How To Support Traveling Families & Make Extra Money

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Even though my youngest is now 7 – as I’m planning trips, I still consider whether or not to bring her car seat when we travel. Are the car seat laws different in the city we’re traveling to? If we’re renting a car, will the rental car company have a car seat we can use? Should I check our car seat with the airline or borrow one from someone local? Do I even know anyone local?

Admittedly, all of these questions add a little more stress and planning when it comes to traveling with kids.

On the other side of that, parents learn fast that when you have a baby you get a lot of stuff! From those car seats and strollers to swings and cribs; from pack-n-plays and highchairs to booster seats and activity centers. We had 3 girls in 5 years and accumulated an inordinate amount of baby stuff. Some things were precious and essential even when traveling (my oldest adored her swing…my middle would fall fast asleep in the stroller on long walks) – and others hardly touched – after 3 kids, they were practically brand new. And then suddenly they all grew out of the baby stuff and we were left donating and selling our mountains of baby gear.

I was recently introduced to BabyQuip which allows you to rent out that equipment to traveling families – genius! How brilliant to simply rent the essentials you need in the city you’re traveling to? I love the idea of supporting families who travel by making the “stuff” part easier and also utilizing your own baby gear to make extra money – perhaps even to afford more family travel, ha!

BabyQuip founders say “We empower parents — often stay-at-home moms — to become successful baby gear rental entrepreneurs while also helping families travel easier.”

Supporting and encouraging families to travel with kids AND empowering moms and women to start their own businesses to support families who travel is pretty cool. I also love that BabyQuip was started by a mom!

More about BabyQuip:

Similar to Uber or Lyft, AirBnB or HomeAway and other sharing economy businesses, baby equipment rental companies like BabyQuip use the peer-to-peer sharing of goods and services to meet a need. BabyQuip also helps providers launch their own business and train as an entrepreneur. The BabyQuip platform creates a marketplace at which Independent Quality Providers build their own business, deliver and set up baby gear they own in the city where they live. Providers can do local sales and marketing (with the support and training of the incredible network), select the gear they want to rent and set their own rental and delivery fees. BabyQuip pays providers 81.5 percent of the rental fee and 81.5 percent of the delivery fee on each order. Providers keep one hundred percent of their tips. Plus, BabyQuip provides support, training, insurance, advertising, marketing, a supportive online community, and so much more!

How to get started as a Quality Provider?

To become a BabyQuip Quality Provider, simply head here and sign-up where you will be given step-by-step instructions and support to start your own business including a brief online training, one-on-one guidance, and tons of resources to help with advertising, marketing, public relations, customer service and more.

Other Benefits and Helpful Information:

• • BabyQuip is perfect for traveling families, grandparents who need baby gear when kids are visiting, companies that have families visiting for events, trainings or interviews – the opportunities are endless. And as the business owner, you can target new markets and groups to your heart’s content!

• • You can design a flexible business that works around your family’s schedule.

• • Learn about the world of online advertising with a support team AND BabyQuip will drive online traffic to your website.

• • Learn new skills, including local sales and marketing, public relations and customer service.

• • Build friendships and find support with other mostly mom entrepreneurs on the platform, socialize in the company Facebook community, attend weekly video conference meetings and enjoy gathering at occasional local Meetups.

• On average, BabyQuip providers receive over $600/month plus tips, second only to Airbnb hosts for gig economy income. Some earn several thousand dollars most months.

How to rent equipment as a traveling family?

Head to BabyQuip to see if there is a provider in the city you are visiting (currently they serve over 250 cities across the U.S. and Canada), pick the items you need and let them take care of delivery, set-up, and clean-up so you can enjoy your family trip! 

Receive 10% off your BabyQuip Order at my link, here!

So in-between trips and adventures with your own family, you can help other families travel easily! Who’s in?