Family Rentals Orlando

esk

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Checked ABBF website and they no longer offer either the sit n stand stroller or the double jogger........so now I'm thinking of going with another company.

Can anyone talk to me about Family Rentals Orlando (.com, did a google search)? Childrens FAmily Rentals got good reviews on this board but nobody has mentioned this other company and I like a website where I can see stuff.

Anyone? Anyone? :confused3
 
not sure if you are staying on site or off or the ages of your kids, but if t's only a stroller you need, I'd just rent the double one from the park. They had an "express rental" booth outside of the gate when we went, so the stroller pick up went smoothly and quickly. Just my .02
 
My kids are 3yrs and 6 months, so the Disney strollers won't work for them. Plus, we were going to rent an Exersaucer and maybe a crib.

We have a "travel system" stroller with the car seat for the baby but the 3 year old can't walk the whole time, and not sure the baby can do an umbrella stroller for long periods.

We're stumped......... :confused3
 
esk, you checked out www.abbf.com, correct? Because I looked and it looks like you can still rent the Sit and Stand Stroller. I saw the note about the double jogger not being available, but the description of the S&S looks good as though you can get it.

I think I will call tomorrow as we will be needing one next month. We have used ABBF in the past and have been extremely happy with each item and their helpfulness.

I will post again after I call them.

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esk, at least we're both not losing it.

I called ABBF this morning and was told that note for the Sit and Stand was an error (when you saw it) and is now corrected (when I saw it). The 'no longer avail/checking into a new model' note was supposed to be for the double jogger only.

So the Sit and Stand is available, which is good since we will be there next month and man what a lifesaver it will be.

Have a great day! :cloud9:
 
Hello! :wave2:

Are you flying with your kids? I know when we flew with our then almost 3 yr old and almost 7 mos old, we travelled with two strollers. We still had our youngest dd in her infant carrier and used the whole system. She had her own seat on the plane and we just put her car seat in with the seat belt on the plane. I did have my parents travelling with us though, so we had four sets of adult hands to push strollers. I found I needed one to get through the airport for our oldest or she would have been all over the place.

This year we travelled with a 19 mos old and a 4 yr old. We just took one stroller for the youngest as well as toted along her car seat for the plane. She needed the stroller to keep her in one place as she is a bundle of energy!! Our older dd was ok to walk this time and we rented her a regular stroller at WDW as she didn't need the recline to sleep.

We did look at a Sit and Stand at Sears before we left as it was on sale and I had a good coupon I could have used. It was by Swan, but is pretty much the same as the one you see on the ABBf website. I took my oldest dd down to see it and I thought it would be perfect, but I really didn't like it. (1)... it was not comfortable for my dd to sit on. Just a bench and a tight fit to slide under the handle to sit down. No sun protection for her at all. (2) I asked how it folded down and it was a nightmare!!! The lady couldn't even demonstrate it to me. It took two of us as you had to pull and lift a latch at the same time, which if I was by myself I would have no way to do that! If we had to use the tram from the parking lot it would have been a nightmare to try and fold down for that too ... and (3) The front seat doesn't recline very far. Just enough to be leaning back, but not far enough in my opinion. So therefore, we didn't buy it!

So I'm not sure what is best as I dont' know how you are travelling, plus it depends on how big your oldest is and is she a later 3 yr old or a new 3 yr old (does that make sense??). :)

On a side note, I rented from ABBF when we went last year. This year I didn't need to as we stayed in a rental home. Anyways ... I rented a bouncy seat, exersaucer and a bed rail. They were wonderful. They were spotless and wrapped in plastic. They were delivered to our customer service area of OLCC and we just picked them up. The exersaucer was a lifesaver for our youngest. They are very nice to deal with as well. I will use them again when we visit in March of next year as we will need a bed rail for the youngest dd. I've never seen the other rental places, so I suppose I am biased!!

Good luck!! I remember how much I stressed on our trips before hand about what to take and not to take ... I'm too obsessive about these things!!

Kerri
:earsgirl: :earsboy: princess: princess:
 
OK. I have to admit that when I saw the title of this post, I had to wonder to myself, "Why doesnt' he just take his family with him, instead of renting one when he gets there?"

:rotfl2:
 
I was going to ask about this company after reading the crib thread. My friends used them for a sit n stand back in November and she said the customer service was EXCELLENT.

I am not sure we are going to get a crib, but if we do it will probably be from them.
 








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