Flying Long Haul With Kids Tips & Hacks ✈️ Travelling With Children 🎒Mummy Of Four

Are you planning to fly with your children? In order for your flight, (be it long haul or not,) to go smoothly when travelling with kids, there are some essential things you need to know. These tips are especially helpful if you are travelling with children on the autism spectrum, but will make flying with any child, either with ASD or neurotypical, a lot easier.

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[louisemarie]

Fab video! Another tip is to print out a seat plan of the aircraft. My 8 yr old son, with ASD, managed to get lost from toilet visit during long haul flight. He was guided back by crew in floods of tears. October will be our 3rd Disney world visit. Now aged 13 and 10 😊

[rainbowkitten]

I am going to america this July (8 hours on board) and I am so excited! I have autism and I definitely need to bring some stuff like this in my carry on ❤ I am gonna get to the airport at least 5 hours before I board so I'm not too stressed 😅 Great tips!

[SunnyOnTheInside]

Be aware that guaranteed seated "next to" isn't necessarily in a seat next to your child but could be across the aisle or in the seat in front of or behind too. Paying extra to choose seats or phoning the airline in advance to choose seats is worth it if this would be a problem for your children

[pixiesanchez]

How I always pack clothes is pair of X2. jeans (or 2"pairs of shorts if travelling somewhere hot as well as 1-2 pair jeans in case they need them) 2 short sleeves and 1 long sleeve shirt (as you can put a long sleeve under the short sleeve if it gets cold) 1 light weight jumper (zip up) and 1 light weight coat and 1 warmer coat I don't bring a warm jumper as if if it really cold he'll have a long sleeve shirt, short sleeve shirt, light weight jumper & coat on. You can also use some teddy as a pillow.

[sarahdorans]

Extra clothes for the adults is a fantastic tip! We always have plenty of things for the children but never think of the adults, after our first trip with my husband being sick everywhere, We now always have one carry on bag that’s just spares for everyone, including flip flops just in case.

[jacquelinebootman]

Hi rhi..lots of good things you said for people taking children on a flight✈️ my son is grown up now but his first flight was nervous for him..he had his hands round my neck as we took off..take care xx👍

[Townsendadventures]

Thanks for doing this video. We are flying to Cyprus September this year. I have son with autism he is non verbal. Think social stories will work he enjoy watching videos so may be good to show him lots of videos of airports. We are going to get special assistants at Gatwick and I heard they got sensory room. He 7 and still in nappies so I will be taking him to toilet before boarding. We decided to go to airport lounge so I hoping it won't be to noisy for him and his twin sister. Thanks for tips I have written them down. Love your videos .

[michellealexandracotton]

Hi Rhi, fantastic vid as always! These tips would have been so helpful when I took my 1st fight as a child almost 40 years ago to NYC! My mum had to deal with my sis & by herself & some of these this really would have been beneficial, course we didn't have all the techy items back then, keep the wonderful vids coming, my sis loves watching them too xx

[louisecalderwood]

Thank you so much for this video! Soooo helpful! I have two boys 6 and 4 years old and they have never flown before. We are going to Denmark this year and I will definitely use these tips. Especially the social stories one. Thanx again xx

[maggytrafford]

Hello Sweet Rhi! You are just a 💎 gem. Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🇦🇺🇬🇧❤️

[zeynepnilsensoy]

Hey Rhi, hope you’re well. I’m happy, good and well thank you good evening love this Essential tips for flying with children video. All of these tips are really helpful and useful too. I have been to Turkey for my holiday this year, It has been so lovely and wonderful too. I’m planning to go to Turkey again in the summer as well. Turkey has been one of my favourite’s countries ever because it really helps me to stay happy and motivated all the time! I also flew with British Airways too. Do you have any groceries hauls videos because I’m indeed missing them? Can I also have a reply from you telling me what’s the name of the new video which is coming up on Thursday evening at 7pm from you please? Can we see more what I eat in a day groceries hauls day in the life morning and evening night routines cleaning motivation clean with me extreme house clean with me cleaning routines get it all done with me decorate with me declutter with me packed lunch ideas family dinner ideas clothing hauls homeware hauls Poundland b and m tkmaxx home sense home bargains the range wilko hauls come shop with me autumn summer spring winter Easter home organisation mum hacks, DIYs and ideas amazon Ikea best buys monthly favourites videos and lots more inspiration and motivation videos coming from you soon. Take care stay safe and well. Have a lovely week. See you on Thursday evening at 7pm with a new video

[kellybooth]

Thank you, we are of to Florida in may. Neither of my boys (5 and 10) have flown before. Fingers crossed they do ok x

[thatmummalife]

Off to tenerife in may with my kids (my boys are both autistic eldest is almost 8 and this is his 3rd holiday abroad ✈️ middle son is 6 this is his 2nd holiday abroad and my daughter is going to be 16 months when we take her on her first flight ✈️)

This is our longest flight normally we do 2- 3 hour flights this one is about 5 hours

[Stitchgirl]

Hi 👋 Rhi daddy Bella Zara William too awesome 🤩 video as always these are tips for flying long haul 🛫 or short haul ✈️ be prepared travel 🧳 to the airport ✈️ the day before you fly allow plenty of time be aware of your luggage 🧳 allowance weigh your bags 💼 before you go don’t rush when your plane ✈️ has landed 🛬 at the airport

[Jhf]

That was very helpful! Thanks for your efforts! Can you suggest airplane toys?

[partofkaysworld]

Thanks for this! I don’t suppose you would make a video about the toys / activities you did take on the plane for your kids?

[gaynorprior]

Hi Rhi this was very informative thank you

[christinedrowne]

Please don’t overlook your local library—hundreds of audiobooks free to download!

[RD]

One thing that might help if your autistic child is iffy with being touched (Even as an autistic adult I will lash out if someone touches me without warning or my consent) is to play going through security in case the child has to be frisked. I've not been on a plane very often and I'm not sure what the rules are when it comes to children setting the alarms off in the scanners (metal zips in clothing etc) being frisked but the last time I went through airport security (representing my school at an event so in full school uniform) the metal zip in my skirt set the alarm off and a female security officer had to frisk me. I'd not been on a plane since I was 8 and I was 16 then but nobody had warned me about the possibility of being frisked. The officer didn't bother to explain what was happening, just told me to stay still and started to pat me down. I was the first person through from my party so I couldn't ask a teacher what was happening and when I tried to ask what was going on I was told to be quiet so it took every ounce of 'masking' I could muster to not kick the officer where it hurt since it activated the 'fight or flight' aspect of sensory overload. What was even worse was that the first adult through security was a male teacher and the officer 'checked my skirt hem' by lifting it high enough that if I'd not had my PE. skort (think what female identifying tennis players wear) on underneath (my school only allowed a specific skirt from one shop and this skirt was fairly prone to 'Marilyn Monroe Moments' in windy weather so most of us wore our PE skorts underneath for modesty purposes) the male teacher would have had a pretty good view of what underwear I had on! Interestingly enough none of the other students' skirt zips set the scanners off. None of the adults in our party were very happy about what happened but you don't really have the right to complain or argue in an airport. I don't know if kids can even be frisked in the UK (or if they classify a 16yr old as a child or an adult) but different countries will probably have different rules about it so it might be worth pre warning children.

[elainhayter]

Hi Rhi.... we're off to Orlando Disney in June for 3 weeks 🤞 Our kids have never been on a plane...my oldest 2 will be 17 (practically adults) and the youngest is 3. Got a feeling the oldest 2 will be doing more moaning than my youngest 🤦🤣