Written by the Cabos Airport Transportation operations team — we drive these routes every day.
Yes — every private Cabo airport transfer (Private Van, VIP Suburban, or Mercedes Sprinter) includes a free child seat on request: rear-facing infant, forward-facing toddler, or high-back booster. There is no extra charge; just note your child's age and height when you book. The taxi sindicato kiosk and shared shuttles rarely carry one at all.
Which Cabo airport vehicles come with a car seat
All three of our private airport transfer vehicles — the standard Private Van, the VIP Suburban (Cadillac Escalade or Chevrolet Suburban), and the Mercedes Sprinter for larger groups — can be booked with a free child seat on request. This is a prearranged, private-transfer feature: the taxi sindicato kiosk at SJD arrivals does not stock seats, and a shared shuttle usually does not either, so a family traveling with a young child is, in practice, choosing between a private transfer with a proper seat or a ride without one.
- Rear-facing infant seat
- Forward-facing toddler seat
- High-back booster seat
We carry all three seat types across the fleet. Note your child's age and height when you book — either in the special-requests field on the online form or by replying to your confirmation email — and we provision the right seat so it is already installed when your driver meets you at Shaded Area #3.
Is there an extra charge for a car seat?
No. A child seat is free on every private transfer, in every vehicle class, at every zone. Our pricing is already all-inclusive — vehicle, driver, taxes, tolls, bottled water, flight tracking, and a child seat on request — so adding one does not change the fare you see at checkout. The table below shows the base one-way Private Van rate by zone; a car seat does not add anything on top of it.
| Zone | Private Van one-way |
|---|---|
| San José del Cabo | $84 |
| Puerto Los Cabos | $84 |
| Tourist Corridor | $92 |
| Costa Palmilla | $95 |
| Cabo San Lucas | $107 |
| Pacífico | $123 |
What ages and sizes a Cabo car seat covers
Mexican law requires child seats for young children, and we size the seat to your child rather than assign a single one-size option: a rear-facing seat for infants, a forward-facing seat once a toddler has outgrown rear-facing, and a high-back booster for an older child who has outgrown a full harness seat but still needs a boost for the vehicle's seatbelt to fit properly. Tell us your child's age and height at booking rather than a specific seat name — we match the seat to those numbers, so you don't have to guess which category your child falls into.
How to request a car seat when you book
Requesting a car seat takes one extra field, not a separate process. On the online booking form, the special-requests field at the trip-details step is built for exactly this — "a car seat or extra stop" is the example given right on the form. Add your child's age and height there, or, if you already booked, reply to your confirmation email with the same details. Either way, the seat is assigned to your reservation before your flight lands, not improvised at the curb.
Which vehicle works best when you are traveling with a young child
For most families, the standard Private Van already covers a car seat plus stroller and luggage without crowding. If you'd rather upgrade to the VIP Suburban, the captain's-chair second row makes installing a car seat noticeably easier than a bench seat, on top of the extra legroom and leather interior — a small but real convenience the night you land after a long travel day. For multi-generational trips — parents, grandparents, and kids in car seats traveling together — the Mercedes Sprinter has the room for everyone plus strollers and extra luggage in one vehicle, instead of splitting the party across two cars.
Car seat availability: private transfer vs. shared shuttle vs. taxi sindicato
| Option | Car seat available? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Private transfer (us) | Yes — free, all 3 types | Prearranged online, named driver, flight tracking, all-inclusive price |
| Shared shuttle | Almost never | Mexican shared-shuttle regulations do not require them and operators do not provision them |
| Taxi sindicato | No | Cash-only kiosk, dispatched in queue order, no flight tracking |
The shared shuttle is the cheapest option per person for a solo traveler or a couple, but it is not built around family logistics: Mexican shared-shuttle regulations do not require operators to carry child seats, so most of them simply do not stock any — a family that books one typically ends up holding a child on a lap for the ride. The taxi sindicato kiosk is a legitimate, official option (fair zone-based pricing, paid in cash at arrivals), but it does not carry child seats either, has no flight tracking if your arrival shifts, and dispatches whichever driver is next in the queue rather than a car already staged with the seat your child needs.
The bottom line for families flying into Cabo
If a car seat is a requirement for your trip — because your child's size makes it one, or simply because you'd rather not risk arriving to find no seat waiting — a private transfer is the option built for that, at no added cost over the standard fare. The shared shuttle and the taxi sindicato both work well for travelers without that requirement, but neither is set up to reliably provide one. Book your private transfer with the car seat noted at the trip-details step, and it will be installed and ready before your flight even lands.
