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Ooooh, good luck, lady! When we went to Florida I bought a B-Nimble, Britaxs version of an "umbrella." It was mainly because it still had the car seat adapter in it, but it's pretty nice! Not sure if they make them still, but I got ours on amazon. It's definitely bigger than a typical one, but made way better and sturdier too.

we have the first years ignite at my parents' house and it's great! cheap and sturdy.

I just got the mountain buggy nano and I'm slightly obsessed. It's not an umbrella, but it folds down small enough that you could carry it on and takes up no space in the car. And because it folds in thirds instead of collapsing like an umbrella stroller you can push it with one hand if need be (one handle bar instead of two hand holds). It also reclines and has a universal adapter for infant car seats (which I have not used). It feels pretty sturdy pushing my 21 lb one year old in it. It felt sturdier in the store than the gluxe, but te floor model was probably newer and less used.

Cons- two hands required to fold it, and it's not cheap- $200 retail. I got the floor model at bbb and used a coupon so it was a great deal.

@sarah.clarisse: well you can use bbb coupons on it, which you cannot do for uppababy. But yeah it's still a lot if you won't use it a ton.

Eta: I was so excited about the floor model that I was paranoid someone would take it out of our cart when I wasn't looking. Practically skipped out of the store. Dh was like, um ok weirdo. Also I kind of didn't tell him about the cheaper options.

we always just gate check our city mini, so I'd recommend just bringing your b-agile but I certainly agree it would suck a lot if it got damaged

we are gonna try and gate check our giant city select double stroller this time 0_o! hope they let us! haha

I think any would do, but we have a Maclaren Volo thats held up well.

We bought the cheapest chicco umbrella stroller (cheaper than the liteway) when we forgot to bring our stroller to Seattle. We love it and use it all the time now. I'd definitely recommend it for price and use.

We use our Maclaren Techno XT for travel, but if we didn't have that, I would either buy a Maclaren Globetrotter or I keep seeing a teeny tiny stroller called the Yoyo, but I don't know anything about it.

@sarah.clarisse: this probably won't help but the nano is on zulily today- the stroller and a mb infant seat together are $350 (reg $400 for the two). I guess it would be a good deal if you also needed a car seat.

I've used an old maclaren that my sister bought second hand for $20 and it was awesome! That's what I'd buy if I was looking for an umbrella stroller!

@sarah.clarisse: you can even gate check your B-agile. Just wanted to make sure you knew that. I have a gigantic B-ready and have flown with it several times with no issues. At security, someone will just walk it through the metal detector since it won't fit through the x ray machine....then before you board the plane, you leave it at the bottom of the gangway (jetway? Whatever they call those things that you use to walk onto the plane).

It's free to gate check and I've always used a cheapo bag to keep the stroller clean and it's been fine. We also gate checked the car seat.

We use the First Years Jet for travel-- it's inexpensive but sturdy and folds up well. We also leave it in the back of my car in case we are out and about and need a stroller (DD is almost 2 so we don't routinely bring our regular stroller with us anymore).