wilwin Posted April 19, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Has anyone had any luck using one company for three trips. LHR to London, London to Southampton and finally Southampton to LHR post cruise. I was wondering by offering three trips if we could get a better rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slopoke15 Posted April 19, 2015 #2 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Has anyone had any luck using one company for three trips. LHR to London, London to Southampton and finally Southampton to LHR post cruise. I was wondering by offering three trips if we could get a better rate. We booked a car service for two rides last fall. One from the train station in London after our Eurostar from Paris to the place we rented in Battersea area. The second was a ride to Southampton to board a cruise. Both trips were very well done. The driver was early for both, and he was very personable. I don't think you would get much of a rate break because you would book 3 rides but can't hurt to ask I suppose Would you like the contact information I used to book? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Chew Posted April 19, 2015 #3 Share Posted April 19, 2015 We booked a car service for two rides last fall. One from the train station in London after our Eurostar from Paris to the place we rented in Battersea area. The second was a ride to Southampton to board a cruise. Both trips were very well done. The driver was early for both, and he was very personable. I don't think you would get much of a rate break because you would book 3 rides but can't hurt to ask I suppose Would you like the contact information I used to book? :) I would, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slopoke15 Posted April 19, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 19, 2015 My e-mails were with a fellow named Mike Coleman. Web page was londonblacktaxis.net Could not have been happier with this booking from start to finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob++ Posted April 19, 2015 #5 Share Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) I think it highly unlikely that you will get a 'deal' by booking all three trips. I would book the LHR to London trip with a local taxi like http://www.londonheathrowcars.com/. For the London to Southampton and Southampton LHR trips I would use a South based firm like: http://www.smithsforairports.com (Portsmouth) http://www.westquaycars.com (Portsmouth) http://www.aquacars.co.uk (Southampton) Edited April 19, 2015 by Bob++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzG Posted April 19, 2015 #6 Share Posted April 19, 2015 We've had excellent service from Simply Airports who despite the name do other trips, too. http://www.simplyairports.co.uk We had transfers from Heathrow to our hotel and also an in city trip with them last year. We're booked for a Heathrow to our London hotel and from the hotel to Southampton in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob++ Posted April 19, 2015 #7 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Running empty is a loss for a taxi firm. Simply Airports are based in South London and that is fine for access to LHR and LGW, but less so for Southampton. The three companies, (note I swapped the locations) are based in or near Southampton so for a London > Southampton trip, they will be going home. This means that they may well offer a better price. http://www.smithsforairports.com (Portsmouth) http://www.westquaycars.com (Southampton) http://www.aquacars.co.uk (Portsmouth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzG Posted April 19, 2015 #8 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Running empty is a loss for a taxi firm. Simply Airports are based in South London and that is fine for access to LHR and LGW, but less so for Southampton. The three companies, (note I swapped the locations) are based in or near Southampton so for a London > Southampton trip, they will be going home. This means that they may well offer a better price. http://www.smithsforairports.com (Portsmouth) http://www.westquaycars.com (Southampton) http://www.aquacars.co.uk (Portsmouth) I don't know if it's because we've used them in the past, but our price for London to Southampton from Simply Airports was the same as 2 other quotes we got and far less than Aqua Cars' quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Chew Posted April 19, 2015 #9 Share Posted April 19, 2015 thank you all for the information ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilwin Posted April 26, 2015 Author #10 Share Posted April 26, 2015 To all who took time to reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS21 Posted May 12, 2015 #11 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Staying in London pre-cruise. I need transfer information for getting to Cruise port in Harwich. Any suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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