Book Flights, Hotels and a Chauffeur in One Place
Plan a business trip from one page: flights, hotels, resorts and car rentals via BookingWorldwide.net, plus a chauffeur in any city at a fixed price.
Most trips are booked in pieces. The flight comes from one site, the hotel from another, and the car from a phone call made the day before departure. Each piece has its own confirmation, its own times and its own way of going wrong.
When you book the flight, hotel and chauffeur from one starting point, the pieces line up. The arrival time you see on the flight is the pickup time you give the driver. The hotel address you booked is the drop-off. Nothing has to be copied between three tabs at midnight.
This post explains how the LimoFarmOut travel desk and chauffeur booker fit together, who they are for, and how to use them to plan a trip from door to door.
Two tools on one page
The travel desk brings together two partner services:
- BookingWorldwide.net, our travel partner, for stays, flights, resorts, activities, flight-plus-hotel packages and car rentals. You search on our page and complete each booking on the partner's secure site.
- The chauffeur booker, which works with the LimousineWorldwide.Directory member network. You choose a vehicle, see a fixed price quoted before you book, and confirm in a few steps. It covers airport transfers, hourly cars and point-to-point trips.
The two are separate bookings with separate providers. What they share is the page you start from, which makes it easier to plan the trip in the right order.
The order that saves the most time
Book in the order the trip happens, and let each step feed the next.
- Flights first. The flight sets the shape of everything else. Note the arrival airport, terminal and local arrival time.
- Hotel second. Choose by where the traveller needs to be, not only by price. A hotel near the meeting can save an hour of driving each day.
- Car third. Now you know the pickup point (the arrivals hall), the drop-off (the hotel) and the time. Add the flight number so the operator knows which arrival to meet.
- Extras last. Activities, an evening dinner transfer, a return trip to the airport.
Booking the car last sounds backwards, because cars can be the hardest part. But a car booked before the flight is confirmed is a car booked against a guess.
When a rental car is enough and when it is not
The travel desk also searches car rentals, so it is worth being honest about when a chauffeur is the better choice.
A rental makes sense for a traveller who is comfortable driving locally, has time to collect and return the car, and will be moving around a region over several days.
A chauffeur makes more sense when:
- The traveller lands tired after a long flight and has a meeting the same day.
- Parking at the destination is difficult or expensive.
- The traveller wants to work, take calls or rest in the car.
- The trip is in a country where they do not know the roads, the rules or the language.
- Several people need to arrive together.
For many trips the answer is a mix: a chauffeur for the airport legs and a rental for the days in between.
Keeping the details in one place
A trip booked from one page still produces several confirmations. A short trip sheet keeps them together:
- Flight numbers and local times for every leg.
- Hotel name, address and check-in time.
- Chauffeur pickup point, time, vehicle and the contact on the confirmation.
- A note of anything special: a child seat, extra luggage, a name sign.
Send the sheet to the traveller and keep a copy. If the flight changes, you know at once which other bookings need a look. Check the country's entry and safety rules too; the UK government's foreign travel advice covers every country and is updated as conditions change.
For operators: the same page works for your clients
If you run a chauffeur company, your clients often ask for more than the car. The travel desk lets you point them to flights and hotels through our partner without leaving the conversation, and when a trip is outside your area you can cover it by farming it out. We explain that side in detail in how operators can offer the travel desk to their clients.
When you do farm out a trip on LimoFarmOut, it is paid by card before any driver sees it, and a verified chauffeur takes it. The limo affiliate network page explains how operators in different cities work together.
Mistakes that come from booking in pieces
When a trip is assembled from separate sites, the same few errors appear again and again:
- The car booked for the scheduled time, not the local time. A flight that lands at 07:15 local time is easy to book as 07:15 in your own time zone.
- The wrong airport. Many large cities have two or three. Check the arrival airport on the ticket before booking the car.
- A hotel booked for the wrong night. Overnight flights arrive the day after they leave, so the first hotel night may start a day later than you think.
- No return car. The outbound transfer gets booked; the trip back to the airport is forgotten until the last morning.
Most of these disappear when you book in order and copy each detail from the confirmation you already have. People who manage travel for a living often share checklists like this through bodies such as the Global Business Travel Association.
Plan the trip, then book the car
Start with the flights and the hotel through BookingWorldwide.net on the travel desk below.
Once you know the arrival time and the hotel address, book the chauffeur here. You will see the price before you confirm.
Chauffeur booker
Book a chauffeur in any city
Airport transfers, hourly cars and point-to-point trips with LimousineWorldwide.Directory member operators. Choose the vehicle, see the price and book in a few steps.
For a traveller you book for regularly, read how travel managers book a corporate chauffeur service in any city, and for a full booking checklist see what to include when booking a chauffeur.
Frequently asked questions
Can I book flights, hotels and a chauffeur together?
You can start all three from the LimoFarmOut travel desk. Flights, hotels, resorts, packages and car rentals are booked with BookingWorldwide.net, and the chauffeur with the LimousineWorldwide.Directory booker, so you receive separate confirmations.
Where is my flight or hotel booking completed?
Each flight, hotel or resort booking is completed on BookingWorldwide.net's secure site. LimoFarmOut provides the search on its travel desk page.
Should I book the chauffeur before or after the flight?
After. Once the flight is confirmed you know the airport, terminal and local arrival time, and you can add the flight number to the car booking.
Does the chauffeur booker show the price up front?
Yes. The booker quotes a fixed price before you book, after you choose the vehicle.
Is a rental car or a chauffeur better for a business trip?
A rental suits travellers who drive locally and have time to collect the car. A chauffeur suits tired arrivals, tight schedules, unfamiliar countries and groups travelling together.
Run a chauffeur company?
Give your clients the whole trip and cover every city. Join LimoFarmOut free and farm out your first job.
