Family Travel: Preparing Your In-Flight Kit – Tips

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In this post we share the categories we include when we create our in-flight kit for travel with a family.

The idea of this kit is that it is lightweight and can be attached to your one-bag with your carabiner. The kit is purpose built to placed under your seat for easy access.

This is *not* a comprehensive one-bag packing guide. The goal is to avoid having to search for items in the depths of backpack in an overhead compartment mid-flight.

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Types of Items for the In-Flight Kit

• Snacks
• Activities for kids
• Comfort items
• Diapering items
• Clothing
• Miscellaneous

Snacks

• Travel Tip: Packing In-Flight Snacks

Activities for Kids

• Family Travel: What’s Inside Our Two-Year Old’s Busy Bag for a 14-Hour Long-Haul Flight
• Family Travel: What’s Inside Our Two-Year Old’s Busy Bag for a Four-Hour Flight

Comfort Items

• Small stuffed animal
• Lightweight blanket

Diapering Items

• 4 Diapers
• 1 packet of ~80 wipes

Clothing

• Pack two set of clothes/ziplock bag for grab-and-go
• 1 pair of socks (in case kiddo pulls socks off)

Miscellaneous

• Garbage bag for the assorted items that somehow accumulate during the flight so you don’t have to wait for a flight attendant to come for individual food scraps, food packaging, paper waste etc.
• Alcohol wipes to sanitize tray tables, seats, items that fall on floor, hands

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