Originally Posted by
ohliuw
thanks, my biggest worry is the checkin bags, as I will be travelling with a wife and a toddler and 2 checked bags + carry ons. So I really don't see how I could do it. Maybe a one-way car rental?
Save your sanity. Here's a link to a shuttle service between the two. Not worth trying to save a few bucks with a toddler in tow. You will regret it in the end.
http://www.theairportshuttle.com/airport_to_airport
It is possible that they will drop you or pick you up at an airport hotel. Details on the website. At $59 for the first person in your party and $9 a person thereafter, it's a $77 proposition for 3 of you. I'd do it in a heartbeat. Especially if you have bags and a baby seat as well as the baby.
If you can't get them to pickup or drop off at a hotel, it might be easiest to stay in Crystal City (one stop on the metro from DCA and the station is connected to some of the hotels) and then just go back to DCA for your airport to airport shuttle in the morning.
Alternatively, take the airport to airport shuttle on the front end and then stay at an IAD hotel with free shuttle service.
HTH