Taking Children Skiing

Travelling with children can be a Parent’s worst nightmare, the preparation for the journey, the journey itself and the actual holiday takes much more time and consideration when you’re travelling with children. This is made more worrisome when it comes to taking children skiing, even though essentially taking children skiing is much the same as taking children on any other type of holiday.

The main aspects to think about before you travel are child safety, making sure your child will be comfortable and organising what products you need to take with you. You can start by looking at your accommodation to establish whether you will need to take any child safety products with you. Most Ski accommodation will have balconies and in the cases of chalets have stairs, so if this is the case with your accommodation you will want to consider if a safety gate is needed. Safety gates can come in all shapes and sizes including travel safety gates that are lightweight, fold down small and are suitable for taking on an aeroplane.

Many ski hotels or chalets do not offer children’s cots as a service and therefore you will need to check the sleeping arrange before you travel. For children that can walk around by themselves and perhaps have a cot bed at home a travel bedrail is the best child safety product to take with you as it converts a traditional bed into a safe bed for children. A travel bed rail can also be folded up small enough to be taken on an aeroplane without taking up too much of your luggage allowance. For younger children and babies a travel cot is a must have child safety product. Traditionally travel cots have been large and bulky which meant they were not as easy for parents to take abroad as today. Pop up travel cots have been created to offer parents an alternative to traditional travel cots. A light weight alternative that generally weighs less than 5kg, a pop up travel cot is a great investment for parents that travel often.

For the journey you will need activities to keep your children occupied as skiing often involves a reasonable flight and a long coach transfer. Remember to take plenty of warm clothes to wrap your children up warm whilst you are in resort.

You can find a full range of child safety products including travel safety gates and travel cots online at Safetots or you can contact a child safety products specialist for more information.