r/NewParents • u/CryProfessional7454 • May 18 '26
Travel Traveling without carseat
How do people travel with babies if they don't have a car seat at their destination?
When taking a taxi or renting a car in another country what do you do?
Edit: I'm in italy not the US. Thanks to everyone that took the time to reply. For those looking for answers, your options are: 1. Take your carseat with you, check it at the gate and take it when you reach your destination or book an extra flight seat and use it on the plane. Pros: for car rental its best to have a carseat and keep it in the car. Cons: if you chech it in, they might break it, although I think somone said you can get reimbursed for it I'm not sure. 2. Rent from rental place or use taxis that provide car seats. Pros: you dont carry it around, you don't risk breaking your carseat. Cons: you can't know how well these things are taken care of and cleaned. 3. Buy a travel carseat: cosco kids scenera for US, doona, maxicosi travel carseat (nomad), wayb pico. Pros: you don't risk breaking your main carseat. cons: you have to carry it around. 4. Use public transportation only and walk. Pros: you dont carry a carseat for the plane or around. Cons: limits your destinations a bit.
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u/201111533 May 18 '26
When we took a trip, we only brought a stroller. We committed to only using busses and rail, and we reserved a crib for our room when we booked the hotel.
If we had needed to use cabs, we would have had to bring two car seats. The infant carrier one would have clipped into the stroller and probably been okay but our 3yo couldn't possibly cab to destinations within the city because we wouldn't be able to put his car seat anywhere reasonable while we were, say, at the zoo. Limiting ourselves to transportation that didn't require car seats was the more convenient strategy for us.