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peanut butter
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Topic: Rental cars and baby seats? Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:13am |
Ok, we will be heading up to Auckland in September when bubs is about 4-5weeks old. We are hoping to get a rental car so we can get around. Has anyone used ones that provide baby seats or are they all for older babies? Also somewhere (cant remember which) said the car has a baby bolt so I guess we can bring our own seat and install it in there.
Any suggestions??
We have a convertible seat, not a capsule
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:25am |
yay, we'll have to have an August mummies catch up!!
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:39am |
sparkle wrote:
yay, we'll have to have an August mummies catch up!! |
justme has already instructed me that I may be allowed off this time but not the next time  I'd love to catch up but will have to see how we go with family commitments!!!
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:59am |
check with the rental car people - we took our capsule / pod to chch cause we couldnt find anyone with a car seat for under 6 month olds.
if you get stuck I will loan you our pod for the week.
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 12:02pm |
thanks BS will keep that in mind although I think we might be able to beg steal or borrow from family it just means having to get people to meet us at the airport and that is a hassle noone needs.
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 12:27pm |
no worries let us know tho as we are close to airport and may have ways of getting it to you if need be there....
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 12:27pm |
When we hired the car up on the Gold Coast the carseats they gave us were convertible. They had installed them forward facing so we used them that way out of laziness, but had the gremlins been younger I could have turned them rear facing. I guess just ring around.
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 12:37pm |
Maya wrote:
When we hired the car up on the Gold Coast the carseats they gave us were convertible. They had installed them forward facing so we used them that way out of laziness, but had the gremlins been younger I could have turned them rear facing. I guess just ring around. |
that sounds promising. we definately will have to turn around with a wee wee one.
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 12:44pm |
We hired a car when we went to CHC, we found the company to be fantastic! The seat was more than we could have asked for. It was obviously used but in very tidy condition. It certainly was secure and had been bolted in as we would have expected.
I work by the airport and if you want I can go and check it out for you.
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 12:47pm |
Amy, which company did you use in Chc? They probably have an Akl branch.
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 12:51pm |
We used Hertz. We have used them maybe 3 times now ourselves and my parents use them heaps as they travel there at least once a month.
They have some really good specials too!
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 1:00pm |
My friend came to visit me a couple of weeks ago and she had a rental car. Some of them you can't put the babyseat in the back seat, but for all of them you can put the convertible carseats in the front seat. I guess you could ask if they can provide one with a carseat?
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 1:04pm |
I thought the front seat would be totally out as most cars have airbags now.
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Posted: 09 August 2007 at 4:07pm |
You could either bring your own or contact someone from babyonthemove.co.nz and have one pre arranged? They're a lovely bunch and will make sure you get one that fits your car :)
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