Travel Resources
Prepare for your trip wisely: travel insurance, transportation, accommodation and much more. Tested by Familia de Iturmendi.
Airfare And Transportation
This is great platform to find the best cost-effective deals for you and your family. You always can check their calendar to find even cheaper options. Also, they search the small booking sites no one else does. Check them here.
Google Flights is a genius! You can choose your departure point, and it will show you flights all over the world on a map. Besides, you can select a month you want to travel or a budget range, Google Flights will take care and show you what the best deal is for you. You can check it here.
This site is another great platform to search for cheap flight deals among huge variety of airlines, including many of the budget carriers that larger sites miss. Our family always uses it first before using anything else. Check it here.
We just love this low-cost airline when we travel in Europe. It is easy, it is cheap, you are allowed to take two items for a baby free of charge, such as a stroller, car seat, booster seat or travel cot, and the system of checking-in is just amazing: do it online and scan the ticket at the airport. Check the link here.
This is one we always use traveling in Europe by train. It has an amazing kids area seats with TV and table that has a game sticker on it, all you have to do is to ask for dice and enjoy your ride! But the best thing about it is to save hundreds of dollars purchasing Rail Pass if you plan to take a couple of trains in Europe. Check out here.
Rome2rio is great! Back in the days, my husband introduced me to it, and since then our family uses it on a regular basis. This site works as simple as: just enter your arrival and departure destinations, and the site will show you all possible ways to get there in the cheapest way possible! More details read here.
This site just blew our mind. The thing is that we love trains, this site is an ultimate guide to train travel literally anywhere in the world. We used it for getting information on Russian Trans-Siberian routes, planning our rides in Europe and Asia. It has all the information you need with trustworthy links, prices, routes, train conditions, including pictures and much more. Check here for more details.
And this is a jewel if you wish to find the best and cheapest deal cruising on a ship with your baby. It sealed quite a few deals with us. This website is especially good for repositioning cruises across oceans! Check here.
Accommodation
Never cheated on this site: as I always used it in my 20s, it never changed when my son was born. Great deals on guesthouses, hostels, hotels, and bungalows for sure! Also, we love not to be charged upfront and be able to pay by cash on arrival, as well as avoiding paying commission fees or any additional charges to site. See more details here.
Another absolutely stunning option searching for accommodation after Booking.com. But we love it particularly using for the Asian continent. You will definitely find the best deals here!
One of the best accommodation when traveling with kids. Who can challenge it? It is the platform where you can find your cozy place at your budget range and feel like you are at home as you rent other people's houses. Amazing service and absolutely safe. Genius idea! Check here for more details.
Insurance and food
The best travel insurance out there. Both of us used this insurance as backpackers for many years. This hasn't changed with our son's birth. Only now we are using World Nomads Family Travel Insurance. They are also recommended by Lonely Planet and National Geographic, so you know they are good. Do not leave home without travel insurance! Check out here.
We love the whole idea behind it. It is a platform where you can find a local host and dine with him wherever you are. Locals post listings for dinner parties and specialty meals that you can sign up for. There is also a vast selection of cooking classes, parties, and events. As I say: "It is a dinesurfing". The best of it is that you can know true culture, local traditions, try traditional food, make new friends and enjoy your time. You can find more information here.