When life gets hectic and your schedule seems to be overloaded with meetings, appointments, soccer games, and more, having a service come to you can be a huge weight off your shoulders. Thanks to the internet and some very innovative business owners in Hudson County, there are a ton of mobile services happy to help Hoboken + Jersey City residents from the comfort of their homes. From pet grooming to car detailing, to at-home spray tans, there’s a lot you can schedule without having to leave your couch. Here’s a collection of several mobile services and resources happy to serve residents in Hoboken + Jersey City.
Cleaning
A&R Detailing | Northern New Jersey
A&R Detailing is a mobile company that comes to clients to make their cars sparkle again. The business opened in late 2023 and serves most of North Jersey and Central Jersey. Not only are they fully mobile, but the business brings its own water and electricity supply and won’t have to borrow from the car owner’s home.
BuckleBath | Hoboken + Jersey City
Mobile car seat and stroller cleaning service BuckleBath was started by a working mom who wanted a cleaning service for her kids that fit her busy lifestyle. It provides door-to-door services to sanitize and disinfect children’s strollers and car seats. Clients can choose from a variety of different cleanings depending on how many car seats or strollers need their own day at the spa. Subscription services are also available, ensuring a cleaning every other week, every month, or every three months. The company serves Hoboken + Jersey City along with several other parts of the Tri-State area.
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Ride + Shine | Hoboken + Jersey City
Ride and Shine is a mobile car detailing service. It provides mobile detailing services to have cars shine without leaving the parking spot. Hundreds of five-star reviews praise how simple and quick it was to book one of the team’s many cleaning services.
Pet Grooming
Paws + Suds | Jersey City
Paws + Suds serves both Union City and Jersey City Heights. The team’s goal is to make each pet feel comfortable throughout the grooming process by providing a stress-free environment with one-on-one attention for your pup. The mobile services can be booked 24 hours in advance online.
Sabrin Styles Pet Grooming | Hoboken
Sabrin is a self-taught groomer with over five years of experience in bathing and grooming dogs. Her at-home grooming services are for dogs under 65 pounds and are located in Bergen, Hudson, Essex, and Passaic counties. While a salon may have many sounds, sights, and smells that are unfamiliar, her at-home services are designed to make your pup feel comfortable and safe throughout the grooming process.
Trusty Tails | Hoboken + Jersey City
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Trusty Tails is a dog-walking and pet care service. The company began in 2006 and strives to provide excellent care to pets and even better customer service to their humans. Trusty Tails’ services are available to any pet parent, such as someone who may be a new puppy owner and would like some assistance, someone who may be in the office all week, or someone who needs some extra help training their dog. Check out the company’s personalized services online or download the app.
WaggyButts Mobile Pet Grooming | Hoboken + Jersey City
If your apartment didn’t come with a pet grooming room, you may want to give WaggyButts Mobile Pet Grooming a call. They have full grooming services along with daycare for dogs under 30 pounds if you have to work or run errands. It was started by Raymond, a certified pet groomer and registered member of the National Dog Groomers Association of America, in 2015.
Beauty
ALUR | Hoboken + Jersey City
This online service connects clients with top beauty professionals with services like blowouts, bridal makeup, everyday makeup, eyelash services, and more. No waiting rooms, traffic, or search for parking. The beauty tech will come to you in the comfort of your home to make sure you feel confident inside and out.
Besa Bella Bronze | Mobile
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Clients will be ready for the red carpet with a spray tan from Besa Bella Bronze. Her luxury airbrush tanning service serves both New Jersey and New York. She has worked with several celebrities, including Hailey Bieber, Alexandra Cooper, and Remi Bader. Bookings can be made through her Instagram or by emailing b[email protected].
Beyond Bronze | Hudson County
Clients can get a bronzed look without stepping outside the apartment. Beyond Bronze will come to clients’ locations in Hudson and Bergen Counties to give a top-tier spray tan. The woman-owned + operated company has solo, duo, and group deals.
Boosky | Hoboken + Jersey City
Booksky is a great resource for finding beauty, wellness, and health professionals serving your neighborhood. Available online and on the app, several barbers and stylists are accepting appointments all over the Tri-State area, including Hoboken + Jersey City.
The Chique Collective | Hoboken + Mobile
This beauty salon is ready to make anyone look like a bronzed babe from the comfort of home. The salon has mobile and at-home spray tanning services in Northern New Jersey and New York City. The team brings all the tools, all clients have to do is provide a well-ventilated area for the spray tan session.
Glow Me NJ | Mobile
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For those looking to skip the tanning bed, Glow Me NJ is ready to create a bronzed look. The tanning process takes about 20 minutes and is 100 percent vegan, natural, and aloe-based.
Higher Hands & Bodyworks | Jersey City
This mobile luxury massage service specializes in personalized therapeutic and clinical massage treatments. Customers can find a multitude of services, such as a massage that uses organic THC-infused oils to stimualte relaxation and reduce pain.
