Carseat for holiday??? 😩😩

I hired a collapsible one from tiny explorers

@Tanisha Singla please send ! 🙏 thank you

Where are you going to when we went to Spain we found a company that hired them out x

Just search for them on insta or if you add me I can share a link @tanishafamilytravels

@Katie possibly Dubai or Turkey! 🙏

Don’t know if it helps but I recently took my son to Egypt with his Doona X pushchair & car seat, free to travel with x

Will you be hiring a car out there? If you aren’t there’s not really any need to take one. Like above I rented a Doona X and just took that x

Thank you where did you both rent it from?

Tiny explorers x

@Tanisha Singla thank you!

Graco slim fit r219 is recommended for travelling and is still rear facing up till 22kg I believe

I always rent there. There’s lots of countries that UK seats aren’t even legal in so it’s not worth risking your seat. Baggage handlers dgaf, one hairline crack and the seat can fail in a collision. I’ve never put mine on a plane.

@Sarah if you package your seat safely this is still safer than renting a seat from a random company where you don’t know the seats history. They themselves won’t know if the car seat has been dropped/ in a minor accident. I wouldn’t risk my child’s life in a seat that you don’t know for sure is safe

@Shantaye I work in crash testing and I still stand firm on it. I hire from reputable companies like hertz and avis and have had a new boxed seat for every road trip. Never been given a used seat. In Australia when I go home, the uk seat is illegal and I’ve had solid samsonites suitcases busted by baggage handlers. There’s no promise your seat hasn’t been thrown or dropped. They really dgaf about your property. Airside staff are not the airline. We are all different though but my uk seat is staying safe in the garage xx

@Sarah I very highly doubt a hire company is giving everyone a brand new seat every use. It may have just been stored in its original box. same reason it’s not recommended to use a second hand seat is the same as not hiring one where possible. I’m not saying airport staff care either. Personally I would have a seat for travel and a seat that always stays in your car at home. You also have to remember if you package a seat in its original packaging it will have been made that way to withstand some force. When the seats are sent out in the post brand new the couriers aren’t bothered it’s a car seat, the packaging materials are made to withstand these knocks and drops whilst packaged. If you take your car seat abroad This same way you are just replicating it. X

@Shantaye I mean it’s not cheap. I paid £160 to rent the seat for a 3 week road trip, it was sealed and full of the styrofoam and labels still on 🤷‍♀️ same when I rented one for a fortnight.bMaybe it’s cause I only rent for 2/3 week periods not 3/4 days but Avis/Hertz always follow through (plus good brands too not crappy ones). I definitely agree that second hand seats can be lethal. It’s even worth buying a seat out there if overseas for a few weeks, we bought one once and dropped it off at the fire station before heading to the airport. They take donated seats for practicing collision extractions. Like I said, I like my seat too much and we travel almost every month long haul so it’s not a risk for us to take xx