The same named driver, the same Toyota hybrid, the same fixed-price-in-writing promise. For any journey across the North, by prior arrangement only.
Airport runs are the routine work. Everything below is the rest of the diary. The same single-driver setup applies. Quote-on-request only, because no two of these journeys look the same.
A quiet hybrid, a familiar face, and time to settle. I sit in the car park if you need me to. No surcharges for waiting, no clock-watching outside oncology, no radio chatter on the way home when you are tired. If the appointment over-runs by an hour, the price does not move.
I will get you to the platform with a margin. I will wait the meeting out if that is the brief. I do not text, I do not call you, I do not put the radio on. The boot takes a suit carrier without folding it in half, and the car is valeted between jobs so the shoulders of your jacket stay clean.
Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, the Lake District, the coast. Quote-on-request based on the miles, the time of day, and any waiting. The Auris is a touring estate, built for the motorway. London on rare request, by prior arrangement only. I do not do same-day three-hundred-mile work, but I will not turn down a sensible booking with notice.
Discretion is the brief. A smart clean car, a smart clean driver, no chatter unless you start it. The car is dark grey, the suit is dark grey, and the silence is comfortable. For funeral cortèges I will follow the hearse at a respectful pace and park where the wake directs. For prison visits I know the protocols at HMP Leeds, Wealstun and New Hall.
Scheduled school runs, weekly hospital appointments, regular business commutes. Set the schedule once and I will send a reminder the night before. Same driver, same car, at the time we agreed.
For non-airport work there is no fixed price list, because no two journeys are alike. The process below is how a number gets to you, in writing, before you have committed to anything.
Pickup postcode, destination, date, time. Add anything that matters, such as waiting time, a return leg, multiple stops, a child seat or a wheelchair fold.
The number is the number, written down, not adjusted at the door or after the journey for any reason.
A short message the evening before, with the registration, the ETA and a direct line. If your plans shift, message back. Nothing is locked until you say it is.
Pricing is by miles, time, and waiting. Always in writing, before you book, never adjusted at the door and never tacked onto the end. The Auris does not have a meter. Tell me how long you expect to be and the waiting goes into the quote before you book, on the terms set out in the terms of service. The figure you see on WhatsApp on Tuesday is the figure you pay on Saturday.
Tell me how long you expect to be and I will build the waiting into the quote, so it is priced before you book rather than settled afterwards. If the appointment runs longer than we planned, message me and we will sort it out before I leave. Waiting is charged as set out in the terms of service.
Yes. That is the entire point of Whiterose. One driver, one car. Set the schedule once on WhatsApp and it is the same car each time. Describe the pattern you need and I will quote for it.
London on prior arrangement only, and almost never same-day. Edinburgh and the Highlands are case-by-case, and I will be honest if I think a train is the better answer for you. The Auris is comfortable on the motorway, but a five-hour run is a different conversation from a Leeds-to-Manchester hop, and the quote will reflect that.
No. The figure I send on WhatsApp before you book is the figure you pay, in cash or by card at the end. No tolls bolted on, no fuel surcharge invented at the airport barrier, no waiting clock you did not know was running. If anything changes on the day, I will say so before the car moves.
Pickup postcode, destination, date and time. A fixed price comes back, written down, before anything is booked.
Pre-booked only · Leeds City Council Licensed Private Hire