Busy With Another Client? Hand Off a Limo Job Safely
Learn how to farm out limo jobs you can't cover while you're with a client. Post in minutes, keep the client yours, and get a verified, rated chauffeur.
You're outside a hotel with a client who has just added another stop. Meanwhile, a regular customer messages you about a pickup in two hours. You can't be in two places at once, and you don't want to say no to someone who trusts you.
This is when you farm out limo jobs. Done well, it protects your reputation and keeps the customer coming back to you. Done badly, it costs you the client, the money, or both.
LimoFarmOut lets you hand the trip to a verified, rated chauffeur in a couple of minutes, from your phone, without giving away your client. Here's how.
Before you post: what to have ready
You don't need much. Have these details to hand:
- Pickup time, pickup address and drop-off address
- Trip type: point-to-point, airport or hourly
- Vehicle type, from sedan, SUV and Sprinter to stretch limo, party bus or coach
- Flight number for an airport pickup
- Passenger name and any special requests
- The price you want to pay, and your waiting terms
For hourly trips, remember the minimums: 3 hours for sedan and SUV, and 5 hours for other vehicles.
Post the job in a couple of minutes
The fastest way is the message you were going to send anyway.
- Open Post a job on LimoFarmOut.
- Use Paste from WhatsApp. Paste the message you would have sent to your group, and the job form fills itself in.
- Check the details and correct anything the paste missed.
- Set your waiting terms: the free minutes, then the rate per extra hour.
- Pay the full price by card. LimoFarmOut holds the money until the trip is done.
- Publish. Drivers with job alerts on their phones can see it straight away.
Because every job is prepaid, drivers know the money is there, and good chauffeurs are happy to say yes. If a driver thinks the price is too low, they can send a counter-offer. If you accept, you pay the difference before the trip.
Keep your client yours
The biggest fear in farm-out is losing the customer. LimoFarmOut is built to protect your relationship.
- No soliciting. Every driver agrees not to contact your client directly. The client stays yours.
- Private trip number. The driver calls and texts the passenger through a private trip number. Neither sees the other's real number, so no personal numbers change hands.
- A smooth experience. The passenger gets a live tracking link, so they always know where their car is. Airport pickups have flight tracking, so the driver can follow the flight.
Your client gets a professional, well-tracked ride. You stay the person they call next time.
Hand off the trip, not the relationship.
Get a verified, rated driver
When you forward a job to a group, you often don't know who will turn up. On LimoFarmOut, every driver is checked before they take paid jobs.
Each driver uploads a driver's licence, a chauffeur/limo or owner-operator licence, commercial insurance, vehicle ownership or registration, a professional photo, and photos of the vehicle: front, back, inside, trunk and plate. A person checks each one. Expiry dates are watched, with reminders starting 30 days before a document expires and a red alert in the final week.
After every job, you give the driver a star rating and a comment. Over time, ratings show which chauffeurs deliver, and good work builds a reputation. Read more in Verified Chauffeurs: Why Licences, Insurance and Photos Build Trust.
Fleets can accept a job for their company and name the chauffeur who will drive, so you know exactly who is coming even when a company takes the trip.
After the trip: simple and clean
Once the driver marks the trip complete, there is a short review window. If something went wrong, that's when you raise it. Otherwise, the payout is released to the driver automatically, within 48 hours of drop-off.
You don't send a bank transfer. You don't get "Did you pay me yet?" messages. Extras such as waiting time, overtime, parking, tolls, extra stops and tips are added and paid through the platform, so there's no argument about who owes what.
If you have to cancel late, the driver is compensated according to the cancellation terms shown on the job. Clear terms protect everyone, including your reputation with the drivers you work with. See Prepaid Farm-Out Explained for the full money flow.
Further reading
Looking for long-term partners in other cities? The LimousineWorldwide.Directory lists operators worldwide. For airport jobs, flight status is also on FlightAware. On this blog: why chauffeurs no longer chase operators for payment and what owner-operators look for in farm-out work.
Frequently asked questions
How fast can I farm out limo jobs on LimoFarmOut?
Usually in a couple of minutes. Paste from WhatsApp fills in the job form from the message you would have sent to a group. You check it, set your terms, pay by card and publish.
Will the driver contact my client directly?
Every driver agrees not to solicit your client. The driver reaches the passenger through a private trip number, so neither sees the other's real number.
Who pays the platform fee?
The poster pays the platform fee. Drivers pay no fee on jobs and keep the full payout shown, which helps your jobs attract good chauffeurs.
Post your next job with confidence
Being too busy is a good problem to have. Don't let it turn into a lost client or an awkward payment chat.
Post a job now and hand it to a verified driver in any city worldwide. Learn more about our limo affiliate network and global coverage, or read Why Chauffeurs Are Saying No to Jobs Offered by Text and WhatsApp. Running a group? See From WhatsApp Group to LimoFarmOut. Questions? Visit the help page.
