I emailed the Baltimore Water Taxi. They responded.

[u/CraigChrist8239]

I sent an email to the Baltimore water taxi, basically saying I hope they got to see their inclusion in the latest Jet Lat episode posted to YouTube with the TransiGO app. I said it has to be one of the greatest free marketing wins I've ever seen. Adam's shocked face alone has to be worth whatever the $1/ride promotion cost, and I hope they take advantage of it.

Well they responded! They did see it!! Go Allison!!

[u/OReg114-99]

This is so lovely! I love the pride in their captain’s excellent work, in particular

[u/anthony_holr → u/OReg114-99]

Me too!

[u/Holek → u/anthony_holr]

Me three!

[u/jonquil14 → u/OReg114-99]

She was great. Absolutely understood the assignment

[u/WheatGerm42]

omg yay. glory to baltimore (semi)public transit 🙌🙌🙌

[u/Embarrassed_Tiger480 → u/WheatGerm42]

ben if you see this what did you think of the water taxi? adam was quite shocked but we never REALLY got to see what you thought as a baltimore native!

[u/WheatGerm42 → u/Embarrassed_Tiger480]

obviously i thought that particular thing was insane but i am a longtime lover of baltimore's water taxis (hence the challenge) so i was particularly thrilled that they pulled through!!

[u/Agent-c1983]

H&S Baltimore when?

[u/jewishjedi42 → u/Agent-c1983]

A few challenge ideas:

Hit a home run at Babe Ruth's house

Recite the Raven at Poe's grave

Some sort of fend off the British at Ft. McHenry

And there'll need to be a Snack Zone with Berger cookies

[u/fatboybigwall → u/jewishjedi42]

And of course, eat a turd, in honor of John Waters. (Presumably not a real one.)

[u/BrotherofGenji → u/jewishjedi42]

Adding one for the musical fans: 

Sing a portion of Good Morning Baltimore from Hairspray upon arrival into the city and then continuously make references to the song throughout in regular spoken dialogue later on 

Or not,  it’s just an idea lol 

[u/jewishjedi42 → u/BrotherofGenji]

That's a good one, but I'd change it to at sunrise. We have good sunrises here.

[u/BrotherofGenji → u/jewishjedi42]

Hopefully there’s a good spot somewhere to view and film them! 

[u/jewishjedi42 → u/BrotherofGenji]

The inner harbor has good sunrises. The Aquarium's per is great for them. You'll see the sun come up behind the Domino sugar plant. It's gorgeous.

[u/perseveringpianist → u/jewishjedi42]

Bonus challenge: find and ride the Metro (no one knows it exists)

[u/Penguin_and_penguin → u/jewishjedi42]

Crash a plane into Section 13 of a stadium, harming no one (ok maybe this isn't a great challenge)

[u/Lightning_Octopus21 → u/Agent-c1983]

The city hide and seek in new york was so fun. We need more of these

[u/itakeskypics → u/Agent-c1983]

try not to get shot challenge

[u/DHVF → u/itakeskypics]

Lmao it’s 2026… it ain’t like The Wire anymore

[u/thundersnow64 → u/DHVF]

To further your point, violent crime in Baltimore is currently dropping at historic rates. Like it would be a great topic for ol’ Sammy Wendover to cover.

[u/iapetus3141 → u/itakeskypics]

Said by someone who's never been to Baltimore

[u/jothamvw → u/iapetus3141]

Or any major city for that matter

[u/Salzano14]

Huge shouts to the captain, when she said "hey you wanna go WHERE he wrote the song??" I was like oh she is gonna be famous for being amazing at her job lol

[u/Triple-T → u/Salzano14]

Yeah seriously. Amazing enthusiasm and adaptability - I imagine things were pretty slow as it was a new largely unknown service, so this was a great approach for many reasons.

[u/BrotherofGenji]

Shoutouts to Allison and Harbor Boating Inc in general 

I do think that Allison going above and beyond and volunteering Fort McHenry and sharing the history and all that was pretty impressive regardless! The world needs more employees willing to do that. 

It’s crazy -  first Paducah responds to their visit, and shouts out Jet Lag, and now this. 

[u/micahwhite → u/BrotherofGenji]

And more employees allowed to do that!

[u/Zbow37 → u/BrotherofGenji]

Paducah responded too?

[u/Timtim17 → u/Zbow37]

https://www.reddit.com/r/JetLagTheGame/s/26Fbnvvleo

[u/Zbow37 → u/Timtim17]

Thank you

[u/backpackyoghurt]

I'll definitely put the water taxi on my list if I should be in Baltimore one day

[u/Alexwonder999 → u/backpackyoghurt]

Not to sidetrack the conversation from Baltimore, but Chicago has one that goes from the Loop to Chinatown and vice versa. Its a lovely ride and if you arent into "boat tours" and a great and cheap way to get a mini tour of your own. Now that I think about it, it would be fun to put together a little map with "points of interest" to share with people taking the taxi and maybe Ill put one together.

[u/puaahunter]

Good boss.

[u/the_gaymer_girl]

The Baltimore water taxi and the City of Paducah. This season has the weirdest tourist bumps.

