The car will be
there before the
bouquet arrives.

For Saturdays in May through September the answer is ten to twelve weeks. We can usually still squeeze you in at three or four weeks notice on a quieter weekend, but the specific executive vehicle and the specific ribbon colour stop being a guarantee once you're inside the four-week window. Mid-week weddings, December weddings, and registry-office mornings book comfortably at two to three weeks. Ring dispatch and tell us the date; we'll tell you immediately whether the car you want is still on the board.

The executive saloon (Mercedes E-Class, BMW 5 Series or Audi A6 — your pick), a suited driver who has done at least twenty other weddings, ribbon and a small floral bow in the colour of your choice fitted to the bonnet and door handles, an umbrella on the back seat, complimentary still water, a clean roll of paper towel for last-minute touch-ups, and the full 4-hour window with absolutely no per-mile bolt-ons. Photographs of you and your partner with the car are encouraged — the driver will move out of frame and hold position for as long as the photographer needs.

Yes — we keep ribbon in ivory, silver, gold, navy, dusty pink, sage green, burgundy and black as standard, fitted the morning of the wedding. For non-standard colours (a specific Pantone, a tartan, a custom-printed sash) post a sample to dispatch at least three weeks before the day and we'll source and pre-fit it free of charge. Ribbon comes off in two minutes after the church run so the car is clean and discreet for any later transfers.

Yes — multi-vehicle bookings are a big part of what we do. Typical combinations are one executive for the bride + father plus one 8-seater for bridesmaids, two 8-seaters for shuttling 16 guests between the ceremony and reception, or a full convoy of three or four cars from the hotel to the church. Every vehicle is logged into the same booking reference under one dispatcher — so if the registrar runs late everyone is held back together, and you don't have to ring four different drivers. Co-ordinating a wedding-day convoy is exactly what the dispatch team does.

From £183.40 for the executive saloon, 4-hour minimum, which covers picking the bride up at home, ferrying to the ceremony, ribbon-on photos, and the short hop to the reception. That's the all-in number with ribbon, driver, waiting, fuel and free re-routes included; the only extras are the Congestion Charge (£15 if your route crosses it — most South West London weddings don't) and London airport drop-off charges if you're heading straight to a honeymoon flight. A second 8-seater for the wedding party adds £245 for the same 4 hours.

Nothing dramatic happens. The driver waits — that is what the package is for. If the ceremony runs an hour late and you'd like the car to stay with you through the photographs and on to the reception, the driver radios dispatch, dispatch confirms with whoever is paying, and we extend the booking in hourly increments at the same hourly rate (£45.85/hr for the executive). No surge, no surprise multiplier, no penalty if it ends up being only twenty minutes over.

Yes. The standard hen / stag booking is the 8-seater for 3 hours (from £183), enough to collect the group from one address, hit two or three venues across town, and drop everyone home. The driver stays with the vehicle and looks after coats / bags between stops. We're not the right cab for a 14-hour Magaluf-style coach trip — that wants a coach hire firm — but for a smart Friday night across central London or a long lunch in Esher we're exactly what you want. No carry-on of alcohol in the cabin (it's a PHV vehicle, not a private hire bar) but the boot is your kingdom.

Yes — and we've done a lot of them. The standard booking is the executive saloon for 3 hours (from £138), enough to collect the student, drive them to the venue, hold position for arrival photos, and ferry the small group on to the after-party. For larger groups the 8-seater handles eight prom-goers with dresses and suits comfortably. We DBS-check every driver as a baseline and prom-night dispatch keeps a parent or guardian phone number on file in case anyone needs to be brought home early — a quiet exit from a school prom is a routine call for us.

Yes — and it's one of the most common requests. The wedding-day executive runs the ceremony and reception, then a separate driver (or the same one, if hours allow) picks the couple up later that evening and runs them to the airport for the honeymoon flight. Airport transfers are billed at the standard fixed-fare rate (see /heathrow-transfers, /gatwick-transfers, etc.) — booking them at the same time as the wedding package gets you the £5 return-leg discount if there's a return airport pickup booked too.

All of South West London and Surrey — including Hampton Court House · Richmond Hill Hotel · Pembroke Lodge · Cannizaro House · The Petersham · Bingham Riverhouse · Painshill Park · Pennyhill Park · Beaverbrook · Botleys Mansion, plus every local registry office (Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Sutton, Reigate, Epsom, Guildford). For venues outside the area (say, a London church then a country estate near Henley) we're happy to quote — long-distance wedding work is usually best done by booking the executive for the full day rather than two separate transfers. Ring dispatch with the postcodes and we'll price it transparently.