Bugaboo Bee plus travel bag

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We're taking our 4mo DS on Easyjet next week and want to take his Bugaboo Bee Plus with us. I know we can take it to the gate, but I'm a bit worried about it getting damaged in between then and the baggage carousel on arrival. We don't really want to spend as much as the 'official' Bugaboo transport bag (or buy a holiday buggy) but would like to protect it a bit in the hold. Unfortunately I don't think the own brand Kiddicare ones are big enough. Does anyone know of a cheapish travel bag which would fit the Bee?

I'd buy a cheap buggy to take on hol. The last time my buggy was put in the hold they broke the wheel.

Ryanair broke our bugaboo bee (but did pay for it when we produced lots of paperwork). Now we only take cheap folding pushchair on flights.

I agree. I have spent many hours watching pushchairs being thrown several metres to the tarmac, or having suitcases piled on top. An umbrella fold or very flat fold would have a better chance of surviving a flight.

I tried finding cheap travel bag for bugaboo bee and failed. But the bag was not for travel more to pack buggy away. Most of them don't fit, the ones I've tried. The one I use koodi I think fits but I think is a stroller cover as it is flimsy material. I personally think only the official bugaboo bee transportation hard case cover would be best if you wanted to take on holiday. I have never bought or used it though. If I were to go on holiday, I would be reluctant to take bugaboo bee due to the way suitcases are battered about- I would buy a cheapish stroller and pack the stroller well to stop it from breaking on the way to the destination.

Get a second hand one. My bee has been all over the place in it and the bag still looks like new let alone the pushchair. You can pick one up on ebay for about £50 and sellit for the same when done. No way would I put a 4mo in a cheapie buggy

I would take the bee.

We have travelled with the bugaboo cameleon ( in bag) many many times ( 100+). It's fine, and not a single scratch. Sure these things get broken sometimes but I think a v small chance. You can get it insured also if you want to.

Someone told me only 2 days ago that their pushchair had got broken in a flight, but the insurance company would only pay for a new chassis, not the whole pushchair. The pushchair company wont sell just a chassis, so they are now out of pocket. I have heard of several broken pushchairs this year. Obviously its all a game of risk really, but it does happen.

I'm sure it does happen, but the chances ( from our experience anyway) seem quiet small.

When we called our insurance a few years ago they added the whole pram onto insurance free of charge against theft/ broken during travel etc etc. we have a premium insurance due to high travel but the price was very low to add otherwise if not already on.

Thanks for all your replies.
Just to update, in the end we decided to take the bee and bought the compact bugaboo bag for it. A bit of a faff putting it in at the gate but it felt quite protected in there. Came out fine the other end. As so many of you have said, I guess it's down to luck really. We felt on balance it was a risk worth taking as DS is spending a lot of time in his bee this holiday and he is pretty small for a really cheap pushchair.

But late I know but I bought a car seat travel bag fur my bee from amazon (sunshine kids one I think) there were two and if was the 'thicker' one and was very reasonable. Not used it on a flight but to store buggy in the loft shikst pregnant with dc3