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All of Greater London · 24/7Six airports · meet & greetLicensed: TfL, Castle Point, HertsmereFrom £72 per hour inc. VATOn-Time Guarantee
If you are searching for a chauffeur near me in London, the short answer is that Excel Chauffeurs covers every part of Greater London and the counties around it, at any hour, from a base at 45 Albemarle Street in Mayfair. Prices, meanwhile, start at £120 for a one-way journey and £144 for a Heathrow transfer, plus applicable airport parking, drop-off fees and Congestion Charge. Hourly hire is £72 per hour with a four-hour minimum, and all prices include VAT. Either book on our booking page, call 0204 515 4441 or WhatsApp +44 7383 009 099, or write to us through our contact page. Below: where we work most and how long the common journeys take. Meanwhile, every published rate is on the prices page.
We are a licensed private hire operator with Transport for London, and additionally with Castle Point in Essex and Hertsmere in Hertfordshire. We pre-book every journey, so we can collect you anywhere in London or the Home Counties and take you anywhere in the UK. Our office is in Mayfair; meanwhile, our chauffeurs position themselves around London through the day. In addition, every journey includes a licensed, enhanced DBS-checked chauffeur and an unmarked car under five years old. Bottled water, Wi-Fi and chargers come as standard, as does our On-Time Guarantee. Finally, journey times below are typical door-to-door estimates outside the morning and evening peaks.
Our local chauffeurs serve Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Farnborough with meet and greet, a name board, live flight tracking and 60 minutes of free waiting from landing at every one, as well as 30 minutes at private-jet terminals. Heathrow is a fixed price from central London; we quote the other airports when you book. All prices include 20% VAT; we then add parking, tolls and the £18 Congestion Charge at cost before you confirm. See also the airport chauffeur hub, Heathrow, Gatwick and private jet transfers for Farnborough, Luton and Biggin Hill.
Heathrow fares shown are starting prices. Airport parking, drop-off fees and any applicable Congestion Charge are added to your quote before you confirm.
| Class | Car | Passengers | Per hour | 8-hour day | Heathrow ↔ central London |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive | Mercedes E-Class | 4 (3 in the rear) | £72 | £528 | £144 |
| First Class | Mercedes S-Class / BMW 7 Series | 4 (3 in the rear) | £90 | £672 | £180 |
| First Exclusive | Mercedes S500 / S580 | 3 | £102 | £768 | £220 |
| Premium MPV (local chauffeur for groups) | Mercedes V-Class | 6 | £90 | £672 | £180 |
| Luxury SUV | Range Rover LWB | 3 | £132 | £960 | £330 |
| Jet Class | Senzati Jet Class | 4 | £150 | £1,104 | £468 |
Our home ground, and the base for our local chauffeur team. The office is on Albemarle Street, a few doors from Brown’s Hotel, and we also collect daily from The Ritz, Claridge’s, The Connaught, The Dorchester, 45 Park Lane and Four Seasons Park Lane, the clubs of St James’s Street and Pall Mall, and the funds and family offices around Berkeley Square and St James’s Square. Heathrow is 45–60 minutes, Gatwick 75–100, London City 40–55 and St Pancras 20–30. Full local detail is on our Mayfair chauffeur page.
Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Sloane Street by the hour with the chauffeur waiting; guests of The Berkeley, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, The Lanesborough and the Bulgari; as well as households across Belgravia’s squares and Chelsea from Sloane Square to the King’s Road. Heathrow is 40–55 minutes, Gatwick 70–95 and the City 30–45. See also our Knightsbridge chauffeur page.
The museums on Exhibition Road, the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace and the hotels around Kensington High Street and Kensington Road on one side; Notting Hill’s Westbourne Grove, Portobello Road and the residential streets around Holland Park and Ladbroke Grove on the other. Kensington sits on the A4, so Heathrow is 35–50 minutes, one of the quicker runs from central London; Gatwick is 75–100 and the City 35–50.
