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PLANE PAL IS… ‘PLANE’ AND SIMPLE GENIUS
Invented by an Aussie mother of three with a clear vision to make travelling with children less stressful, Plane Pal is the answer to parents actually being able to enjoy a flight, watch a movie and perhaps even get some shut-eye for a change!
HOW DOES IT WORK?
For instant comfort at 30,000 feet, simply inflate and place in front of a plane seat. Voila!
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Sounds simple enough? But wait, there’s more!
FIVE THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT PLANE PAL
1. IT’S BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN
While Plane Pal was designed with aircraft in mind, it can be used en route virtually anywhere!
- In the car – with the bonus of little ones being unable to kick your seat, and for reasons I can’t explain, their heads don’t seem to flop forward as much either (added bonus)!
- On the train
- On the bus
- In the caravan
- And even in your living room as an ottoman! (Trés chic, non?)
2. IT’S EASIER TO INFLATE THAN A POOL DONUT
Plane Pal comes with a handy inflation kit. But, you can also easily inflate it yourself. If you’ve got enough puff for a pool donut, then Plane Pal will feel like a breeze. Only takes a couple of minutes to inflate – and seconds to deflate!
3. UPSIDE DOWN, ROUND AND ROUND
Depending on your use for Plane Pal, it will fit virtually any aircraft, bus, car, train or caravan. Place it length ways for the exit/bulkhead row, sideways, right way up, upside down, partially deflated, the options are endless.
Length ways for Bulkhead rows
Upside down for budget carriers (and also cars)
Right way up for Standard airlines
4. KEEP CALM AND PUT THOSE FEET UP
We love that Plane Pal has two chambers. So if you prefer a footrest, simply inflate only the top section to achieve instant anti-DVT leg support.
5. SEAL OF APPROVAL
Plane Pal is approved by over 40 airlines! Just keep it deflated during take off and landing and avoid the aisle seats. Otherwise, you’re good to go!
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WANT TO WIN ONE?
Plane Pal are giving away 5 major travel prizes over 5 months!
WHAT YOU CAN WIN!
1 x Plane Pal Travel Pillow with Pump – worth $79.95
OR
2 x 6 Packs of Packing Pals (Including Free Laundry Bag) – worth $119.90
Prizes alternate every month for 12 months
FIVE WAYS TO ENTER
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- LIKE the competition post pinned to the top of our page.
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- LIKE the competition post.
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GOOD LUCK!
THE FINE PRINT:
- Open to Australian Residents only
- Winners will be notified within 24 hours of entry closure date
- If prizes are not claimed within 14 days of competition closure, an alternate winner will be re-drawn and notified
- Prize One: 1 x Plane Pal Travel Pillow including Pump Kit worth $79.95: Entries Open: 30 Jan 2019 | Entries Close: Midnight AEST 28 Feb 2019
- Prize Two: 2 x Plane Pal Packing Pals in your choice of colour worth $119.90: Entries Open: 1 Mar 2019 | Entries Close:Midnight AEST 31 Mar 2019
- Prize Three: 1 x Plane Pal Travel Pillow including Pump Kit worth $79.95: Entries Open: 1 Apr 2019 | Entries Close:Midnight AEST 30 Apr 2019
- Prize Four: 2 x Plane Pal Packing Pals in your choice of colour worth $119.90: Entries Open: 1 May 2019 | Entries Close:Midnight AEST 31 May 2019
- Prize Five: 1 x Plane Pal Travel Pillow including Pump Kit worth $79.95: Entries Open: 1 Jun 2019 | Entries Close:Midnight AEST 30 Jun 2019
THE FAMILY TRAVEL HUB X PLANE PAL
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- LIKE The Family Travel Hub & Plane Pal Facebook pages
- LIKE the competition post pinned to the top of our page.
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- FOLLOW The Family Travel Hub & Plane Pal Instagram accounts
- LIKE the competition post.
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12. The prizes is as follows: Either 1 x Plane Pal Travel Pillow including Pump Kits worth $79.95 or 2 x Plane Pal Packing Pals in the winner’s choice of colour worth $119.90
13. The prizes are as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
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New Zealand was a great destination for me and my then 10 month old. Roadtrip! With so much beautiful scenery, and distances not all that far between destinations, made travelling with a bubby quite painless.
Indonesia! My favourite destination to visit my family. That’s would be perfect for my daughter.
We had so much fun in Noosa as a family of 4 recently! It’s quite far for us west aussies to travel, plane pal would certainly make the journey easier!
This will come in handy for my next oversea trip
Oh I saw this at the One Fine Baby show – it would be amazing for travelling. We’re doing a huge family (10 adults, 7 kids) trip to Malaysia over Christmas – there’d be fights over who could use the Plane Pal!
Favourite family friendly destination for our tribe is Spain – welcoming, walkable cities such as Barcelona, islands vibes and the most family friendly beaches and restaurants in Ibiza, villages filled with history and locals who love kids! Plane pal would be such a wonderful addition to our family especially on the long hail flights with three kids!!
Favourite family holiday destination would have to be somewhere tropical like Fiji or Thailand. We also like camping if we dont have the time or money to go overseas.
As we have family back in the USA we are always looking for ways to make traveling from Sydney to LA as smooth as possible. This would be great for our family
What a fantastic idea! Wish they were around when my first born was little!
We just got back from our 3rd time in Fiji. We have friends that live over there so it’s our favourite place to go with the kids. We’ve explored Denarau and pacific harbour so far.
Fiji and Hamilton Island are our favourite family dEstinations
I would love to try a plane pal on our flights from
Australia to New York in September! A flight with kids that are comfy would be amazing!
My daughter and I have been to Disneyland twice and it’s our favourite place in the world! We love the escapism and magic you feel while you’re there. I’d love to be able to visit every Disney location around the world. We’re thinking of Disneyworld next year (I’ve been twice but my daughter hasn’t).
I love taking my kids to visit my family back in the US. I would love to take them to Philadelphia and New York City this Christmas.
These look amazing and would so come in handy while travelling with our 2 x 4yo at the end of the year!
Italy , in particular , Arco, Riva and Limone was brillant for us, family of 4. The H and I plus 2 active girls! Food as always is divine, the people mostly warm ;), the gelato… belissimo! We did have electric scooters to help us along with the little windy roads and made traveling with the little ones perfect. We stayed in Arco and just did day trips. Found little housing areas with wonderful sensory playgrounds and water play. Big thumbs up if you’re exploring north of Italy.
I love going to the uk to see my family and show my boys where I’m from 😊
Noosa was awesome with our Daughter, who was 8 months old at the time! It had such a family friendly vibe, and even the fancy restaurants had high chairs for bubs to enjoy fine dining! The beach is beautiful, and the locals are super friendly.
This is brilliant. We are a family of 4 and fly about every 9 months from Australia to the US. This would be a game changer for my young children. What a great product!
Favourite family travel destination is always Queensland! However, we’ll be making our third long haul flight MEL to LHR with our little girl soon, and can’t think of a better way to make the trip more comfortable for her than winning a Plane Pal!!
Looks amazing! 😍
We love travelling, so deciding a favourite is too difficult!! We do love Ireland and the USA.. and Europe…Heading to Hong Kong (1st time) in April with my two young daughters. These would be absolutely amazing!…especially since we have booked red eye flights and our girls will be wanting to go back to sleep
Would be super handy for when we need to go home to Jakarta with a toddler and soon-to-be infant – I can only imagine the freedom of having the toddler sleep using the plane pal and the infant in the bassinet 😍😍😍
Favourite holiday destination for our family is Singapore.
Our favorite family destination is Hamilton Island on the QLD Coast in the witsundays. It’s so beautiful and relaxing. Something for the whole family.
We’ve only travelled to once interstate to Surfers Paradise when our daughter was a year old. Now that we have another child we’d love to travel south east asia when the youngest is at least one.
Singapore, beautiful place for families
Sentosa Island is just magic for the kids
Going to Bali in March for my 2 year annivery with my partner this would calm my partners anxiety he’s never been on a plane before.
Going overseas this June with 2 baby girls. This will come handy. 😁
Japan is at the top of the list for our family! Great food, awesome culture, easy travel, beautiful and clean country and very polite people!
Ko Samui has some fabulous child-friendly accomodation choices. We’ve alwasy had great hoidays there.
We love travelling to Fiji with the kids, it’s an awesome holiday for the whole family. We would love a plane pal to take along on our next trip 🥰
Love to win a Planepal!
We love a family holiday to Noosa, so much to do for the whole family. Up early for a stroll along Noosa river for a coffee. Than pack your boards and head up to Hastings st for a stint at the beach. Lunch and dinner options are endless, but most importantly so many ice cream shops for you and the crew to enjoy!
Hawaii! Went with my son when he was 18 months old and definitely going back with our new daughter for a family holiday again 💕
Would be great for our first flight back to England with our baby in july! 😍
Planning a trip to the USA with our soon to be 10, 4 and 16 month old. I’m sure the older two would love these and make i5 much easier on Mum and dad!!
We have a trip to overseas on may this year.this one come in handy for sure.What a cleaver idea!🤞🏻🤞🏻
My fav travel destination is going back to uk to visit family. This will make life a lot easier to travel.
