I love my Godmother very much but she's making my life hell right now. Before you judge.. I spent 2 years of my life unable to walk due to breaking my back and shattering my knee making a rescue at work. I know what its like to not be able to legitimately get around.
We live in New Jersey. My wedding is just outside of Chicago. my future in-laws offered to pay for everything including airfare and hotels for my family and closest friends from 3 countries if we got married in their state. I will be moving there before the wedding.
I am having a private ceremony when he gets home from being deployed with the Army. We will have a small informal wedding and going away party in NJ another day ---but the big religious wedding will be in their home town at the end of the summer..
Due to her size (size 32/ 500+ pounds - putting her on a plane to Chicago is not a possibility. The seats are not wide enough.
At home and doing something she wants to do or where someone else is not the center of attention - she walks with canes or a walker with a seat. She gets around well when she wants to.
If she's not the center of attention at events - she rents a wheel chair and has everyone pushing her around and complains the whole time and makes it seem like she's chair bound for life. Because my wonderful mother in law is paying for the big wedding- I'm letting her call the shots. (her checkbook - her wedding) . godmother is giving me a hard time about everything.
private plane is out.. she wont fit.. we measured my parents friend's plane.
Private car service - i have a hard time getting out of a limo.. i don't see her doing it . maybe a town car but 2 days in a town car.. ehhhh there's rules how long they can drive straight.
Traditional ambulance - cot's not that comfy for 800 mile drive and you're sitting on the axel the whole way so she'll never let the poor EMT's hear the end of it..
Wheelchair van - a possibility but again the commercial drivers license rules go into effect.
I was thinking Amtrak but never traveled by train long distance before. Don't know if the seats are wide enough. She will also have the walker - the canes - luggage - and the raised toilet seat she doesn't need home.. I will be paying one of her granddaughters to travel with her.
Has anyone traveled on amtrak with a chair? Was it doable?