Tampa International Airport Service Helps Parents With Young Kids

Have any plans for travel coming up? And do you have young children?

Check. And check. Well, Tampa International Airport has a new rental company that may be of help to you. The service they are offering at TPA is aimed at helping families with little kiddos.

Our friends at ABC Action News got the scoop.

There's nothing like this new service anywhere. It's called Our Little Suitcase.

What is your "transition" like when you are traveling with your kids? In other words, how do you maneuver them from airplane mode to vacation mode? It can be tough.

Of course, two parents came up with this plan. Keith and Becky Buckingham (who are married) started a business together where they rented baby equipment to families visiting at the beach.

“We knew it was going to work because we know the demand,” said Keith told ABC Action News. Now they are offering these types of rentals to families as soon as they arrive so they can have an enjoyable time visiting Tampa Bay.

“The big thing is the car seats. A lot of the car rentals don’t have guaranteed rentals,” said Tara Jeanetti, who flew with her husband and two kids.

The Buckinghams are already thinking about growing their business and expanding to other airports.

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Tampa International Airport (TPA) is one of the best airports around. Locals know it, Floridians know it, and so does North America. According to the J.D. Power 2021 North America Airport Satisfaction Survey, TPA has proven it's been able to uphold its customer satisfaction even with labor shortages being at an all time low.

The survey was based on "overall travel satisfaction" based on terminal facilities, airport arrival/departure, baggage claim, security check, check-in/baggage check, food, beverage and retail.

(To see the full press release, click here.)

Here are the top 10 best large airports for customer satisfaction. See where Tampa makes the list.

Note: Scores are calculated based on a 1,000 point scale.

Reagan scored 804 points on the survey.

J.D. Power gave SAT 813 points.

San Diego International scored just one point above its "San" sister airport with 814 points. I wonder if they were given the extra point for this view.

Another Texas airport makes the list. AUS scored 819 points. They also have an interesting shaped hotel.

Nashville received 820 points. If you're wondering why Nashville isn't simply NSA, BNA stands for Barry Field Nashville.

J.D. Power ranked SLC with 826 points. Looks like they also have a Panera.

Another Texas airport makes the list at 829 points. It's not Tampa, but this pooch looks happy.

Apparently, RDU climbed from 9th to 3rd with 841 points. Also, seeing another city celebrate their "area code" day is like looking into another universe.

Wooo! Tampa ranks number 2 on the J.D. Power survey. No complaints here! TPA scored 843 points.

MSY beats out TPA by just one point. The New Orleans airport scored 844 points. Who knows, maybe TPA will take the number one spot next year.