Journal and guides
What we get asked, answered properly.
No news and no press releases. Every guide here exists because the same question kept arriving by email, and a paragraph in a reply was never going to be enough.
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Why these exist
The answers you need before you commit to a trip
Each guide answers a question we are asked again and again: what the APA on a yacht charter really covers, which questions separate one chauffeur company from another, what a family arriving in London in September should decide first. Read one and you will know the sequence, the deadlines and the vocabulary before you pick up the phone.
They are written for the person holding the diary rather than the person in the back of the car, and several are designed to be forwarded to a colleague in risk, procurement or finance, so the whole team works from the same facts.
There are no prices in them, because a figure depends on the date, the route, the aircraft and the season, and we would rather quote you properly. Every date, terminal, runway and rule was checked when the guide was written and is revised when it changes.
Every guide
The journal
Start here · Events and seasons · 8 min read
The season, month by month
October 2026 to September 2027, with the travel note for each month: when to book, and which airfield.
16 guides
Planning private travel · 8 min readStructuring travel for a family officeOne contact, billing by entity, and the difference between moving a principal and moving staff.
Planning private travel · 9 min readFlying privately with childrenCar seats, which cabin suits a family, timing the day, and the document somebody asks for at a border.
Planning private travel · 9 min readChauffeur service or a premium appWhat each one is built for, and which journeys are worth a car that waits.
Aviation · 8 min readChoosing the right jet categoryWhy the luggage, the runway and the sector choose the aircraft, rather than the other way round.
Aviation · 8 min readAre empty legs worth it?What you genuinely give up for the saving, who they suit, and how to be the client who is offered them.
Aviation · 9 min readLondon's private jet airports comparedFarnborough, Luton, Biggin Hill, Stansted, Northolt, London City and Oxford, on hours, runway and the drive at the far end.
Yachting · 9 min readYour first superyacht charterThe twelve guest rule, the preference sheet, gratuity as a custom, and how an itinerary is really built.
Yachting · 8 min readThe APA, explained properlyWhat the advance provisioning allowance pays for, how the captain accounts for it, and how the balance comes back.
Events and seasons · 8 min readThe ski season, properly plannedPeak weeks, which airport serves which resort, weather diversions, and the luggage nobody counted.
Events and seasons · 11 min readThe Riviera in summerOne airport, one motorway and sixty miles of coast: how the Cote d'Azur works between May and September.
Events and seasons · 9 min readPlanning a Monaco Grand Prix weekendBook it backwards from the bed and the berth: road closures, helicopters from Nice, and the harbour.
Events and seasons · 9 min readNavigating art fair seasonFrieze, Art Basel Paris, TEFAF, Basel and Venice, and the week around each fair that actually needs arranging.
For travel managers and assistants · 8 min readWriting a chauffeur services RFPScope, service levels, the questions that separate suppliers, the evidence to ask for, and how to score it.
For travel managers and assistants · 8 min readDuty of care in ground transportThe questions to put to any supplier, in the order that makes the answers comparable.
For travel managers and assistants · 8 min readSecurity-trained driving, explained plainlyWhat the phrase covers, what British licensing does and does not include, and what is worth asking.
Living in London · 9 min readRelocating to LondonAreas, school deadlines and viewing days, and why the order you do them in matters more than any single choice.
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If the thing you need to know is not in these pages, it is still something we deal with most weeks. Describe the trip or the problem and we will answer it properly, whether or not it ends in a booking.
Questions people ask
About the journal
Are these guides only about London?
No. Our own cars and chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, so the ground transport guides start there, but the aviation, yachting and season guides cover the Alps, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the cities our clients work in. Global network and coverage sets out where we can look after you.
Why are there no prices in them?
Because an honest figure needs the date, the route, the aircraft or vehicle and the season. Tell us the journey and we will quote it. How we charge in general is explained on pricing.
Can I forward one to a colleague?
Please do. Duty of care in ground transport and writing a chauffeur services RFP were written specifically to be sent on to somebody in risk, procurement or finance.
Do you add new guides?
Yes, whenever a question comes up often enough to deserve a full answer. If yours is not answered here, tell us and it may be the next one.
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