Angela,
First, how did I miss this post?? I think sometimes they fall back before I even see them!

We have 2 Regents. When we travel, we have always bag checked the carseats. Now that Kate is old enough, we take a booster for travel (but not on the plane. we still check it. I mostly travel alone with the kids, so I could never handle all our stuff plus the seats).

The Regent is REALLY big. Much bigger than I would have ever guessed. I'm still glad we have them because my kids are so tall - I know that they won't outgrow them until we are out of carseats. But if they were smaller, I might have chosen to go with a different seat.

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