We have four kids and we’ve traveled with them a bunch.
It’s hard. We’re super fortunate in that our kids are pretty well-behaved, so we don’t have the restaurant meltdowns, but the logistics of traveling is always difficult. Especially with six total.
I view it like hiking a mountain. It’s Type 2 fun. It’s a grueling experience with highlights and you’re happy to have done it.
Is Traveling With Young Kids Worth It? [Kate Wang on Physician on Fire] – “A lot of friends asked me whether I thought our Asia trip was “worth it.” It’s hard to answer that for others because people have different concepts of worth. My goal for the trip was for the kids to have fun in China (check), for them to meet their extended family for the first time (check), for me to pay my respects to my grandparents’ tombs (check), and spend time with family (check).
I ate a lot of takeout meals quietly in the hotel while irritable/sick kids slept, and I also had to remove screaming children from restaurants multiple times. I didn’t go to the same restaurants I used to haunt as a child-free person and didn’t get to see many of the friends I would have wanted to see. But it was still “worth it ” because my goal was met.”