A Business Pre-Departure Checklist

You might be surprised to know how often our chauffeurs are asked to ‘turn back’ in a hurry because a client has forgotten something.
Usually this is no big deal but it can be more of a headache if the delays involved put at risk things like flight departures or business-critical meeting deadlines.
So, here is a very informal pre-departure checklist reminder aimed at business clients....Read More

Top 10 Ways to Burn Less Fuel When Driving

Are you tired of seemingly giving all of your money to the oil companies?
If so, you don't have to do anything radical, like changing your car for a smaller model, in order to reduce your fuel costs.
Here are some top and entirely free (or very low cost) ideas that might achieve the same thing.

1. Go easy on your accelerator. Massive (and usually pointless) "G-force" type accelerations away from traffic lights or stop signs, achieves nothing other than wear to your tyres and the consumption of far more fuel than is necessary. Follow the example of professional chauffeurs driving luxury limousines, who usually have their eye on reducing wear and tear to their vehicles and fuel consumption - you won't see them trying to emulate Formula One racing cars as they pull away!.....Read More

10 Signs That Your Brakes Might Kill You

It's a sad fact of life that many car drivers are guilty of ignoring symptoms in their vehicle which indicate a potential fundamental problem with the brakes.
It's worth being clear that your brakes might be all that stands between you or other people and death. If you continue to ignore those danger signs then the results could literally be catastrophic..Read More

Telephones in Cars – It’s Nothing New!

Many of our prestigious luxury limousines are equipped with various forms of in-car electronics for communication and entertainment.
This isn’t just a showy ‘nice to have’ but in the 21^st century, an absolute necessity for many of our clients. Corporate customers in particular find such equipment invaluable...Read More

All our Customers are Identical

Of course, they’re no such thing but we thought this title might catch the eye!
There’s a serious point behind this though and it relates to Bayside Limousine’s customer service ethos.
On TV recently, somebody commented to the effect that their corporate clients were “more important” than their private clients in car hire terms. Now to be fair, the context wasn’t luxury limousine hire but rather general car hire. It might also have been technically ‘correct’ in an income sense, as clearly regular customers generate more revenue that one-off customers do...Read More

Why Business Travel Isn't Just a "Perk"

For those people who have never travelled on business for a large company, at face value, this looks like something of a gravy train.
When you are standing in lengthy queues for airport taxis at the end of your holiday, it can sometimes be easy to drift into a little resentment when you see those luxury limousines cruising up for business people to step seemingly effortlessly into as soon as they walk out of the terminal doors.
If you are also sitting in an aircraft in what is sometimes uncharitably called "Cattle Class" and catch a glimpse through the curtains of those in Business Class, then once again your resentment can rise to the surface...Read More

Children, Luxury Limousine Hire and Child Seats

It is very rare but sometimes our clients are caught-out by the child seat laws.
Space doesn’t permit a full discussion of the law here but there are a few basic principles that should be kept in mind:
• We are happy to carry younger people providing they are accompanied by an appropriate adult.
• It is essential that we comply with the law as it applies to the conditions for the carriage of younger children. Essentially that means children within certain age ranges must be seated in an approved and secure child-seat that is appropriate for their age...Read More