Almost every professional chauffeur will be able to tell you stories of how they’ve arrived to collect a client only to be shocked to find an entirely unexpected mountain of luggage is also ‘waiting to go’. Unlike some taxi drivers, professional limousine hire chauffeurs don’t have any demarcation line ‘hang-ups’ about what it is or […]
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While speaking to a client recently, we realised that he didn’t know the origin of the word ‘Chauffeur’. So, we told him and he was so interested that we thought we’d share this with a wider audience. Way back in the late 19th and first years of the 20th century, most motor vehicles were fairly […]
We understand that our business clients take little more seriously than punctuality when they’re travelling to a meeting or similar. So, here we’re sharing some of our top tips as they relate to punctuality and transport by luxury limousine hire. • Try to select a pick-up location that’s convenient for you but which is also […]
Two of the biggest themes in motor vehicles at the moment, at least as covered in the media, are a) electric vehicles and b) driverless ones. In the case of driverless options, there has been a lot of coverage of impressive tests and statistics. However, more worryingly, very recently in the press there have been […]
Since the dawn of the motor car age, people have normally categorised two-wheel vehicles as “bikes” and four-wheeled as “cars”. That’s simple and elegant but consistently over the last century or more, designers have produced a three-wheeler that defines categorisation. Are they bikes or cars and what future do they have? For many years, the […]
This is another in our occasional FAQ series. We hope you find it useful. Will you guarantee to meet the inbound flight even if it is late? Yes. No caveats, exclusions or hedging-our-bets language – simply ‘yes’. We’ll track your flight details and be there, whatever happens. Where will I see your chauffeur? In terms […]
So, an important overseas visitor is heading in to see you. A lot of future business success may depend upon his or her visit and you’ll want everything to go well. Here are a few ‘top tips’ for greeting VIPs arriving at an airport near you – with emphasis on those from other cultures. Meet […]
At Bayside Limousines, we always use the term ‘chauffeur’ rather than ‘driver’ when speaking of the people behind the wheel of one of our exclusive limousines or coaches. Why? Not pretension Well, it isn’t just a question of using it as a pretentious word to make us sound somehow more exotic or important. We’re also […]
Here is another of our periodic ‘FAQ blogs’ – this one covering coach hire. Do you have small coaches? Yes, absolutely! Some of our ‘people mover’ vehicles can accommodate 7-9 people. How many people can I get into your bigger coaches? Some of our larger coaches are 60+ seaters. Do please discuss your requirements with […]
We must be clear at the outset – there is nothing we or anybody else can do to absolutely unconditionally guarantee that you won’t encounter traffic delays. Unfortunately, there may at times be problems and delays on the road that even we at Bayside Limousines can’t predict and avoid. Examples that come to mind include […]
