Good stroller for travel - advice, please

[Ginger]

i have a McLaren Vogue stroller and it is fantastic. very light, durable and easy to manouvere.

[tiggerandpooh]

I have been researching for a compact stroller for a while, and the best I have found - both economically and compact is the quicksmart easy fold stroller. the fold down to the size of cabin luggage, and come with a bag. you can find them on ebay - often brought for exactly the same reason you are looking, so they have barely been used. they have a website under quicksmartbaby . hth.

[mbear]

love the mclaren too but bit pricey to be taking on planes.....

Have you thought about hiring in UK? i know here in sydney there are great facilities for people visiting etc to hire baby items - prams, strollers,high chairs, portacots etc. Could you get you mum to investigate ?

Good luck - how exciting...i loved the UK......

[smally]

Thank you! I'll have a look into those two, as well as hiring. You can definitely hire car seats for next to nothing, so will see if strollers too. Thanks again!

[Nai]

We have the Quicksmart as we went to Perth earlier this year and heading off to Thailand next week. It has been fantastic although can be a bit tricky to fold at times (however, I'm not generally good with those sorts of things so most thhing are hard for me to fold ). Anyway while we aren't travelling it folds into the footwell behind the seat in the car so I don't have to take the big pram in the car at all.

At the airport in Perth DD slept in the stroller waiting for the plane and we put it in the backpack and carried it on as hand luggage. It made things so much easier. Oh and we got ours second hand on eBay.

[tiggerandpooh]

Nai - that's good to know, your little girl is older then my little man, and if she fell asleep in it, it must be comfortable enough to do so. How much did you end up paying on Ebay if you don't mind me asking? I can't decided what is a fair and reasonable amount.

[Nai]

From memory I set myself a limit of $80 and ended up paying $75.

DD fell asleep in it on a number of occasions while we were walking around when she was due for her nap so it was definitely comfortable enough for her to do that.