27 Top Tips for Your First Holiday With Baby

We’re just back from our first holiday with baby Reggie, and I’m happy to say, we had a great time! We went to Sardinia for our baby’s first holiday, and I learned a lot. Here are a few tips to help your baby’s first trip go as smoothly as possible.

I agonised for many evenings over what to take on our first holiday with baby Reggie. Obviously there’s so much online about travelling with a baby and baby’s first holiday, but none of what I read really resonated with me. As all parents know, every baby is very different.

I read a lot, thought a lot and ended up going with the (informed) flow. I also learned a lot and made a few mistakes which I’ll rectify next time.

I wanted to share what I’ve learned about baby’s first holiday abroad to help you plan yours.

Top tips for your first holiday with baby

Taking your first trip with your baby? Here’s all the advice you need!

1. Your hotel choice is everything

There wasn’t much online about our hotel, which was really annoying. I read every Tripadvisor review, and booking review and easyJet review too, but I just couldn’t find out whether we were going to have a microwave or not. In hindsight, I could’ve just phoned.

Reading every review ever really paid off though. I knew everything there was about that hotel, including the very important fact that if we had a junior suite, which we did, we had free entry to the spa. No one else seemed to know this, and the spa was ours alone for the week.

But, more usefully for your baby’s first holiday, questions to ask of your hotel include: