Travelling with kids

I have not been doing a lot of travelling with my son Raphael, when he was a baby as I wanted. Except for a short tour to Mexico when he was around a year old. But I want to do more and we have lately been taking a few trips to Jerusalem to visit friends. Next Shabbath we are planning a trip down to Eilat with the bus and stay in a cheap hotel/ hostel for the night. The bus ride from Tel Aviv to Eilat takes around 5 1/2 hours.