The LondonLimo.net journal is written by the London desk: the run to Pearson and the other airports hour by hour, the in-city journeys to the hospitals, the campus and the courts, the weddings, proms and nights out, the destinations and day trips from London, and what all of it costs against the alternatives. 100 articles are published across five clusters, each built around a question London travellers actually search, and each links to the service, airport, destination or London guide that fulfils it.
The LondonLimo.net Journal
Pearson and the airports, the city, the occasions, the destinations and the prices - from the London desk's side.
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20 articles
London to Pearson & the airports
The 190-kilometre run to Toronto Pearson and every other airport, terminal by terminal, hour by hour, season by season.
London to Pearson, hour by hourThe 190 kilometres between a London driveway and Pearson's departures curb, described from the driver's seat at every stage - so that you know why the car leaves when it leaves.
Pearson to London: the return runThe flight lands, the phone comes on, and someone is standing in the hall with your name: the Pearson to London pickup, step by step.
YXU: what flies from LondonThe three-letter code is YXU, the terminal is one room, and the run from downtown is fifteen minutes - here is when to use it instead of Pearson.
Meeting a flight at YXUOne terminal, one carousel, and a chauffeur standing beside it with your name: the YXU arrival, from the wheels touching to the front door.
YXU departures: when to leaveFifteen minutes to the airport and fifteen through security - the YXU departure is the easiest in the province, if you leave at the right minute.
Pearson shuttle vs private carFor one traveller whose flight fits the timetable, the shuttle is a fair choice; for two or more, an early flight or a midnight return, the private car wins - here is the arithmetic.
Bus from Pearson to London vs a chauffeurThree ways by bus, one by car: what a traveller landing at Pearson with bags and a London address should actually book.
Airports near London, OntarioSeven airports within three hours of a London address: the distance, the drive, the flights and the fare to each, and how the desk picks the right one for a trip.
YXU parking vs a black carA week in the lot, or a car to the door both ways: the numbers a London family should run before the March-break flight.
Toronto to London flights vs the carForty-five minutes in the air, two hours on the ground before and after - the Pearson to YXU flight makes sense on one ticket and rarely on its own.
Hamilton airport from LondonAn hour and twenty minutes down the 403 to a one-terminal airport with the leisure fares - the case for Hamilton, and the run as the chauffeurs drive it.
Waterloo airport from LondonThe closest airport to London after YXU itself: an hour up the 401 to a new terminal with the budget carriers' fares.
Detroit airport from LondonTwo and a half hours, one border and sometimes half the fare: the Detroit airport run, with the documents and the crossing explained.
Buffalo airport from LondonThe furthest airport on this site and, for the right US flight, the cheapest trip: Buffalo, with the Niagara crossing in the drive.
Billy Bishop from LondonThe airport at the foot of Bathurst Street, a tunnel from the mainland, Porter's flights to the east and the US - and when it is worth the fifteen minutes past Pearson.
The 401 in JanuaryLake Huron's snow crosses the 401 at Woodstock, and the airport does not wait: the winter run, honestly, with the rules the desk applies.
International students arriving at PearsonA student lands at Pearson with two cases and a phone that does not work yet, and someone is standing in the hall with their name: the international arrival, booked by a parent an ocean away.
The 4 a.m. departure from LondonThe alarm at 3:15, the car in the driveway at 3:50, the children asleep until Cambridge, Terminal 1 at 5:55: the early flight, as the chauffeurs run it.
Pearson Terminal 1 vs Terminal 3 meetsTwo terminals, four arrivals halls, one chauffeur standing at the right rail: the Pearson meet, terminal by terminal, for the passenger heading home to London.
Late arrivals at Pearson, home after midnightThe last shuttle has gone, the apps have tripled and the rank is empty - and someone is standing at the rail with your name: the late arrival, as the desk handles it.
20 articles
Black car in London
The hospitals, the campus, the courts, the head offices, the venues and the neighbourhoods - the in-city journeys as the chauffeurs drive them.
Taxi vs a booked black car in LondonA cab is the right tool for a short hop on a weekday afternoon; a booked black car is the right tool when the time, the place or the passenger matters - here is where the line falls.
Uber in London: when it worksThe app works on a Tuesday afternoon and fails at 5 a.m., at midnight after the game and for a two-hour trip to Pearson - the honest map of where rideshare fits in London.
