Family travel typically involves kids, and traveling families with kids can encounter some unexpected gotchas. Many of you will be traveling with kids or arranging for kids to travel fairly soon. Here’s a checklist of arrangements you need to consider.
1. ID. Even if you’re just taking a road trip, it’s a good idea for each kid to have a government-approved photo ID of one sort or another. And if you’re flying, you need the obvious ID required by TSA. Fortunately, TSA’s latest deadline for REAL-ID driver’s licenses is now May 3, 2023. A few situations even require that you show a birth certificate. Also, vaccination records can still be required by private facilities even if governments don’t.