Cancun Mexico
This will be perect for our 3.5yr daughter, we already have 2 overseas holidays booked this year. Heading to our favourite destination first – Bali!
We head back to. The UK every 2yrs to visit family, with 3 kids, 3/5 & 9, the long haul flights are tough! Would love to win one of these to keep the costs down in getting 3!!
The Great Ocean Road was an awesome trip for us with young ones. Would love to do it again with all three kids.
Wow I need this. Great for the kids and me too! PlanePal is a must
New zealand is great for everybody
Ohhh just in time for our toddlers first trip to Ghana in July!
I’ve actually been too nervous to travel overseas/ take too many flights as yet! 🙂 we love Byron bay, for a chilled out easy get away with the family
Wow – what an awesome iI remember when I traveled as a a kid, I’d get Dad to pile the bags and pillows in the car well at my seat, so my legs & feet could rest on it all.
Hawaii – it’s the most kid friendly and fun place to be! It’s fun for both adults and kids!
Awesome awesome awesome
We’re planning/dreaming about a trip to Europe next year but the kids aren’t keen about such a long flight. We’ll break it into shorter hops but that’s still a long time in a plane if you can’t sleep. A Plane Pal would be mighty popular!
Aruba!!!
Japan was amazing
First family holiday as a family of five, back to the UK then onto Italy. My girls are going to love Europe.
Our family recently came back from the South Island of NZ and it was a great family-friendly choice. So naturally beautiful and relaxing. The plane pal would have been handy though.
These Plane Pals would be amazing… economy class is almost bearable with the ability to get those legs up! I am wanting to take my little girls to Japan next year…these would make the flight an absolute breeze. I am also in the Travel industry myself and I will tell all my clients about these as so many parents dread the flights with their little ones…
Flinders island for some beach exploring and 4×4 driving
Our favourite/only family travel destination is back to NZ to see family and friends. Anything that would make travelling with a fidgety 3 year old a little bit easier would be a godsend!
Our favourite holiday destination is Japan. Long flight but the people are friendly and polite, and so many kids friendly activities!
We love the Cook Islands!
Loving the sound of Bali, Fiji & for short stays – the Gold Coast for the family this year! Hoping to start my research for a family friendly holiday to Europe shortly 🙂
England
Colourful, bright Valparaíso, Chile..perfectly friendly and great for little ones learning their colours.
UK
Fiji closer to home….lots of great stay options for families
So far our most favourite family travel destination was Dubai. We stayed at Atlantis which was what every single kids (and adults!) dreams are made of! We hired a plane pal for our journey which saved our B’s!! Would love to own one of our own for our next family holiday!
The Philippines! Hubby is from there & we are taking our little ones there to visit family, the beautiful islands & have a ball!
I love all the goodies from Plane Pal! I’m sure it helps make travel fun, enjoyable and stress free for both the kids and adults! We haven’t gone on a family trip yet but I’d love to take the kids to Fiji one day as I’ve read it’s a family friendly destination where it’s possible for parents to relax!
I’m completely on board with the Marie Kondo trend – the Packing Pals would be perfect to organise my suitcase and keep it sparking joy!
We are going on our first family adventure holiday to New Zealand at Easter and this naturally messy mummy would adore some organisational help with the packing pals!!!! I seriously need some help hahahaha 😂
My favorite family travel destination is Japan.Love the food,culture and the beautiful places.Win this would be awesome.Finger Crossed.
Planning to go to Indonesia this June and still planning to go to Switzerland next year. Will be a fun travelling with my girls and husband.
The east coast of Australia has plenty to offer, from the big banana to the big pineapple and even the big prawn it’s a family learning lesson while having a raid tripping holiday.
Sami resort in Halkidiki Greece- perfect family destination
Cruising the Pacific Islands with the famiy
Going back to visit our families in both France and Brazil are the best (but omg so far) destinations. Otherwise we loved Thailand with the kids.
What an amazing invention, this could be the answer to my prayers, finally some comfort for my grandchildren and myself on long flights, even domestic it would make such a difference.
As a family we love visiting Sydney as there is so much to see and do.
Love planepal! On the travel wishlist 👏🏽
What a great product!
NZ, such a relaxing yet amazingly grand place to visit.
We are going overseas for the first time as a family to Europe. I am sure we will find a favourite travel destination over there.
We can’t get enough of the Greek islands for family friendly beaches, all day dining in seaside tavernas, historical villages and wonderful hospitality.
Back home to family Tasmania as it’s where I grew up and I have family there so get to palm the kids of to willing grandparents.
Indonesia – Malang and Surabaya. Time with family where the kids can run around and pick delicious tropical fruit from the garden. Eating satay all day long yummmm!