London's hospitals, entrance by entranceFive hospital campuses, a dozen entrances, and a chauffeur who knows which door the appointment letter means: the practical guide for a patient, a family or a visiting physician.
St. Joseph's day-surgery pickupsThe nurse says 2:10, the chauffeur is at the Grosvenor doors at 2:10, and the drive home is the slowest eight minutes in the city: the day-surgery pickup, done properly.
Hospital wait times and the car that waitsThe appointment letter says 10 a.m. and the clinic runs to 2: how a chauffeured car handles a hospital day whose length nobody knows in advance.
Out-of-town patients: the referral runTwo million people are referred to London's hospitals, and most of them drive two hours to a garage that is full: the chauffeured alternative, priced from every town.
Western: move-in, convocation, the airportSixty thousand students between Western and Fanshawe, and a calendar the chauffeurs know by heart: the move-in, the exodus, the convocation and everything the campus needs a car for.
Fanshawe and the airport next doorThe college with an airport at the end of the parking lot: Fanshawe's year, the ten-minute YXU run and the intakes the chauffeurs plan around.
King's and Huron family daysTwo colleges within a mile of each other and of Western's gates, each with its own calendar, its own chapel and its own convocation - and a car that knows all three campuses.
Things to do in London by black carA visitor's day in the Forest City, planned by the people who drive it: the forks, the parks, the market, the ski hill, the breweries and the arena, with a chauffeur who knows each door.
This weekend in London, with a chauffeurFriday night, Saturday and Sunday in the Forest City, planned from the events calendar by the people who drive it.
Events this weekend and the closuresEvery big London weekend closes a street somewhere; here is the map the chauffeurs use to drop you at the edge and collect you from the corner.
London attractions: a two-day itineraryTwo days, twelve attractions, no parking: the visitor's itinerary as the people who drive it would plan it for their own relatives.
London hotels, arriving from PearsonTwo hours from Pearson and fifteen minutes from YXU, every London hotel has a porte-cochere the chauffeur knows - and a cluster that suits one kind of trip better than another.
Hotels near the hospitalsA patient in the ward, a family in a hotel five minutes away, and a car that runs between them at the family's hours - the hospital week, arranged.
Downtown hotels and the arena nightThe arena is a block from the hotel and the garage is full by 6:30: the downtown London stay, with the car where it matters and the walk where it does not.
The Hard Rock Hotel and Kellogg LaneA cereal factory turned into the country's largest indoor entertainment complex, with a Hard Rock on top: how to get there, stay there and get home, by car.
Canada Life Place: the arena and homeNine thousand people, two entrances, three garages and a rank with three cabs: the arena night, from the driveway to the door and back.
The courthouse and City Hall by carCourt starts at 10 and the garages are full at 9:15: the lawyer's morning, the witness's arrival and the delegation's 4 p.m. committee, by car.
Corporate visitors to London's head officesThe customer from Munich, the auditor from Toronto, the delegation with an escort: London's plants and towers, and the car that gets their visitors from the terminal to the gate.
20 articles
Weddings, proms & nights out
Weddings, proms, party buses, wine and brewery tours, the Knights, the casino and the nights on Richmond Row.
Wedding venues and the limo timelineEvery London wedding venue has a door, a photograph spot and a timing problem; here is the limousine timeline the chauffeurs run at each.
Wedding limo: what the day costsA stretch for five hours, a Sprinter for the guests and a sedan for the exit: the wedding's transport, priced the way the coordinator prices it.
Prom limo: the parents' rulesTen teenagers, one stretch, a parent's list of rules and a chauffeur who follows it: prom night, from the driveway photographs to the 1 a.m. door.
Party bus rental: before you bookSixteen to thirty people, one bus, a route around the city and rules that are the province's: the party bus, explained before the deposit.
Limo bus rental, 16 to 30 passengersWhen the group is too big for a Sprinter and wants the lights and the music: the limo bus, size by size, priced against the alternatives.
Bachelor and bachelorette nights on the RowSixteen friends, one bus, the Row at midnight and a chauffeur who will not lose anyone: the stag and the stagette, planned by the desk that runs them every Saturday.
Brewery tour: Toboggan, Anderson, Forked RiverFour breweries in an afternoon with someone else driving: the London crawl, brewery by brewery, with the order that works and the price by the hour.
Bellamere and the London-area wine tourThe winery ten minutes from Masonville and the county tasting rooms forty minutes out: the London-area wine afternoon, with a chauffeur who knows the lanes.
