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Cars and airport pickups in India

Arranged before you land, so that arriving at 3am with two suitcases and a sleeping child is not also a negotiation.

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What we arrange

  • Airport pickups, with the driver's name and number sent to you the day before
  • Day hire with a driver, which is how most travel within an Indian city actually works
  • Intercity runs — Delhi to Agra, Chennai to Pondicherry, Kochi to Munnar
  • Temple-town days, where the value is a driver who knows where to wait and for how long

Why bother, when apps exist

For a city you know, the apps are fine and cheaper. This is for the arrivals that go wrong: an unfamiliar airport at an unreasonable hour, a parent travelling alone, a flight that lands late and a queue that has stopped running, or a day that needs the same car and driver for nine hours.

What it costs

The operator quotes directly, at local rates plus a booking fee. Airport pickups are quoted as a fixed price including parking and waiting, because the meter version of that conversation at midnight is the thing you are paying to avoid.

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