Bonjour Harvey
My lab would be of no use for me as the're in Bordeaux, that wouldn't be that easy for you !
However, I would like to point out that, using a professional Lab for your printing (the way I do) instead of fighting with printers, may be of great help and time saving.
You would need to set-up a workflow with them (color profile, DPI etc.).
But the Lab doesn't do it all, the person in charge of the printing MUST know you and the kind of prints you like (warm, light, kind of paper, etc.)
In the old days photogs had a very priviledged relationships with their "printing man" ("tireur" in French), hence they had very rarely bad surprises.
BTW: Using a local Lab may also keep some chance for them to survive, thus keeping life in our towns and cities that tends nowadays to have only Banks and restaurants in our streets.
I wish you the very best with your upcoming prints!