Does anyone know where I can rent a toddler car seat in Anchorage, Alaska?
My family is traveling to Seward, Alaska for a cruise in May 2010. I need to rent a toddler car seat for the week. We have a 2 hour drive from Anchorage to Seward. Thank you!
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Every rental car agency will offer child seats for rent. I don't rent in Alaska because I live here, but when I've done it elsewhere, car seats are about $5/day. That's really high for something with someone else's spit-up and cheerios on it, but you wouldn't have to carry something with you. If you have a beater car seat, you could check it on the airline and have it with you. Or you could bring a good one both ways with you. I don't think you pay a baggage fee for it. Certainly not if you carry it to the gate and "gate check" it. Alaska Airlines is especially nice to families and will let you "baby block" a seat when you get to the airport. That makes the seat next to you, the last one they sell. It increases your chances of having a free seat to put your child in a car seat on the plane. Which lets them sleep more easily. Which lets you sleep more easily. Alaska will also sell a seat for an <2 year old for 1/2 price and then you have a gauranteed seat for them. There is a Costco and two Wallmarts in Anchorage so if you're willing to be illegal for 6 milesfrom the airport, you could buy a basic infant seat for $25-35 and skip the rental fee. Or do that before you go and have it with you. Salvation Army and Goodwill usually won't offer carseats for liability reasons. Even in Alaska. They do resell skiis, which no one in the 48 states does, but I haven't seen carseats at the Anchorage second-hand stores. Although I've seen them (and offered them) on freecycle.com. Compared to the cost of the cruise, just spring for the rental car agency's car seat. But I've tried to lay out some other options as well.
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