Packing list for your holidays with children
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With our family holiday checklist you can check whether you have thought about or packed everything.
Before the trip
Before the trip
- Leave house keys
- Leave a holiday address for emergencies
- Organise letterbox emptying or transfer mail
- Organise care of pets and plants
- Check the car (air pressure, oil level, wiper blades, windscreen water, if necessary national car ID)
Documents
Documents
- Valid identity documents (identity card/if applicable child passports/driving licence)
- Back-up copies of identity papers (stored separately from the originals!)
- Credit cards
- Driving licence
- Flight / train tickets
- Travel/booking documents
- Insurance (sickness/travel/luggage)
- Vaccination passports
- Address book
Before leaving the apartment or house
Before leaving the apartment or house
- Emptying the fridge and garbage
- Close windows and doors
- Unplug electrical appliances
- Switch off the cooker
- Switch off gas and water
- Turn on answering machines and time switches for lamps and radios (burglary protection)
On the go
On the go
- Water, drinks, fruit and snacks
- Baby: bib, small spoon & trial pack baby food or fruit jars, possibly hot water in a Thermos for baby milk
- Radio plays, favourite music, paintings, travel books (e.g. pixie books), stuffed animals
- Handkerchiefs
- Waste bag
- Change of clothes for babies and children
- Enough small change for service-station toilets
- Diaper bag with diapers, wet wipes, change body
- Pocket knife
- Sun visors for children's windows
- Ball and folding scooter for driving breaks
Medications
Medications
- First aid kit for travel with adhesive plasters, gauze bandages, etc.
- Cooling gel for insect bites, possibly insect repellent
- Headache tablets
- Drugs for gastrointestinal complaints, diarrhoea
- Remedy for motion sickness
- Fever thermometers, suppositories or fever syrup
- Tick pliers
- Cooling cushion
- Sunburn cooling ointment
- Nasal spray
- Sore throat remedy
- Disinfectant spray
- Dental pain aides (e.g. teething ring)
- or beads
- Other medications
Toiletry bag and care
Toiletry bag and care
- Toothbrush, toothpaste, toothbrush watch
- Children's bath or shower cream, children's shampoo
- Wound protection cream, oil
- Skin emollient, lotion
- Sunscreen products (for babies and young children, high sun protection factor), after-sun lotion
- Deodorant
- Brush, hair clips and possibly hair spray, foam/gel
- Shaving things
- Make-up
- Hygiene articles (panty liners, pads, tampons, etc.)
- Nail scissors, nail file etc.
- Contact lens set, if applicable
Baby and toddler supplies (already available in the Familotel Alphotel)
Baby and toddler supplies (already available in the Familotel Alphotel)
- Cots for babies and children, suitable and child-friendly linen
- at least changing pad and diaper pail, often also changing table
- Strollers, buggies and back carriers
- High chairs and high chairs
- Baby bath, potty, toilet insert and step bench
- Bottle warmer and vaporiser
- Food preparation options
- Child safety devices for sockets
- Baby's bib
- Baby monitor
- At least in all baby hotels, but often also in other Familotels: breastfeeding tea, formula and jarred baby food, baby monitor
Other baby supplies
Other baby supplies
- UV protective clothing, headgear
- Diapers, swimming diapers (if applicable)
- Pacifier, replacement pacifier
- Favourite stuffed animal and cuddling blanket
Baby and toddler clothing
Baby and toddler clothing
- Onesies, underwear
- Long-sleeved shirts
- Rompers
- Trousers
- T-shirts
- Shorts and/or skirts, dresses
- Robust shoes, sandals
- Rain clothes, rubber boots
- Pajamas
- Cap or hat
- Swimwear
- Water wings
Clothing for older kids, teens, adults
Clothing for older kids, teens, adults
- Underwear
- Trousers (belt if applicable)
- Shorts
- Sweatshirts, jumpers
- T-shirts
- Dresses, skirts
- Jacket
- Socks/stockings/tights
- Rainwear
- Pajamas, nightshirt
- Headgear
- Shoes, hiking shoes, sandals, boots, evening shoes if necessary, bathing shoes
- Swimwear/bikini/swimsuit
Other travel accessories
Other travel accessories
- Travel alarm clock
- Travel sewing kit
- Handkerchiefs
- Travel guides, maps
- Spare glasses, sunglasses
- Umbrella
- Smartphone with charging cable
- Books/magazines
- Camera
- Sports equipment (e.g. for winter sports, horse riding)
- Entertainment and games
Each Familotel has at least one playroom, playground and a games library for renting board games. So you can just pack a few things for your room or apartment, such as your favourite stuffed animal and doll, books, a few toy cars, puzzles, colouring books and pens.
What do I need for a holiday with children?
At the 4-star family hotel Alphotel, we are well equipped for your visit with children, no matter what age. Prams, baby carriers, baby monitors, baby food, high chairs, changing mats and much more are available. So all you need are your personal belongings and your children's favourite toys. But to make sure you don't forget anything, we have put together a holiday with children checklist. We look forward to your visit!
Where can I find a checklist for holidays with children?
Holidays with children can be a challenge. Just don't forget anything! To avoid unpleasant surprises, we have put together a packing list for holidays with children and a checklist for holidays with children. We wish you every success in organising your holiday and a pleasant journey to the family hotel Alphotel**** in Kleinwalsertal in Austria.
What do I need to take with me on holiday for the baby?
Babies have even more special requirements than older children. That's why it's an art to take everything important with you, not to forget anything urgent and still have room for mum and dad's things. At the Familienhotel Alphotel we can "help" you with the packing. Prams, baby carriers, baby monitors, baby food, high chairs, changing mats and much more are available. The rest is in our packing lists. Browse through our checklists and packing lists for your holiday with children and enjoy the comfort of a holiday at the Kinderhotel Alphotel.