Chauffered car

seaweed5254

Hi,

does anybody know where i can hire a chauffered car ? i will be having an operation soon in london, and because i won't be able to put weight on my foot, i need somebody to drive me back from london to manchester. obviously, none of my friends are available to pick me up and drive me back.

thank you

JQ.

Why not book a taxi?

Lum

Is it your left foot or right foot?

If it's the left foot perhaps an automatic hire car would be a cheaper option?

djheath

If you don't mind sharing a the car with lots of people, you can hire something called a train or bus.

richard734

Most taxi firms will offer this service, or look in the yellow pages for Executive Car Hire...

Rolandtheroadie

djheath wrote: »

If you don't mind sharing a the car with lots of people, you can hire something called a train or bus.

Foot operation?

Lum

Indeed. Even if you book a reserved seat, there's a high risk that a train will be cancelled and you'll be shoved into cattle class and made to stand.

It's obviously something pretty major if they are forcing the OP to travel to London for it, rather than doing it in Manchester and we have no idea if the OP lives near any reasonable public transport

FabSascha

If you're looking for a genuine chauffeur then I can point you in the right direction of a fairly cheap company; but they are executive cars (although in some cases they charge a lower rate than cabs for some inexplicable reason - I know this because my dad works there and gets wound up about it!) so if you're interested then feel free to PM me

pitkin2020

FabSascha wrote: »

If you're looking for a genuine chauffeur then I can point you in the right direction of a fairly cheap company; but they are executive cars (although in some cases they charge a lower rate than cabs for some inexplicable reason - I know this because my dad works there and gets wound up about it!) so if you're interested then feel free to PM me

LMAO thats one piece of advice I would avoid at all costs. Find a proper company plenty on yell.com etc atleast they will abide the laws of the road!!

FabSascha

pitkin2020 wrote: »

LMAO thats one piece of advice I would avoid at all costs. Find a proper company plenty on yell.com etc atleast they will abide the laws of the road!!

It is a proper company. Why are you under the impression that it isn't a proper company? They take the richest people in the world all over the country so they're reputable. Just thought that having a chauffeur take someone that distance would prove very expensive, so it would be handy to have someone recommend a company that is reasonable.

spiro

A quick google shows a chaufffeur will cost around £300 one way. A cheap 1st class train ticket would be about £40 (depends on day/time) and a full price 1st class is only £200. Given that you know what day you will be travelling and could pick a suitably timed train I would opt to travel 1st class by train. The hospital may even supply a wheelchair/crouches to use, if not you may be able to book assistance at Euston station. Also the train will only be 2hrs compared to about 4hrs by car depending on traffic.