Car seats on holiday?

Looking to go to turkey next month with a 2 year old and 4 month old. The place we usually go to we hop in a taxi almost daily to get into the town/beach etc. what does everyone do about car seats when away as don’t really want to be lugging 2 car seats around haha.

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You’ll need to take your own. Car seats provided in taxis are almost always forward facing, very old and thrown around between cars. You’ve no idea of their safety/ crash history either.

While it may be legal to have the children on your lap the consequences in an accident would be devastating it’s not worth the risk x

We take ours, but hire a car so it’s easier

Cosatto do a travel car seat which folds which apparently is quite small. You could get a car seat bag and put 2 of them in those? There are companies in the UK where you can hire equipment to take on holiday so could hire them and fly them out.

I have this question for a 3 month old. A friend has recommended hiring one because ours is likely to get battered about in luggage. The foldable ones I have seen only start at 15 months.

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