Most of the hire places have baby seats but often they are a bit dodgy. Some of the people who work there have no clue about the correct seat for age and some of the companies provide the most basic seat they can get away with. Make sure you check that they have installed it properly if you use theirs.
If you can it's beter to take your own. Most airlines will give you a bit of leeway on your luggage allowance if you're carting around baby stuff. Just ring up first or read the T&C's to be sure. Virgin Blue counts each piece of baby stuff (seat, porta cot ect) as 5kg regardless of its actual weight.
numerous times through Avis - forward, rearward and booster style
also through Hertz again rearward and booster.
and overseas
the ones I've had have never been anything top of the line but always look in good nic and clean just need to check they have been installed correctly cause sometimes the guys don't really know where to put the seatbelt (especially when rearward facing)
when i book on the net i follow up with a phonecall saying how old my children will be and thus what style of seat i want and i have never had any hassle getting the correct seat - if you don't tell them however you could get anything or they'll just go the middle ground and give you a forward facing seat that takes 8 to 24kg.
i notice a couple of companies only do the forward facing style (can't remember which ones these ones were)
What brontide says about virgin is true (not that I'm doubting just backing you up C) all baby stuff equates to 5kg of your allowance no matter the weight. Qantas I think will let you carry any two pieces over and above the normal luggage allowance and can't remember Jetstars
Last edited by jaspen; March 31st, 2009 at 08:56 AM.
When we went to NZ we hired our car through Budget and they only had forward-facing seats available.
I think there'd be few companies who wouldn't have seats available (although you may have to give them plenty of notice) but if you have a strong preference for a certain type of seat you may have to shop around or take your own as Brontide suggested.
I hired a car through Avis last year and got a seat no problems. It wasn't a real flash one though (but was still OK) and I had to put it in the car myself which was interesting with a seat and a car that I was not familiar with! I would take my own if at all possible, but if not make sure you tell them exactly what you need when you book the car. Good luck!
I have hired heaps of times - usually through Avis but sometimes Thrifty.
I usually call themand tell them the age of child and what configuration i want - including spacing of the straps and then i check it when i pick up the car. they are very happy to tighten it up etc i have found. i have never had any probs and have done rear facing and front facing. i also tell them where in the car i want it (ie benhind passenger or whatever)
Do car hire places have baby seats too?
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks