Getting from Point A to Point B

[gnomi]

So, we're traveling to Maryland in the very near future for a bar mitzvah. mabfan, Muffin, Squeaker, lcmlc, Abba, and I are taking a train down to Maryland that leaves Boston at a relatively early hour. Transporting all of us and our luggage is the challenge I am now facing. The current plan is that I will take Muffin and Squeaker in their stroller on the T to South Station while mabfan takes the luggage in a cab. But I'm very worried about the T having issues and us therefore missing the train (this would be a Very Very Bad Thing).

So I have a question: does anyone in the Boston area know of a cab company/car service that can provide car seats for a short trip? Taking Muffin and Squeaker's car seats to Maryland is a non-starter, since they cannot use them on the train and we are not planning many car trips while in Maryland (and for those that we are planning, I am told that car seats will be provided by MD locals). The T-and-cab plan is still the plan of record, but I am exploring options.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Have you called Red Cab or Bay State to see what they say?

Also, maybe we can put out a call to our friends to see if anyone would be willing to drive us there the morning we leave, and maybe even pick us up the night we return?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I called Bay State and Metro Cab. Neither of them offer car seats. I'll try Red Cab later.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Does South Station have lockers? Could we leave the car seats there over the time we're away?

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

I would not count on car seats fitting in standard locker. As noted, we are arranging for car seats here. And I need to talk to you both about the babysitting for Friday night.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

We should be around this evening if you want to call.

And I've got the beginnings of a list of stuff that I'd appreciate being picked up down in MD so we don't have to schlep it down from Boston, if that would be possible.

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

Should not be a problem.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

South Station does not have lockers, and there does not seem to be long-term storage via Amtrak, but I will continue to look.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll be running around the whole time you're here, but let me know if you want to grab a bite at Max's or something. Or if you need a babysitter. :)

[gingicat]

How early? The Tigerbright-Friends Cab Service might be available. :)

(Seriously! I wake up around 6:30AM on weekends, and leave the house at 7:15AM on weekdays and drop the roommate off at BU around 7:45AM. As long as I don't miss boychik's 8:25 camp bus, it's all good.)

have minvan, will travel

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

The girls are in front-facing 5-pointers, right? I'm going to have to figure out where my LATCH anchors are...we should plan for some climbing-around-and-latching time in that pickup time!