Airline guide · rules last checked 13 October 2026
Ryanair lets you check in 2 child items (pushchair or buggy, car seat, booster seat, travel cot) and push the pushchair to the aircraft steps. But you still carry everything through two airports with a baby in your arms, and in Heraklion the pushchair comes back on the baggage belt (or at the aircraft steps at some airports). With Holiday Stork your gear is waiting in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport.
Ryanair flies to Heraklion (HER) mainly from Belgium, Germany and Italy, with seasonal schedules. Each child can check in two baby items: one pushchair plus one car seat, booster seat or travel cot, and the pushchair can be used up to the aircraft steps.
One pushchair or buggy per child is one of the two free baby items, tagged at check-in or at the boarding gate. You can use it up to the aircraft steps, and on arrival it is returned either at the aircraft steps or in the baggage hall, depending on the airport.
A car seat or booster seat can be the second free item and travels in the hold. To use a car seat on board, the child needs their own booked seat, and only forward-facing seats with a 5-point harness approved for cars and aircraft, no wider than 43 cm, are accepted.
A travel cot can be the second free item instead of a car seat or booster seat, checked in at the desk. If you already bring a car seat or booster, the cot travels as extra paid baby equipment.
A high chair is not one of the free baby items, so it is checked in as extra paid baby equipment (up to 20 kg).
Your stroller, car seat and travel cot, cleaned, checked and waiting for you in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport.
Every step of a return trip on Ryanair with a pushchair, a car seat and a travel cot.
Fold the pushchair, bag the car seat and the travel cot, and squeeze them into the car with the suitcases.
Pack clothes, nappies and toys. Nothing bulky.
Push the baby, pull the cases and carry the car seat and cot across the car park.
Walk in with your suitcases and your baby.
Queue at the check-in or bag drop desk to check in the car seat and cot as child items.
Nothing extra to check in.
Lift your baby out, fold the pushchair and heave it onto the belt while the queue waits.
Your hands stay free for your baby.
Leave the pushchair at the aircraft steps and carry your baby and bags on board.
Board with your baby and a nappy bag.
The pushchair comes back on the baggage belt (or at the aircraft steps at some airports), so you carry your baby through passport control and baggage claim, then wait for the car seat and cot.
We meet you in the arrivals hall with the stroller unfolded and ready.
Fit your own car seat into an unfamiliar car, in the summer heat, with a tired baby.
We fit the car seat in your rental car before you drive off.
Gear that travelled in the hold can arrive scratched or broken, far from home.
Cleaned, steam-sanitised and safety-checked gear, the right size for your child.
Do it all again: fold, bag, check in, security, aircraft door, baggage belt.
We collect everything before you fly. You leave with only your suitcases.
Yes. Ryanair lets you check in 2 child items when you travel with an infant: pushchair or buggy, car seat, booster seat, travel cot. You still carry them through both airports, check them in at the check-in or bag drop desk and collect them from the baggage belt (or at the aircraft steps at some airports) in Heraklion.
One pushchair or buggy per child is one of the two free baby items, tagged at check-in or at the boarding gate. You can use it up to the aircraft steps, and on arrival it is returned either at the aircraft steps or in the baggage hall, depending on the airport.
A car seat or booster seat can be the second free item and travels in the hold. To use a car seat on board, the child needs their own booked seat, and only forward-facing seats with a 5-point harness approved for cars and aircraft, no wider than 43 cm, are accepted.
Fly light. Holiday Stork has your stroller, car seat, travel cot and high chair cleaned, checked and waiting in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport, fits the car seat in your rental car and collects everything before you fly home. No bag drop queues, no folding at security and no waiting at the baggage belt with a baby in your arms.
Holiday Stork meets you in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport or delivers to your hotel or villa anywhere in Crete.
Rules last checked 13 October 2026. Always confirm on your booking before you fly. Sources: Ryanair: What baby equipment can I bring on board?, Ryanair: Travelling With Children, Ryanair: Travelling with Infants, Ryanair: Flights to Heraklion, Ryanair: Flights from Charleroi to Heraklion. Holiday Stork is not affiliated with Ryanair.
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