Jan06twinmom
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We are planning to take turboboosters for our twins when we travel to FL this summer. Our twins are 6.5 yo and both have been using booster part-time. On our previous trips, our twins were in harness car seats and we used those on the plane. Traveling with boosters is a whole new experience for us!
I was planning to pack the hb in our luggage and then carry the nbb on the plane with us. However, when I tried putting the hb in our luggage, they take up a ton of space. We were hoping to travel with just 2 suitcases, but that won't work if the boosters take up so much of our luggage space. (This wouldn't be an issue if we could take 1 piece of luggage free per person!)
Any other suggestions about how to travel with the boosters? Should we consider carrying the whole booster on the plane with us? If so, what is the easiest way to do that?
Another thought is to mail the boosters to my inlaws ahead of time. (We have 7 car seats so I can spare a couple of boosters for a week!) Any guess about how much it would cost to send them? UPS or USPS cheaper?
A third thought is to buy new boosters, have them shipped to gparent's house and leave them at gparent's house. We don't travel there often, but the seats could be used by our kids for several years and by other cousins in a few years.
ETA: 4th option - we could take our Radian for DD and use that on the plane. Then we'd only have to pack one hbb in our luggage for DS. (He's 65lbs, 51in tall and only fits in the Regent so we're definitely doing a booster for him on this trip.)
Melanie
I was planning to pack the hb in our luggage and then carry the nbb on the plane with us. However, when I tried putting the hb in our luggage, they take up a ton of space. We were hoping to travel with just 2 suitcases, but that won't work if the boosters take up so much of our luggage space. (This wouldn't be an issue if we could take 1 piece of luggage free per person!)
Any other suggestions about how to travel with the boosters? Should we consider carrying the whole booster on the plane with us? If so, what is the easiest way to do that?
Another thought is to mail the boosters to my inlaws ahead of time. (We have 7 car seats so I can spare a couple of boosters for a week!) Any guess about how much it would cost to send them? UPS or USPS cheaper?
A third thought is to buy new boosters, have them shipped to gparent's house and leave them at gparent's house. We don't travel there often, but the seats could be used by our kids for several years and by other cousins in a few years.
ETA: 4th option - we could take our Radian for DD and use that on the plane. Then we'd only have to pack one hbb in our luggage for DS. (He's 65lbs, 51in tall and only fits in the Regent so we're definitely doing a booster for him on this trip.)
Melanie
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