Originally Posted by
tubulus
So far we've done all our traveling with an uppababy vista. It's huge, but we bought the case for it, and the whole thing packs into the case. We generally pack the main seat into the bag for going through the airport, leaving the carseat on the stroller. The bag with seat fits on the bottom of the stroller for going through the airport, along with diaper bag, etc. It's large but makes life very easy once we are at our destination as we can fit diaper bag, food, bottles, etc in the underpart of the stroller.
I imagine getting through the airport with umbrella stroller is a much bigger PITA - have to carry the carseat separately, as well as diaper bag, etc. Am I crazy?
We travel with an umbrella stroller and two car seats: The Uppababy G-Light and the Costco Sceneras, respectively. Stroller weighs 8.5 lbs. Sceneras weigh 8 and change. The car seats can both hook onto the stroller handles using the tether straps. The strollered almost-4-year-old is 39 lbs, so he keeps the thing from tipping over. The almost-2-year-old is strapped to my front in an Ergo, and the diaper bag is a backpack.
If I had to, I could single-hand with this arrangement. Never have, though. (phew.) The husband will usually carry his laptop and gear in his backpack, and we may bring along a rollaboard for coats, food or whatever, depending on the trip and our needs. Sceneras will also nest one in the other, so we have occasionally nested them and strapped them to a rollaboard. We even keep those special straps in an outside pocket that let you cinch your car seat to a rollaboard and turn it into a car seat stroller setup if we are so inclined. It has worked okay when we've tried it, but it's a bit of a hassle to set up and break down.
We are all enrolled in the Trusted Traveler/Precheck deal, so no shoe carnival, freedom bag/laptop removal, etc. I do have to get my hands swabbed, because I wear the toddler in the carrier through the metal scanner thing. Highly recommend precheck for families.