Convertible Carseats and Travel

nylagirl

DS is about to graduate to a Convertible carseat and it got me thinking... since it's not portable like the infant seat, what do you do when you travel?

We live in LA and travel home to NYC a lot to visit family, and we always brought our infant carseat with us on the plane and then had it for car travel while we were there. What do we do now? Rent one, buy another, or is there another option I'm not thinking of? TIA

babydubs5

we have always taken ours with us.  For getting around the airport, I put it in the stroller (obviously don't USE it, it jsut sits there) and then gate check both. I haven't even attempted taking it on the plane.

But it is really easy to travel with. Just ask for a big plastic bag for it to gate check.   

kirbabe

Check it?

Mrs.Donkey

You can buy gate check bags that will protect it pretty well, or you can get one of these that will attach to it and turn it into a stroller and use that in the airport.

livinitup

We just did this for T-day ...

We bought a strap on amazon.com that connected the baby seat to our carry-on luggage ... we planned to gate-check the car seat (and carry-on the luggage as usual) but got a free seat next to ours on the flight when we checked-in ... so we brought the carseat onboard, baby slept, and life was wonderful.    

https://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Toddler-Seat-Travel-Accessory/dp/B000JHN3AS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1228617494&sr=8-1

Good luck. 

 

soon2beWhitty

we try to buy three seats.  It's more expensive, but when you look at safety ratings, he's much safer in his own seat in the car seat than in our laps.  Our flight in April is $500 for my husband and I each, so a third seat isn't possible.  When it's less than $200 then it's well worth my peace of mind.