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Old 21 Nov 19, 01:50 PM  
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Child seat Info?

Hey all,

My family and i travel to Orlando on the 7th Dec, we've been many times before but this will be our first time with our 9 month old daughter.
Looking for some advice on car seats, cant decide wether to take ours and put it in the hold or just rent one when we are there from Alamo?

My main worry is the condition and how well looked after the rental seats have been, any information or advice from people that have used or rented them would be much appreciated.

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Old 21 Nov 19, 02:11 PM  
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My main worry is the condition and how well looked after the rental seats have been, any information or advice from people that have used or rented them would be much appreciated.
with Alamo at MCO you get to pick your car seat from a small shed behind the desk in the garage
they're wrapped and clean
if one doesn't look good to you, just take another one from the pile

now, before we go again into the "your UK seat is not approved for use in the US" (it's not approved for use in the US) there is one FACT regarding the bit I have quoted above :

whatever the shape and the abuse the rental car seat may have been through with other customers, the thing is that it will very likely have been through less of a beating than your own car seat will have gone through when handled by airport personnel.

and the rental car seat, you only keep for a few weeks
your own car seat, will have been more than abused by 2 transatlantic flights, and you'll keep using it when your back home.


if you fear the car seat you could rent would be in a bad shape, just consider that it will always be in a better shape than your own car seat will be when you come back.

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Old 21 Nov 19, 10:30 PM  
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Good point well made, appreciate the info Looks like we will just rent one and hope its in decent condition. If all else fails we will keep the rental one for a day and drive straight to target to purchase one i suppose.

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I couldn't agree more with what Chmurf says. We take a booster for our Granddaughter but she is approaching 9 and is a very tall girl so can manage without one anyhow.
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We’ve rented 3 seats, 3 times from Alamo. They’ve all been in great condition (and definitely cleaner than the ones in my car &#128584, and we’ll be hiring from them again next time.
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We’ve rented 3 seats, 3 times from Alamo. They’ve all been in great condition (and definitely cleaner than the ones in my car &#128584, and we’ll be hiring from them again next time.


absolutely

when our DS needed it, we rented the car seats from alamo (couldn't be bothered to haul one halfway around the globe ... )

they always have been better than the one we had in our own car

I remember DS's frustration once when we came back, and our then 3.5 years old whined that our own car seat didn't have a built in cup holder like the one he had on vacations ... ...
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You have all got me thinking, DS takes theirs but going to rethink
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Really appreciate all the info people, def put my mind at ease. Safe to say we will just rent one. Suppose thats one less thing for me to carry at the airport

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