EVThe fixture list
Chauffeur hire for the events that fill a British summer, and the rest of the year besides
Sixteen fixtures, each with its own approach roads, its own set-down rules and its own particular way of going wrong at half past five.
- 16 fixtures
- No affiliation with any venue
- Seasons, not dates
- Hourly hire
Written quotation, usually within the hour
Event chauffeur hire: summary
First Class Chauffeurs drives guests to sixteen events across the British calendar, from Royal Ascot and Wimbledon to the Cheltenham Festival, the British Grand Prix, the Goodwood Festival of Speed and evening fixtures at Wembley and the O2. Each page sets out the approach roads, where cars are permitted to set down, where the vehicle waits during the fixture and how long the departure realistically takes. Timings are given as seasons rather than dates. Hourly hire is the usual arrangement for a full day. All figures are quoted figures confirmed in writing before travel.
Events covered
Sixteen
Usual booking
Hourly or full day
Coverage
England, Scotland, Wales
Vehicles
Saloon to eight-seat MPV
01Overview
The interesting part is inside the gate. The difficult part is outside it.
What all of these days have in common is that the interesting part happens inside a gate and the difficult part happens outside one. A racecourse, a stadium, an estate driveway or a square in the West End can each hold a very large number of people. The roads that serve them cannot hold a very large number of cars at the same hour, and that is the problem a chauffeur is actually solving.
The pages below are written from the road rather than from a brochure. Where the honest answer is to leave twenty minutes early, or to use a park-and-ride, or to take the Wednesday rather than the Friday, that is what they say. We have no affiliation with any of these events; we simply drive to them a great deal.
02At a glance
What an event booking involves
- Events covered
- Sixteen
- Usual booking
- Hourly or full day
- Coverage
- England, Scotland, Wales
- Vehicles
- Saloon to eight-seat MPV
03Every fixture
Sixteen days we drive to, and what each one asks of a car
04Method
Every one of these days is planned from the exit backwards
Read the arrangement
Traffic orders, gate codes and set-down points are checked for the week you are travelling, not carried over from last season.
Set down, then clear
Almost no venue lets a car wait. The vehicle drops, leaves the restricted area and comes back on a call.
Agree the pick-up first
A street and a landmark, named at the drop. Working it out afterwards by phone, in a crowd, with no signal, does not go well.
Leave before the crowd
Twenty minutes given up at the end of a fixture routinely buys back an hour of sitting still. We will say so before the day.
05What it costs
Why a fixture is priced by the hour
A return transfer prices two fixed journeys and assumes both happen on time. At a sporting fixture neither assumption survives the afternoon: play runs late, a party splits, rain arrives, somebody wants to leave after the fourth race. Hourly hire keeps one car and one driver from the collection to the last drop, and the price is agreed before any of that happens.
Published figures sit on the pricing page and on each fixture below. They are a starting point: how far the collection is, how many people are travelling and how long the day runs all move the number.
06Services
The services an event day is usually booked under
- Race day and sporting event chauffeurRace days, matches and golf, with the traffic planned for and the car waiting through the fixture.
- Special occasion chauffeurHourly chauffeur hire for the days built around one fixed moment and a lot of waiting.
- Theatre and restaurant chauffeurEvening chauffeur hire for theatre and dinner, dropped close to the door and collected out of the crush.
- Hourly chauffeur hire, as directedA chauffeur and car held by the hour, as directed, with the route free to change all day.
- Chauffeur for the day hireOne chauffeur, one car and the whole working day, with the schedule free to move as it goes.
- Executive chauffeur serviceHourly, half-day and transfer bookings for a working day, with a chauffeur who is outside before you are.
07Answers
Questions about event bookings
Do you have any affiliation with the events on these pages?
None. We are a chauffeur company that drives to them frequently, and everything written here comes from doing that rather than from any official relationship. We do not sell tickets, arrange hospitality or claim a partnership with any venue or organiser.
Why are there no dates on these pages?
Because dates move and stale information is worse than none. Each page gives the season a fixture usually falls in, which is stable, and we confirm the exact day when you enquire. Anything that changes year to year, such as a gate arrangement or a road closure, is checked in the week of your booking.
Should I book by the hour or as a return transfer for an event?
By the hour for anything longer than a couple of hours at a venue. A return transfer prices two fixed journeys and falls apart the moment a match runs late or a party decides to leave early. Hourly hire keeps one car and one driver available from the first collection to the last drop.
Can you cover an event that is not listed here?
Yes. These sixteen are the fixtures we are asked about most often, not the limit of what we drive to. County shows, regattas, race meetings, concerts, awards evenings and conferences are all ordinary work, and the planning that goes into them is the same.
How many cars do we need for a group of ten?
Usually two, and occasionally one. An eight-seat MPV plus a saloon carries ten comfortably with luggage and gives you two departure times, which matters at events where half a party wants to leave early. A single larger vehicle keeps everyone together but is set down further from the gate at most venues.
FCReservations
Tell us which fixture, and how many of you there are.
Send the date, the venue, where everyone is starting from and roughly when the day ends. You will get a written quotation with the vehicle, the collection time and what the figure covers — and, where it applies, a note about which day of the meeting is easier to drive to.
- Telephone
- +44 7775 554848
- Hours
- Reservations answered around the clock, every day of the year.