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Whether it’s by car, train, boat, or plane, your first trip withyour kids or your fifth, the preparation can be daunting. Unlikecelebrities, most of us don’t have an entourage of nannies and personalassistants to help us manage the process, or access to private jets,but we came up with some of our favorite travel tips to help you travellike a celebrity. So grab your huge sunglasses and check out our summer travel cheat sheet to minimize the stress.

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As the official beginning of summer, end of school, and Fourth of July weekend approaches, all of us at CBB are starting to think about our travel plans for the summer. (Josh, Anya and I are getting ready for our two week trip to Italy this weekend!)

Whether it’s by car, train, boat, or plane, your first trip with your kids or your fifth, the preparation can be daunting. Unlike celebrities, most of us don’t have an entourage of nannies and personal assistants to help us manage the process, or access to private jets, but we came up with some of our favorite travel tips to help you travel like a celebrity. So grab your huge sunglasses and check out our summer travel cheat sheet to minimize the stress.

Above left: Heidi Klum leads daughter Leni, 4, into LAX. Below right: Matt Damon and daughter Isabella, 2, made his way out of LAX.(All celebrity photos by bauergriffinonline.com)

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Whether it’s by car, train, boat, or plane, your first trip withyour kids or your fifth, the preparation can be daunting. Unlikecelebrities, most of us don’t have an entourage of nannies and personalassistants to help us manage the process, or access to private jets,but we came up with some of our favorite travel tips to help you travellike a celebrity. So grab your huge sunglasses and check out our summer travel cheat sheet to minimize the stress.

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Tip #3:
Whether or not you’re a parent who believes in TV, portable DVD players are perfect for long flights and car trips. We’ve been using the Audiovox Kids 6.2" DVD Player($99) for the last few months and it’s eliminated a lot of demands for "uppy uppy!" One bonus of this model is that thebuttons are on the top so younger children will be less likely to messaround with them. Bring a movie your child loves and maybe a new one. Don’t forget child-sized headphones like these from iFrogz ($8), which will fit her smaller keppe better.

If you have a video iPod, kid-proof it by putting it in an iFrogz Tadpole Wrapz($20), which has handles for your child to hold and watch any movie you’ve uploaded to it. Foran additional $5, you can get an optional protective sheet oftransparent plastic that lays overthe screen, protecting the iPod from scratching and wear and tear,further kid-proofing it.

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Whether it’s by car, train, boat, or plane, your first trip withyour kids or your fifth, the preparation can be daunting. Unlikecelebrities, most of us don’t have an entourage of nannies and personalassistants to help us manage the process, or access to private jets,but we came up with some of our favorite travel tips to help you travellike a celebrity. So grab your huge sunglasses and check out our summer travel cheat sheet to minimize the stress.

Click Continue Reading for what to pack and more tips.

Photo: Heidi Klum with son Johan (bauergriffinonline.com)

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Tip #2:
You may know that if your child is under 2, you are not required by domestic airlines to buy aseat, and since we don’t have Heidi Klum and Seal’smoney for a whole row of seats for your underage crew, you may havethough you’re going to have to suck it up and put the babes on laps.Because airlines have a tendency to overbook flights and are flyingfewer planes, it’s rare toget an adjacent empty seat. But there’s always a remotechance- when you get to your gate, be super duper nice to the gateattendants before boarding and they may help you if they can. Arrive atthe gate early, let them know you have an infant and would appreciateit if they canmove you near any empty seats so you can can use it for your child.Board last and if there aren’t any available empty seats, you can gatecheck the car seat.

Pop Quiz: Which son is Heidi Klum carrying: Henry or Johan?

For the answer and lots more tips for travel via airplane, click here.

Photo by Bauer Griffin.

Tip #1
Reduce the amount of gear you carry with an all-in-one product like Lilly Gold’s Sit’n'Stroll($220), a 5-in-1 product that you can use as a rear- and forward-facingcar seat, a stroller, toddler dining booster seat, and an FAA certifiedairline seat.

Pop Quiz: Can you guess who this exhausted young traveler is, seated in a Lilly Gold Sit’n'Stroll?