Please help with private transfer from Heathrow

[poss]

The arrangements I'd made have fallen through, so I need to contact another company. We'll be arriving Heathrow on September 11 and wanting to transfer to Canterbury for the day/night and then on to Dover the next day for embarkation. I'm hoping that people can suggest a good realiable agency, hopefully not terribly expensive, so that I can line something up as soon as possible. Makes me uncomfortable to have this thing hanging.

 

Thanks so much.

[California Traveller]

Try using Woodford Chauffeur Cars (www.woodfordchaufferuscar.co.uk).

We are using them next month, and I've seen good posts on CC about them.

 

Cheryl is very good about replying.

[California Traveller]

spelled it wrong. Here it is again: www.woodfordchauffeurcars.co.uk

 

Sorry!

[skandls]

We used portcullis (they are based in Kent which makes them local to Canterbury/Dover) from Heathrow to Canterbury and then to Dover the next day. The cost was 210 pounds (about $420). We were travelling with another couple so this was for a van for both trips. The trip from Heathrow to Canterbury took twice as long as usual 4 1/2 hours instead of 2 hours. Yes this was expensive - part of the problem is the weak dollar.

 

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express - which is not in town. It was inexpensive for the room. But we did spend $50 for a taxi to get into town for dinner. The HI Express is located in a strange place. The fare back from town ($35) was twice as expensive as the fare going ($15) into town.

[poss]

Thanks for replies.

skandls: Do you remember whether you were able to pay for transfer with credit card? Also: How'd you like Canterbury? And where did you have dinner?

 

Thanks again to both.

[lord of the seas]

 

But we did spend $50 for a taxi to get into town for dinner. The HI Express is located in a strange place. The fare back from town ($35) was twice as expensive as the fare going ($15) into town.

 

Ah,Ye old tourist trap :)

[skandls]

Thanks for replies.

skandls: Do you remember whether you were able to pay for transfer with credit card? Also: How'd you like Canterbury? And where did you have dinner?

 

Thanks again to both.

 

We paid portcullis with a credit card - 25% down and the rest was charged when we got to Dover to board the ship.

 

If I knew a hotel in Canterbury I would loved to have stayed in town. It is a very nice university town with old charms. We had dinner at an Italian restaurant - I don't remember the name. It was a little off the main drag but you could see it from the street. There is one main street - see which places are busy and have a menu that you like. A pub would have been fun but we had been on the plane for 10+ hours and the ride from Heathrow was almost 5 hours due to accidents and the attempted car bombings that day.

[poss]

Thanks, skandls. We'll be staying at the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge-- which sounds wonderful.

Your 5 hr trip sounds awful-- but I hope you had a terrific cruise.

[chuly]

We second Woodford Chauffeurs. We used them last year from Dover to London and from hotel to Heathrow. We have booked them again for October. Cheryl is great!!:)

[poss]

Woodford was considerably more expensive than the several other companies that've been recommended. Thanks, though.

[lord of the seas]

Yes, Woodford are the dearest.

[skandls]

Thanks, skandls. We'll be staying at the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge-- which sounds wonderful.

Your 5 hr trip sounds awful-- but I hope you had a terrific cruise.

 

We had a great trip even though there was a lot of rain. It is so port intensive we were kept busy with only 3 sea days at the beginning of the cruise. We bypassed Berlin - Warnemunde and Rostock were a smarter choice for us. We hope to get to Berlin this fall as part of European Delivery of a new car. That way we can spend the 4 or 5 days it will take to see the many historic sites. And have time to drink the beer (DH) wine (me).

 

Have a great trip. If we ever do another Dover embarcation I will definitely look for a hotel in Canterbury. Much more accessible and charming than Dover.