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Security Tips for Kids Traveling Alone
Nowadays as both parents pursue busy work schedules, children are being forced to travel alone. Appreciating this ground reality, several commercial airlines allow children above 5 years to fly alone. Most children are not aware of air travel safety and hence can easily get into trouble. Here are some valuable tips for children flying alone.
- Never let your child to travel alone if it is his/her first time travel.
- Allow the child to travel light and only with essential luggage.
- Teach the child about all likely problems during their travel and the means to overcome.
- You should leave with the child a copy of all of the contact information so that any Good Samaritan passenger can act if the child encounters problems.
- As far as possible avoid sending the child alone on night flights. It is safer for the child to travel in broad daylight.
- Provide the child with sufficient money so that he can use it in emergency.
- Request a fellow passenger to guide the child to the aircraft and his/her allotted seat if you are not allowed to enter the aircraft.
- Make sure the child remembers the destination city/town name properly. Instruct him/her to contact you or the airport authority or aircraft crew member if anything goes wrong..
- You should tutor the child about things that are likely to happen during the flight, and what kind of experiences the child can expect.They should know basic things such as the location of the toilet, the duration of the flight, how to take the help of air hostess and who will pick them up. .
- You should reach the airport early and staying for a while after your child’s flight departs. If there are last-minute changes before the flight's scheduled departure, being early will help you deal with the situation better.
- Try to select a non-stop flight as they would be safer and also appropriate for children that are less mature.
- If the child has to change planes, make arrangements with the airline for supervising the child when traveling between gates and while in waiting area.
- Provide the child with a full-charged mobile phone as well as the charger and also train him/her on how to operate the phone.
- Air passengers are invariably sympathetic and helpful to the young children traveling alone. Pick on a trustworthy passenger and ask him/her to look after the child during travel.
- Educate the child to be guarded against strangers and instruct them to report any complaints of bad behavior to the air hostess or cabin crew.
- Train your child not to part with any sensitive information to co-passengers – particularly details like full name, their home address, their telephone number, or where they are heading to.
- Inform the lead flight attendant about the child traveling alone so that he can keep a watchful eye on the child.
- Every airline has different policies on how to take care of unaccompanied children. Find out the airlines policies for escorting children at connection airports and accommodations in the event that the flight is delayed or cancelled.
- Provide the child appropriate books and toys and snacks to keep him/her busy during travel.
- Provide all details to whichever person is picking up the child at the end destination. You should have the pickup person arrive early at the airport and he should contact you as soon as the flight lands and the child is picked up.
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