Travel bag for stroller

[Shirrie]

When you are traveling with your stroller, (we have a jogging stroller) do you put it in a stroller bag when checking it with your luggage at the airport? Or will they check it without it being in a bag?
Thanks!

 

[npealer]

I as I think most with Children Gate check our strollers. You get a tag at the gate before you board. You leave your stoller at the end of the gate and baggage handlers grab them and put them in the Cargo hold before they close it. WHen you land they get them out for you and leave them at the end of the gate when you deplane. Too much trouble to bag it before it goes IMO. HTH

 

[justwinnie]

I believe if you check your stroller with your luggage, they want it bagged. They may be able to provide you with a large plastic bag.

If you gate check it, there's no need to bag it.

I've never seen people bag their gate-checked strollers. We always gate check our stroller and haven't had a problem w/out a bag. I like being able to use the stroller up until we get on the airplane and being able to use it as soon as we arrive. Many times there are no seats available at the gate and at least your little one can sit in their stroller.

If you were gate checking an infant carrier, I'd put that in a bag just to keep it from getting dirty or wet on the seat. I've had my stroller come out a bit wet on the canopy or back of the seat b/c it was raining as it came out of the cargo area, but the seat has always been ok since it's folded.

One hint- I've seen people leave their strollers at the gate without folding it, only to see the baggage people struggling and "forcing" the stroller to fold. You should always fold your own stroller- it can get harmed otherwise! And don't leave things in the basket of your stroller.

I've read that you should never check a car seat with regular luggage. It gets thrown around and could get cracked in areas you might not see.

 

[justhat]

Our first trip with a child we didn't bag the stroller when we gate checked it. We arrived in Orlando and while the stroller was fine, it was very, very dirty. This was 2.5 years ago and some of this dirt is still on the stroller as it simply would not come off no matter what we tried. Since then we've bagged our strollers when gate checking them. But we have also used umbrella style strollers since then so it was easy to find a bag for them. We're buying a new stroller soon (a Peg Perego Centro Completo) and not sure what we'll do as it doesn't fold umbrella style so we can't fit it in our current stroller bag but don't want it dirty like the old stroller.

 

[JERSEYGIRLINSI]

We gate checked our stroller without a bag. We have a big Graco with the storage underneath, and knock on wood, it came out great going and coming. We used the stroller to carry the car seat, and our carry ons for the plane ride. And this was very helpful. You can bag the stroller, but we couldn't find one big enough for our stroller...and was glad that we didn't after seeing how helpful the open stroller was at the airport. We are doing the same thing for our upcoming trip, and hope for the best.