Weddings, proms & nights out · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
A Christmas light tour of London, Ontario by limo with LondonLimo.net is two to three hours by the hour - an executive SUV for a family of six at $115-135, a luxury sedan for a couple at $135-165, the partner fleet's stretch for eight to ten at $150-220, a Sprinter for fourteen at $145-175 - along the route the chauffeurs drive every December: Victoria Park's lights downtown after the city's lighting ceremony in late November, the Old South and Old North streets that decorate, Wortley Village's storefronts, Springbank Park's drive, the neighbourhood displays in Byron, Westmount and Masonville, and the Covent Garden Market's skating rink for a stop. Hot chocolate is in the cabin, the children are in their pyjamas, nobody parks, and the hourly page has the service; this article is the route, street by street, with the honest note on which lights are on which nights.
The route, as the chauffeurs drive it
| Stop | Where | Time | What it is | The chauffeur's note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Park | Downtown, Richmond at Central | 6:00 | The city's lights in the park after the late-November lighting | A slow loop of the park's four sides; the bandstand |
| The Row and the market | Richmond and Dundas; King Street | 6:20 | The storefronts' windows; the market's rink | A ten-minute stop for the rink or hot chocolate |
| Old North | Waterloo, Colborne, the streets off Oxford | 6:40 | The Victorian houses that decorate | A slow drive, the windows down for a minute |
| Old South and Wortley Village | Wortley Road, the Village's streets | 7:00 | The Village's storefronts and the houses around them | A stop at the Village's square |
| Springbank Park | Springbank Drive | 7:20 | The park's drive along the river | The lights on the drive, and Storybook's winter gate if lit |
| Byron and Westmount | The residential streets | 7:40 | The displays the neighbours build | The desk's list, updated each December |
| Masonville and the north | The streets off Fanshawe Park Road | 8:00 | The north's displays | The last loop; home by 8:30 |
Two and a half hours; the desk's list of the year's best streets is updated the first week of December from the chauffeurs' own drives.
Victoria Park, first
The city lights Victoria Park in late November with a ceremony and the lights stay through the holidays, and the park's four sides - Richmond, Central, Wellington, Dufferin - are a slow loop at 6 with the bandstand and the trees; the attractions page has the park and the events page the lighting's date each year.
The market's rink
The Covent Garden Market's outdoor rink on King Street opens for the winter, and a family's ten-minute stop - skates rented, or hot chocolate from the market's hall - is the tour's first stop; the SUV waits on King and the neighbourhoods page has the core.
Old North and Old South
The Victorian streets off Oxford - Waterloo, Colborne, Wellington's north end - and Old South's Wortley Village with its storefronts and the houses around the square: the chauffeur drives at a walking pace with the windows down for a minute so the children hear the carols from a porch; the neighbourhoods decorate differently each year and the desk's list says which streets.
Springbank and the west
Springbank Park's drive along the Thames, the lights on the park's trees, and Storybook Gardens' winter gate when the gardens run a winter programme; then Byron's and Westmount's residential streets, where the neighbours build the displays that the chauffeurs photograph each December for the desk's list. The attractions itinerary has the park.
The north
Masonville's and the north's streets off Fanshawe Park Road for the last loop, and home by 8:30 with the children asleep in the back; a family in the north reverses the route and ends with Victoria Park.
The vehicles
A family of six in an SUV at $115-135 an hour with the booster seats fitted; a couple in a luxury sedan at $135-165; eight to ten in the partner fleet's stretch at $150-220 with the lights on inside and the hot chocolate in the cabin; fourteen in a Sprinter at $145-175 for the extended family; the fleet page has each and the three-hour minimum applies to the stretch and the Sprinter.
The corporate tour and the seniors' tour
A company's staff families in two Sprinters on a December evening as a gift on the corporate account; a retirement residence's residents in the accessible van and a Sprinter on the fleet page's terms, with the route's stops shortened and the heat up; the desk plans both every December.
The honest note on the lights
The city's lights are on from the late-November ceremony through the first week of January; the neighbourhoods' displays vary by year and by street, some go dark after Christmas, and a house that was the street's best last year may not decorate this year; the desk's list is the chauffeurs' own from the first week of December, and the desk says so. A snowstorm evening is the best of all, with the roads driven at the winter article's pace.
Three light tours, as they went
A Sunningdale family of five, a Friday in December. The house at 5:45, Victoria Park at 6, the rink at 6:20, Old North, the Village, Springbank, Byron, home at 8:20. An SUV for two and a half hours, $310 plus HST.
