Airline guide · rules last checked 13 October 2026
TUI lets you check in 2 child items (pushchair or buggy, car seat, travel cot) and push the pushchair to the gate. 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 door at some airports). With Holiday Stork your gear is waiting in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport.
TUI flies to Heraklion (HER) as TUI Airways from the UK, mainly London Gatwick, and as TUIfly from German airports such as Hannover, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart. Pushchairs and car seats travel in the hold free of charge, TUIfly allows up to two baby items per infant, and the pushchair can be used up to the gate.
Pushchairs travel in the hold free of charge. TUIfly allows up to two baby items per infant, while TUI Airways states no limit for pushchairs and car seats. You can use the pushchair up to the gate (TUIfly says up to the aircraft entrance), and it needs a label from check-in. With TUI Airways it comes back on the baggage belt; with TUIfly it is returned after you leave the aircraft or on the baggage belt.
Car seats travel in the hold free of charge. To use one on board, the child needs their own booked seat and the car seat must be approved for aircraft use: TUI Airways asks for a seat less than 40 cm wide labelled as suitable for aircraft, and TUIfly asks for ECE R44-03 or higher with a harness and an aircraft label, registered by phone at least two working days before departure. TUI does not state that it provides car seats, so bring your own.
With TUIfly a travel cot can be one of the two free baby items, checked into the hold; travel cots and carrycots are not allowed in the cabin. TUI Airways flight pages only mention pushchairs and car seats, so check with TUI before bringing a cot from the UK.
A high chair is not named as a free baby item by TUI Airways or TUIfly, so check with TUI how it will be carried before you travel.
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 TUI 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 gate 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 door 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. TUI lets you check in 2 child items when you travel with an infant: pushchair or buggy, car 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 door at some airports) in Heraklion.
Pushchairs travel in the hold free of charge. TUIfly allows up to two baby items per infant, while TUI Airways states no limit for pushchairs and car seats. You can use the pushchair up to the gate (TUIfly says up to the aircraft entrance), and it needs a label from check-in. With TUI Airways it comes back on the baggage belt; with TUIfly it is returned after you leave the aircraft or on the baggage belt.
Car seats travel in the hold free of charge. To use one on board, the child needs their own booked seat and the car seat must be approved for aircraft use: TUI Airways asks for a seat less than 40 cm wide labelled as suitable for aircraft, and TUIfly asks for ECE R44-03 or higher with a harness and an aircraft label, registered by phone at least two working days before departure. TUI does not state that it provides car seats, so bring your own.
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: TUI UK: Travelling with infants and children, TUI UK: Can I take a pushchair and a car seat on my flight?, TUI UK: Flying with kids, TUIfly: FAQs, TUI.com: Flugreisen mit Kindern, TUI UK: Heraklion travel advice, TUIfly: Flights Stuttgart to Heraklion. Holiday Stork is not affiliated with TUI.
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