Christmas and New Year is the busiest travel period of the year, and the one where things are most likely to go wrong. Airports are packed, roads are busy, and demand for taxis peaks. A little forward planning, and an early booking, makes festive travel far less fraught. Here is how to do it.
- The festive fortnight is peak travel: book your airport transfer early, as cars are in high demand.
- Allow extra time, busy terminals and security mean the airline's recommended arrival time is a minimum.
- Our 24-hour service runs right through Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year, with fixed prices.
Why book festive transfers early?
Demand for cars peaks over Christmas and New Year, with families travelling, parties to reach and flights home. Booking early secures a guaranteed pickup at a fixed price, rather than scrambling for a taxi on the busiest nights of the year. The earlier you book, the more certain your travel.
How much extra time should you allow?
Airports and security are at their busiest over the holidays, so treat your airline's recommended arrival time as a firm minimum and add a little more. Roads can be busy too, particularly the weekend before Christmas, so build in a generous buffer. Our when-to-leave guide helps.
Do you run over Christmas and New Year?
Yes. Our 24-hour service runs every day of the year, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day, at fixed prices with no holiday surcharge. Whether it is a Boxing Day flight or a New Year's Eve party, we are on the road.
What about New Year's Eve itself?
New Year's Eve is one of the hardest nights to get home, with huge demand and surge pricing on apps. A pre-booked, fixed-price car means a guaranteed, sober ride home to the Chilterns at a price agreed in advance, not a long wait and a shock fare at 1am.
A calmer festive getaway
The festive period magnifies every normal travel headache, busier roads, fuller terminals, longer security, so the antidote is simply more margin and less to organise. A pre-booked, fixed-price transfer removes one big variable from a stressful time of year.
Book early, confirm your flight details, and allow generous time, particularly for the weekend before Christmas and the New Year return rush. With the journey handled, the holiday can start at your front door rather than in an airport car park.