CARES is a child aviation restraint that slides around the seat back and attaches to the lap belt to give young children the much-needed sternum strap that traditional car seats provide.
The CARES child flight safety device is the only FAA certified child restraint that is equal to the safety level of a car seat. CARES is manufactured by AmSafe, the leading maker of airplane seat belts and pilot restraints.
CARES is the ONLY alternative to a car seat that is permitted on planes.
CARES is designed for children between 22 and 44 lbs who sit in their own seat.
CARES weighs only 1 lb and folds up very very small, making it exponentially easier to manage than a car seat!
It comes with it’s own 6″ storage sack and an instructional DVD (although it only takes one minute to install the CARES harness on the plane seat, watching the instructional DVD might boost your confidence).
CARES has won numerous awards, including the Good Housekeeping 2008 Good Buy Award, the National Parenting Center 2007 Seal of Approval, and several others!
My preschooler enjoys wearing the CARES harness while in-flight, because it is like a “pilot” or even a “hero” restraint.
It saves me some headache because the CARES harness reminds him to stay in his seat, and isn’t as easy for him to unbuckle as the standard airline lap belt.
Family Travel Gear is giving one VERY lucky Mom Most Traveled reader a CARES safety restraint (retail value $74.95)!
To enter, visit the Family Travel Gear website and look around.
Leave a comment on this post telling me one other item you would love to have for holiday travel.
When will you use your CARES?
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08 November 2008, 11:23 am
We are taking a 12 hour car trip for Thanksgiving. It sure would be great to have the Kids Car Organizer XL to hold all of the toys, etc.
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08 November 2008, 12:23 pm
I’d love the Travel Organizer Bag - it is just what I need for any travel.
08 November 2008, 1:11 pm
I’d get the Kids Car Organizer XL !!! It would be nice to be able to keep the toys from under the seats of the van, or on the floor !!!
08 November 2008, 1:34 pm
The toddler coddler looks so great. I am buying one today.
08 November 2008, 1:46 pm
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08 November 2008, 2:08 pm
the travel organizer bag
08 November 2008, 4:18 pm
I would love the trash stand floor liter bag or the vomit clean up kit (seems like one of the kids throw up on every car trip!). Lots of great stuff!
08 November 2008, 5:44 pm
I really like the Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit. They have some really great things. Thank you for the chance!
08 November 2008, 7:49 pm
The baby sherpa diaper backpack.
08 November 2008, 8:00 pm
This would be perfect for our 16 plane ride in February with a 2 and 3 year old. The tray organizer, monkey backpack, or the monkey pillow would be great too.
08 November 2008, 8:17 pm
Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit looks like it would be handy to have on long trips.
08 November 2008, 8:18 pm
The travel organizer bag is my fave.
08 November 2008, 8:43 pm
I just love the Trunki Original Ride-on suitcase. thanks for a great giveaway.
08 November 2008, 8:54 pm
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08 November 2008, 9:39 pm
I love the travel bag. We are always taking trips need some organization lol
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08 November 2008, 9:39 pm
I am a subscriber!
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08 November 2008, 10:14 pm
Snack and Play Travel Tray looks fantastic too. Will ue CARES on all of our airline travel!
08 November 2008, 11:08 pm
I am a subscriber
08 November 2008, 11:09 pm
I love the Trunki Original Ride-on Suitcase this is so perfect for traveling with little kids,thanks
08 November 2008, 11:26 pm
I could totally use the car entertainment organizer right now with my nanny charges…and it’ll transition nicely to hold extra baby necessities once my own little one makes his/her appearance early next summer!!
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09 November 2008, 12:32 am
the trash stand floor liter bag would clean up my car big time.
09 November 2008, 12:58 am
I think my son would love the snack & play travel tray. We could also use the CARES on our flights to Florida and Cape Cod that are planned during the next year!
09 November 2008, 1:50 am
I really like the cabin cuddler! Great design!
My daughter is taking her young ones across Canada and the “CARES child flight safety device” would be great for her to have!
Thanks
09 November 2008, 1:51 am
I’m subscribed!
Thankyou
09 November 2008, 2:10 am
The Trunkie rideable suitcase looks like a blast!!!
09 November 2008, 2:32 am
The trayblecloth play kit looks great, but I think the toddler coddler would be great for my nieces for when they fall asleep on long car trips!
09 November 2008, 2:47 am
I would so love to have the CARES harness for when I fly with my son- I am so tired of hauling the car seat on the plane! And the Trayblecloth looks like an awesome idea- no more icky airplane tray and so much better for him to work on!
09 November 2008, 4:07 am
The Kids Car Organizer would be so useful!
09 November 2008, 6:10 am
what unique items this site has
09 November 2008, 3:58 pm
Trunki Original Ride-on Suitcase
I mentioned in your other contest - my son, wife, 3 kids, Mother-in-law, brother-inlaw, wife and 2 kids (10 in all) are heading to that BIG Florida Theme Park New-Year’s Eve. This will be a first-time advenure and I wonder how it will play out. The ride-on suitcase is really a cute idea, especially for grandaugher who will turn 3 on that day and is quiet a handful to say the least. There will be 5 kids - the oldest just turned 7, so this will certainly be a hectic event.
