Transportation from London City center to Southhampton cruise Port

[tigerkitten]

Hello fellow cruisers, need recommendation for shuttle svc from London to Southhampton port?

[davekathy]

23 hours ago, tigerkitten said:

Hello fellow cruisers, need recommendation for shuttle svc from London to Southhampton port?

Ask on this forum...https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/88-british-isleswestern-europe/

[John Bull]

Southampton (note the spelling) is about 80 miles from central London, and the best advice depends on your location in central London (or airport-land?), and the numbers in your party.

And mebbe the date / day-of-the-week.

 

JB 🙂

[NoBoozeCruise]

FYI Southampton is nowhere near London. Not a fast connection 

[Ashland]

Try Blackberry car service...great experience with them.

[Blue and Green]

Wondering the same--our previous two (pre-pandemic) trips we used Smiths car service and were very happy with them. Evidently they are no longer in business. 

 

Wondering about West Quay cars or Mason and Green? Or what other car services might be similar to Smiths?

[mskaufman]

We used Majestic Taxi for 4 of us and even included a stop at Windsor.

[KKB]

We booked British Express Cars for 4 of us. 

We got a van to be sure there was comfortable room for all 4 plus our luggage.

About $300 total from hotel (near London Eye) to Southampton. 

[cruisefamilyholiday]

 

Express Airport Transport. Standard taxi for less than £150 Luxury or People Carrier for less than £200 including central London

 

Or a train via the Trainline website 

 

The road traffic can be insane at the wrong times. Be warned. 

 

 

[Esjung1]

Waterloo train was awesome, about $16pp and it took 1 hr 15 minutes to Southampton.  The train drops you about 1.5 miles from the cruise dock, we took a taxi as it was too far to walk with luggage. That cost an additional $10 for all 4 of us. We stayed in London 2 nights prior to getting on the Regal and our hotel was literally right outside the Waterloo train station so this was super convenient.  We also took the Elizabeth line/Northern Line from Heathrow into London and had no issues, much cheaper than an uber. 

Edited October 13, 2023 by Esjung1

[love to cruz]

21 minutes ago, Esjung1 said:

Waterloo train was awesome, about $16pp and it took 1 hr 15 minutes to Southampton.  The train drops you about 1.5 miles from the cruise dock, we took a taxi as it was too far to walk with luggage. That cost an additional $10 for all 4 of us. We stayed in London 2 nights prior to getting on the Regal and our hotel was literally right outside the Waterloo train station so this was super convenient.  We also took the Elizabeth line/Northern Line from Heathrow into London and had no issues, much cheaper than an uber. 

What hotel did you stay at?

[Esjung1]

1 minute ago, love to cruz said:

What hotel did you stay at?

Hotel Nox, was very happy with it.  1/2 block from the Waterloo train station and had several restaurants, coffee shop, and convenience store right outside of it. Paid about $230 USD per night

[Esjung1]

21 minutes ago, Esjung1 said:

Hotel Nox, was very happy with it.  1/2 block from the Waterloo train station and had several restaurants, coffee shop, and convenience store right outside of it. Paid about $230 USD per night

https://www.noxhotels.co.uk/en/hotel-waterloo-in-waterloo/?partner=6734&utm_source=google&utm_medium=gmb&utm_campaign=web_link

[Esjung1]

24 minutes ago, love to cruz said:

What hotel did you stay at?

https://www.noxhotels.co.uk/en/hotel-waterloo-in-waterloo/?partner=6734&utm_source=google&utm_medium=gmb&utm_campaign=web_link

 

Was very happy with it and the location.  Rooms are small but totally fine for 2 people.  We had 3 adults and 1 child so we booked two rooms with twin beds. 

[cruisefamilyholiday]

1 hour ago, Esjung1 said:

Waterloo train was awesome, about $16pp and it took 1 hr 15 minutes to Southampton.  The train drops you about 1.5 miles from the cruise dock, we took a taxi as it was too far to walk with luggage. That cost an additional $10 for all 4 of us. We stayed in London 2 nights prior to getting on the Regal and our hotel was literally right outside the Waterloo train station so this was super convenient.  We also took the Elizabeth line/Northern Line from Heathrow into London and had no issues, much cheaper than an uber. 

You traveled like a European. Impressive that you took the time to research your trip in such details. Kudos.

[skittl1321]

On 9/15/2023 at 10:22 AM, NoBoozeCruise said:

FYI Southampton is nowhere near London. Not a fast connection 

Isn't it only like 70 miles away?  
For people flying in from across the Atlantic, it is way easier to fly to London than Southampton, and they are pretty close together. 

[Globaliser]

3 minutes ago, skittl1321 said:

Isn't it only like 70 miles away?  
For people flying in from across the Atlantic, it is way easier to fly to London than Southampton, and they are pretty close together. 

 

We often make the point that Southampton is not London. This is because cruise lines routinely lie about this, and as a consequence some cruisers who have not consulted a map think that it only needs a £10 shuttle from their hotel to the dock.

 

Yes, there's a lot more choice if flying to London rather than Southampton. But you have to know that you still have to do a transfer that's of the same sort of order as going from New York City to Philadelphia.