I have often noticed when looking for tips for travel with children that the majority of sites (that i have personally come accross) are American based and so some information given (especially for plane travel) is confusing particuarly when it comes to the use of carseats on planes.
Being UK based i am very aware that car seats approved for airtravel are few and far between and that the rules on types of car seats on UK and Non US Airlines vary greatly.
So primarily I have set up this blog for general information on what carseats (or not) are allowed on the Aircraft of the 3 Major Alliances (One World, Star Alliance and Sky Team) as well as 'Budget' and 'Charter' Airlines accross the EU.
I am a parent, i have a daughter who is now 6, oddly enough (considering my interest in the car seat on planes debacle) when my daughter was under 2, she generally flew as a lap infant. A few reasons for this, one i don't drive so didn't own a car seat, secondly i've only flown alone with her so i wasn't going to have use for a car seat abroad as i don't drive i wasn't going to be using a car anywhere and thirdly the airline we used primarily for TATL travel was Virgin Atlantic (VS) who don't allow use of car seats in the cabin. I've also only become more aware of reasons for not having lap infants since i started making use of various travel forums, long after i had to buy my daughter a seat when flying, while making use of airlines with basinets and skycots and getting lucky with spare seats on planes plus with not owning a car seat I saw very little reason to purchase an additonal seat, lack of information outside the US is not particuarly helpful!
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