Originally Posted by
Cofyknsult
If you have a firm ticket or proof of reservation (web accepted as long as your name is fully in it) the Passport Agency in Stamford, CT, issues same day passports /renewals at an extra cost of about $ 80. If you drive there and arrive at the opening, ( 9 AM, I think), you can go pick up your passport around 12 Noon. There is an enormous Fairways and their adjoining wine store just across the road to pass the time during the somewhat 3 hours it takes (They do not let you stay and wait inside the agency).
This reminds me of a trip abroad my family took a few years ago. When we arrived to our originating airport in SC to check in, we discovered (shame on us for not checking well ahead of time) that my wife's passport was expired. After some considerable panic, and working with great DL staff at our airport, we learned of the Stamford, CT passport office and made an appointment for my wife for the next day. I purchased a ticket on the spot for her fly up to CT the next morning, and changed her ticket to fly out of DC (or NYC, can't remember now) to catch up with us. My son and I went on as previously ticketed.
Not a fun way to begin a family vacation. Lesson learned: always check and double-check passport validity and airline/destination country requirements, and do so well in advance of travel.