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When your child is still a baby, you can still travel like you traveled before. Babies sleep in the most awkward positions.
When the children hit the toddler phase, traveling gets complicated where the afternoon nap can complicate things. If your child still regularly takes a nap, doing a continuous road trip gets complicated if not impossible.
A very ...
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From my personal experience, you should expect to spend 50% more time doing the same trip as you would without your daughter (e.g. 6 weeks instead of 4). Also I would advise to always plan a few days ahead - finding accommodation after dark probably used to be minor annoyance before, but it can easily be a nightmare for both parents and the child now.
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It does depend on where you are staying, of course, but I have found in the past that most mid-range-to-luxury hotels (and sometimes budget ones, too) will have a scale available, even if there isn't one in the room. Just ask at the front desk / concierge / etc.
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I've gone to a courier or post office in the local area in the past. They have large industrial-sized scales that will easily take your backpack/bag/suitcase/camel and give you an accurate reading of the weight. Sometimes it's even in the public area so you don't need to check with anyone,but otherwise ask and act like the crazy tourist, panicking over ...
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As Simon suggested, you do not have to estimate and can buy a handheld scale which you place in your luggage after measuring if you intend to acquire things during you travel.
Prior to having one of those I estimated and was rarely off by more than a few pounds. The idea is very simple: learn what 50 lbs feels like. You have to do this at home by lifting ...
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Invest in handheld digital weighing scales
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The most usual case when the rental companies will upgrade your car to the next better class is when there are no cars of your class available, so if you rent from an off airport office you're more likely to get a better car then when you rent from a larger office like the ones at major airports.
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I once booked a compact (i.e. cheapest available) car at Avis in Germany via Internet, and included a satnav option. Because they didn't have (or didn't want to bother with) a portable satnav, I got a Ford S-Max with a builtin one.
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In my experience, there are four things which affect your chances of getting an upgrade.
The first, and easiest to arrange, is being a member of the loyalty program for that hotel chain. You'll often need to be at least off the bottom rung to get a very good upgrade, and suites tend to only come for people with the highest status. However, when deciding who ...
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Getting hotel upgrades is indeed like getting flight upgrades -- the odds are low, and stay low even if you try to game the system, but occasionally you win.
First of all, it's important to understand that there are "upgrades" and then there are upgrades. A slightly larger room or a room facing the park instead of the parking lot is a small upgrade and ...
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Honestly, the Piccadilly Line is what I'd do. I'm not sure how you feel you'll take two trains to get there tho - from Heathrow, depending on the terminal it's direct all the way to Kings Cross - 23-25 stops. (Takes about an hour). I've done this very trip myself.
In terms of luggage, that line is the arrivals line - people expect the luggage, and unless ...
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As a Londoner who does that route a lot:
The easiest option is to take a taxi, which have plenty of room for luggage. However, it will be quite expensive, probably around £80.
The cheapest option (excluding buses, which would be ridiculously tedious) would be the tube, which will cost £5.50 per person each way - assuming you are paying cash (you can save ...
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