V-Flyer

MAN-MCO - VS075/76

Hi,

In two minds whether to take our son's car seat or to rent one via the hire car company...

Having read the T&C's on the VS website, it states 1 buggy/pram or a child car seat, but on multiple forums people have confirmed that VS don't "appear" to be charging pax for taking a car seat (checkin) as well as a pram to the gate.

Can anyone confirm if they have had any experience of this and a "worst case" scenario if they did decide to charge us on the outbound leg ?

We are flying in eco this time.

Thanks

Rick

According to this link on the VS site you can check in your car seat free of charge.

Depending on the age of your son, how about getting a Trunki rucksack which converts in to a car seat. My son has one and it's paid for itself already in the savings of hiring a child car seat/booster seat.

Link

Working in the 'childcare' sector I am always aware of safety issues particularly during travel.

I understand that not all car seats fit all vehicles correctly and where they are incompatible there is a serious safety issue.

Are you able to verify that your car seat will be appropriate for the hire car that you will be taking?

I assume that the hire companies hire out seats appropriate for their vehicles. So would it be better to save the hassle of taking your own.

Just a thought maybe

thelaceys

I rented 2 child seats in New York (prices vary according to location) and the cost, if I remember rightly was not that much and worth the money rather than lugging 2 child seats across the pond.

Also, one of my seats is ISOFIX and my rented car didn't have that- so I probably would have had to rent one anyway if I'd taken it!

To be honest, the seats we hired felt a little less "protective" than the Maxi-cosi's we have at home, but they were fine, and we did a lot of driving.