We have rented a car several times on holiday and when you have a young child i.e. still in a baby car seat I'm really in two minds as to whether you should bring your own or rent one with the car.
On the one hand, if you bring your own then you are guaranteed a safe car seat. You don't have to worry about 'one not suddenly being available' when you are in a long queue for hiring your car. You can then use it attached to your buggy for dinners out and transporting baby. As mentioned in a previous post, if you are bringing your own, invest in a cheap bag to put it in when you check it into the hold.
When hiring a car in the South of France we were actually given a toddler front facing car seat rather than a baby one. Our daughter was about 4 months old and I wasn't that happy about using it but we weren't using the car extensively and we strapped her in pretty tightly.
If you hire one with the car then it's one less piece of luggage to have to carry and avoid losing/getting damaged. In fact, as I type this post, I think the best piece of advice would be to hire one with the car but keep phoning the car rental company in advance to confirm what kind of car seat they will be giving you.
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