Car seats and boosters: what California law says
California law requires children under 2 years old to ride rear-facing (unless they weigh 40+ pounds or are 40+ inches tall), and children under 8 to ride in a car seat or booster in the back seat. Kids 8 and older — or those who've reached 4 feet 9 inches — can use the vehicle seat belt. (California's rules technically exempt taxicab drivers from providing restraints, but safety experts recommend children ride properly secured in every vehicle — and that's how we operate.)
Tell us your children's ages when you book and we'll make sure the right car seats or booster seats are ready and properly installed before the driver arrives — no wrestling with your own seats at the curb at 5 AM, and no hoping a rideshare driver happens to allow them.
Why families plan differently
- Families travel with roughly twice the luggage per person — checked bags, strollers, diaper bags, and carry-on entertainment all need real cargo space.
- Security and check-in take longer with children: strollers get gate-checked, liquids for infants get separate screening, and everyone moves at the pace of the slowest small traveler.
- International check-in counters typically open 3–4 hours before departure, and airlines recommend international travelers arrive about 3 hours early — with kids, use the full window.
- A missed connection or a sprint through a terminal is an inconvenience for adults and a meltdown risk with toddlers — building in buffer time is the single best investment a traveling family can make.
Dublin to SFO: timing the trip
Dublin to SFO runs about 40 minutes off-peak and up to 90 in weekday commute traffic. For an international departure, work backwards: 3 hours at the airport, plus the drive, plus 15 minutes of buffer for loading kids, seats, and bags. For a 1 PM international flight, that means a pickup around 8:45–9:00 AM.
We pick up from every Dublin neighborhood — Emerald Glen, Dublin Ranch, Positano, Jordan Ranch, Schaefer Ranch, and west Dublin — and drop the whole family curbside at the international terminal.
Booking checklist for families
- Book as soon as flights are ticketed — especially for holiday and summer travel.
- Give ages of all children so the right car seats and boosters are installed and ready.
- Count every bag, including the stroller — we'll confirm a vehicle with room for all of it, up to a 9-passenger van for big families.
- Book the return pickup too: after a long international flight, having a driver — with the car seats already installed — waiting at arrivals is worth everything.
Ready to book your ride?
Your fare is quoted and confirmed when you book — online, in the app, or by phone.