Take advantage of services the hotel offers
Many Delta hotels have children's programs that include camps with excellent camp counsellors.
Plan ahead
Bring new and different treats, games and toys. I have stocked up at the dollar store or at garage sales. I keep these secret until I NEED them. Children love new ideas, treats and toys. A new puzzle, a new trinket or, as I have found recently, a new $7 electronic card game can entertain children for hours.
Read our list of educational family games the family can play together.
Create unique experiences
We eat cereal in a cup with a plastic spoon, keeping the milk cold in ice in the sink. If there is a mini bar, I clear it out and fill it with fun food -- fresh raspberries on a trip are as exciting as candy. Room service is also pretty exciting for children (truth be told, I still find it exciting myself).
And finally, parents, we need to relax and enjoy ourselves. When we are relaxed, so is everyone around us. Pillow fights, a bit of candy and flipping channels are not things to worry about in a hotel. We can and DO get so caught up in the little things that we forget that the point of a holiday is a break -- so try to act like a kid again and you'll have the best trip ever!
Tracy Lyn Moland, mother of two school-aged children, is the author of Mom Management and a regular corporate spokesperson, media guest and freelance writer. For more tips and ideas, check out her website, www.tracylynmoland.com.
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