Posts Tagged ‘changing diaper on a plane’
Flying WestJet With A Baby…
For our most recent trip to Cuba, we booked online with WestJet Vacations.
This is WestJet’s first year flying into Cuba (Varadero, Cayo Coco & Holguin), and the first thing that struck me was how civilized the flight times are. Typically for Cuba you’re looking at an at least 7am departure, with 8pm departures home becoming more and more common (VERY difficult with a baby or toddler in tow). We left for Cayo Coco at a very reasonable 10am and our return at 2:45pm worked extremely well with our little passengers. Read more »
Flying Porter Airlines With A Baby…
I had only heard great things about flying Porter out of Toronto. Free specialty coffees, juices, and yummy snacks… free Internet on snazzy Macs in the fancy departure lounge… happy flight attendants in jaunty uniforms… Ah yes – but these are business travelers – just how would a family of 4 (with an infant & pre-schooler) fare on a boutique airline with amenities tailored to business travel?
The Good, The Bad, & The Stinky!
Appreciating the less-fun moments of family travel…

Waiting For Our Flight To Varadero - 2006
If Murphy’s Law applies to you as much as it applies to me, then you know that whatever can go wrong usually will. What that means in terms of travel with a baby or toddler, is that in spite of your careful planning and preparation, you’ll probably be presented with a mess to clean up and/or a meltdown to cope with. If you’re lucky (and I think we’ve already determined that you aren’t!) these “presentations” will happen in front of the smallest audience possible. Read more »







