First family holiday abroad

[CazSilvs]

Hi all, we're looking at booking our first abroad holiday with our son for around October time. LB will be around 10 months at that point and this would be his first time on a plane.
Hubby and I have always said we would carry on doing trips we love - we've done Canada and Iceland fly drives, multiple historical city breaks etc. but the idea of a cheap all inclusive has been mentioned to us as easy for babys first holiday.
We did look at Rome possibly but someone said it's not pushchair friendly? Hubby is keen on the Nordic area for city breaks too.
Just have no idea what's good for an under 1 year old, or how easy it will be to travel with him at that point

If a fly-and-flop all inclusive isn’t your thing, then don’t feel you have to do it. Copenhagen is very pushchair friendly and almost every cafe we went into had a high chair and baby changing. We stayed in Charlottehaven serviced apartments which provided us with a cot, high chair and bottle warmer.

We did a 'fly and flop half board', family holiday abroad with 3yo and 4m old. Not my cup of tea! Everything was made so so easy though as.didnt need to worry or think about any kids.or.baby.equipment as it was all provided which was the bonus.side. Still wouldn't do it again, We're travellers at heart.
When my eldest was under 1 we stick to holidays we could drive to so we could load up the car with baby stuff like travel cot and highchair etc. That worked well. Lots of lovely air bnbs.

I'd go to Rome. Leave buggy behind, take a baby carrier. Take a travel cot on the plane as baby equipment or co-sleep/bed-share. Take a Chicco pocket snack travel highchair (or just don't bother!). Take enough nappies to fill out your backpack and pick up more local brands when you're there. If breastfeeding you won't need to worry about packing formula or bottles/equipment either otherwise find a way to pack what you'll need minimally. Find a place to stay with laundry facilities.

Something to consider will be how mobile your baby might be at 10m. They're all different but for context, my youngest was cruising furniture at 10m old and my eldest was a speedy crawler! So choose somewhere easy to baby proof your room.

Yes Copenhagen is good.

At 10 months mine was already walking confidently so needed time to run about, so I would bare that in mind. Somewhere you can explore with baby in pram or sling, but stop off in child friendly museums or park areas to stretch out and toddle is ideal.

We didn't do AI until DD was 7, she was such an early riser and wouldn't sleep in the pushchair so an appartment and she in bed and us on the balcony/couch with wine was perfect. An appartment doesn't mean you have to clook and clean all the time. We just did breakfast and the rest was eaten on the go/restaurants.

We did a lot of exploring but stopped road trips as a bored baby/toddler in the car is a nightmare for more than a day or two.

Citybreaks are great, we live in London and carried DD to all museums and historic houses from birth. You just need to plan things differently.

I would invest in a good carrier plus the pram. Research baby/toddler friendly areas and playgrounds and parks.

Nordic countries are great but keep in mind that October is already getting cold and dark. I would wait until you can go in June or July. You don't want to be restricted when outside.

Thanks for the replies everyone!

We are definitely leaning towards Rome now and hubby is saying he'll carry him in the baby Bjorn while we're there and try to find a hotel that rents strollers out

Actually just take decent pram with you to Rome. A bigger wheel pram is better due to cobble stones. But Rome is very baby friendly. You can actually skip queues at Vatican if you have a baby or pram with you

DD outgrew the BabyBjoern when she was 5 months. And it's a fairly bad carrier to be honest. Look at Ergobaby ones.

I would go for a back one, similar to a hiking backpack. They sit up higher, can see a lot and ours also had storage. DH found it also more comfortable for longer stretches than a front soft carrier.

We have a backpack style one too that we would take as well, thanks for the tip!