Chauffeur hire in Plumstead, SE18

The board goes up before the London City doors begin producing passengers, and comes down when you are standing in front of it with Plumstead ahead of you. None of that depends on you having a working phone between London City and Plumstead.

From the barrier it is a short walk to the car and then an indicative 25-50 minutes back to Plumstead, usually by Plumstead Common Road. The boot takes the cases, the cabin is warm, and nobody asks you a question between London City and Plumstead.

• A quiet cabin for the 6 miles back into Plumstead
• Aircraft tracked into London City from the tail number, so Plumstead is reached on time
• Chauffeur inside the London City arrivals hall with a board naming you and Plumstead
• London City car park found and paid for before the Plumstead chauffeur walks in

Your confirmation carries the chauffeur's name, the vehicle and the registration before the day of the Plumstead collection. On the morning itself you get one more message: where the car is standing in Plumstead, described in words rather than dropped as a map pin.

The route out of Plumstead is chosen for the hour rather than for the map. Sometimes that means the long way round past Bostall Heath, and the chauffeur takes it without announcing how clever it was.

• The stopping point on Plumstead Common Road agreed before the morning rather than during it
• No meter and no waiting charge on a residential collection in Plumstead
• Route out of Plumstead chosen for the hour rather than for the map
• Gated entrances and courtyards in Plumstead checked in advance

Where the journey out of Plumstead is short, the choice matters less than people think. Where it is 6 miles of road from Plumstead, the seat you spend that time in is worth a moment of thought.

Where one car does a whole day across Plumstead, comfort compounds. Six hours in a First Saloon across Plumstead is a materially different day from six hours in something smaller, and the hourly rates reflect that.