Brit mum issues important advice to parents travelling to Spain

A mum has issued important advice to all parents of young children in the UK considering a trip to one of several Spanish islands.

Mother-of-one, Melissa O’Donnell, highlighted a company that came to her baby’s aid as she embarked on a family holiday to Gran Canaria. “If you are taking a baby abroad to one of these locations – Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Fuerteventura – you need to listen to this,” she began in a TikTok video.

Ackowledging that the company in question was in no way involved in the creation of her clip, Melissa declared: “I’m doing this off my own back – I just want people to know how helpful it is.” She continued, explaining that Travel 4 Baby offers parents the opportunity to hire “anything you could possibly need” for your baby whilst you are away.

“Cots, bath seats, sterilising machines, buggies, car seats – even down to potties – they have everything you’d want to put it in your suitcase but aren’t able to bring,” Melissa enthused. “They are priced really fairly too.”

To emphasise her point, she advised that she paid €20 [£17.34] for a snooze shade “for as long as we wanted it”. Melissa added: “They drop the item off at the hotel wherever you are staying and come and pick it up the day that you leave.”

Dozens of others were quick to praise Travel 4 Baby too, meanwhile, drawing on their own travel experiences with the company. “We used them when we went to Lanzarote!” one TikTok user penned. “They have no idea how much it helped us!”

A second person added: “We used them for Lanzarote when baby was only 12 weeks old. When we arrived at hotel the steriliser, bottle, formula and water were all there when we arrived at check in. Definitely recommend them.”

A third commented: “We hired so much from them in Tenerife last month. Made life so much easier and they were brilliant to deal with. Everything waiting for us at the hotel.”

Whilst a fourth TikTok user revealed: “They are fab. We used them back in 2022 for our little one’s first holiday. Walker (so he can mooch about tiled rooms safely) and travel cot. But they have so much more – even bottle safe water – fab company.”

Travel 4 Baby advises online that it also caters for those holidaying to several destinations across Spain and Portugal including major cities – and hopes to apply it services to further hotspots including Benidorm in the near future.

The company offers further advice online, listing its top tips for a stress free trip with baby – which are:

• On the plane, babies under two years old can sit on your knee or some airlines let you book and pay for an extra seat for more space and comfort
• Change your babies nappy or take them to the toilet just before you board the aircraft
• Try keep them awake at the airport so they will sleep on the plane (fingers crossed!)
• Feed them when you get on the plane rather than before. The combination of feeding and the rocking and noise of the plane, will often send your baby to sleep.
• Take extra formula, snacks, nappies etc just in case of a delay.
• Always remember, if you don’t want to be traveling with too much luggage and baby items, check with us before you travel as most baby items can be hired and delivered to you in resort. Travel 4 baby has everything you will need and the less luggage you have to bring the better.