# Family travel

**How much should we travel with children?**

How much travel is part of family life, from waiting until children are older to easy local trips to travel as a core value.

In short: Parents choose between 4 main approaches: Wait until older; Easy local trips; Travel as a core family value; Extended travel or living abroad. Evidence: your call. No outcome evidence picks a winner. Preference, culture, money and logistics decide. Best settled: 6–12 months.

- Area: Values, character and family culture
- Evidence: Your call
- Best settled: 6–12 months
- First published: 2026-10-03
- Last updated: 2026-10-05
- Page: https://www.raisingyourchild.com/topics/values-character-and-family-culture--family-travel

## Family travel: what are the options?

1. **Wait until older**: You put off trips until the child is older.
2. **Easy local trips**: You take short, simple trips close to home.
3. **Travel as a core family value**: Travel is one of the main things your family does.
4. **Extended travel or living abroad**: You travel for months or move to another country for a time.

## Family travel: what does the evidence say?

**Your call.** No outcome evidence picks a winner. Preference, culture, money and logistics decide.

No research located

## What else is worth knowing?

Travel with children costs more and takes more effort, and some families value it highly. Others wait until children are older. Your view often reflects how you travelled before having children.

## Questions to ask each other

- What does travel mean to us and our child?
- How much can we do with a baby or young child?
- What would we like our child to see?

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General information, not medical advice. Two parents can each answer this and compare: https://www.raisingyourchild.com/explore?cat=values-character-and-family-culture&topic=values-character-and-family-culture--family-travel