One of my jobs before we leave for our annual trip to New York is to organise a car to pick us up from JFK.
I've done the Port Authority bus. I've done medallion cabs driven by guys who arrived in the US last week and haven't slept or shaved since. Now I am old. I need a car service. I need to ride into Manhattan in a Pine-Sol scented Lincoln. So I did a little trawl through the websites. I don't have any particular loyalties. Hell, they only see me once a year so I'm hardly going to qualify for Frequent Passenger Points.

A few observations from this year's trawl. I can't ride with a company whose website background looks like fabric from a bad sofa. I'd also be reluctant to use a company with a purple and yellow home page. Call me picky, but sometimes I get off that plane with a hint of a headache. A driver in corporate livery could push me right over the edge.

Then there are the sites that have a bar price list. I mean, I think even I can get through the Midtown Tunnel without needing a bottle of Dom Perignon. Oh. Hang on. The bar prices are for stretch limos only. That's okay then. But promiscuous use of apostrophe's's is not. I don't know. They pay for a fancy website, flashing lights and the full megillah. Then they throw a bunch of apostrophes at it like steak to a lion. I guess if you're a gambling man you figure one of them may hit the target.

And I notice one company does Airprot pickups. Hmm. Dare I risk them? What if we emerge from Baggage Reclaim and see a driver with a sign that says FRITZ -PACKET? Mr F would have a canary.