Wine tour to Pelee Island and Essex CountyTwo hours west to Ontario's other wine country: the Essex County wineries and Pelee Island, with a chauffeur for the day and nobody counting glasses.
Gateway Casinos London and the casino nightEight minutes to the Western Fair's slots or two hours to the Windsor tables: the casino night, with a chauffeur who waits and nobody driving home.
Caesars Windsor and Fallsview: the casino runWest to the river or east to the Falls: the two casino runs the London desk drives most, with the timings that matter and the fares written down.
Knights game night at Canada Life PlaceNine thousand people leaving one building at 9:50 and a chauffeur already at the corner: the Knights night, from the driveway to the door.
Concert limo: the arena, the hall and the GrandSix venues, six doors and a chauffeur who knows which street closes: the concert night in London, from the driveway to the encore.
Christmas light tours by limoTwo hours of lights with the children in the back and nobody parking: the December drive the desk plans every year, street by street.
New Year's Eve limo in LondonOne night when every car in the city is booked and the apps triple: New Year's Eve, planned the way the desk plans it, with the 12:30 corner in writing.
Birthday and anniversary limoA sedan at the office at 5 with flowers on the seat, or a stretch for ten at the door: the birthday and the anniversary, planned so the surprise lands.
The stag and doe by busTwo hundred tickets sold, a hall in Ilderton and nobody driving the county road home: the stag and doe, shuttled the way the desk shuttles it.
Homecoming and formals by limoForty thousand alumni back for one weekend and a formal every other Saturday: the campus's big nights, from the residence door to the ballroom and home.
Airport limo for honeymoonersA wedding that ended at 1 and a flight at 6 p.m.: the honeymoon's first journey, driven gently from the hotel to the gate and back again a fortnight later.
Sunfest, Rock the Park and the festival nightsSix festivals, three parks and a downtown that closes its streets every July weekend: the festival summer, driven around the barricades.
20 articles
Destinations & day trips
Toronto, Kitchener, Windsor, Niagara, Stratford, Sarnia, Grand Bend, Detroit and the towns around London, door to door.
London to Toronto by car, done properlyTwo hours and fifteen minutes from a London door to a Toronto door, with the 401's moods, the Gardiner's, and the fare written down before the car arrives.
Toronto to London: bus, train or chauffeurSix ways to cover 195 kilometres, priced for one person and for four, with the last mile in London counted the way the bus and the train never count it.
VIA Rail to Toronto, and when the car winsThe train is a good way to Toronto and the desk says so; here is exactly when it is, and the six times it is not.
How far is London from Toronto, and the costThe question the desk answers ten times a day, with the kilometres, the minutes and the dollars in one place.
London to Kitchener-Waterloo: the tech corridorAn hour and ten minutes up the 401 to the corridor's universities, start-ups and airport, with the meeting's clock kept and the fare fixed.
London to Hamilton: McMaster and the airportAn hour and twenty minutes down the 403 to the Hammer's university, its hospitals and its airport, with the escarpment's weather in the plan.
London to Windsor and the bridgeTwo hours west to the river, and ten minutes more across it: Windsor by the 401, with the bridge, the tunnel and the documents in the plan.
London to Niagara Falls: the day tripThe Falls, a winery, the Shaw and the fireworks in one day from a London door, with someone else driving the QEW home.
London to Stratford: the festival eveningFifty minutes to the Avon, a dinner by the river, the play, and home by midnight with the two-lane road driven by someone who does it every week.
London to Grand Bend and the Huron shoreAn hour to the sand with the coolers in the back and the sunset at the end, and nobody driving the 81 home after a day in the sun.
London to Port Stanley: the beach dayForty-five minutes to Lake Erie's sand with the coolers in the back, fish and chips at the harbour and the lift bridge going up as you eat.
London to Sarnia and the Chemical ValleyAn hour and five minutes down the 402 to the plants, the hospital and the bridge, with the gate's procedures known and the shift change avoided.
London to Detroit: game dayTwo hours to the river, ten minutes across it and the Lions kicking off at 1: Detroit's game day from a London door, with the border in the fare.
London to Guelph and BrantfordTwo university towns an hour up the road, a casino, a river and the Gretzky rink: the Guelph and Brantford runs, timed and priced.