09 November 2008, 4:25 pm
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09 November 2008, 5:34 pm
I like the travel organizer bag the best.
09 November 2008, 7:31 pm
I would love the Travel Organizer
09 November 2008, 9:50 pm
The Trunki Original Ride-on Suitcase would be ideal for when my grandchildren visit
09 November 2008, 9:52 pm
snack and travel tray
09 November 2008, 10:13 pm
I’d also get the kids car organizer xl. Since we do a lot of trips by car, this would really come in handy.
09 November 2008, 10:26 pm
we could really use The Kids Car Organizer
09 November 2008, 11:59 pm
I like the “Kid Coddler”.
10 November 2008, 12:35 am
Trunki Original Ride-on suitcase
10 November 2008, 5:30 am
The Trunki Original Ride-On Suitcase would be perfect for my 3-year-old. We’re going to be taking a few plane trips in the next year and she would feel like such a big girl traveling with her own suitcase!
10 November 2008, 1:38 pm
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10 November 2008, 3:48 pm
I’ve been asking around about the CARES for weeks! Those bed bolsters would be fabulous for our little guys in our motorhome. I haven’t figured out yet how we’re going to deal with keeping them in their beds.
10 November 2008, 4:32 pm
PlaneSheets - Washable airplane seat cover
10 November 2008, 5:03 pm
I would love the Snack and Play Travel Tray. My daughter would love having something to do on trips.
I subscribed, and I also blogged about this. http://glaserfamilymoments.blogspot.com/2008/11/cares-harness.html
10 November 2008, 5:21 pm
Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit
We are planning our after a long time plane travel in Xmas and my 3 yr old would love this..will make my life so easy.
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10 November 2008, 6:09 pm
The Trunkie rideable suitcase
10 November 2008, 7:49 pm
I like the Trunki Original Ride-on suitcase.
10 November 2008, 10:36 pm
I like the snack and play travel tray. That would make travel a lot easier. Thanks for the giveaway!
10 November 2008, 11:17 pm
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11 November 2008, 12:10 am
I would love the Adjustable seat cushion set, sometimes end up sitting on the floor at the airport.
11 November 2008, 1:02 am
I love the Snack and Plan Travel Tray!
http://glaserfamilymoments.blogspot.com/2008/11/cares-harness.html
I also subscribed!
11 November 2008, 1:03 am
I would love to win this! My brother lives on the east coast, and my BFF lives in Seattle. We travel to see them every few months!
I think the go pillow looks awesome!
11 November 2008, 1:20 am
There are so many great things to choose from, but I would love the Snack and Play Travel Tray! My daughter would love that one.
http://glaserfamilymoments.blogspot.com/2008/11/cares-harness.html
11 November 2008, 1:38 am
I just subscribed to you blog! thanks for a great give away!
11 November 2008, 2:51 am
I travel frequently with my daughter, flying with her about 3-4 times per year. We travel to the east coast to see grandpa, the west coast to see grandma, the northeast to see aunts and uncles, and stay in the midwest (still by air) to visit my daughter’s birth mother. The CARES child flight safety device would be awesome to have on these flights.
The BedBugz portable bed bolster by Toddler Coddler would be an amazing addition to our travel gear as I never know where we’ll be sleeping and whether or not they’ll have adequately kid safe sleeping arrangements.
11 November 2008, 5:46 am
I like the Towel Down 3 in 1 Beach Towel.
11 November 2008, 5:46 am
I’m a suscriber
11 November 2008, 2:34 pm
I would love the Travel Organizer bag for my daughter as she is going on a long trip with her 2 small children and is going to need all the help she can get
11 November 2008, 8:57 pm
Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit
11 November 2008, 9:56 pm
I love the cares harness! This would be great for our next plane trip! I already have the two in one monkey harness and need to look into getting the toddler coddler. WHat a great website!
11 November 2008, 11:46 pm
We fly to California several times a year and could really use this!
12 November 2008, 3:32 am
Definitely love the Totally Tape Book by Klutz. My little M will sit there for hours with a roll of regular tape…give her COLORFUL tape?! Forget it, she’d be over the moon!
12 November 2008, 4:48 am
I just subscribed! Thanks!
12 November 2008, 7:21 pm
I like the Snack and Play Travel Tray.
12 November 2008, 7:28 pm
I subscribed.
12 November 2008, 9:41 pm
I would love the Snack and Play Travel Tray.
12 November 2008, 11:45 pm
What a fabulous idea! I may have to purchase one of these!
13 November 2008, 2:54 pm
The Snack and Play Travel Tray!
13 November 2008, 2:54 pm
Im a subscriber!
13 November 2008, 4:52 pm
The Kids Car Organizer XL would be great on a trip!
13 November 2008, 8:49 pm
I like the Snack and Play Travel Tray. Thanks for the contest!
13 November 2008, 10:22 pm
great for grandparents traveling with the kids
14 November 2008, 7:51 am
I like Compression Packers - Luggage Organizer
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14 November 2008, 3:55 pm
I would love to also have the TRAYBLECLOTH for our first flight to Mexico with both boys (ages 4 and 1).
