Coverage
Global coverage. One contact and one standard, from the UK to the rest of the world.
Procurement teams ask us one question first: can you cover us everywhere? Here is the answer, region by region: our own cars and chauffeurs in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network everywhere else.
- 20+years in private travel
- Ownedchauffeur fleet in London and Manchester, a trusted global network beyond
- 24/7operations desk, one contact
- 3services on one itinerary: car, jet and yacht
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The honest answer
Our own fleet at home, a trusted network everywhere else
Odyssey Connections owns its cars and employs its chauffeurs in London and Manchester, and those two fleets cover the whole of the United Kingdom: Ascot, the Cotswolds, Oxford, Cheshire, Yorkshire and the Highlands. If the car is in Britain, it is almost certainly ours, driven by someone on our payroll.
Abroad, the car comes from our trusted global network of operators we know and use repeatedly, and aircraft, helicopters and yachts are chartered for you wherever the trip goes. The table below sets out exactly which is which, for anyone in risk or procurement who needs to know.
Everything around the car stays the same. One person at Odyssey holds the itinerary in Courchevel as in Canary Wharf, the same written briefing goes out before every journey, and one invoice arrives at the end. You never have to find a supplier in a city you do not know, or explain your principal's preferences twice.
What is ours and what is arranged
The plain answer
| Who and what | London and Manchester | Rest of the UK | Outside the UK |
|---|---|---|---|
| The cars | Ours | Ours, travelling out from London or Manchester | Arranged through operators we know |
| The chauffeurs | Employed by us | Employed by us | The operator's own, briefed by us |
| Aircraft and helicopters | Arranged for you | Arranged for you | Arranged for you |
| Yachts | Arranged for you | Arranged for you | Arranged for you |
| Who you speak to | Your contact at Odyssey | Your contact at Odyssey | Your contact at Odyssey |
| Who holds the itinerary | Our operations desk | Our operations desk | Our operations desk |
| Who invoices you | Odyssey, on one invoice | Odyssey, on one invoice | Odyssey, on one invoice |
Our own vehicles are the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and V-Class. Abroad, we ask for the closest equivalent the local operator runs and tell you in advance what it will be.
Where we cover
Region by region
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Europe: cars arranged, aircraft and yachts chartered
- The French RivieraNice to Saint-Tropez, the busiest stretch of coast we work on.
- MonacoTwo square kilometres, a harbour and a heliport seven minutes from Nice.
- CannesThe Croisette, the festival weeks and the quays behind them.
- Saint-TropezReached most sensibly by helicopter or by sea in August.
- The AlpsCourchevel, Meribel, Val d'Isere, Verbier, Gstaad, Zermatt, St Moritz and the rest.
- ParisLe Bourget for the aircraft, then the city, or onward to Provence.
- GenevaBanks, watchmakers and the gateway to the western Alps.
- ZurichBusiness travel, and the road east to the Engadin.
- Milan, Lake Como and PortofinoLinate for the city, then the lakes or the Ligurian coast.
- Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi CoastCiampino, Florence and Naples, and the long drives between them.
- Ibiza, Mallorca and FormenteraThe Balearics in season, with the tender as often as the car.
- Sardinia and Porto CervoOlbia, the Costa Smeralda and July and August.
- Greece and the islandsAthens, Mykonos, Santorini and the Ionian, mostly around a yacht.
- Croatia and MontenegroDubrovnik, Hvar and Porto Montenegro on the Adriatic run.
- Marbella and southern SpainMalaga, Puerto Banus and the golf.
The Americas
- New YorkTeterboro or Westchester, then Manhattan, Connecticut or the Hamptons.
- Miami and Palm BeachOpa-Locka and Palm Beach, and the yacht season on the Florida coast.
- Los AngelesVan Nuys, the studios, the canyons and the long distances between them.
- AspenA short runway at altitude and a winter town that fills completely.
- Vail and Beaver CreekEagle County in the season, or the drive up from Denver.
- WhistlerVancouver, then the Sea to Sky highway.
- The CaribbeanThe winter yacht season, island by island.
- St BarthsChristmas and New Year, and an approach only some crews are cleared for.
- AntiguaEnglish Harbour, Falmouth and the charter fleet.
- The BahamasNassau and the private aviation terminal, then the boat.
- British Virgin IslandsTortola and Virgin Gorda, usually reached through another island.
- Turks and CaicosProvidenciales and Grace Bay.
Middle East and Asia
- DubaiYear round, with cars arranged through operators we know.
- Abu DhabiAl Bateen in the city, and the islands by car.
- DohaHamad International, then West Bay and Lusail.
- RiyadhKing Khalid, KAFD and the Sunday to Thursday week.
- JeddahThe Red Sea gateway, and the pilgrimage seasons planned for.