Las Vegas! I love how the weather is warm, there’s always something to do and somewhere amazing to eat.
We always enjoy our visits to Sydney as there is so much to see & do as a family.
We loooovvveeee the Maldives!
Amazing water, white sand 🏝
Just perfection 🥰
I’m taking my little ones to Disneyland Paris this year so it’s going to be chaos but I feel like it will end up being our favourite destination
We travelled to Kielder for Winter Wonderland last year and it was magical.
Loved Hong Kong and Singapore with my toddler, Disney was amazing and she loved the different foods and exploring the cities. Would love to win a plane pillow for our upcoming trip to Denmark! 30 plus hours of travelling plus a road trip around Sweden and Norway this would come in handy!
I’m traveling to the US in September with my 1 and 3 year olds. I would love to try out a plane pal and see how great they are! I’ve only heard amazing reviews.
Looking forward to travelling with an airline i can use it on!
This will be great when we travel to visit the fam overseas.
Life saver for parents and kids!
Honolulu is our favourite destination for pure relaxation!
Going again in 2 weeks for the 3rd time.
Our all time favourite destination has been Croatia- Zargreb and Plitvice lakes- amazing food, people and it is beautiful!
New York . But 40 hours travelling with a Toddler. Wish we had a Plane Pal!!!
Would love to win this for our trip across Europe with two kiddos
Noosa is one of our fave destinations in Oz and England for overseas!!! Got another long haul soon so would love a plane pal for our Florence as our recent journey was a nightmare as she couldn’t get comfortable on the plane.
I am about to head overseas to Germany to visit my family, meet my niece and introduce my second daughter to my family. I will be flying with my two daughters (11 months and 4 years) on my own and the plane pal would come in super handy.
We love Noosa! Relaxation and fun.
Disney land.
We love visiting Japan!
Favorite travel destination is a bit unknown, but there is this beautiful lake in Iowa USA called Okoboji. It was my childhood vacation spot and holds a lot of sentiment. It isn’t flashy, but it is great for families and I can’t wait to take my daughter back there when we travel to the States again
We love exploring Italy, have only done the northern parts, will be keen to travel further south when the youngest is a little older.
(We drive down from Germany) 🙂
Love San Fran! Heading back to the US in November and we will be taking our 2 year old with us, the last time we were there, I was pregnant with him.
Looking at using the same bag for two of our kids and these would be perfect to divide and keep seperate from each other.
NYC is our fav family holiday destination! So much to take in and enjoy!
Our fave family holiday destination is always changing as we discover new places. We loved our trip to Italy to see where some of our ancestors are from including my dad, or Nonno to our boys. Bali was great to take the kids and show them the beautiful cliffs of uluwatu where mummy and daddy got married.
Our next adventure could be our new favourite. A trip later this year to Disneyland in California and then onto New York. No doubt with lots of play and exploring central park. In our boys eyes made famous by the movie Madagascar.
Though secretly I’m way more excited for our trip next year to Japan, love exploring a completely different culture with the opportunity to really expand our boys horizons and open their minds. And if they can be well rested when they get there (Thanks plane pal), BONUS, exploring can start right away.
Noosa was beautiful and heaps of fun things to do with our three who were a bit too young for the theme parks!
Thailand for all those sunshine chilled beach feels!
New Zealand – especially the South Island….so pretty.
My family favourite destination is New Zealand. Many attractions suited for family. We thoroughly enjoyed the shot over jet. Skiing at Mt Hutt, visiting Doubtful Sound and being in the hot springs with snow falling and many more. It was a very rememberable holiday
I have been looking at buying one of these for our trip to Hawaii!!
Im supposed to comment here to enter the competition so im commenting 🙂
This would be amazing for our families first tip, After our third arrives!
We are hoping can family wedding in Scotland later this year will be the first of many adventures.
We love our family trips to Fiji! We love using our plane pal (and need a second one for our youngest) and this next trip I can’t wait to try the packing pals and laundry bag!
Hong Kong. Exotic yet safe, great food, great culture, and great playgrounds for when the kids just need a bit of normality.
Would love to go to Japan again but this time instead of 2 it will be a family of 5.
The only trying better than the holiday to Thailand I have orgainsed would be taking my 1 and 3 year old with plane pals pillow.
Pick me pick me… I would love to take my boys somewhere tropical in the pacific 😎🌴🌊🌈
This would be amazing for my 5 year olds first trip overseas he will feel comfy and not freak out
✈️🇬🇷Santorini 💙💗🥂🍹👨🏿✈️👩✈️
Can’t wait to try one of these for our upcoming trips!
Not so far to go but Fiji is one of our favs, sun, sand, surf and of so friendly people.