Safe Ways to Enjoy Single Parent Vacations

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Who would have thought that single parents will be given such importance, as they become the target customers of many traveling agencies particularly in the US and UK? It is absolutely a positive and amazing thing.

Years ago, they are not entitled to travel discounts because packages usually include a partner in order to qualify but now, there are more than exciting packages meant especially for them.

These are the concerns of a lot of single parents, who may have gone through a divorce, death of spouse or partner or single parent adoption.

In Matthew Link’s article Single Parents Travel: More Resorts Offer Deal, it is thought that the reasons behind the change are more than just to accept the idea that there are single-parent families who go on vacations.

It can also be because of the decelerating economy in the travel industry. As travel agencies find ways to generate profits, they have opened their minds to the idea of including single parent-families in their target market.

Brenda Elwell, author of the Single Parent Travel Handbook, realized this need to address the increasing demand for single parent vacations as well as the need to customize a convenient package meant specifically for them.

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In 2000, she put up the first single parent traveling agency in the US, Single Parent Travel. Nowadays, there are a lot of traveling agencies for single parents. Although there are very little changes in terms of costs, there are quite helpful considerations.

Teresa Plowright, in her article, Single Parent Travel, discusses the difficulties that single parents experience when traveling with their children and also highlights some of the promotions they get.

Aside from the costs, sole parents also have other concerns such as not feeling comfortable in mingling with married couples – which is sometimes unavoidable. In light of this, more traveling agencies offer tours specifically for single parent families to ensure that parents do not feel awkward.

At the same time, this gives them the chance to meet other single parent families like theirs, with the company of their children. In traveling with children, single parents are in a more risky situation because there is usually just one adult to watch over the children and take care of them.

Plowright emphasizes the importance of being aware of the documents that need to be prepared when traveling to other countries.

There have been cases of abductions of children of single parents by another parent and for this reason, parents must be really careful and must take the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of their children.

When crossing from US to Canada or vice versa, single parents must bring and present copies of legal documents that prove that they are the custodial parents and are given permission by the non-custodial  parent to go out of the country.

Other documents that must be secured include identification cards, passports, birth certificate, citizenship card and permanent resident card among others. Prior to traveling, it is therefore advised that parents check entrance policies in the country where they are headed to.

This will help them avoid unnecessary problems that may further cause delay.  If parents are more prepared, then they will be able to ensure the safety of their children more.

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