Since when did a pushchair become 'a travel system'?

[AlphaBravoHenryFoxtons]

This morning I heard someone talk about the travel system she wants to buy. She already has a travel system but not the travel system she should have got. The new travel system is amazing. Apparently.

In my day we just had pushchairs, mostly Maclaren. Since when did pushing a baby around on wheels become so complicated and expensive? Am I mission something? Do travel systems land on comets or something?

I'm feeling the need to loiter in mothercare muttering "Moses basket wankers"!

Also, we have the uppababy vista and the carrycot is suitable for night time sleeping so that was another thing we could knock off the OP's 'essentials' list!

1. a travel system can include a pushchair as part of the "system" but a pushchair on its own is not a travel system

2. the Graco travel system I had was dirt cheap - come in at around £150 for the pushchair, compatible car seat, cosy toes, raincover & change bag. I used it for 2 kids. Wow that marketing speak really got one over on me.

3. why are you bothered? Why is what your bought for your children relevant to the definition of a travel system? Or are other posters correct that you just wanted to sneer?

OP as most have said, a travel sysetem is one thing and a pushchair another.

We had travel system to begin with followed by a more lightweight buggy later on.

Alpha, since when has a moses basket been a fundamental requirement? I never had one!

I bought one for my DS (now 15yo) from Mothercare (lovely lovely Mothercare sales assistant who talked me through everything I needed to know )

It had the pram to convert to pushchair with the car seat but she adviced (as did all the HV) not to keep him in the car seat all the while as their spines should be straight.

We had Big Pram and buggy (folding umberella type) and Baby Bjorn carrier and back carrier (for DH to carry)