azgrandmax3 Posted October 24, 2022 #1 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Can somebody recommend private transportation to Southampton hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted October 24, 2022 #2 Share Posted October 24, 2022 National Express Coach. .... fast and inexpensive https://www.nationalexpress.com/en 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted October 24, 2022 #3 Share Posted October 24, 2022 From London to your Southampton hotel? Or from the ship to the hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgrandmax3 Posted October 24, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted October 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, mom says said: From London to your Southampton hotel? Or from the ship to the hotel? From Heathrow to a hotel in Southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irisbax3 Posted October 24, 2022 #5 Share Posted October 24, 2022 We used Blackberry Cars in July. We went from Heathrow to the Holiday Inn Southampton for 128 Gbp. Driver met us in the terminal. Communication with them was excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted October 24, 2022 #6 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Used this company many times from Heathrow. https://www.travelgozero.com/ Always excellent service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted October 24, 2022 #7 Share Posted October 24, 2022 We took a private car service. Reasonable cost. Met us at the airport and drove us to the hotel while we mainly slept from the over night flight. We found our service on line. The service we used is no longer in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 24, 2022 #8 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Also ask on the Ports of Call forum. You will get other recommendations there as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted October 24, 2022 #9 Share Posted October 24, 2022 45 minutes ago, irisbax3 said: We used Blackberry Cars in July. We went from Heathrow to the Holiday Inn Southampton for 128 Gbp. Driver met us in the terminal. Communication with them was excellent. I second this one! We use Blackberry every time we go to London as long as it fits into our travel needs. I wouldn't call it cheap...but it's reasonable and (so far) absolutely reliable. You can book (and pay) in advance but can also cancel very easy with a very fast refund. We had to do so for a cruise where we literally "missed the boat" in FLL. Blackberry was the easiest refund I had to deal with of the several that I had to request. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Denmal Posted October 24, 2022 #10 Share Posted October 24, 2022 A second recommendation for blackberry cars. They picked us up from Heathrow and drove us to Southampton. Great private transfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjkTX Posted October 25, 2022 #11 Share Posted October 25, 2022 We just used Blackberry to and from Heathrow on our British Isles cruise (28 Sep - 10 Oct). They picked us up in the airport terminal and drove us to our hotel in Southampton. After the cruise they met us outside the cruise terminal and took us back to Heathrow where we spent the night. It appears the prices have gone up quite a bit since I originally booked them - and while we told them there were 2 of us with 4 bags the newish Mercedes sedan they picked us up after the cruise needed to have 2 suitcases in the front passenger seat - but it was still fast and efficient and I would book them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 25, 2022 #12 Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, bjkTX said: It appears the prices have gone up quite a bit since I originally booked them Not really surprising considering how the price of fuel has soared in the UK over recent months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted October 25, 2022 #13 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, wowzz said: Not really surprising considering how the price of fuel has soared in the UK over recent months. It may also be due to a transportation strike (UK Rail) planned in November which is causing prices to go up currently. Prices just seemed to jump when this was announced. Edited October 25, 2022 by Coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 25, 2022 #14 Share Posted October 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, Coral said: It may also be due to a transportation strike (UK Rail) planned in November which is causing prices to go up currently. Prices just seemed to jump when this was announced. Good point ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjkTX Posted October 26, 2022 #15 Share Posted October 26, 2022 22 hours ago, wowzz said: Not really surprising considering how the price of fuel has soared in the UK over recent months. When I originally contacted them in March the price each way was 100BP (give or take 5BP). A month later (April) when I actually booked them it was 126BP. The day we used them to return to Heathrow (10 Oct) it showed 168BP and today it shows 180BP and it says the prices may be inaccurate due to a new price increase. They did honor the booked price! But then I happened to check flights to compare what we had and that was a real shock. I used points on United and had Premium Plus both ways for 90,000 points each way or 180,000 round trip (for two people). When I looked yesterday it was 480,000! Ouch 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 26, 2022 #16 Share Posted October 26, 2022 5 hours ago, bjkTX said: When I originally contacted them in March the price each way was 100BP (give or take 5BP). A month later (April) when I actually booked them it was 126BP. The day we used them to return to Heathrow (10 Oct) it showed 168BP and today it shows 180BP and it says the prices may be inaccurate due to a new price increase. They did honor the booked price! But then I happened to check flights to compare what we had and that was a real shock. I used points on United and had Premium Plus both ways for 90,000 points each way or 180,000 round trip (for two people). When I looked yesterday it was 480,000! Ouch 🙂 That is one hell of an increase, even allowing for a 50% increase in fuel prices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted October 26, 2022 #17 Share Posted October 26, 2022 6 hours ago, bjkTX said: When I originally contacted them in March the price each way was 100BP (give or take 5BP). A month later (April) when I actually booked them it was 126BP. The day we used them to return to Heathrow (10 Oct) it showed 168BP and today it shows 180BP and it says the prices may be inaccurate due to a new price increase. They did honor the booked price! But then I happened to check flights to compare what we had and that was a real shock. I used points on United and had Premium Plus both ways for 90,000 points each way or 180,000 round trip (for two people). When I looked yesterday it was 480,000! Ouch 🙂 I noticed that also on our trip on DL miles. EZAIR may be the way to go. Looking at TA flights for next year. I don’t think it’s going to get better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted October 26, 2022 #18 Share Posted October 26, 2022 8 hours ago, bjkTX said: But then I happened to check flights to compare what we had and that was a real shock. I used points on United and had Premium Plus both ways for 90,000 points each way or 180,000 round trip (for two people). When I looked yesterday it was 480,000! Ouch 🙂 I got an email from a local travel agent. He was saying that he found some really cheap FF flights from our midwest town to London for 60-80K miles each way and said that things were low until May 2023. Obviously one has to be flexible as sometimes one flight will be incredibly high and others incredibly low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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