Grandparents and grandchildren, fourteen, a Sunday. Two houses at 5:30, the same route with a longer rink stop, home at 8:45. A Sprinter for three and a quarter hours.
A company's staff families, two Sprinters, a Thursday. The office at 6, the route, the office at 8:30 with the children's gifts in the back. On the corporate account.
Booking it
The light tour is one email or call to the desk with the date, the numbers, the pickup and the vehicle; a written quote follows and the desk's street list comes with the confirmation; the hourly page has the service.
Three questions the desk is asked about the light tour
Can we stop and get out? Yes - at the rink, at Victoria Park's bandstand, at a house the children want to see up close; a stop of ten minutes is inside the hour and the chauffeur waits at the curb.
Can we bring our own hot chocolate and snacks? Yes - the cabin has cup holders and a blanket, and the SUV's cargo takes the thermos; the stretch has the bar counter for the hot chocolate and the cookies.
Can the tour go on Christmas Eve? Yes - Christmas Eve and the evenings between Christmas and New Year's are the desk's busiest, and the FAQ has the holiday's booking advice.
Victoria Park's lights, in detail
The city's lighting ceremony in late November turns on the lights in the park's trees, the bandstand and the paths, the skating rink opens beside them, and the lights stay through the first week of January; the loop around Richmond, Central, Wellington and Dufferin takes ten minutes at a walking pace and the Tourism London site has the ceremony's date each year.
The market's rink, in detail
The Covent Garden Market's outdoor rink on King Street opens in December with skate rentals and the market's hall for hot chocolate, the SUV waits on King and a family's stop is fifteen minutes to half an hour; a family that skates books the tour by the hour with the extra half-hour.
Old North's streets, in detail
Waterloo, Colborne, Wellington's north end, the streets off Oxford between Richmond and Adelaide: the Victorian houses with their porches, wreaths and trees in the bay windows, driven at a walking pace with the windows down for the carols from a porch; the desk's list names the year's best three streets. The neighbourhoods page has Old North.
Wortley Village, in detail
The Village's storefronts on Wortley Road decorate together, the square has its tree, the houses around the Village on Bruce, Elmwood and Craig decorate, and a stop at the square for a photograph is the tour's midpoint; the Old South is the desk's favourite fifteen minutes of the route.
Springbank's drive, in detail
Springbank Drive along the river from Wonderland to Wharncliffe with the park's trees lit, the Storybook Gardens gate when the gardens run a winter programme, and the Guy Lombardo Pavilion's lights; the attractions itinerary has the park by day.
Byron, Westmount and the north, in detail
The neighbours' displays in Byron's Boler Road streets, Westmount's Viscount Road and the north's Masonville and Stoneybrook streets change each year, and the chauffeurs drive them the first week of December for the desk's list; a house that synchronises its lights to music is on the list the week it appears, and off it the week it goes dark.
The corporate and seniors' tours, in detail
A company's two Sprinters from the office at 6 with the staff's children and the gifts in the back on the corporate account; a retirement residence's accessible van through the partner fleet and a Sprinter with the route shortened to Victoria Park, the Village and Springbank, the heat up and the stops at the curb only; the hospitals page has the residences' neighbourhoods and the desk plans both every December.
Booking checklist for the light tour
The date; the numbers and the children's ages; the pickup; the vehicle; the rink stop or not; the hours; the organiser's card. Seven lines to the desk and the quote and the street list come back within a working day.
The honest summary
Two and a half hours of lights with the children in pyjamas and nobody parking, on a route the chauffeurs drive every December; the hourly page has the service and the fleet page the vehicles.
A worked example: the tour that added the rink
A Westmount family of four booked two hours in an SUV for a Saturday in mid-December and asked at the rink to stay for skating; the chauffeur waited on King for forty minutes, the tour ran Old North, the Village and Springbank after, and the booking closed at two hours and forty-five minutes at $125, $344 plus HST; the desk's advice for the next year was to book three hours, and the rates page has the SUV's hour.
The desk's rule of thumb
Two and a half hours for the full route; three with the rink; the SUV for a family, the stretch for the extended one; the desk's street list from the first week of December; Christmas Eve booked by the first; and a snowstorm evening the best of all. The hourly page has the service.
Booking it, in one line
The light tour is one email or call to the desk with the date, the numbers, the pickup and the vehicle; the quote and the street list follow within a working day.
The music in the cabin
The chauffeur plays the family's playlist from a phone on the cabin's input or the radio's carols, at the volume the parents set; a stretch's sound system and lights make the tour a party for the extended family, and a Sprinter's screen plays the children's film between the stops; the fleet page has each cabin.
