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I'm leaving from Dulles on Friday morning to go to CA for my cruise. I would rather not park there for 10 days due to limited funds. But the airport shuttle doesn't seem to be cheap either - $46 from my house to there.

**edit** found a solution. Much thanks to [livejournal.com profile] gsh

Date: 2007-09-17 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alphaggek.livejournal.com
Can somebody drop you off?

Date: 2007-09-17 06:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
nope ...all the loved ones have to be at work.

Date: 2007-09-17 06:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] primus.livejournal.com
Are there any trains that go to Dulles? What are the rates like for the lots at the transit centers?

Of course, I wouldn't park my car overnight anywhere near DC without either heavily armed guards or a trunk monkey, let alone ten days...

Or, can you get a cab to the train station?

Date: 2007-09-17 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
Dulles airport doesn't have any trains, or metro that goes to them. Cab rates to the airport are about $70.

Date: 2007-09-17 07:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] primus.livejournal.com
I think you should just bite the bullet and park; you'll have the car immediately available when you return instead of rotting on a bus or waiting forever for a shuttle...

Date: 2007-09-17 06:17 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] gsh
When do you leave, and when do you return? I live about 10 miles from Dulles.

Date: 2007-09-17 06:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
My flight leaves at 9:30 am from Dulles. My return flight lands around 2pm on the 30th of Sept (a Sunday)

Date: 2007-09-17 07:05 pm (UTC)
gsh: (Default)
From: [personal profile] gsh
I should be able to drop you off and pick you up, and you can leave your car
in front of our house.

Date: 2007-09-17 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
THANK YOU so much! Could you please send me directions to your house (at my regular email address).

Thanks again sweetie.

Date: 2007-09-17 08:15 pm (UTC)
gsh: (Default)
From: [personal profile] gsh
I sent the directions to what I think is your correct email addy. Can you confirm getting them? :)

Date: 2007-09-17 10:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ponderingpetal.livejournal.com
If for some reason something pops up, our house is about three miles from Dulles and you can certainly do the same here. :)

Date: 2007-09-17 06:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ilostonjeopardy.livejournal.com
Depending on how much baggage you have, there is a bus that runs from the west falls church metro to dulles.

Date: 2007-09-17 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
Where would I park, and how much would it cost?

Date: 2007-09-17 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ilostonjeopardy.livejournal.com
hrm...I hadn't thought that far.

Date: 2007-09-17 07:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] primus.livejournal.com
cab to West Falls Church?

Surely

Date: 2007-09-17 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sierra-victor.livejournal.com
there's an available friend with a car?

Were I still in the area, I'd already be co-ordinating with you.

S_V

Re: Surely

Date: 2007-09-17 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
If that was an option babe I wouldn't of posted to LJ. Thanks for the thought.

Date: 2007-09-17 06:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] belthazar-b.livejournal.com
What time do you leave babe? Worst case scenerio, maybe have someone take you up early before work (Q,A,R..?) you can always take a pillow and a book to the terminal. Just a thought.

Date: 2007-09-17 06:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
A is having surgery Thurs - and probably won't be able to sit to take me. R and Q both have to go to work.

thanks for the thought. I'll probably just end up shuttle-ing it at this point.

Date: 2007-09-17 06:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] belthazar-b.livejournal.com
This is one of those times that I really wish I lived closer. *sigh*

FWIW

Date: 2007-09-17 07:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ivorydamsel.livejournal.com
Per the Metro parking info. page, only three Metro stations allow multiple-day parking (up to 10 days), on a first-come-first-served basis: Greenbelt, Huntington, and Franconia-Springfield (which would be the one closest to you).

"Note: There is no charge for multi-day parking beyond the regular fee (paid with a SmarTrip card) on the day of exit, if customers exit during collection hours (10:30 a.m. - midnight on Monday - Thursday, and 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. Friday).

These spaces, located inside the regular facilities and not at the metered (kiss and ride) spaces are at:

1. Level 1J at Franconia station
2. The South Lot at Huntington station (This is the lot, not the garage off N. Kings Hwy)
3. Cherrywood Lane side at Greenbelt station"


Franconia-Springfield also is one of the few stations where you can use a credit card to pay for parking (instead of having to use a SmarTrip card).

Franconia-Springfield is on the Blue Line, which means you would take it to Rosslyn, where you would transfer to the Orange Line toward Vienna and exit at the West Falls Church station, where you can take a Washington Flyer bus directly to Dulles for something like $9.

CA?

Date: 2007-09-18 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystal-coyote.livejournal.com
And here I'm just trying to figure out how to get to stay over a day or two with me at the faire... I have extra garb!

Re: CA?

Date: 2007-09-18 12:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] make-your-move.livejournal.com
Oh babe, I'd love to, but I can't. My mom would have my head if I tried to leave before seeing her. Wish you could be in SoCal.

Re: CA?

Date: 2007-09-18 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystal-coyote.livejournal.com
Oh, I soooo totally understand. That you would have done it to see me would have made things even worse. To this day I still don't think she likes me.

Date: 2007-09-19 06:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyromancer.livejournal.com
You're leaving? Wah!

Miss me?

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