BenBishopsButt t1_iu6340d wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:45 PM

Reply to comment by breakplans in Picking someone up from Newark Airport at 5 during rush hour today… by -pippo-

My father in law is the same way. He offered to drive us when we went to Florida last month, even though there's no way all of our crap and all of us would fit in a regular car. We went for over a week and there was just too much. I hired a local company, and roundtrip it was like $400 including a tip. We got dropped off and picked up in a perfect place and didn't have to worry about lugging two toddlers, a stroller, two car seats, and three suitcases on shuttles. If I'm traveling with my kids I'll never do it any other way until they're old enough to be responsible for helping with the luggage. My sister is coming up with her two kids and I already offered to order the service for her.

breakplans t1_iu63ceo wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:46 PM

Yup just build it into the price of your trip. With two kids and all the accompanying Stuff^TM, it’s well worth it.

SupaRitz t1_iuam3bc wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:19 PM

Was it really worth $400 extra?

BenBishopsButt t1_iuamt25 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:24 PM

It wasn’t extra. Even though it was a kind offer, we couldn’t have fit in the cars any of us have with five people, two in car seats, and all of our luggage. So we would have had to pay to park. I could have gotten cheap parking, but it still would have been around $150 for the time we were gone, plus tolls and gas, plus I’d have to lug kids and all the crap we had onto and off of a shuttle. Paying for the premium parking so we could avoid a shuttle was over $350, which was the cost of the private car before tip. It was a no brainer.

Our driver knew just where to drop us off, and pickup was completely seamless as well. We just went in one elevator trip from luggage pickup and he was right outside. If it was just me and my husband going for a quick weekend trip we would just park or get a ride, but traveling with a four and two year old complicates things significantly.

SupaRitz t1_iuay9tk wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:52 PM

Ah okay that makes more sense now haha