We're hoping to go to Paris for 3 nights with dd (13 mths) to stay in a friends flat. We will be travelling by Eurostar and wand to take minimum luggage as we'll be walking a fair way.
Question - what is the cheapest, lightest, most compact travel cot? Or could we get away with rigging up a bed by taking a travel cot mattress and surrounding it with cushions? Or putting the travel cot mattress in the bath? (dd isn't crawling or pulling up yet so not that mobile) Has anyone experience of doing this - we don't really want to buy something just for 3 nights...? I had one idea of taking some strong cardboard and tape and making a cardboard cot (in other words a wide low box with no lid with the mattress in the bottom) then putting it in the recycling on our departure. Am I mad?