In essence, if the stroller folds into umbrella fold, you will almost always be allowed to take it until the plane, then it will be placed with the luggage and returned either at the exit of the plane or on the carousel.
If it folds any other way, flat etc, it will depend on the airport. Sometimes you can anyway take it to the plane, sometimes you will have to check it in.
My 2 cents: unless you are planning EXTENSIVE travel, pls remember these events will be minor occurences and as such, you should focus on daily needs more. For traveling on the plane, I find the baby carrier is probably easier anyway.
K
In most airports you get it back at the plane's door, except in Zurich where it was at the luggage claim carrousel. Very inconvenient (but then I hate Zurich airport with a passion).
Geneva also gives the buggies back at the luggage carousel
We've loved our Elea, other than once you move on to using the seat it does take up a fair bit of space in the boot - but the design of the chassis is great and the seat was really comfy! Our toddler was delighted to re-discover it, and has been nagging us to take him out in it!!
But with TAP, for instance, it's at the plane door.
Doesn't really bother me getting it when getting off or at the carousal though.
At least at the plane door you can give your child to a plane attendant to hold while you open your stroller, and then your baby is safely put in the pram while you try getting your luggage at the carousel (catching a heavy suitcase while trying not to drop your baby is a sport in itself). Walking to the carousel with your hand luggage, an older child and a baby squirming in your arms is not exactly pleasant either...
But then travelling with kids is not pleasant, full stop.
1. Comfort for infant (with a bassinet option)
2. Can be used for upto 2+ years age (sturdy)
3. Daily walk with our dog through a park with gravel/dirt/grass covered on its way (stable ride)
4. Grocery shopping + bus ride (good storage space)
5. Occasional outing to the city via S-bahn and tram (light)
6. Weekly car rides (needs to fold easily and fit nicely in trunk)
I've done some research and have somewhat narrowed down my choices:
- Uppababy Vista or Cruz
- Britax B-Agile, Affinity or B-Ready
- Bugaboo Chameleon or Bee
- Quinny Zapp, Moodd or Buzz
- Babyzen Yoyo+ or Zen
Thank you!
I would go with the Bugaboo Buffalo over the Cameleon or the Bee. The wheels are 4 air tires so much better for walking, and the basket holds 10 kg whereas the Cam only holds 5.
I have the baby zen yoyo and I would never use it as a daily stroller - it's too small and narrow. I bought it specifically for air travel and won't use it beyond that. I don't know what the newborn pieces are like but it's not sturdy and the wheels are not great for anything other than smooth floors. It would be a disaster on anything rocky or with pebbles.
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As first we got a second-hand Hartan from my work colleague for super cheap. Had suspension, smooth ride, pockets everywhere, etc. Had a Basinet we can use and then the seat for when the Baby got older. This puppy was huge, it had big wheels, very wide, and for us massive. We live in a small town and not in a City. We have a car with a decent size boot, but the Harten took up the entire boot basically leavning no place for anything else, plus it was heavy. It was just a pain taking it in and out of the car even though the folding mechanism was quite easy.
So with a desire for something smaller, more compact, less bulky, we got a Maxi Cosi Stella.
Much smaller, yet not too small. Comfortable for the Baby, easy to fold, now he's can self Support we can face the seat front words and can fold the Thing as one Piece. We are able to take it to the gate for travel, at least with Swiss. And can put our Maxi Cosi car seat on it as well.
The wheels are decent, not good enough for off-road trails but fine for City and cobblestoned Areas, no issue for us.
No complaints from us - at somepoint we'll get a smaller one that is better suited to air travel/Routine errand running.
Between the Stell and and Ergobaby Body carrier (Velcro attached) we have some flexiblity. On recent travel we checked in the Stella and carried the Little guy in the Ergobaby. Good to go.
If you want to walk up and down Bahnhoffstrasse wiggling your arse, then a Bugaboo probably but if you want to go for longer walks maybe look at a Quiney with bigger wheels, the tricycle layout
It seems the Bugaboo can be more easily adapted so if you're heading for rough ground you can switch the chassis round so the big rubber wheels are at the front and the "shopping trolley" wheels are at the back. I wish we had bought one of this arrangement instead, not necessarily a Bugaboo, but one that was a bit more stable and/or versatile.