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Train/plane are my options. One adult, three teens (16,16 and 13), a nine year old and a toddler( 2 1/2). Ten points for specifics on destinations and cost. Example: Seattle to New York train $? We will not travel til June
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Unfortunately, that's the most expensive time of year to travel. I have travelled on both United/Lufthansa (Star Alliance) and Northwest/KLM to Kyiv for about the same price, but the service on Northwest/KLM is not good. Others have also found United/Lufthansa to have both the best prices and the best service. My daughters flew to Kyiv at Christmas of 07 and had a terrible experience on Delta/Alitalia. The cost for that time of year might be about $1000/person (but it varies). From Kyiv to Odessa you ride the train and can buy tickets right at the train station in Kyiv. Train travel in Ukraine is very inexpensive, I don't know the exact cost, but tickets weren't more than $50 round trip going anywhere as I recall from 2008. The cost also depends on whether you travel in a seat, in a 6-person open bay, in a 4-person compartment, or in a 2-person compartment. The open bays are a crap shoot on whether there are men drinking heavily all night in the car and on how old the car is. If you don't speak Ukrainian and want some privacy, it's better to book two 4-bed compartments (yes, buy two extra beds). If the kids have never been to Eastern Europe before, the train toilets in the open-bay cars are, well, "not clean and comfortable", to say the least. The more you pay for the train, the better the train toilets are. For boys, it's OK, but if you're travelling with teenage girls.... The trip from Kyiv to Odessa is at least a half dozen hours, so don't think you can "just hold it" for that long. Luggage space is at a premium on all these trains. It's better to have your travel agent get your tickets if you don't speak either Ukrainian or Russian.
Unfortunately, that's the most expensive time of year to travel. I have travelled on both United/Lufthansa (Star Alliance) and Northwest/KLM to Kyiv for about the same price, but the service on Northwest/KLM is not good. Others have also found United/Lufthansa to have both the best prices and the best service. My daughters flew to Kyiv at Christmas of 07 and had a terrible experience on Delta/Alitalia. The cost for that time of year might be about $1000/person (but it varies). From Kyiv to Odessa you ride the train and can buy tickets right at the train station in Kyiv. Train travel in Ukraine is very inexpensive, I don't know the exact cost, but tickets weren't more than $50 round trip going anywhere as I recall from 2008. The cost also depends on whether you travel in a seat, in a 6-person open bay, in a 4-person compartment, or in a 2-person compartment. The open bays are a crap shoot on whether there are men drinking heavily all night in the car and on how old the car is. If you don't speak Ukrainian and want some privacy, it's better to book two 4-bed compartments (yes, buy two extra beds). If the kids have never been to Eastern Europe before, the train toilets in the open-bay cars are, well, "not clean and comfortable", to say the least. The more you pay for the train, the better the train toilets are. For boys, it's OK, but if you're travelling with teenage girls.... The trip from Kyiv to Odessa is at least a half dozen hours, so don't think you can "just hold it" for that long. Luggage space is at a premium on all these trains. It's better to have your travel agent get your tickets if you don't speak either Ukrainian or Russian.
Is it safe for a 2 yr old to sleep on a regular (non-toddler) air matress?
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This will be our first trip to Grandma's since she's transitioned to a toddler bed. I don't want her sleeping on the floor as there have been scorpions in her house from time to time (live in the Southwest) and I'm afraid she will fall out of a regular bed. We just got rid of our Pack 'N Play because she hated being confined and would just climb out. Our options at this time are the air matress or a double bed (one of which is for my husband and I). I'm afraid that there may be a suffication hazard for a small child on an air matress.
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She will be fine on an air mattres. She is developed enough to wake up if her breathing is blocked. We take my son camping and he sleeps on our air mattress just fine. We usually use his cot though.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4433186
Its a Regalo "my cot" porable travel bed and it is amazing. My son loves it. And the edges are alittle raised so she should have a hard time falling off and the cross bar underneath is contoured so it nice and cozy. Good Luck
She will be fine on an air mattres. She is developed enough to wake up if her breathing is blocked. We take my son camping and he sleeps on our air mattress just fine. We usually use his cot though.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4433186
Its a Regalo "my cot" porable travel bed and it is amazing. My son loves it. And the edges are alittle raised so she should have a hard time falling off and the cross bar underneath is contoured so it nice and cozy. Good Luck
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