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How To Plan A Trip To Europe With Kids (important Tips)

Family of four posing for a photo in front of the Colosseum in Rome

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Planning a trip to Europe with kids is equal parts exciting and equal parts daunting. It’s unlike any other destination as it involves multiple countries in one land mass, each with their own cultures, rules, foods, and prices.

At the Colosseum in Rome

Europe is filled in and jam packed with endless things to do. How do you decide where to go, what to spend, how to get around, and what to do in each country, while making sure the kids are entertained and happy?

We recently visited Europe for four weeks, visiting Paris and the Loire Valley in France; Rome, Tuscany, Florence, Cinque Terre, Verona, and Venice in Italy; plus we did an 8-day Danube River cruise with Avalon Waterways from Germany to Budapest, and Hungary.

Mom and two daughters standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Ready to go up the Eiffel Tower

Our Europe trip was not perfect, and we made plenty of mistakes, and sometimes had unhappy bored teens, but overall, it was an incredible experience that we’d do over (while correcting those mistakes).

From our mistakes we learned plenty of tips on how to plan a trip to Europe with kids, including what you need to know once you get there! In this guide, we’ve shared those mistakes with you to help you learn from them, but also so you can see we are real-life travelers sharing these tips.

Exploring Venice on our day trip from Verona by train.

Grab an Aperol Spritz and get comfortable. It’s a long post, but full of valuable information – so you won’t need to keep searching. If you find it helpful, please share it with a friend traveling to Europe as a family!

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How To Plan A Trip To Europe With Kids

Before you start planning and booking things in, you’ll want to consider the following so you can get it as close to great as possible. 

1. Get Travel Insurance Before You Start Booking Things

Mom and two daughters biking in front od a colosseum
Biking in Verona, Italy

Most people leave purchasing a travel insurance policy to the last minute. But, what if, after you book your flights, something unexpected happens and you can no longer travel – you’re not protected!

Protection starts from the moment you purchase insurance. Having travel insurance takes away many stresses and hassles of traveling if something goes wrong. 

We love having an annual travel insurance policy that covers our entire family. We travel frequently enough to warrant it. It means we can plan a trip, pack our bags and…

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