The Executive Private Hire Taxi Limo Chauffeur Car Service UK

A business passenger plans a trip to the UK. They book flights and hotels through a travel management company. They decline a rental car. Instead they decide a car and driver service will be better. They will cross time-zones, drive on the wrong side of the road and need to send emails, so it makes sense.

Confusion arises however in employing the correct term to find the right service. A car and driver can take so many different descriptions and interpretations. An airport taxi service may not be appropriate for a business passenger. Neither may the cost of a full-on chauffeur service offering the latest Mercedes S Class or BMW 7 series.

Instead a business passenger might look for something else. Ideally they want a clean, comfortable, modern vehicle with plenty of space and a driver who has good local knowledge, solid reliability, polite manners and mature social skills. So what is this service actually called?

In the UK, the correct term (under licencing laws) is executive ‘private hire’. In the USA it is a limo service. In other parts of the world it is an executive car service. On the DrivenByQ business cards, we state ‘corporate chauffeur service’. Technically, it is not 100% correct but undeniably, it is recognised.