car seat for airport transfer when on holiday?

so were going to spain in september and my daughter will be just over 1 year old. like literally 1 year and 5 days. weve already moved her out of her infant car seat into a rear facing car seat because she was getting quite big as she is a bigger baby. it’s important to me that she is rear facing as long as possible. however in spain they forward face from a year old 😱 so when im looking at the shuttles its either up to 1 year in a rear facing infant car seat which i doubt she will even fit in or a rear facing seat 1 year + taking our own seat isnt an option as its isofix and way too heavy to carry around the airport and we dont want to go spending money on a car seat that will only be used for holiday. what do i do?

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Can’t you just select the rear facing one. Seems unlikely the shuttle driver is going to demand to see a birth certificate?

@Amy im worried about her fitting in it. shes a big baby and tall. we already had to get her into a bigger car seat at 5 months because her infant car seat was so snug!

i believe some arline’s have attachment bassinet for babies i believe it depends on airline

@miryam its the shuttle company on the plane shes just sitting on our laps x

Just because she’s tall doesn’t mean she’s outgrown the seat. It’s weight based. Has she reached the maximum weight of the infant carrier? It’s usually around 13kg. If that’s the case, the rear facing one you get should be ok, or ask them to see the model details beforehand and take it from there. X

Ohh sorry, misunderstood! Could you phone the company and ask for advice - like maybe they have both available so you can check when you get there which one she fits in?

What will you do if you take a bus? I would compare a shuttle to a bus rather than a car.

@Jordan she was very uncomfortable in her old seat she would cry constantly in it as soon as we moved her to the bigger one she is completely fine in the car. either way her weight is looking like it will be over 13kg by time shes a year old. in spain its 9kg

We just went to Spain short transfer he went in forward facing car seat and everything was fine . Your car seat will likely get damaged if you try to take it . We used a company called transfero x

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