14 November 2008, 8:44 pm
I just subscribed
14 November 2008, 8:45 pm
Like the Trunki Ride on suitcase
15 November 2008, 2:36 am
I love the Kids Car Organizer! Thanks for hosting this great giveaway. We could use this for our upcoming trip to Disney!
15 November 2008, 4:37 pm
I’d like the Toddler Coddler. That way my son’s head won’t “fall off” when he goes to sleep in the car!
Thanks!
15 November 2008, 5:15 pm
I like the Trayble Cloth Activity Center. That’s great for occupying the kids and protecting everything.
15 November 2008, 6:40 pm
The CARES harness is a wonderful product, I so covet one! I also like the planesheets, the washable plane seat covers - neat idea. I’d use the CARES harness for when my daughter and I fly to visit my family - a 19 hour flight from the USA!
16 November 2008, 5:29 am
I love it
16 November 2008, 7:00 am
The Backseat Survival Kit is a MUST!!
16 November 2008, 7:08 pm
the Snack and Play Travel Tray would be very helpful on long trips!
16 November 2008, 10:21 pm
My two-year old would love one of those Snack and Play Travel Trays. Her big sisters have no trouble reaching the trays but this would be PERFECT for her. And I would love a CARES restraint for her when we fly to Germany soon.
I subscribed. And I also blogged about this.
http://mrsbasilefrankweiler.blogspot.com/2008/11/tips-for-flying-with-kids-cares.html
17 November 2008, 2:37 am
Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit
17 November 2008, 6:19 am
I would have to pick the Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit this would be perfect for the 3 hr trips we take to see Grandma. We would use our cares for our trip to Disney next year.
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17 November 2008, 4:01 pm
The trunki is so awesome. I think I’ll buy for our vacation trip next year.
17 November 2008, 4:21 pm
would love to have the Snack and Play Travel Tray.
17 November 2008, 6:13 pm
The trunki ride on suitcase looks great! Thanks for the giveaway!
17 November 2008, 9:24 pm
The travel organizer bag looks great.
17 November 2008, 9:29 pm
The Kids Car Organizer XL will be great for all the holiday travel.
17 November 2008, 10:09 pm
We are traveling by air with our 3 young children to New England for the Christmas holidays. Both my family and my husband’s families live there. Another item we would love to have for holiday travel from Family Travel Gear is the Baby B’air Flight Vest Travel Harness. I have a 5 month old daughter (she will be 6 months at the time we travel) and this product looks like something we should purchase for the trip. But, we also have a 3 year old and the CARES child flight safety device is something I am so pleased to learn about because I think we can use this for him!! Thank you so much for the opportunity to enter this wonderful giveaway!
18 November 2008, 1:32 am
travel organizer bag
18 November 2008, 3:29 am
nice!
18 November 2008, 4:32 am
The The Trunki Original Ride-on Suitcase is really a great idea! Thanks for the giveaway!
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18 November 2008, 5:06 am
My favorite is the travel organizer bag.
18 November 2008, 3:25 pm
The Kids Car Organizer Compact!
18 November 2008, 8:18 pm
the Snack and Play Travel Tray would be great for holiday travel so they pick up less dirt and germs eating off of other things
18 November 2008, 8:19 pm
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18 November 2008, 8:31 pm
We are flying from Belgium to Iowa for Christmas and the CARES would be wonderful for our 2 yo.
I also really liked the The Kids TRAYblecloth Activity Center. My 5 yo would love it!
18 November 2008, 8:52 pm
The snack & play travel tray, thanks alot
18 November 2008, 9:53 pm
i like the Laminated Mesh Packers/ 4 Pack 860
18 November 2008, 10:26 pm
After just returning home from a trip this morning, airline travel with a young child is very fresh in my mind. Gotta say, for a young child the baby b’air flight vest is a thought, but the CARES restraint looks great for slightly older kids (the category mine falls into!)
18 November 2008, 10:27 pm
It sure would be great to have the Kids Car Organizer XL to hold everything.
18 November 2008, 11:28 pm
I love the car organizer! It is so organized and I love the tissue section of it! Very smart!
19 November 2008, 2:12 am
I like the cabin cuddler (I’m always cold on planes!) We have lots of family far away, so we could use the CARES restraint.
19 November 2008, 2:43 am
I’d love the Travel Organizer Bag - We travel ALL the time so it would really come in handy!
19 November 2008, 3:20 am
This would be great to have for the 4-grand daughters:
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19 November 2008, 3:45 am
I’d love the Travel Organizer Bag!:)
19 November 2008, 3:59 am
I love the Kids Car Organizer Compact
19 November 2008, 6:23 am
I have always wanted CARES to use with my youngest kids. The airline approved car seats are next to impossible to fit through the aisles and then get hooked up into the airline seats and all the attendants always refuse to help. I think it is a WONDERFUL idea.
The other thing I think would be a sweet blessing is the Snack and Play Travel Tray. It would even be a great thing for in my van when I take our older teen back n forth to high school each day. We spend about 1.5-2 hours commuting a day now.