Travel meets can be fun.
I don't think they should be required at low levels, but we have Level 2 gymnasts going to YMCA Nationals next month in Philadelphia.
Y Nationals is optional for all of our gymnasts who qualify, but we have several gymnasts go every year. The ONLY year since 2011 (not counting when it was canceled in 2020 & 2021) that we didn't have double-digit attendance was in 2015 when it was held in Kansas (13-hour drive / 3-hour flight). That year, we had 4 gymnasts go: 1 Level 3, 1 Level 5, 1 Level 6, and 1 Level 7 attend.
The previous year, we had 12 L3, 7 L4, 2 L6, 5 XG, and 1 XP attend in Florida (a 16-hour drive / 3-hour flight) ... so we went from 27 gymnasts to 4 gymnasts to 12 gymnasts in 2016 in California (a 33-hour drive / 6-hour flight).
Do what's best for your family ... just make sure to get a doctor's excuse if she's "sick."