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Airport transfers with children: seats, timing and the law
Ontario requires a proper restraint by weight and height. What that means for a booked car, and why notice genuinely matters.
Travelling through Pearson with small children is hard enough without a debate at the kerb about seats. Ontario law requires an appropriate child restraint based on the child's weight and height, and a booked chauffeured vehicle is expected to comply.
What we need from you
Ages, and more importantly weights and heights. "A three year old" is not enough information to choose between a forward-facing seat and a booster, and the wrong seat is as much of a problem as no seat.
Why notice matters
We do not carry every seat type in every vehicle as standard. Seats are fitted to the specific car assigned to your booking, before it leaves for the airport. Same-day requests can sometimes be met and often cannot, which is a poor thing to discover on arrival.
Bring your own if you prefer
Plenty of families travel with their own seat, and if you are flying with it anyway that is often the simplest answer — you know the seat, you know how it fits, and the chauffeur will help you install it. Tell us either way so the vehicle is right.
Vehicle choice with children
An SUV is usually the better call. The step-in height makes loading a child easier than folding into a sedan, there is room for the pushchair, and nobody is negotiating around a car seat to reach the boot.
Timing
Build in more time than you think. Meet-and-greet inside arrivals is worth it here more than almost anywhere — having someone take the bags while you manage the children is the entire point of booking a car rather than joining a queue.
