Eating While Traveling

Keywords: dining, travel

By Stacy DeBroff

When my kids were small and we would be staying in the same hotel room for a number of days, I would feed them food from room service in the bathtub to contain all the mess. The kids thought it was a riot, and I stopped worrying about smeared ketchup on the bedspreads. —Bryan Bromley, mom of Ben, 8, Emma, 5, and Spencer, 1

I always call ahead to find a grocery delivery service so we have will staples, snacks, and drinks waiting for us when we arrive, and don’t have to totally depend on hotel room service. —Anonymous

• Eat a big breakfast. It’s often the cheapest, most reliable meal you can find.

• If you go to fast-food restaurants, look for restaurants that offer more healthy options than burgers and french fries.

• Take advantage of room service to allow your child to eat without being on his best manners and to take a break from the bustle of being outside all day long.

Stacy, heralded as a “parenting guru” by the Wall Street Journal, authored four best-selling parenting books (Simon & Schuster) and launched Mom Central, Inc. (www.MomCentral.com), a company devoted to providing savvy advice to simplify and enrich the lives of busy Moms and their families. Stacy appears as a regular parenting expert on national TV show, including NBC’s Today Show, CNN, The View, Tyra Banks Show, CBS’ Early Show, The Daily Buzz, Mike And Juliet, Fox & Friends, and the Rachael Ray Show. Stacy also serves as a corporate spokesperson, trendspotting for the media on behalf of over 30 national brands.

In the 1990’s, Stacy founded and ran as an attorney the Public Interest Office at Harvard Law School. Stacy lives with her husband, Ron, and happily engages in imperfect parenting of their two teens, Kyle and Brooks, in Boston, Massachusetts.