Holiday Rental Essentials - Baby Gear

If you have a few essential baby items in your holiday rental then young families are much more likely to choose your place over somewhere that doesn't include these things. All the items I've listed below can be picked up relatively cheaply and will be a big asset to your rental property!

Number 1: Travel Cot. This is Amazon's number 1 selling cot with lots of great reviews and retails for £28.

Number 2: High Chair. You can't go past the hugely popular Ikea Antilop Highchair. It's only £16 including the tray. It's easy to dismantle and store if it isn't needed and requires minimal effort to wipe clean.

If you're using the Ikea highchair at home you may like to bling it up a bit like this!

Number 3: Baby Bath. Once on a holiday in Portugal there was only a shower with no bath for my 18 month old daughter. We considered a few possibilities eg. using a bucket or having her take a shower with us but in the end we bought a baby bath and left it at the holiday villa to make our life easier! This one again is from Ikea and costs £6.

Number 4: Melamine bowls, plates and cups. I normally take a set of plastic tableware with me wherever I'm going as I've never found it at any of the places I've stayed at. I prefer melamine to plastic as I've found that over time, plastic plates and bowls tend to get quite scratched up and start to look a bit unhygienic! Melamine is also pretty tough to break so perfect for the little ones to use with no worries. 

Number 5: Black Out Blind. Since having kids, 9 times out of 10, the places we've stayed at have had shutters on the windows which black out an kind of light. I know this isn't common in Australia and New Zealand though so one of these portable black out blinds could be very useful for guests with small children.

What are your baby essentials for travelling?  MP

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