Tours in London & the UK

A private car with a professional driver booked for a period of time rather than a journey, with the route decided by you. There are no other passengers, no fixed departure time and no obligation to keep to the plan you started with.

Your chauffeur is knowledgeable about London and will talk about what you are passing, but formal guiding is a separate qualification. Registered Blue Badge guides train and examine for it, and we arrange one to accompany you when you want that level of detail.

The United Kingdom's professional tourist guiding qualification. Blue Badge guides are the only guides permitted to lead tours inside many major attractions, which is why a serious sightseeing day usually pairs a chauffeur with one rather than relying on the driver alone.

Yes, and most clients do. Tell us what you want to see and we build the day around it, or start with a rough list and change it as you go. The car is yours for the booked period, so reordering the day costs nothing.

Tours are booked by the hour or the day, with half days and full days the most common. You can usually extend on the day if the driver has no booking behind yours, though confirming the longer period in advance is safer.

By time rather than distance, since the vehicle is held for you throughout. The rate is agreed before you book and covers the driver and the car for the period, so a slow afternoon in traffic does not change the figure.

Yes, and it is one of the practical advantages. Coats, bags and shopping stay aboard between stops rather than being carried around, and the car is locked and with the driver the whole time.

Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Westminster, St Paul's, the South Bank and Greenwich are the common ones, along with the parks and the City. Less obvious places are just as easy, since the route is not fixed.

Yes. Windsor, Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, the Cotswolds, Stonehenge and Canterbury are all comfortable day trips by car, and multi day touring further afield is arranged with the same driver throughout.

From one passenger to a group. A saloon suits one to three, a people carrier seats up to seven or eight, and minibuses take 16 and beyond. Tell us the party size and the vehicle is matched to it.

We do not sell tickets, and for timed entries you will usually get better availability booking direct. Tell us the entry times you hold and the day is built around them so you arrive with time in hand.

Yes. Tours commonly start at a hotel, and beginning straight from the airport works well for a short stay. If you are landing first, give us the flight number so the start time follows the aircraft.

The day carries on, since you are between sights in a car rather than walking or waiting at stops. It is usually the point at which people reorder the itinerary towards indoor places, which the driver can do on the spot.

Earlier than a transfer. A full day commits a driver and a vehicle for that whole day, so summer weekends and the period around major events fill well ahead. Larger vehicles and a Blue Badge guide need more notice again.