Tribute Convertible Car Seat

My opinion is the less luggage to deal with the better. That said, the rental car seat is silly cheap and bare bones quality. It works if you're in a pinch or not expecting to use it much, hit or miss on cleaniness. I think Avis mostly uses Evenflo Tributes. You can also rent car seats online and they deliver to you with much better quality and prices. They don't install the car seat for you most of the time, and I would just install it myself for peace of mind that it's installed correctly (you should really know how to do this regardless). For getting to the airport, what we've done is get a rental car with a car seat, and just use that the day of to get to the airport, especially if the airport is in another city.

If you need a small travel car seat, try the Evenflo Tribute or the Graco SnugRide. They're light and easy to set up, plus they should work for your height and weight. If you want more opinions or comparisons, check out borncritic... they have some good guides that might help you figure out those Safety First seats too.

I pretty much just asked this exact same question! Our 5yo also outgrew the Nuna Rava which is now occupied by her lil bro, and she’s in a Chicco seat now. We used to use the Evenflo Tribute for travel (similar to Cosco Scenera) but she’s outgrown that. We are also in Canada so options are more limited. In my thread a lot of people answered Cosco Finale as the next step for a travel seat.

Subway is easy for sure but you can get car services or Ubers with car seats or buy a super light travel car seat. Cosco scenara is popular or Evenflo tribute I think. Both are 8 lbs or less and can rear face.

Arecibo car service has them. Haven’t done uber, we have a car and our youngest still fits the doona. We have a ride safer for our 3 year old that’s a total game changer for car travel but had no problem with the Evenflo before we got that. Drivers were usually patient while we installed. Typically the only time we’d be in a car is to/from the airport so we would need the car seat regardless.

I have a rotating one in my girl and a regular one in my husbands. We both prefer the rotating one!

My skinny kids get bruised from some seats. Ive also had a cheap seat that was so difficult to tighten i threw it out. If i couldnt guarntee i could fasten the kids safely, it wasnt a safe seat. I will never touch the Evoflo brand again.