Chauffeur service in Otley, LS21 under the Chevin

Ten minutes before the booked time the car is in position in Otley and the chauffeur is out of it. Boot open, engine off, somewhere B6451 will tolerate. In Otley the useful skill is knowing which kerb tolerates a stationary car at that hour, and that varies street by street.

The whole collection should take about ninety seconds from the door in Otley to a moving car. That is the figure a Otley pick-up is built around, and everything above exists to protect it.

• Chauffeur, vehicle and registration on the Otley confirmation before the day
• Car in position ahead of the booked time, parked legally near Otley Market Place
• One message naming exactly where the car is standing in Otley
• Luggage loaded at the Otley kerb, doors held, no waiting on the pavement

If your address sits nearer Ilkley than the middle of Otley, the drive is a different length. We say so and quote it, rather than using the middle of Otley and hoping the difference is small.

The last thing the chauffeur does at Leeds Bradford is check that nothing loaded in Otley is still in the boot. That sounds trivial until something has been left in it and you are two hundred miles from Otley.

We ask for the flight number rather than the landing time into Leeds Bradford, because only one of those tells us when to leave Otley. From it we know the aircraft, the terminal, when to leave Otley, and when to start the walk in from the car park.

Once the cases are in, the return into Otley is deliberately dull. If you want to sleep between Leeds Bradford and Otley, sleep. If you want the fastest way to Otley Market Place rather than the shortest, say so and it happens.

• Private arrivals met airside at the Leeds Bradford handling agent, then driven to Otley
• No telephone call from an Leeds Bradford car park before the run to Otley
• Terminal checked against your flight number before you fly home to Otley
• The same chauffeur who drove you out of Otley