Car Seat and Overseas Travel - both by plane and rental car

[lilmisspositive]

Btw just out of curious why do some countries such as the US not have mandatory bolts and but Aus does? I remember when I arrived someone told me it had something to do with 80% of Australians do not actually install their seats correctly? Sounds like too big of a percentage to me. Hmmmm. When DD was in Canada we never had a bolt but that was ages ago so things could of changed..

[lise]

buliej, we took DS to Canada when he was 10 weeks old. We had requested the bassinet on the plane but didn't get it (some airlines allocate specific seats at the time of booking the ticket so just make sure you check with the airline if you do want it) so DS was in our arms the entire time which was actually okay (it's a 15hr flight to Vancouver...!). My SIL borrowed a capsule for half of our trip and we also hired cars with a car seat. I think it was about $10 extra per day but we certainly didn't have any trouble getting one, and they were all fine (we hired a car/seat on 4 separate occasions).

Can I ask why you have been advised not to rely on car seats supplied by car rental companies?

[buliej]

hi lise - it's just something my sister mentioned and not because she had bad first hand experience with rental car seats - only that some of her friends did. It's good to hear that your experience was fine.