Swimsuit [true to size] // Sun shades // Hubby’s Trunks
Katy right here, one of many content material creators right here at LIY! My husband (Zach), 3 month outdated (now 4 months, Denver), and I not too long ago traveled to Longboat Key, FL for just a little household vacay! ☀️ Longboat Key’s an attractive little spot, not too removed from Erin’s home and fav spot, Anna Maria Island! Whereas we had been there the Crimson Tide was fairly sturdy, however the climate was superb & we had been NOT prepared to go away 🤣 I wished to share some suggestions and tips that had been useful for me alongside the way in which touring with a younger child. HOWEVER, when you’re simply fascinated about issues to do in Longboat Key, I’ve shared some fav locations to eat and different enjoyable on the backside of this put up as nicely!
(not at all am I’m professional, simply making an attempt to assist in any approach I can!)
✈️ You possibly can verify or gate verify your stroller & automotive seat totally free! We ended up gate checking for simple wheeling across the airport + to have a spot for Denver to hold in the course of the layover. I do advocate overlaying them up both approach to keep away from injury when being tossed round on the planes! You should buy precise covers on Amazon, carry giant trash luggage, or ask the airline counter if they’ve luggage to tie round your automotive seat & stroller!
✈️ Nurse or have them suck on a paci throughout take off + touchdown to assist with stress adjustments! These are my favourite nursing bras. Additionally, this cowl is certainly one of my FAVORITE issues. I take advantage of it as a nursing cowl and automotive seat cowl to maintain solar/wind out of his eyes!
✈️Have a change of garments within the diaper bag for child + you simply in case for the journey days. P.S. airplane restrooms have a diaper altering pullout. I LOVE my diaper bag & it’s beneath $35!
✈️ If attainable, keep someplace the place you possibly can stroll to the seaside and go up and down out of your room simply! With a younger child we couldn’t keep out within the solar for too lengthy at a time, so it was tremendous tremendous useful to have the ability to return & forth from our room rapidly & simply! We stayed at 4 Winds Seaside Resort. It’s not the fanciest place, nevertheless it’s clear, an incredible worth, and proper on the seaside!
✈️ Convey a wide range of layers and forms of clothes! In the course of the day he wanted brief sleeves and swim apparel and within the evenings/to observe a sundown we’d put him in a sweatshirt or one thing hotter.
Denver’s Outfit // Denver’s Hat // Gown [true to size] // Hat
✈️ Ask if the place you’re staying has a pack and play already to keep away from having to carry one! This was the case with the place we stayed and it was SO a lot simpler this manner!
✈️ I packed diapers & wipes in my suitcase, however you can additionally all the time purchase them when you arrive! I additionally introduced a transportable altering pad and small sound machine (LOVE this one for journey).
✈️ Convey a child sporting provider for walks on the seaside
✈️ Our resort offered tables, chairs, and small tables on the seaside; so we simply introduced the automotive seat down and sat it on the small desk beneath the umbrella between us for seaside days! Since he’s not large enough to play on the seaside and I wished to keep away from getting sand in his eyes, and so forth. – this was the best possibility for us! I additionally bought this sand free seaside blanket to carry, however we didn’t find yourself utilizing it for his present age!
The place to eat in Longboat Key
(I like to recommend making reservations for something!):
Shore (places on Longboat Key and St. Armands Circle)
Dry Dock (my go-to order is the Lobster Roll combo – one lobster roll with lobster bisque mmmm)
Drift Kitchen & Bar (on the eighth flooring of Lido Key Seaside Resort)
The place to remain:
There are SO many locations to remain alongside the seaside however you can additionally try Airbnb, VRBO, or native resorts! As I discussed, we stayed at 4 Winds Seaside Resort. I assumed it was an ideal location and nice worth level! I additionally cherished which you can stroll to Publix throughout the road to seize groceries. We ended up cooking or grilling virtually each meal at our apartment!
The place to fly in:
We flew into the Sarasota/Bradenton airport (which is a couple of 30 minute drive to Longboat). We did lease a automotive since we needed to have a automotive seat for Denver, however in any other case I might have most likely simply taken an Uber from the airport to our resort! Since we may stroll to the grocery retailer and the seaside, we truthfully didn’t get in our automotive for a lot moreover the couple of occasions we went to dinner! The Tampa airport can be a couple of 1.5 hour drive away and the St. Petersburg airport is round a 1 hour drive!
I hope you’ve a tremendous journey + recollections to final a lifetime. CHEERS!
When Katy isn’t writing weblog posts, providing up the most recent fashion options, main our Ambassador program and sharing her most up-to-date Amazon finds, you’ll find her doing what she does finest – belting out her note-worthy vocals in her band, Perhaps April. This Enneagram 3 could be discovered cheering on the Arkansas Razorbacks, venturing out on the most recent & best outside journey, spending time along with her household and mates and crafting up her beloved do-it-yourself lattes most mornings. Katy and her hubby simply welcomed child Denver to the household!