A second opinion is usually a short trip arranged at very short notice.
One appointment, often on the other side of a border, frequently confirmed less than a week ahead, with a folder of records that must not be left in a car. The travel is the simple part. It is only simple if somebody is holding all of it at once.
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We arrange the travel. We do not arrange the opinion
Odyssey provides chauffeur driven cars and chauffeurs, and arranges aircraft. We are not a medical company, we carry no medical staff or equipment, and we give no care or advice of any kind. We will not suggest which hospital, centre or specialist you should see, and we will not comment on one if you ask us. We have no relationship, commercial or otherwise, with any place named on this page. They appear here only because they are addresses a car is asked to go to, with the details set out so that a journey can be planned.
What the trip looks like
Two days, booked in four
The pattern is consistent enough to plan against. A date comes through with little warning. Somebody travels, usually with one other person, for a single consultation that may last an hour and may pull in a scan or a blood test on the same morning. They carry records, imaging discs and sometimes physical slides, which is the one piece of luggage nobody wants out of sight. They want to be home the same evening if the geography allows it, and in a hotel a short walk from the address if it does not.
Sometimes it is two centres in one week, in two countries, which turns a simple trip into a sequence: a car at dawn, a flight, a car the other end, a hotel, a second flight, and a family member joining halfway through. That is the version worth handing to one desk rather than three.
In London and Manchester the cars and the chauffeurs are ours. Elsewhere cars are arranged through operators we know, and aircraft are arranged for you. One contact at Odyssey holds the whole thing, including the parts that move.
London
Addresses cars are asked to reach in London
| Where | Address | What the approach is like |
|---|---|---|
| The Royal Marsden, Chelsea | 203 Fulham Road, SW3 6JJ | On the Fulham Road itself. The Sutton site at Downs Road, Belmont, SM2 5PT is a separate journey of roughly 45 to 70 minutes from central London |
| Royal Brompton Hospital | Sydney Street, SW3 6NP | A few minutes behind the Fulham Road in the residential grid. Kerb space is scarce and the streets are narrow |
| Cromwell Hospital | 164 to 178 Cromwell Road, SW5 0TU | On the A4 itself, which makes it markedly easier from Heathrow than from the West End at the evening peak |
| Cleveland Clinic London | 33 Grosvenor Place, SW1X 7HY | Between Hyde Park Corner and Victoria, on one of the Congestion Charge boundary roads |
| The London Clinic | 5 and 22 Devonshire Place, W1G | In the Marylebone medical district, where nothing can wait at the kerb |
| The Harley Street Clinic | 35 Weymouth Street, W1G | Marylebone again, two minutes from the above and still worth driving between in the rain |
Addresses checked in September 2026 and given so that a car can be sent to the right door. They are not recommendations, and we have no relationship with any of them. See also London private hospitals.
The London geography
Two clusters, and the road between them
London's specialist addresses sit in two groups. One is in Chelsea and South Kensington, along and behind the Fulham Road and the Cromwell Road. The other is the Marylebone medical district, the streets around Harley Street and Devonshire Place. Belgravia sits between them and slightly apart. A morning appointment in one and an afternoon appointment in the other is a normal shape for this kind of visit, and the drive between them is fifteen to twenty five minutes on quiet roads and thirty to fifty at the wrong hour.
Where a car waits matters more than where it drops. Almost none of these addresses has usable kerb space, so the chauffeur sets down at the door, holds the car a few streets away and returns when you send word. Appointments of this kind over-run more often than they finish early, which is why we suggest holding the car for the day rather than dismissing and recalling it. See hourly and as directed.
Abroad
Centres clients ask us to reach outside the UK
| Where | Address | The usual way in |
|---|---|---|
| Gustave Roussy, Paris | 114 rue Édouard Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif | South of Paris. Le Bourget is the private field and sits on the opposite side of the city, roughly 45 to 70 minutes by road. Orly is far closer in distance |
| Charité, Berlin | Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin | Campus Charité Mitte, in the centre of the city. Berlin Brandenburg is about 40 to 60 minutes by road |
| Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm | Eugeniavägen 3, Solna | Just north of central Stockholm. Arlanda is about 30 to 45 minutes by road in normal conditions |
| Mayo Clinic, Rochester | 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota | The town has its own field a few minutes from the door. Many arrive through Minneapolis instead, about 1 hour 20 to 1 hour 40 by road |
| MD Anderson, Houston | 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas | In the medical district south of downtown Houston, where the internal road layout is a journey of its own |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York | 1275 York Avenue, New York | Upper East Side. Teterboro is about 35 to 60 minutes and Westchester about 45 to 75, both heavily traffic dependent |
Addresses checked in September 2026. Road times are realistic ranges for planning, not promises, and they are the reason we ask which appointment time you have before we suggest a field. We name no preference between these places and we will not be drawn on one.
What helps us
Five things worth telling the desk
You need tell us nothing clinical. These are all logistics, and each of them changes the plan.
- The appointment time and the full street address, not the name of the institution. Several of these places occupy more than one building and more than one entrance
- Whether records, discs or slides are travelling with you, so the chauffeur knows that one bag stays in the cabin and never in the boot
- Who else is coming, and whether they are arriving on the same flight. Companions very often join a day later
- Whether you intend to return the same day. It is usually the difference between a light jet and a hotel, and it is worth deciding early
- Any second appointment, anywhere. Two centres in one week is common and is much cheaper to plan as one itinerary than as two
How it is arranged
From the call to the way home
- 01
The outline
The date, the city, the address and how many are travelling. Nothing about the reason, and we do not ask.
- 02
The plan
Aircraft options chosen for the field that suits the address rather than the obvious one, the car at each end, a hotel if the timing needs one, in a single document.
- 03
On the day
The chauffeur tracks the actual arrival, not the schedule, and holds the car through the appointment rather than being dismissed and recalled.
- 04
The return
Planned before you leave and moved as often as it needs to be. Appointments of this kind run late, and a held departure is easier than a rebooked one.
Around the trip
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Tell us the city and the appointment time
Where you are going, the date and hour of the appointment, how many are travelling and whether you want to be home the same night. We reply with the cars, the aircraft options where a flight is needed, and an honest transfer time at the far end. You need tell us nothing about the reason. Nothing is booked or charged online.
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Questions people ask
About second opinion travel
Will you suggest where we should go?
No, and we would ask you not to put us in that position. Choosing a hospital or a specialist is a medical decision and we have no standing to take part in it. Once you have chosen, we will get you there and back.
Do you work with any of these places?
None of them. We have no relationship, commercial or otherwise, with any hospital, centre or doctor named here. They are addresses, listed so a car goes to the right door.
Can you arrange the flight as well as the cars?
Yes. Aircraft are arranged for you alongside the ground legs, with the field chosen for the address rather than out of habit. See on demand charter and, when the date is tight, last minute charter.
We are carrying scans and a folder of notes. Is that a problem?
No, and tell us in advance. That bag travels in the cabin, not the boot, and stays with you at every change. The chauffeur is told only that one bag does not leave your side.
Can the car wait while we are inside?
Yes, and for a consultation it is the sensible arrangement. The chauffeur sets down at the door and holds the car nearby. Sending it away and recalling it is what turns a forty minute over-run into an hour on a pavement.
Are the cars abroad yours?
No. Our own cars and chauffeurs are in London and Manchester. Everywhere else cars are arranged through operators we know, briefed the same way, with one contact at Odyssey holding the itinerary.
One contact, wherever you are