get my mom to park slope

February 16, 2006 5:43 AM

hiring a car/limo for my mother in law

My mother-in-law arrives today to JFK airport. I live in park slope brooklyn. I've been tasked with hiring her some kind of car so that she won't need to deal with cabs or directions here. I could use a brooklyn car service, but was thinking it'd be cool to have someone waiting for her with a sign. Who do i call for that? is it prohibitively expensive? other ideas? Concern is that if i call a regular car service, they won't be good at finding her.

posted by alkupe to travel & transportation (6 comments total)

Not saying go with these people (I have no experience with a limo service in NYC), but here's an example in your general area.
posted by kuperman at 6:44 AM on February 16, 2006

My work uses Utog and Computer Car. Both will provide the service you want, but I think the cost is somewhere over $30 on top of the actual car fare.

In my experience, with flying relatives into NYC from other places, I've always just sent them very explicit directions to my place from the airport that they could print, and the steps for how to communicate with a cabby if he doesn't speak much English. Things like saying the numbers individually "one eight seven street" and giving landmarks. I haven't lost anyone yet. It's just easier and cheaper for them find the cab stand.
posted by kimdog at 7:12 AM on February 16, 2006

hmm too late for that, she's in the air.
posted by alkupe at 8:57 AM on February 16, 2006

BostonCoach (owned by Fidelity Investments). I use it all the time in NYC, as well as other cities.
posted by ericb at 8:58 AM on February 16, 2006

Not necessarily too late. Call BostonCoach at 800-672-7676.
posted by ericb at 9:00 AM on February 16, 2006

uhh just meant it was too late to email her detailed directions and have her print it out.
thanks all.
posted by alkupe at 10:23 AM on February 16, 2006