Hire car child seats

[andy400]

Have no experience of this. The child seats that can be booked with a hire car - are they generally any good, or very basic?

[Amateurish]

Never done it but I've heard bad stories. Always best to take your own with you if you can.

[Puggit]

Did it once, never again.

It's free to take car seats on most airlines.

[kiwifraser]

I had some from Hertz in Alicante. They cost more to hire than it would have been to buy them

Rory was 3 1/2 the next time we went overseas and needed a seat so we bought a Bubblebum which worked well. We have used it on numerous trips now, for the cinema, and when he has gone places with friends.

I have also heard that the Trunki Boostpak is goor for young ones. Each of these is designed specifically for travelling, and worth a look before you pay for crappy child seats.

[sawman]

Puggit said:

Did it once, never again.

It's free to take car seats on most airlines.

This^^^

[andy400]

Thanks all. We're taking our own, rather than pay an amount equal to 50% of the original cost of our very good seat, for something that may be st.

[LuS1fer]

The ones supplied are crap and not suitable for babies and if you arrive late, it's like struggling with an octopus and twisted belts. We generally take a baby seat but frequently make do with the crap ones they supply once they're into forward-facing seats. Though I would rather take my own forward-facer, they're heavy and the baby allowance is usually 10kg and it's a question of what you can carry.