Kids Arriving for a Sports Camp in Stockholm
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Children flying in for a sports camp usually travel with an accompanying adult — a coach, a guardian, occasionally a parent — rather than the parents themselves, and arrive with sports kit that doesn't pack down the way ordinary luggage does. Getting both of those right at booking means the transfer to camp is straightforward rather than something worked out at the kerb.
This guide covers booking under the accompanying adult's details, and fitting kit bags alongside normal luggage.
Booking under the guardian's or coach's details
The booking is made in the name and phone number of whichever adult is actually travelling with the children — a coach, a guardian, a relative — since that's who needs the driver's name, phone number and licence plate sent before pickup, and who the driver will be looking for in arrivals. Parents who aren't travelling don't need to be on the booking at all; the accompanying adult books it themselves with the camp's address as the destination.
Fitting kit bags alongside normal luggage
Sports kit rarely fits neatly into the large-case-or-cabin-bag categories a normal luggage count assumes — a bag of hockey gear, a set of racquets, a kit bag with boots and pads, all take up real space in ways that don't map cleanly onto luggage units. Use the notes field at booking to describe what's coming, alongside the usual suitcases and cabin bags, and we confirm the category you've chosen has room before pickup.
For a group of several children travelling together with kit for each of them, a Minibus's 18-unit luggage budget generally handles it more comfortably than trying to fit a smaller group's worth of kit into a Standard or SUV/XL car — worth considering even if the headcount alone wouldn't need it.
Flight tracking for a camp arrival
Give us the flight number when booking and the pickup time follows the actual landing, not a fixed clock time set weeks earlier — useful when a long-haul flight carrying a group of children arrives with the usual small variation in landing time. The accompanying adult gets the driver's name, phone number and licence plate sent before pickup, so there's a specific car to look for once the group is through arrivals, rather than a general search among the other transfers waiting at the same time.
What every Förare booking includes
The fixed price you see before booking is the price on your receipt — 6% VAT included, whole car, not per person.
- Flight tracked — pickup follows your live arrival
- 45 minutes free waiting, from your driver's confirmed arrival
- No terminal fee
- No surge pricing, ever
- Free cancellation up to 12 hours
Questions people ask before booking
Should the booking be in the child's name or the accompanying adult's?
Book it under the accompanying adult — the coach, guardian or relative actually travelling — since that's the phone number the driver details are sent to and the person the driver will be looking for.
How do we make sure sports kit fits alongside our luggage?
Describe what you're bringing in the booking notes — kit bags, racquets, protective gear — and we confirm the category has room before pickup.
Should we book a bigger category just for the extra kit?
If you're travelling with several children and their kit, a Minibus's larger luggage budget is often more comfortable than trying to fit it all into a smaller category — worth booking even if headcount alone wouldn't require it.
Can several children arriving on the same flight travel together with one coach?
Yes — book them together under the coach's or guardian's details as one group, with the camp's address as the destination.
Does the flight tracking work the same way for a group arriving for camp?
Yes — give us the flight number and the pickup time follows the group's actual landing, the same as any other arrival.
Book your Arlanda pickup
Enter the address and you will see the price for the whole car before anything is paid. No account needed.
- One fixed price for the whole car, 6% VAT included, shown before you pay.
- Choose the car by passengers and luggage — every category is priced before you choose.
- Cancel free of charge more than 12 hours before pickup, refunded in full.
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