Faced with a similar dilemma, I've dragged a carseat overseas with me. This might be worth doing if you think you'll use it more than once on the trip, even though I suspect you won't want to be burdened with extra luggage. The carseat doesn't count as part of your normal luggage allowance; they normally put it with 'fragile' luggage when you check in, and when you arrive you have to wait at a special baggage collection point to pick it up. You are welcome to borrow our carseat (which we hardly ever use) if you're reluctant to take the other borrowed one over.
Alternatively, I think calling the cab company is a good idea, because some cab companies have cabs with carseats, and you can book one. I've only ever done this going TO the airport, as opposed to going from one, but in principle I don't see why you couldn't ring from the airport and get a special cab with a carseat to collect you. You might try calling several different cab companies in Halifax and ask them whether they have cabs with carseats and whether they would do an airport pickup with one.
Finally, in my experience, lots of UK taxi drivers will turn a blind eye to transporting a small child for a short distance without a carseat. Canada may be more strict - I don't know. In the US I've always used one, as far as I can recall. A 20-minute ride would make me a little uneasy. I think I'd be tempted to opt for the shuttle bus instead, miserable as that sounds after an overseas flight with a baby.
The dream option would be to collar a friend with a car in Halifax and get them to borrow a carseat and pick you up at the airport!
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Date: 2009-07-21 08:20 pm (UTC)Alternatively, I think calling the cab company is a good idea, because some cab companies have cabs with carseats, and you can book one. I've only ever done this going TO the airport, as opposed to going from one, but in principle I don't see why you couldn't ring from the airport and get a special cab with a carseat to collect you. You might try calling several different cab companies in Halifax and ask them whether they have cabs with carseats and whether they would do an airport pickup with one.
Finally, in my experience, lots of UK taxi drivers will turn a blind eye to transporting a small child for a short distance without a carseat. Canada may be more strict - I don't know. In the US I've always used one, as far as I can recall. A 20-minute ride would make me a little uneasy. I think I'd be tempted to opt for the shuttle bus instead, miserable as that sounds after an overseas flight with a baby.
The dream option would be to collar a friend with a car in Halifax and get them to borrow a carseat and pick you up at the airport!