{"id":2361,"date":"2015-07-17T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mominleggings.com\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2015-07-17T10:18:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:18:44","slug":"car-seats-in-the-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mominleggings.com\/car-seats-in-the-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling with Car Seats in the Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Kellen and I first started talking about using a car seat on our next plane trip, we weren’t really sure how we’d handle lugging around the car seat in the airport. It seems like whenever we travel, we’re already pretty maxed out when it comes to carry-on. Between our roller bags and backpacks and the largest diaper bag you’ve ever seen, not to mention the kid, we look like a procession of pack mules when we head through the airport. How the heck were we supposed to add a 10+ lb. car seat to our load?<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there are a lot of things you can do to make it easier to transport your luggage.<\/p>\n

One option is to get a travel bag for your car seat. Some of these, like the Britax Car Seat Travel Bag<\/a> are fairly simple affairs with a handle that makes it easier to tote the car seat. Others, like the JL Childress Wheelie\u00a0 Car Seat Travel Bag<\/a> and the Brica CoverGuard Car Seat Travel Tote<\/a> actually have wheels on the bags, making them easy to tow along with you.<\/p>\n

The primary upside to a travel bag for your car seat is that if you do end up having to gate check your car seat, it has protection from whatever else happens to be down in the cargo hold. The downside is that you lose the car seat as a place to carry some of the other items you may have with you around the airport.<\/p>\n

If you’re planning to bring roller bags on board with you, one of the simplest and least expensive options is to get a strap to attach your car seat to your roller bag. There are a number of these out there, including:<\/p>\n