When flying to Europe, is it worth an extra $450 round trip to have a separate seat for your baby (20 month old)? We are looking to fly to Venice in May and that's roughly how much we'd save.
The only thing with this is I don't think you can bring a car seat on in this scenario. Now moving your child to an empty seat or floor - sure. But I think the car seat is only for a reserved seat.ORAggieFan said:
A lot of it is dependent how full the flight is. Many international flights I've been on have had empty seats. In that case you can probably swing a row for you three selecting aisles on a 2-3-2 seating configuration. That has risk though.
If the bulkhead option isn't available and flight is likely full, $450 is worth it unless you sleep holding your kid every night.
But on the positive side, think of all the great immunities she picked up by being exposed to whatever was on the floorBulldog73 said:
We brought ours as a lap child transatlantic, and they were miserable til she wriggled her way to the floor and slept soundly the rest of the trip from there. We definitely should've gotten a separate seat as I'm sure that floor was disgusting.
Thanks for clarifying. So, you've got two 9+ hour long haul stretches. From first read, I thought you had a 17 hour long haul like Sydney to Houston.maroon10 said:
Houston to Palma, Spain. There it's 14 hours, one stop (Frankfurt) but returning is 2 stops (Frankfurt + Chi).
Yeah, 100% I'd go and all my friends who have been say it's great. Now, let me qualify those friends.maroon10 said:
Assuming your friends have liked it enough to have gone multiple times? Grandparents will be there along with an Aunt and another cousin. We can't decide if it's a trip we'd regret not taking in ten years or if we should just stick to our own summer trip in the Caribbean but on our own dime.