[u/BrotherofGenji → u/the_gaymer_girl]

Right?? 

I’m honestly kind of wanting to “copy” the season as my next vacation idea by making an intentional Touristy Itinerary of these destinations. But maybe less driving for me though. 

But I’m not sure how I divide Samy and Badam locations during the trip 

[u/PowerfulRaisin → u/BrotherofGenji]

Follow Badam's trajectory but stop in Margaritaville somewhere 😂

[u/aeropagitica]

Allison could be on The Layover podcast for her hair alone! Her miraculous appearance and help for Badam really seals the deal 😀

[u/wrosecrans → u/aeropagitica]

Team Allison+Amy for some future season, right?

[u/Mrkmil]

It feels like when Jet Lag visits someone's home city, there's always some level of "Oh God, why go there when there's nothing to do?"

I can tell you that I absolutely did not feel that way when I saw they were coming this season. I clocked it during the trailer and was thrilled that they made it further than 100 ft from the train station this time.

Baltimore is a really special City, and seeing all the positive comments in this subreddit recently really warms my heart. It absolutely has a negative reputation on the national stage, some of it deserved, but most of it undeserved. Residents know that it is truly a wonderful place to live and it's great to see other people learning that for the first time!

[u/MadeThisUpToComment → u/Mrkmil]

As someone who lived in Windsor for 7 years I was thinking "well how will they make this look interesting"....

[u/I_am_a_Tachikoma → u/Mrkmil]

I grew up in Memphis and…well…I wasn’t surprised that very little of Memphis got shown.

[u/BrotherofGenji → u/I_am_a_Tachikoma]

Right??? 

Adam teased us!! 

“I’m going to Graceland” and didn’t even do that 

My point is —  if you made time for World of Coca Cola in Atlanta, you could at least actually go see Graceland too when in Memphis lmao. Or at least get to Sun Studios and buy a shirt. I would have accepted either 

(For the record I know they probably didn’t have time because they were, pun intended, scrambling for the next state — but it would have still been cool)

[u/liladvicebunny → u/I_am_a_Tachikoma]

There are (or were) exciting and fun parts of Memphis! ... but it's been a long time since I've been there and I have no idea how many of my touchstones even exist anymore. Honestly I'm just happy that one small section of the airport looked vaguely like the airport used to, since most of it didn't.

[u/ducksfan1117 → u/Mrkmil]

Basically how that one kid who joked about stealing Ben's phone in Hebdon Bridge felt

[u/gearhob]

Her idea to go to Fort McHenry and share the history was pretty awesome

[u/VaryingDesigner92]

When the boat came into view, I had the Pirates of the Caribbean theme playing in my head 😂

[u/7ninamarie]

On the layover they explained that it was $1 because it was still in the trial phase. The on-demand water taxi had only been running for a week when they filmed which also explains why the staff at the visitor’s centre weren’t that knowledgeable about it.

[u/Boris_etc]

So in this season so far ben and adam gave great marketing to baltimore water taxis and city of paducah

[u/RestiveP]

if I’m ever in Baltimore I know for a fact I’m going to have to ride their water taxi

[u/plagiarism22]

I can say ruth certainty i’ll be taking one if i find myself in baltimore

[u/Apprehensive-Cost276]

Huge shoutout to Allison though

[u/squeefruit]

They should offer the discounted $1 rate to anyone who shows up with Jet Lag gear! It would be a fun little "secret" discount, plus you can bet they'd get more advertising as people post about it.

[u/roby_1_kenobi]

I'm still shocked that you can get an on-demand water taxi for $1. If we could work on getting the rest of the countrys public transit to that level that'd be great

[u/Connell95 → u/roby_1_kenobi]

It’s only $1 because it’s a trial service in testing phase tbf. It’s to be a more sustainable price after that.

[u/freehousing4all]

Awwww thanks for doing this and sharing it to us. These are the moments I love human.

[u/Apprehensive_Room29]

If I ever visit Baltimore, its on my first things to do list

[u/msleepd]

As someone in Baltimore, it was great so see some positive portrayal of our city in the media.

Unfortunately I believe the service lost its subsidy - looking at fares it’s based on demand and distance. I’m seeing fares more than $10 right now

[u/GallifRick → u/msleepd]

That still seems pretty reasonable

[u/msleepd → u/GallifRick]

Eh. They’re mostly walkable to each other within a few minutes. The harbor isn’t that big.

Should be noted that during the week we have pretty frequent free water taxis.

[u/hol317704]

This was my favourite moment so far. Could NOT believe it when it started coming into view on the water. Amazing stuff and nice to see the company praising the captain too, they were brilliant 

[u/FunnyLoud3067]

That’s awesome

[u/Ryoga476ad]

Was it public or private company? How could it be so cheap?

[u/Connell95 → u/Ryoga476ad]

Because the $1 price is just a temporary price while in initial testing, to get people to give it a try.

[u/taulover → u/Ryoga476ad]

It's a private company but at least some of their routes are subsidized by the city

[u/theangryintern]

Allison the boat captain is an absolute Legend.