Best car service to pick up foreign visitor

alafairnadia · July 2006

none of the threads really touch on this, so I'm making it a new thread.

I have a friend coming in from the UK for her first trip to the USA. she's arriving at JFK and staying with me. a yellow cab is really a lousy option - she's going to be wiped out and if the yellow can't figure out a mapquest map, it's going to be bad. so I want to send a car service to wait for her and pick her up - one that will, of course, check on her flight status, and, of course, hold up a sign with her name on it. is there one in the area (PH, PS, wherever in brooklyn, or brooklyn friendly/knowledgable)?

thanks very much! (sorry, this is a new one for me - a fearful foreigner!)

emily · July 2006

How much are you willing to pay? I know a reliable outfit, but they might cost a fortune.

idlewild · July 2006

Legends is the only one I can think of. They will cost you though.

prusik · July 2006

Idlewild wrote: Legends is the only one I can think of. They will cost you though.

Yeah they picked us up at La Guardia on July 4th, coming back from Houston - ran us around $60 by the time you'd factored in the $5 for the car seat for Little Mister and waiting time (the flight was about a half hour late).

lox · July 2006

Subject: Re: Best car service to pick up foreign visitor

alafairnadia wrote: none of the threads really touch on this, so I'm making it a new thread.

I have a friend coming in from the UK for her first trip to the USA. she's arriving at JFK and staying with me. a yellow cab is really a lousy option - she's going to be wiped out and if the yellow can't figure out a mapquest map, it's going to be bad. so I want to send a car service to wait for her and pick her up - one that will, of course, check on her flight status, and, of course, hold up a sign with her name on it. is there one in the area (PH, PS, wherever in brooklyn, or brooklyn friendly/knowledgable)?

thanks very much! (sorry, this is a new one for me - a fearful foreigner!)

I don't know what a car service would charge but I just took a cab home from JFK on Sunday. The total was $38 including tip. The route: JFK -> North Conduit -> Atlantic Ave -> Eastern Pky -> Classon -> Lincoln. Seems like the quickest route. Of course they won't hold up a sign for you or check your flight status but they're always waiting at the taxi stand.

pompei · July 2006

um, if the limo pickup option is too expensive, can you maybe zipcar it? get some cool ride, like a mini or something...and make a sign with your friend's name on it....homemade and personal.

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