Baby Seats, Child Seats and Boosters, Fitted Before We Arrive
Getting to the airport with a young child is hard enough without carrying your own car seat through the terminal and then working out what to do with it at the other end. We fit the right restraint to the vehicle before your pickup, so it is installed and ready when we reach your door.
Whichever word you use for it, baby seat, child seat, car seat, capsule or booster, it is the same service and the same price. Tell us the age and rough weight of your child when you book and we will bring the correct one.
Which Restraint Your Child Needs
The right seat depends on the child rather than just the age, so these are guides and we will confirm the choice with you when you book.
Baby Capsule for Infants
A rear facing capsule, suitable from newborn to around six months. This is what most parents mean when they ask for an infant seat, and it is the restraint we fit most often for a first airport trip. It suits a baby who cannot yet sit up unsupported.
Convertible Car Seat for Toddlers
Usually six months to about four years. The seat anchors to the vehicle and has its own harness, so your toddler is held properly rather than sitting under an adult seat belt that was never designed for a body that size.
Booster Seat for Older Children
From about four years, once your child has outgrown a harnessed seat. A booster raises your child so the vehicle seat belt crosses the shoulder and hips where it should, instead of the neck and stomach.
Booster Seats for Children Seven and Over
Turning seven does not mean a child is ready for an adult seat belt. From seven the law allows a booster or an adult belt, and Transport Victoria advises keeping your child in a booster until the belt fits them properly. An adult lap sash belt is designed for people at least 145 cm tall, which the average child reaches between 10 and 12 years of age.
The check is Transport Victoria’s five step test. Your child sits with their back flat against the seat, knees bent comfortably over the edge, the belt low across the hips and over the middle of the shoulder, and can stay like that for the whole trip. If any step fails, they still need the booster. Tell us your child’s age and height when you book and we will confirm the right booster with you, at the same $40 per trip.
Travelling with more than one child is fine. Tell us about each of them and we will fit two restraints and allocate a vehicle with room for both, plus your luggage.
What a Child Seat Costs
A child seat is $40 per trip, added to your fare. A second seat in the same vehicle is another $40. There is no fitting fee and no deposit, and the price is the same whatever the type of restraint.
It has to be requested when you book rather than on the day. The correct seat needs to be fitted to the specific vehicle allocated to your booking, and a driver who arrives without one cannot solve that at the kerb.
Melbourne Airport Transfers with a Car Seat
Most of these bookings are airport runs, in both directions. Heading out, we fit the seat before we collect you. Coming home, the seat is already in the car when we meet you, which matters when you have just landed with a tired child and a trolley of bags.
Add your flight number when you book. We track every airport pickup at no extra cost, so if you land early or your flight is delayed, your driver works to the actual landing time and you are not charged for a delay outside your control.
Do you need a car seat in a taxi in Victoria?
Not by law. Taxis in Victoria are exempt from the child restraint rules that apply to private cars, and taxi drivers do not have to provide child restraints or booster seats. The rules that do apply in a taxi are these:
- A child under one must travel in the back seat. They do not have to use a child restraint and can be carried by the accompanying adult instead.
- A child aged one or over must have their own seat, and uses the seat belt if no child restraint or booster seat is available.
- Every taxi must have at least one anchorage point, so you can fit your own restraint.
Rideshare and hire cars are not covered by the exemption. They follow private car rules, so every child under 16 must be in a child restraint, booster seat or adult seat belt that is correct for their size.
The exemption is what the law allows, not what is safest. Transport Victoria recommends taking a restraint with you, and advises that children under 12 sit in the back seat whenever possible, because front airbags are designed for adults. A capsule or harnessed seat should not be used in the front of a car with two rows of seats. By law, every child restraint and booster seat used in Victoria must meet the Australian Standard AS/NZS 1754.
Sources: Transport Victoria, child car seat and restraint road rules and Child restraints, booster seats and seatbelt readiness (PDF). Last reviewed 12 October 2026.
Travelling with a Pram or Stroller
Prams travel free and do not count towards your luggage allowance. A folding stroller fits comfortably in a sedan boot alongside normal cases. For a larger pram, or a pram plus several bags, tell us when you book and we will allocate an SUV or a maxi cab, which carry four large and three small bags and eight large bags respectively. Both carry a higher occupancy rate than a standard taxi, confirmed with you before you book.
Booking a Cab with a Baby Seat
Book online, or call us on 0461 275 333. Tell us the age and weight of each child, whether you need one seat or two, and whether a pram is coming. We confirm the restraint type back to you, so there is nothing to sort out on the morning of the trip.
For five or more of you, or a pram plus a full set of bags, a maxi cab keeps the family and the luggage in one vehicle with the restraints already fitted. Landing rather than departing? Our taxi rank guide covers where the ranks are at each terminal.