London to Woodstock and the Toyota corridorThirty minutes to the plant's gate or forty to the hospital's door, with the fare fixed and the 401's first stretch driven every day.
London to Blue Mountain: the ski weekendThree and a quarter hours through the snowbelt to the village at the mountain's foot, with the skis on the rack and nobody driving Highway 10 in the dark.
London to Muskoka and cottage countryFour hours north to the dock with the coolers in the back and the 400's Friday driven by someone else: the cottage run, quoted and done right.
Bus trips vs a private coachA seat on someone else's schedule or a coach on your own: the two ways a group leaves London, priced per head and compared honestly.
London to Ottawa and Montreal: the long runsSix and a half hours to the Hill or eight to the Plateau by road, honestly priced against the flight and the train with a chauffeur at both ends.
Cross-border: the documents and the crossingEvery passenger's passport, the vehicle's papers and a chauffeur licensed to cross: the border run from London, with the week-before checklist the desk sends.
20 articles
Prices, comparisons & how it works
What it costs, what is inside the fare, how the alternatives compare and how a booking actually works.
How much does a limo cost in London?The question the desk answers most, with every figure it uses on one page and nothing added at the door.
Limo rental prices by the hourEight classes, one clock: the hourly rates from the rates page, with the arithmetic that says when the hour beats the fare.
How much is Uber from London to Pearson?The app will tell you its price at the moment you ask; here is what moves that price, and what a fixed fare buys instead.
How much is a taxi from London to Pearson?A cab's meter would run to a number nobody pays, so the driver names a flat rate; here is what that rate leaves out and what the fixed fare puts in.
Cheap limo service: what cheap buysCheap is a real number and it buys a real thing; here is exactly what, and exactly what it does not, so the choice is yours with the facts.
Best limo service: how to judge oneTen questions any limo company should answer before you book, with our own answers beside them so you can hold us to the same test.
A limousine for one hourNobody sells an hour, and here is why - and here are the three ways the desk answers the one-hour request without wasting your money.
Every option to Pearson, pricedEight ways to cover 190 kilometres to Terminal 1, each priced for one and for four, with the one the desk would choose for your case.
London airport taxi vs limoTen minutes from the carousel to most of the city: the cab at the rank against the booked car with the board, priced and compared without a thumb on the scale.
Airport shuttle: shared vs privateA seat on the schedule or a vehicle at your door: the shuttle's arithmetic per person, honestly, for one traveller and for a team of ten.
Chauffeur service: what the word meansThe word is on every limo company's sign; here is what it means when it is meant, and how to tell.
Car service: what is includedThe fare is one number on the confirmation; here is everything inside it, and the five things that are not.
Black car service vs the checker cabLondon's checker cabs are a real and licensed service, and for the short hop they win; here is the honest comparison for everything else.
Corporate accounts: what to askFourteen questions, with LondonLimo.net's answers beside them, so the account is signed with the facts and not the brochure.
Booking a limo, step by stepSix fields, a fixed fare and a chauffeur's name the evening before: the booking from the first click to the door, with nothing left to guess.
Tipping a limo driver in OntarioFifteen to twenty percent where it is not included, and nothing where it is: the tipping question answered for Ontario and for our own fares.
Child seats, pets and luggageThree lines in the notes field - the children's ages, the pet, the cases - and the car arrives fitted, with room, and with nothing to explain at the door.
Cancellation policy: 72, 48 and 24 hoursFree at 72 hours, ten percent inside it, half inside 48 and the fare inside 24: the scale, with the reasoning and the exceptions written down.
Winter tires, and the limo that shows upWinter tires from November, the cameras checked the evening before and thirty minutes added: the car that comes when the app's driver does not.
Gift a limo rideA ride to the airport for the parents, a dinner's sedan for the couple or the honeymoon's run from the registry: the gift that arrives at the door.
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FlightsFares out of London International, Pearson, Detroit and Buffalo on one search.
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ResortsMuskoka, Niagara wine country, Blue Mountain and the Lake Huron shore.
ActivitiesTours, tables and tickets for the hours between the transfers.
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Stretch limousines, party buses and coaches for London, and chauffeurs in every Canadian city beyond Southwestern Ontario, are fulfilled through directory-vetted operators contracted to our published standard - so a Pearson pickup and a Halifax pickup are handled the same way on one account.
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- LimousineWorldwide.Directory — The worldwide directory of limousine, black car and chauffeur operators.
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