T.O. Twins
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My husband and I are flying from Toronto to Des Moines, IA on Wednesday with our 3 year old twins. The trip will involve two 26 seater planes which we will probably have to board using the stairs on the tarmac, and we will have a one hour lay over in Minneapolis. We've never brought our car seats with us before, but this time we are planning to. Usually, we have a huge double stroller (mountain buggy), two backpacks, and a small duffle for carry on. Then we have two 33 pound kids who don't want to ride in the stroller for very long but often want to be carried.
Is adding two Radians to our load just crazy? We have the shoulder straps for them and can hopefully put them in the stroller when the kids aren't using it and can hook most of the rest of our luggage onto the stroller handle, but I'm worried about getting everyone and everything on and off the plane (up and down the stairs). Since the Radian is so narrow, I'm assuming it will fit in the plane seats (they are supposed to be 17.1 inches wide), but I'm worried that the seat belts won't tighten enough for a good install (I've run across plane seatbelts what were too long to tighten enough to fit snugly on my kid's laps, and it seems like the Radian would need to be tighter than that).
Please let me know if this is really no big deal or if there are some really important things I should know about travelling with Radians.
The other option we have is to quickly order 2 safeguard go's for my sister to bring to the airport to pick us up (we have CARES harnesses we can use on the plane, if we do that), but she's bringing my Grandma's 2001 domestic (Chrystler?) minivan, and I'm worried it may not have top tethers (it does, I undersand, have stowable seating, if that gives anyone a clue as to whether there are tether anchors). I'm also annoyed that I waited this late to think this all through and I'd have to pay $120 in shipping to receive the seats on time!
Sorry this was so long, I'm a little stressed at the moment.
Is adding two Radians to our load just crazy? We have the shoulder straps for them and can hopefully put them in the stroller when the kids aren't using it and can hook most of the rest of our luggage onto the stroller handle, but I'm worried about getting everyone and everything on and off the plane (up and down the stairs). Since the Radian is so narrow, I'm assuming it will fit in the plane seats (they are supposed to be 17.1 inches wide), but I'm worried that the seat belts won't tighten enough for a good install (I've run across plane seatbelts what were too long to tighten enough to fit snugly on my kid's laps, and it seems like the Radian would need to be tighter than that).
Please let me know if this is really no big deal or if there are some really important things I should know about travelling with Radians.
The other option we have is to quickly order 2 safeguard go's for my sister to bring to the airport to pick us up (we have CARES harnesses we can use on the plane, if we do that), but she's bringing my Grandma's 2001 domestic (Chrystler?) minivan, and I'm worried it may not have top tethers (it does, I undersand, have stowable seating, if that gives anyone a clue as to whether there are tether anchors). I'm also annoyed that I waited this late to think this all through and I'd have to pay $120 in shipping to receive the seats on time!
Sorry this was so long, I'm a little stressed at the moment.