Europe or Japan) for a long weekend with a three year old? I have to travel for work and want to bring my daughter along for a five or six day (including travel) trip. She is generally a good traveller, but has never done a long-haul for such a short trip. Am I crazy for considering it?
I guess to sum up I'd say that long-haul for a long weekend is not fair to the child.
Sep 17, 2018, 4:08 pm
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What are folks view on join long-haul (West Coast US to Europe or Japan) for a long weekend with a three year old? I have to travel for work and want to bring my daughter along for a five or six day (including travel) trip. She is generally a good traveller, but has never done a long-haul for such a short trip. Am I crazy for considering it?
SFO/LAX/SAN-EU/Asia-SFO/LAX/SAN for five or six days of travel? Sounds miserable for the child -- and perhaps even miserable for you if you're not traveling with another caretaker for the child .... even if the child does fine and can sleep whereever/whenever without adjusting.
Sep 18, 2018, 11:30 am
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What's the purpose of bringing her? She's not going to remember the trip so no need for that reason. But if there is a pressing need I don't see an issue if you can adjust your work/sleep schedule and have some flexibility (or full time help).
Sep 18, 2018, 3:59 pm
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Seconded that it sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I took my oldest (a very secure and seasoned traveler now at age 10) to Chile from LA when she was about to turn 3, and it was merely fine. I wanted to visit some old friends from college, which I got to do, but we couldn't reasonably do the type of adventure stuff the country is known for, and she was off-kilter for virtually the entire 2 week trip. Don't think she took one proper, long nap the entire time. She doesn't remember any of it. We finally went back last summer, at age 9, for skiing near Santiago and adventure travel in the north, and it was one of the best (if not *the* best) trips of my well-traveled life. We'll remember it forever. I'd say, do yourself both a favor and leave the kid at home. The opportunities will still be there when they're a little older.
Sep 19, 2018, 8:18 am
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Have you traveled longhaul with a toddler? Most of them don't do well 8 hour time shifts in the short run.
Sep 20, 2018, 2:46 pm
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Sep 23, 2018, 6:55 pm
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But as you've offered an opinion, tell the rest of us exactly how many times you personally have traveled longhaul with a toddler for whom you had sole responsibility, not a situation that you have observed secondhand and then made assumptions regarding based on part-time observation of the toddler.
Sep 24, 2018, 4:31 am
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I'm certain erik123 is capable of speaking for him/herself.
But as you've offered an opinion, tell the rest of us exactly how many times you personally have traveled longhaul with a toddler for whom you had sole responsibility, not a situation that you have observed secondhand and then made assumptions regarding based on part-time observation of the toddler.
But as you've offered an opinion, tell the rest of us exactly how many times you personally have traveled longhaul with a toddler for whom you had sole responsibility, not a situation that you have observed secondhand and then made assumptions regarding based on part-time observation of the toddler.
I am not giving you a count like that, but I’m pretty sure that I am one of the most informed people on these parts when it comes the historical, practical functioning of actual issuance and use of lap child tickets using miles and how long-haul international travel goes for adults traveling in a private, non-commercial capacity with primary/sole responsibility of infants and toddlers on trips that involve long-haul flights. There are reasons erik123 and I have quite the history on discussing such topics, but we have no prior history discussing the mating-habits of porcupines and hedgehogs in captivity.
I have enough issues with trying to count my large number of flight trips for various purposes, so your begging for an exact count (well above zero
) just isn’t going to be a priority any time soon.Last edited by GUWonder; Sep 24, 2018 at 4:41 am
Sep 24, 2018, 9:57 pm
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“Have you traveled longhaul with a toddler?” The answer: “well above zero” times. But if I want to play porcupine or hedgehog, maybe I’ll sort of say that’s not good enough or try to re-condition the question or ask a different one to try to see how I can shut down or pigeon hole a target. 
Fortunately, some here can’t be stuffed into a pigeon hole, and the community benefits from the knowledge shared by those who don’t fit into oversimplified categories and can’t be shot down so easily.
“Silence is golden” — spokesperson for the sub-1% or for the less experienced in these matters?
Fortunately, some here can’t be stuffed into a pigeon hole, and the community benefits from the knowledge shared by those who don’t fit into oversimplified categories and can’t be shot down so easily. “Silence is golden” — spokesperson for the sub-1% or for the less experienced in these matters?
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