Family Taxi to Wembley: Child Seats Fitted Before Pickup
Child seats are free, but they have to be fitted before the driver sets off. Ask at booking and the right seat is in the car when it arrives.
Child seats are free, but they need notice
Rushxo does not charge for child seats. What we cannot do is produce one at the kerb, because a seat has to be physically fitted and checked before the vehicle leaves for you. That means the request has to be part of the booking rather than a question asked when the car pulls up.
Give us each child's age and rough height and we will match the seat. If you are travelling both ways, the same seats stay in the vehicle for the return, so there is nothing to carry into the venue and nothing to arrange again afterwards.
Roughly what suits which age
| Stage | Typical age | Typical height | What we fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infant carrier | Birth to around 15 months | Up to about 75cm | Rear-facing infant seat |
| Toddler seat | Around 9 months to 4 years | About 75-105cm | Forward or rear-facing with harness |
| High-back booster | Around 4 to 8 years | About 100-125cm | High-back booster with adult belt |
| Booster cushion | Around 6 to 12 years | About 125-135cm | Booster with adult belt |
| No seat needed | 12 years or 135cm and over | 135cm and over | Standard adult seat belt |
The law, stated plainly
In an ordinary private car, children in the UK must normally use an appropriate child restraint until they reach 12 years of age or 135cm in height, whichever happens first. Licensed taxis and private hire vehicles are treated differently: where a suitable child seat is not available, a child may travel without one, seated in the rear, and children aged three and over must wear the adult seat belt.
That exemption exists to keep licensed transport usable in emergencies rather than to set a standard. Our view is straightforward: if a seat can be fitted in advance, it should be, and we would rather you booked one than relied on the exemption. It costs nothing and it is the safer arrangement for a long event-day journey.
Family logistics on a Wembley event day
Book the return before you leave home
With children this is not a saving, it is a necessity. Reorganising transport for a family in a post-event crowd with tired kids is the worst possible position to be in.
Give ages and heights at booking
Not just the number of children. The seat type depends on size, and getting it wrong means a delay at the door.
Mention the pushchair
Whether it folds, and roughly how big. It determines the vehicle and the boot space we allocate.
Set the pickup 20-30 minutes after the finish
Long enough for the crowd to thin, short enough that nobody is standing around past bedtime.
Agree a meeting point away from the crowd
Your driver confirms a road outside the cordon. With children, a five-minute walk to a quiet street is far better than twenty minutes in a crush.
Nominate one adult as the contact
One person holds the driver details and speaks to dispatch. It is faster and it avoids crossed wires.
Safety and licensing
Every Rushxo driver is licensed by Transport for London, enhanced-DBS checked, medically assessed and fully insured, and every journey carries public liability cover up to £10 million. Before pickup you receive the driver's name, the vehicle make, colour and registration, so you can confirm the car before anyone gets in.
Rushxo operates under TfL Private Hire Operator Licence 11588 and is registered at Companies House as company 16464640. Both can be checked independently, and with children in the car we would encourage you to check any operator you use.