Sunday, June 12, 2011

Luggage Carriers

I was ambling with Cheyenne along Caroline street when I got passed suddenly by these characters. they paused for a moment to check their maps, then determined the Ft Myers Ferry, I'm guessing, was one block further so off they went racing their bags along. Cheyenne and I were no match for the power walkers and they left us in the dust. Walking into the parking garage I saw his wildly decorated van and it occurred to me that such a service is actually a brilliant idea. They collect your luggage and store it for you.I checked the website http://www.paradiseporters.com/ but it makes no mention of delivering bags to a guest house which seems kind of obvious to me. They also ship luggage home so you don't have to deal with traveling with it. They had a bunch of customers around the desk so i didn't feel like asking questions but I figured it would be quite handy to park your car at the city garage for $13 a day and have these people deliver your bags if you were staying at a parking-free guest house in Old Town.Cheyenne liked the cool of the cement in the parking garage after stumping the hot streets.This is one of those services you don't really think about but when you see it, it makes perfect sense. I'll bet he could have used it instead of humping his sweaty bags around on his back. They also interrupted his tanning...

1 comment:

Chuck and the Pheebs said...

I don't know how you do it.

Five a day, that is.

I'm prepping posts for the next week as we head out to Tokyo and Singapore; I'm finding that it takes roughly a half-hour, on average, to compose a 250 word, 9 photo post.

Granted - you've fewer pix per post, but the process still takes time!

Kudos for the diligence required to maintain this torrid pace - may it pay off in spades!