Harley Street and the private clinics around it are a large part of our work here — appointments, discharges and consultants moving between clinics — as well as Marylebone High Street, The Langham, Chiltern Firehouse and the terraces of Regent’s Park. St Pancras and Euston are 10–20 minutes, Heathrow 45–65, Gatwick 80–105 and the City 25–40.
Banks, law firms and advisers in the Square Mile, from Bank and Liverpool Street to The Ned and Four Seasons at Ten Trinity Square, as well as the towers of Canary Wharf around Canada Square. Much of this local chauffeur work, in fact, is roadshow and business account work with one car for the day; see our business chauffeur service. London City Airport is 15–25 minutes from Canary Wharf and 25–40 from the City; Heathrow is 55–80 minutes and Gatwick 75–100.
Family and household work: school runs, Lord’s on match days, the Royal Free and the private hospitals nearby, the American School in London, as well as the streets around Hampstead Heath, Belsize Park and Primrose Hill. Indeed, many clients here take a chauffeur on set days each week through our private chauffeur service and long-term hire. Heathrow is 45–65 minutes, Luton 40–60, the City 35–50 and St Pancras 15–25.
Richmond, Barnes, Putney, Wimbledon, Kew and Kingston, with Twickenham Stadium, the All England Club during The Championships, Hampton Court Palace and Twickenham Film Studios all in the area. Our wedding chauffeur page, meanwhile, covers venues across the south-west, from Richmond to Hampton Court. Heathrow is the closest major airport at 20–35 minutes; Gatwick is 50–75 and Mayfair 35–55. We also cover shoots at the studios here and at Shepperton and Longcross beyond; see our film and TV production page.
Beyond Greater London our local chauffeurs also cover Weybridge, Cobham, Esher, Virginia Water and Guildford in Surrey; Radlett, Elstree, Borehamwood, Bushey and St Albans in Hertfordshire; Benfleet, Hadleigh, Canvey Island, Brentwood and Chelmsford in Essex; and Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells and Bromley in Kent. We hold operator licences with Hertsmere and Castle Point as well as TfL. We quote airport runs door to door — for example, Weybridge to Heathrow is typically 25–40 minutes, Radlett to Luton 25–40, Sevenoaks to Gatwick 40–60 and Benfleet to London City 45–70 — and days that stay out of town are £96 per hour with an eight-hour minimum and 150 miles included, £768 for the day. Martina Rathmann, who booked us for guest transport across the Silverstone Grand Prix weekend, wrote on Google that the experience “exceeded all expectations”.
Almost certainly. We collect anywhere in Greater London and the counties around it, and also drive anywhere in the UK, including long-distance one-way journeys and cruise port transfers. If we have not mentioned your postcode above, then send it with the booking and we will confirm.
Quickly in central London when a chauffeur is free nearby; elsewhere it depends on where the nearest chauffeur is, and we will tell you honestly when you call. For airport runs and anything time-critical, book ahead so we can assign the car and brief the chauffeur.
No. Hourly and daily rates are the same wherever we collect you in London; meanwhile, we quote one-way transfers by distance from £120, and Heathrow from central London starts from £144 including VAT in an E-Class, plus applicable airport parking, drop-off fees and Congestion Charge. Out-of-town days, by comparison, are £96 per hour with an eight-hour minimum and 150 miles included.
Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Farnborough, as well as private-jet terminals including Biggin Hill and the FBOs at Luton and Farnborough. Every airport pickup also includes meet and greet, flight tracking and 60 minutes of free waiting from landing (30 minutes at private-jet terminals).
Yes. As well as Transport for London, we hold private hire operator licences with Castle Point Borough Council in Essex and Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, and every chauffeur is licensed and enhanced DBS-checked.
Our fleet
The right car for every journey.
Every vehicle is under five years old, valeted daily and driven by a licensed, DBS-checked chauffeur. Switch between exterior and interior views; every price includes VAT. Heathrow fares shown are starting prices to Hyde Park Corner. Airport parking, drop-off fees and any applicable Congestion Charge are added to your quote before you confirm.
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