The Black Stallion

It arrived at 6:30 to take us to the airport – our large black SUV from Boston Car Service. With Ali’s bike and our extra bag for Rebecca’s and my riding gear, we needed the big boy and I can always count on Boston Car Service to come through for me. With the price of parking at Logan, we figure we usually break even using a car service. Plus, with the long walks to the terminals, it is a lot more convenient than driving. And, I won’t use any other than Boston Car Service.

A couple of years ago, we had gone down to Virginia for a long weekend trip to Skyline Drive, taking Ali’s mum, Betty with us. When we got to Dulles Airport on Monday to come home, we learned that our flight back to Boston was cancelled and there was nothing available until late Tuesday to get us back home. A bit of a bummer – Betty was scheduled to fly back to London on Tuesday morning and of course, Rebecca had school and Ali had work. After a few long phone calls, Ali managed to find us a flight leaving from National (I refuse to call it the other name) but it was going to Providence so we needed to find a way home from Providence. Ali called the car service his company used at the time, another large Boston firm, but they didn’t have a driver who could pick us up on such short notice. So, I said, "Call Boston Car Service, I bet they do." And, sure enough, they were more than happy to send someone to pick us up. So, a good end to the story – we got a cab from Dulles to National, caught our flight, and made it home that evening.

Of course, since it was just a long weekend, I had driven to the airport to save some money, meaning I had to get to Logan to retrieve our car. I used Charlie’s car to take Rebecca to school (Betty had left early in the morning in a Boston Car Service sedan), then took a train into Boston and the Silver Line to Logan, wasting half my day getting the car back and of course, having to pay for an extra day of parking. So, lesson learned, unless we can get someone to drive us in, we’ll be using the car service even for our short trips!