Parent Facing Travel Stroller?

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Hi everybody!

I am due to travel via the Eurostar when my son is 6 months old. I currently have a M&P Flip xt2 that feels too heavy and large to travel with so am looking for something more lightweight.

I love the look of the Babyzen, Joolz Aer and Baby Jogger City Tour 2 etc as they fit in the overhead on flights (will by flying next year too), but my son is a high needs contact sleeper (only just sitting in the pushchair without crying and needing to be carried at 5 months), so I am not sure if he would cope with forward facing only. It's going to be very cold so I would rather not have to faff with the baby carrier.

Does anybody have any experience travelling with the Bugaboo Bee? Wondering if it's too large and heavy. Also wondering how important it is that pushchairs fit in the overhead storage on flights if the airlines bring the pushchair to you after the flight?

Any advice would be so welcome, thanks so much!

I travelled with Bee on Eurostar and it was fine in the standard carriage luggage rack. I have the bee6 with integral stand (the sting) which was v helpful for tucking it away folded e.g. in hotel room (I thiiiiiink older models you can buy this separate?). The parent facing fold is a little less compact if I remember correctly, however it's been a while.

At the time my kid was rejecting her super-compact for being too slumped hence why we took it instead. It's just not lightweight though and there's lots of steps in Paris (if that's where you're headed). I was otherwise looking at the Cybex Eezy S Twist which offers parent facing whilst being much lighter and a more compact fold (but personally couldn't justify buying another pram).

As to your question on the benefits of cabin friendly size: it's handy to take your pram on board but we've only been able to do that half the time with our super-compact due to overhead space running out. The most useful thing about a super-compact is a) how light they are (you can generally pick up your kid & pram solo in them) which is a great option for city travel and B) the freedom to go to any cafe/restaurant and tuck it away under the table/ your chair.

I have travelled by plane with a Cybex Easy Twist+ 2

I use it as my everyday pushchair now. It goes completely flat, folds to the size of a carry on suitcase, pushes like a dream, accessible basket, parent facing, large hood .....

I've had four babies and this is my absolute hands-down favourite pushchair.

It's not so good off road as the wheels are quite close together. I can pull it backwards across a shingle and/or sandy beach though. And I can lift it with the toddler inside to carry it up steps on the underground!