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If you're travelling with young children, toddlers or babies from Birmingham Airport, use our helpful guide to ensure a stress-free family get-away. Full of unofficial information such as a departures check list and essential child-friendly hand luggage, all common concerns for parents taking children on flights. |
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Air Travel With Babies and Toddlers... |
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Don't be put off going on an overseas holiday just because you have a young family. Use our guide, full of tips and ideas for parents and guardians taking young children, toddlers or babies on flights departing from Birmingham Airport.
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Seat Allocation For Families & Young Children ... |
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First and foremost check with your airline any policies and procedures they may have for travelling with young children.
With most airlines offering their bulkhead seats - found at the front of each cabin section - to families with young children, it's important you know if these are pre-bookable or allocated upon check-in. Contact your airline in advance to make sure you don't miss out. |
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Easy Check-in With Young Children ... |
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We all know how long it can take getting out of the house just for a simple trip to the shops, so don't think getting to the airport will be any easier. Leave plenty of time for any emergency toilet stops and such like!
By not getting into a panic and staying calm and collective so will your whole family, meaning you can proceed to check-in easily and stress-free.
Do you know how to get to Birmingham Airport? Have you got a route planner? Are there any expected road works and/or delays? Have an alternative route planned. To air on the extra side of caution leave at least half an hour before your best laid plan.
To find out more about getting to the airport click here |
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Easier Flights With Young Children ... |
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First of all by pre-booking your airport parking you and your family can get to check-in safely and quickly, with no sticky situations with transfer buses etc.
For the ultimate airport parking book a meet and greet parking service. This negates the need to find the remote airport car park - especially tricky at night and with children.
Simply arrive outside the Terminal where you'll be met by your meet and greet Rep. He will then take your car away to a secure and safe car park and you and your family move quickly to check in. It's the same on your return, you come out of the Terminal's Arrivals area and your meet and greet Rep will be ready and waiting with your car, so you can make a speedy get-away home.
At the check-in desk ask the Ground Host if the flight is full. If not request your seating by the empty seats as these empty seats make great make-shift beds for your small family, leaving them to get some sleep, and leaving you to enjoy the flight.
As a family you will be asked to board first. Make sure you are ready to board quickly as you will be able to take more time getting yourselves seated and sorted.
Needless to say the best tip for safe, stress-free and easy travel with young children, toddlers and babies is be organised and be prepared - with these simple tips you can be both! |
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Buying Essentials For Baby Overseas - food, formula etc. ... |
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Buying Baby Foods Overseas
Many parents and guardians worry about travelling overseas with a baby or young toddler and not being able to purchase their normal formula milk or baby food. In the following sections we aim to provide some helpful unofficial information about purchasing your baby essentials whilst away including foods and nappies.
Safe Water For Babies
Firstly, it’s always worth, if flying with babies or very young children, to pack a certain amount of baby foods in your suitcases. This is so you can arrive safely at your destination and get settled before rushing off out in a blind panic trying to find formula – it’s especially worth packing some pre-bottled packs of formula milk too - or jars of baby food etc.
It’s not advisable, due to delicate tummies, giving your baby tap water when overseas. Give your baby bottled water for drinking. For making up formula also use bottled water and boil first as you would back in the UK. When buying bottled water it’s very important to check that the water brand you are buying contains less than 30 Na of sodium. If you’re travelling to Spain many of their pharmacies sell specially distilled water for babies.
Formula Milk
Whilst formula milk is readily available in Europe you will need to go to a pharmacy to purchase it. Similar brands are available but carry a different name, Cow & Gate in Spain for instance is called Almiron. For more unofficial information about buying your particular brand of milk overseas you should call the telephone advice line on the pack of your milk packet.
Buying Jarred Baby Foods
Anyone travelling to Europe will find it easy buying baby food in jars. Hero is a very available baby food in Spain and across Europe. Hipp is also readily available as are products from Nestle. Local supermarkets, although if you are somewhere remote then try a larger main supermarket, should all stock a good selection of baby foods and snacks. As will most pharmacies.
Buying Nappies
Buying nappies abroad is very easy. Just try any local supermarket where both main brands such as Huggies and Pampers are readily available. It’s important to note that in many European Countries cotton nappies are very rare, particularly in Spain, so if you normally use re-useable nappies then you may need to consider using disposables whilst you are away.
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