Taxi company with baby seats?? Help!

[Sally81]

Hi trusty forum!

Anyone know of a local cab company that has baby car seats?

I have to get a taxi to Kings Cross station tomorrow morning and last time I needed a cab as a last min thing I had to travel with my four month old on my knee, which unnerved me.

I'm told that taxis are not required to have car seats for babies now and as I don't have a travel system for my buggy (as we don't have a car at the mo and rarely need one) do I just have to risk him on my lap with the seat belt around us both?

Does anyone have any advice?

[hoipolloi]

Addison Lee do them

[Sally81]

Thanks hoipolloi but I'm afraid not. It was them I used when he went on my knee and they don't use them anymore.

Anyone know of any others??

[Audrey]

Similar dilemma - first baby due shortly, but no car so no car seat (thinking of trip back from hospital). I rang all taxis in Camberwell - none of them provide baby seats. The don't legally need to so none of them do given the expense involved I suppose. I also tried Addison Lee, and your right, they don't either.

I think its buggy on the bus, or baby on your knee in a cab.

[Helen GV]

another option might be to use your own or borrow one, and ask the driver if he/she could drop it back at your house or a neighbours house afterwards, probably for extra cost.

we did this last year because we did not want to have a toddler and a four month old baby without seats in a cab in the snow

[catgirl]

Addison Lee stopped doing child seats, most annoying! Have used a taxi company that advertised on here and they provided seats and turned up on time, good service etc. I think called dulwich airport cars. Sorry don't have details but google or search on here.

[veryseriousgirl]

Green tomatoes have them - we get them to and from the airport when travelling with Veryseriousbaby. They're on 020 3432 0675

[Belle]

Are you taking your buggy? the alternative would be to call a black cab and take baby in buggy - safer than on knee, and I believe in some you can strap into the wheelchair bit, though haven't tried this myself. Comcabs is one i can think of.

[Belle]

ps is a bloody pain Addison lee stopped doing it - though was only booster seat for age 1 and up. Annoyingly I think it's to do with the make of car the booster seat was built into, and them not using that model anymore.

[Sally81]

Thanks everyone....I'm going to call Green Tomatoes in a min, had never heard of them! Thanks veryseriousgirl.

Audrey - It's still worth getting a car seat and my advice is get one that fits onto your buggy if you can. We bought one from the forum for the journey back from hospital - husband just bought it with him when he came to get us. Now, even though I don't have a car, I wish I had bought one for the buggy as I would not be having this issue. Could simply pop him in car and then clip him in buggy wheels the other end. I'm going to get one.

Thanks everyone....safe travels!

[Audrey]

Thanks Sally - you're probably right, my head is just wreaked at the moment though with the whole 'do I have everything'.... I seem to be unable to face any more research! Maybe tomorrow after another monster sleep like last night!

[Browncoffee]

I often use the cab office near Honor Oak Station & they always have their car seat available (I believe they have one for infants and one for toddlers). I used them last week so no doubt they still have them.

Their number is 020 8291 7744.

Best wishes,

BC

[rodney]

I always use rye cars and they always have car seats available

Their number is 020 7732 7000 or 020 7635 2000

best wishes

rod

[rodney]

rye cars have car seats,local to dulwich

#020 7732 7000

good luck

[Heart108]

Rye Cars are still the solution - friends

with 2 small children need picking up from

Eurostar and bringing to east dulwich. Rye quoted

?20.00 and can provide car seats. Keen quoted over ?30

, don't have car seats and wanted to charge

substantially extra to pick up a car seat from us,

and same charge would apply if we dropped

seat off at their office.

PS thanks Rodney for your input!

[cornelia]

We always use Rye Cars - excellent service.