Gatwick Airport Transfers
If you are looking for a means of transport to get to Gatwick Airport for an early morning flight there are only a limited few options to get you there. The reason being that public transport does not operate 24 hours a day in the London area. This then leaves you with the choice of driving yourself and paying for the parking or get a family or friend to drive you there which sounds a good thing until they have to get up at 02:30 am to take you or the best thing is to get a local taxi company to take you. Taxis from central London cost around 70 for a saloon car (sedan) or 90 for a people carrier which will take 7 passengers with luggage. Gatwick airport is situated 28 miles south of central London and takes around 45 minutes to travel before 06:00am in the morning, after this time the traffic gets very busy and can easily take up to 2 hours.
Gatwick Airport is mainly used for the tourist trade and many of the journeys we undertake are people off on their holidays. Last year more than 30million people travelled through Gatwick Airport making it one of the busiest airports in Europe.
If you are going to use a taxi company you should always check they are licensed by their local council who will have CRB checked the drivers and inspected the vehicles on a regular basis. In the London area all private hire operators and taxi companies are regulated by the Public Carriage Office on behalf of Transport for London (TFL). To offer airport transfers to the general public you need to have different vehicles to carry out specific jobs such as saloons, executive cars, people carriers and minibuses, there is nothing worse than turning up to a customer and you are in a vehicle which is too small. We always ask exactly how many people will be travelling and how much luggage will you each have.
When ordering your taxi always ask the company what time they recommend for you to be picked up because they will be able to let you know the best time to be collected depending on the time you need to be at Gatwick Airport. If you need picking up from Gatwick Airport it is always best to pre book your transfer as there are no London black taxis at this airport but you can get a private hire cab from the terminal but it will be very expensive.
At Gatwick Airport we will always meet and greet our customers at the airport information desk which can be found in the arrivals hall at Gatwick airport. We monitor all flights by computer so you will never have to worry even if you are late arriving; we will always have a car waiting for you whatever time you land. We have built up a large and very happy customer base by providing a 1st class service to and from Gatwick airport.
Gatwick Airport is mainly used for the tourist trade and many of the journeys we undertake are people off on their holidays. Last year more than 30million people travelled through Gatwick Airport making it one of the busiest airports in Europe.
If you are going to use a taxi company you should always check they are licensed by their local council who will have CRB checked the drivers and inspected the vehicles on a regular basis. In the London area all private hire operators and taxi companies are regulated by the Public Carriage Office on behalf of Transport for London (TFL). To offer airport transfers to the general public you need to have different vehicles to carry out specific jobs such as saloons, executive cars, people carriers and minibuses, there is nothing worse than turning up to a customer and you are in a vehicle which is too small. We always ask exactly how many people will be travelling and how much luggage will you each have.
When ordering your taxi always ask the company what time they recommend for you to be picked up because they will be able to let you know the best time to be collected depending on the time you need to be at Gatwick Airport. If you need picking up from Gatwick Airport it is always best to pre book your transfer as there are no London black taxis at this airport but you can get a private hire cab from the terminal but it will be very expensive.
At Gatwick Airport we will always meet and greet our customers at the airport information desk which can be found in the arrivals hall at Gatwick airport. We monitor all flights by computer so you will never have to worry even if you are late arriving; we will always have a car waiting for you whatever time you land. We have built up a large and very happy customer base by providing a 1st class service to and from Gatwick airport.
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