Availibility / Reliability of Uber Family in NYC
May 1, 2016 8:05 PM Subscribe
My wife and I are taking our 17 month old to NYC for Memorial Day weekend. We are flying into and out of LGA, and our plan is to take public transit as much as possible, but to use Uber Family (which provides a car seat) to make a couple of key connections. We are especially concerned about the end of our trip, when must get from Midwood in Brooklyn to LGA. We'd like to use Uber Family, but we don't know how reliable it is in that area.
We will be near the Avenue M Q stop in Brooklyn in the early afternoon. We will have all of our bags plus the baby, so we'd rather not have to take the subway if we can avoid it. Uber family seems like a great option, but I don't know what the wait times are typically like outside Manhattan (let alone on Memorial Day).
We've also considered taking our own car seat on the plane, but it seems like a huge pain to lug it around for one car ride. That's probably what we will end up doing is uber family seems like a bad option.
We will be near the Avenue M Q stop in Brooklyn in the early afternoon. We will have all of our bags plus the baby, so we'd rather not have to take the subway if we can avoid it. Uber family seems like a great option, but I don't know what the wait times are typically like outside Manhattan (let alone on Memorial Day).
We've also considered taking our own car seat on the plane, but it seems like a huge pain to lug it around for one car ride. That's probably what we will end up doing is uber family seems like a bad option.
You can "test" Uber wait times by starting up the app and moving your location to the future pickup spot.
But if you are running on a schedule, instead of using Uber, consider an actual car service like Dial7 which can also provide a car seat for a baby with their SUVs.
posted by deanc at 8:32 PM on May 1, 2016
But if you are running on a schedule, instead of using Uber, consider an actual car service like Dial7 which can also provide a car seat for a baby with their SUVs.
posted by deanc at 8:32 PM on May 1, 2016
Most car services can send a car with a car seat if you request one.
posted by k8t at 9:11 PM on May 1, 2016
posted by k8t at 9:11 PM on May 1, 2016
Nthing bring your own.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:16 AM on May 2, 2016
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:16 AM on May 2, 2016
Best answer: On the Upper West Side moms meetup people always recommend Legends as the go-to car service if you need a car seat. You will have to call them and arrange in advance for your pickups if you don't want to wait around, though.
posted by Mchelly at 7:55 AM on May 2, 2016
posted by Mchelly at 7:55 AM on May 2, 2016
Response by poster: Legends was great, thanks for the recommendation.
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Some options if lugging a seat around seems daunting would be to purchase a lighter seat just for travel, or a car seat cart or backpack to make it easier to tote around. Safe travels!
(And I'm dropping this link here as I find it a good source of information for safe air travel with a little one: The CFTL Guide to Safe Air Travel With Children
posted by pecanpies at 8:20 PM on May 1, 2016