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Car Seat Travel Bag

I will be traveling with my 6 month old next month and will need to take his new full size car seat with us. I am in the process of buying a travel bag for it. There seems to be two kinds of bags - one that rolls and the other you carry like a backpack. Does anyone have any experience with either or have a recommendation which one is easier to travel with?

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When renting a car I order a carset. Or if the shuttle bus will be picking us up I will reserve one for that as well. I've never had to bring a car seat with us (while traveling in the US) If you can avoid bringing an awkward, hard to carry carseat, you may want to do this.
Also, I've had many strollers broken by the airlines. So now I travel w/my favorite "travel stroller" I bought at walmart for $23. It is very small, folds flat,very light weight and it reclines! It's good for up to 3yr olds, any older and their head wont fit under the canopy. I researched strollers (for travel) and this one has held up better that my $400 one.

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Hi there. I know of a wonderful!! product. It's an attachement for the actually car seat. I used it when my daughter was 8 months old and we traveled. You get it at Go-Go-Babyz.com or Go-Go-Kidz.com I used that and didn't have to use a stroller, and carry the car seat and all the other stuff! Everytime we travel EVERYONE always asks where I got it becuase it is so awesome!! It only takes a few days to get it too! Good luck & happy traveling!

If you mean you're flying, I'm not sure why you would need a bag. A 6-month old should really be sitting in the car seat on the plane. If you haven't bought him his own ticket, I would still just carry the seat to the gate and see if there is an empty seat available for him and his car seat. If not, you can always check the car seat at the door to the plane and have it waiting for you there when you get off. That way it's less likely to get damaged or lost and you have it if there's an available empty seat. A lot of the airlines will supply you with a large heavy-duty plastic bag also. For our older kids we usually take a large flexible, duffel bag for their seats. Hope that helps. Good Luck!

I don't know anything about them, but I would like to know where you are getting yours and how much they cost- we are also traveling by plane this summer!

I hate to assume someone else's finances -- but if your travel involves flight and rental car .. look into adding a rental car seat to the gig. That way you're not trapsing around with some bulky car seat.

Kurt

Last time I flew with a carseat, we were taking a backless booster also. We put them both in the same bag & checked them dowstairs. It's nice to be able to roll them around, but if you're also rolling around other bags that doesn't leave your hands free for the baby. When I traveled with just one of my children (she was about 6 months), I kept her in the carseat until the gate & checked it there. They may let you take it on board if it's not a full flight, otherwise when checked at gate, it comes right back up to the gate at arrival - stroller too. Good Luck! Always fun traveling with children!

I traveled by myself with my son when he was about 7 months old. I found the car seat back that has wheels on it was much easier to travel with! It was very convenient with the wheels along with all our other luggage. Hope this helps! Happy traveling :)

The travel bags are wonderful! We bought one that had both straps to carry as a back pack and wheels. It was nice to be able to wheel the carseat around in the airport. I would recommend them to anyone.

When renting a car I order a carset. Or if the shuttle bus will be picking us up I will reserve one for that as well. I've never had to bring a car seat with us (while traveling in the US) If you can avoid bringing an awkward, hard to carry carseat, you may want to do this.
Also, I've had many strollers broken by the airlines. So now I travel w/my favorite "travel stroller" I bought at walmart for $23. It is very small, folds flat,very light weight and it reclines! It's good for up to 3yr olds, any older and their head wont fit under the canopy. I researched strollers (for travel) and this one has held up better that my $400 one.

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