Originally Posted by
foreverlaur
I could ask my friend if her hubby could drop her off at baggage claim to help me! I need the rental car as we won't all fit in their car. Will they let me husband through TSA and back to the gate to help me with stuff if he doesn't have a ticket to fly?
No, and how do you expect to carry a baby, a two year old and two car seats onto a plane, install carseats and get kids settled, by yourself? I just think this is impossible without a second adult. Can you go with just the baby, leave big kids home.
It sounds like the other end will be just as bad, then you still have to get home.
Trips like this are much better when car seats are a thing of the past, or at least when kids can sit on an airplane seat and carry their own backpacks. I travelled much less when our kids were tiny, mostly took one at a time when alone.