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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad will be flying in for an extended visit the day after Thanksgiving. Before he bought a flight, he asked when would be a good time. DH and I said mid-week and mid-day into DCA while DS4 and DS1 are out of the house. He decided on a flight that comes in at 5:30 (I didn't know it was the day after Thanksgiving at the time) and I said that he could uber/lyft to my house because that is daycare pick up and then dinner time/bedtime start. If he ubered, he would get to our house in time to hang out with DS4 for a little while. We found a flight that would arrive at 10 AM but he said he would have to wake up too early. He said he didn't think it would be too much trouble for us to pick him up. I don't understand why he can't just uber? Is it rude of me not to pick up my dad at the airport? I wonder if it is an old person thing - he is familiar with the uber and lyft app.[/quote]

It's not an old person thing.   At Dulles, DCA, BWI, Union Station, the most efficient for all including the traveler is the cab line.  At Dulles the most difficult part is getting from the gate to security exit.  Easy direct route to taxi line.  Dad gets in taxi- calls you when in.  You go out and pay the taxi when at your house.  No dealing with the hordes and hassle of people hooking up with specific vehicles and the loading.  We've seen travelers with so much stuff it looked like they were moving the contents of a studio apartment less furniture.

If people actually need a companion to navigate the huge airport then what? https://skysquad.com/

Go to them and reverse the trip to be the companion?  We knew a young person whose parents would fly for college trips and then do the reverse so the darling would not be alone.

When visiting a relative in common 1 out of 3 flyers insisted on a personal drive to the major airport.  Other guests flights not at the same time windows. That 1 never does train or plane pickups at home base even for end point of local trains.

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