Laura Findlay | Hoboken + Jersey City
Laura Findlay is a licensed nail tech serving Jersey City, Hoboken, and Manhattan. Her services range from manicures, pedicures, acrylics, and more. If you want to schedule a home call with her, send her a message on her website or Instagram.
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Sprayed By Kallie | Hoboken
Clients can ditch the hours in the sun and skin cancer risk and get a spray tan at home from Sprayed By Kallie. She’s been operating in Hoboken since 2023 after being influenced by Sprayed By Katie, a mobile spray tan service in Morristown, NJ. Prospective clients can get in touch with Kallie in Hoboken by sending her a direct message on Instagram.
Spray Every Body | Mobile
Spray Every Body is a body-positive mobile tanning service serving New Jersey. The owner, Meghan, wants clients of all shapes and sizes to feel comfortable getting a top-tier spray tan. Tans can be booked with her team by visiting her website.
2024 Wrapped: The Craziest New Jersey News Stories Of the Year
2024 was a lot of things. A year of growth, change, improvement, and transformation for many. Also a year of never-ending meme content for Hoboken + Jersey City residents. From astronomy events to mystery drones to many celebrity sightings, The Hoboken Girl wrapped up several of our craziest headlines from the past year. Read on for a recap of some of the wildest stories we covered in Hoboken + Jersey City in 2024.
The Solar Eclipse
For a brief moment during the early afternoon of April 8th, 2024, it looked like a large cloud loomed over the Tri-State area. It was a Solar Eclipse, when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth that either fully or partially blocks the Sun's light, according to NASA. We all sported some funky protective glasses to look up at the sun and see it turned into a crescent. Along with giving people an excuse to take a long lunch, it also brought us some great memes.
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East Coast Earthquake
Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
Because an astronomy event wasn’t enough, an earthquake shook New Jersey and the Tri-State area in April. A 4.8 magnitude earthquake made every stop what they were doing and wonder, “are they doing construction on my street?” Because of those tremors, the Holland Tunnel closed briefly, NJ Transit had several delays, and Newark Airport limited how many planes could land and depart while officials made sure there wasn’t major infrastructure damage. The best news: no one was injured.
Hoboken? More Like Hollywood
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The streets of Hoboken + Jersey City were transformed into a dozen movie sets in 2024. Timothee Chalamet turned into Bob Dylan while shooting the biopic. Blake Lively turned Hoboken into Boston for the Colleen Hoover book adaptation It Ends With Us. Paul Mescal and Josh O’Conner shot their movie The History of Sound. Jeremy Allen White was spotted around several Hoboken coffee spots while shooting Deliver Me From Nowhere, a biopic about Bruce Springsteen. The full list of projects in Hudson County can be found here.
The Drones
Drone sightings had been reported all over New Jersey in November and December of 2024. It’s like if The War of the Worlds happened on TikTok in the 21st century instead of the radio in 1938. As of December 2024, we still don’t know where or why they are hovering over the Garden State. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is among several government officials expressing concerns over what these drones are up to. Governor Murphy did say after briefing with Homeland Security “There is no known threat to the public at this time.” Whatever these drones end up being, they better come in peace.
Sonic Boom
Residents in Hoboken + NYC reported hearing an extremely loud bang in July of 2024. NASA reported it may have been a meteor. The fireball was seen over New York City moving 34,000 miles per hour. It reportedly passed over the Statue of Liberty before it disintegrated 29 miles above Manhattan. Residents from Hoboken to The Shore reported seeing and hearing a loud noise.
2024 Paris Olympics
Over 20 athletes from New Jersey donned the red, white, and blue to compete for Team USA in the Paris Olympics. From the track to several different courts to the pool, these Jersey athletes gave it their all to help bring home some of the 40 Gold Medals.
Contractors Pave Over Hoboken Storm Drains
There seem to be two constants in Hoboken. Construction, and flooding when it rains. So several Hoboken residents who call Park Avenue home on the North end of the City were shocked to see that several storm drains were paved over in August of 2024. It was just before a Tropical Storm was set to pour over New Jersey, stressing out residents for possible flooding issues. The Hoboken Girl broke the story, and a few days later, Hudson County officials confirmed they had crews fixing the paved-over storm drains.
NJ Transit Headaches
Each month seemed to bring a new story about NJ Transit in our slice of New Jersey. There were delays and cancellations all winter and summer. Fare hikes took effect over the summer bumping up bus and train tickets. The clouded windows commuters would try to see out of are being replaced. To cap it off, the CEO of NJ Transit announced his resignation in December of 2024.
The Northern Lights
Photo Credit: Jordan + Joelle Hernandez
For once, people didn’t have to fly all the way to Iceland to witness the magic of an Aurora Borealis. For a brief moment in October 2024, the Northern Lights could be seen over the Tri-State area. Hues of purple and pink and a touch of green danced around the sky, mainly visible through a camera lens. The phenomenon is caused by geomagnetic activity or geomagnetic storms.
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