Long Transfers: What Changes Beyond Two Hours

Breaks

On a long route a stop is a matter of course — just tell the driver when you need one. It is not a booked extra and costs nothing: a short halt at a services is part of covering those distances. A planned stop at a particular address is a different thing; that is an extra stop at €15, booked in advance.

Expect a break to add ten to fifteen minutes to the driving time. On an arrival it makes no difference. On the way back to the airport it is already allowed for when we work back from your departure time.

With children

Two hours in a vehicle after a flight is the real test of the travel day with small children — especially after a night landing, when everyone has been awake for fourteen hours. What should stay within reach rather than disappearing into a case is in travelling with a baby; the right seat belongs booked in advance, see booking a child seat.

The price stays the price

Even on the longest route the fixed price from your confirmation applies. It does not move for traffic, for a break on the way or for the hour — there is no night surcharge. What is included and what is not is in how and when you pay.

The price also covers the vehicle rather than each passenger. On long routes that is where the difference from a per-head fare shows most clearly — four people pay what two pay.

The return leg is the critical direction

On arrival a long drive is comfortable: the driver waits for you however late the aircraft lands. On departure the distance works against you. On top of roughly three hours at the terminal comes two hours of driving, and for a morning flight that lands you on a pickup time before breakfast. How that calculation runs is in when should you leave your hotel for the airport.

Plan generously here. On a short route a twenty-minute buffer absorbs almost anything; on a long one the same buffer is proportionally nothing.

What to have in the vehicle

• Water, particularly in summer and particularly with children.
• Something warmer. Air conditioning over two hours is a different proposition from twenty minutes.
• Something for travel sickness if you are prone to it — parts of the coastal routes are winding.
• A charged phone, or a cable within reach.

If your route has no page of its own

The longest routes on our network mostly belong to destinations without a page — they are driven and priced all the same. How to get a quote for one is in when your destination is not on the list.

Common questions