- London to Dubai by private jetThe sector, the aircraft categories that fly it non stop, and realistic timings.
- London to Riyadh by private jetSix and a half hours nonstop, and the aircraft that fly it properly.
- SingaporeSeletar for private arrivals, then the business district.
- Hong KongArrivals, the business aviation centre and the drive across to the island.
- NisekoThe Japanese ski season, in January and February.
- The MaldivesMale, then the seaplane or boat transfer the resort or yacht arranges.
Australia and Pacific
United Kingdom: our own cars and chauffeurs
- LondonOur home city, and the deepest set of pages on this site.
- Manchester and the North WestOur second base, run exactly as London is run.
- Windsor and AscotThe castle, the racecourse and the schools, under an hour from west London.
- The CotswoldsCountry houses and weekends away, out of London on Friday and back on Sunday.
- Oxford and CambridgeColleges, interviews, open days and the science parks around both cities.
- Cheshire Golden TriangleAlderley Edge, Prestbury and Wilmslow, worked from Manchester.
- SurreySchools, golf and the country hotels south west of London.
- Bath and the West CountryBy road from London, or by air into Bristol.
- Harrogate and YorkshireCountry hotels, racing and shooting, from Manchester or Leeds Bradford.
- Scottish HighlandsSporting estates, reached through Inverness, Aberdeen or Edinburgh.
The part most suppliers leave out
Where we would say no
There are places where we do not yet have anybody we would trust with a client of ours, and we would rather say so than take the booking. Australia and the Pacific is the clearest example. Clients travel to the Australian Open and we will help them plan the trip, but we hold no standing arrangement in the region, and a car we have never used arranged by an office we have never spoken to is not a service, it is a hope.
The same applies to remote destinations, to countries subject to travel restrictions or a fast changing local picture, and to any journey where we cannot get a straight answer about who will actually be driving. In those cases we will tell you what we can and cannot put in place, and where we can we will point you to somebody better placed than us.
It costs us bookings. It is also the only way the rest of this page means anything: if we say we cover a city, it is because we know exactly who turns up.
How coverage works
One standard, however far from home
Whether the car outside is ours or an operator's, the arrangement around it is identical.
- One point of contact at Odyssey, who holds the whole itinerary from first flight to last drop off
- An operations desk reachable at any hour, on the phone and on WhatsApp, in every time zone you travel through
- Cars abroad arranged through operators chosen by us and used repeatedly, never through a marketplace
- The same briefing every time: the names, the flight, the luggage, the route, the preferences, in writing before the day
- Your preferences and your account details recorded once and applied in every city
- Cars, aircraft and yachts on one invoice, split by entity, department or cost centre as your finance team needs
If your city is not listed
What happens next
- 01
Tell us the city and the dates
Some places we work in regularly without having written a page about them. We will tell you straight away whether that is one of them, and who we would be using.
- 02
We brief them the way we brief our own chauffeurs
Flight numbers, names, luggage, the route, the waiting arrangement and any preference on your file, sent in writing and confirmed before the day.
- 03
You deal with us, not with them
Changes, delays, an early finish or a car held at a restaurant all come to your contact here. One itinerary, one conversation, one invoice, whatever the local hour.
The detail behind the map
Airfields, terminals and harbours
Around London
Rest of the UK
Americas, Middle East and Asia
What procurement asks
Coverage questions
Are the cars abroad yours?
No. Our own cars and chauffeurs are in London and Manchester. In every other country the car comes from our trusted global network, from an operator we know and brief, and it remains our arrangement: you deal with us, we deal with them, and the invoice comes from us.
Who operates the aircraft and the yacht?
Aircraft, helicopters and yachts are chartered for you from operators we work with. We arrange the charter and everything around it, including the cars at both ends, so the whole journey sits on one itinerary.
Can one account cover every country?
Yes. Open an account once and it covers every city on this page, with invoicing split by entity, department, matter or cost centre as you need it. Travel management explains how a standing arrangement is run.
Do you have an office in every city?
No. We have one operations desk that answers at any hour and people we use repeatedly in the places our clients travel to. Our own office is at Office 32, Hangar 7-8, Percival Way, Luton LU2 9LX.
What if you cannot cover where we are going?
We will say so, and say why. We would rather lose a journey than put a client into a car we cannot stand behind. Where we can, we will suggest who to speak to instead.
How do you choose the operators you use abroad?
They are chosen by us and used repeatedly rather than found for a single job, and they are briefed to the same written standard as our own chauffeurs. If your tender asks how suppliers are chosen and monitored, put the question in and we will answer it in the proposal rather than on a web page.
Testing us on a region?
Tell us the cities and the year
Send the list of places your people actually travel to over a typical year. We will come back city by city with what we would put in place, and say plainly where we are the wrong answer.
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