{"id":93363,"date":"2018-07-07T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/car-hire-why-is-renting-a-child-seat-such-an-ordeal\/"},"modified":"2018-07-07T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T07:03:22","slug":"car-hire-why-is-renting-a-child-seat-such-an-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/car-hire-why-is-renting-a-child-seat-such-an-ordeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Car hire: why is renting a child seat such an ordeal?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTaking your own often isn\u2019t practical \u2013 but hiring is costly and can even be dangerousSetting off on holiday as a family is exciting, even if navigating trains, planes and automobiles with small and potentially grumpy children is exhausting. But as my wife Francesca and our son Sacha (11 months) have learned, hiring a car can transform a mild logistical challenge into an appallingly stressful ordeal.Since Sacha was born, we have twice rented a car for a week from Avis, paying about \u00a370 for the use of a baby seat. Despite the exorbitant price \u2013 you can get a new seat for less than \u00a3100 \u2013 we decided not to bring our own from home on a recent holiday to Brittany. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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