Travelling Baby Co. Is The Shire-Based Business Taking The Cost Out Of Parenting
You Can Have Your Baby - And Your Snoo Too
Lucy, founder of The Travelling Baby Co
Having a brand new baby on the way gives parents-to-be a lot to be excited about. But filling your house with teeny-tiny onesies, cots, prams, bouncers, rockers and a cupboard stocked full of nappies is an expensive exercise.
While you may have spent ample time on the sofa thumbing your way through baby-related websites and mentally spending your life savings, there’s a high chance you’ll quickly find yourself in the “but do we really need that highchair; another cot; a pair of miniscule Birkenstocks?” camp. And when that time does inevitably come, there’s a Shire-based business ready to fill in the gaps. Meet The Travelling Baby Co, offering all the baby equipment you need, for hire, rather than purchase.
Shire-locals Lucy and Felipe were planning their first overseas trip as freshly minted parents when they were faced with a dilemma: the travel pram. “We just couldn’t find one,” says Lucy, who also spent hours on end trawling Facebook Marketplace unsuccessfully - “and they were so expensive brand new!” But instead of seeing a roadblock, the savvy pair instead saw opportunity, and a problem they felt they could solve. “Buying brand new travel products and equipment can be very expensive, and buying second-hand can lead to disappointment,” says Lucy. “And let’s be real, who wants to be stuck with a bunch of baby gear you’ll only use a handful of times?”
The premise is simple enough, but it’s a true game changer.
Since their frustrated origins, the pair have steadily continued collecting a library of baby essentials - from prams, sterilisers and car seats (which they will have professionally fitted for you), all the way to more niche and viral picks, like the incredibly popular and high-tech Snoo. The Snoo retails for a whopping $2500 but can rented out via The Travelling Baby Co from just $50 (by far their most popular product, according to Lucy). And it’s not just about saving money, it’s also about saving the planet and reducing waste, as the pair point out on their website. Baby (or should we say parent) over-consumption is a real thing!
If you’re worried that Lucy and Felipe are just jumping on the trendiest baby buys out there with total disregard, you shouldn’t be. “We basically just went for everything that we really liked as parents ourselves, but we also trawl through feedback and even use our son as a guinea pig!” And if worst comes to worst, and your mini doesn’t share the opinions of Lucy and Felipe’s, you can easily return whatever product you’ve decided to test after one week of hire.
Lucy and Felipe have treated their business with the same thoroughness and care that any good parents would - and that includes housekeeping. “We use a professional cleaning service after every hire and check everything over,” tells Lucy. “Nothing goes out to another parent that we wouldn’t use ourselves!”
So, if you are looking to save big on baby-related must- and nice-to-haves, you can jump on The Travelling Baby Co. website and check out their range for hire, book a fitting, and get back to taking your brand new human out to see the world. It really is that simple.
