Yep! Always pays to plan for any eventuality.

Erin, we usually give Tom a piece of paper/card/tag with our details on it and tell him that if he gets lost he needs to go into a shop and ask a mummy with kids to help him (sorry for the stereotype but it needs to be consistent around the world). I recently bought baggage tags that are shaped like lego pieces (my 5 year olds request) and I am thinking of using those to attach to their belt loops when we are in Europe this summer. I had a cute little bracelet (thick rubber band) with our details on it, however they kept rubbing off when it was hot. If we are close to home we put our mobile phone numbers and local details, when were a long way away we used our passport details, hotel names and wrote a message telling whoever found him to take him to the Australian Embassy in a certain country and all costs would be paid for (This was when we were in Morocco – Fez and there was no Australian Embassy so we ask for them to contact Madrid). It is a scary thought and we are now about to go through explaining it all to our 2.5 year old!

Great article Talon!

It hadn’t occurred to me either until Theodora’s incident in Egypt. And even though my son is older, he never really pays attention to the name of our hotel or how to get there since he just relies on me.

Thanks for tip I will use it on our next holiday later in the year.

It can be so hard to remember what they were wearing when you’re stressed. Even if you aren’t, really.

It was a bit of a challenge remaining calm until I saw him get off the train. Sometimes you wonder if they’ll remember what to do.