Executive sedans and SUVs · Booked ahead, never hailed
Black Car Service: Executive Sedans and SUVs with Uniformed Chauffeurs
A car that is already waiting when you walk out, and a figure in writing before it moves.
Black car service is the executive end of ground transportation: a dark sedan or SUV, a chauffeur in a suit, and a trip arranged in advance instead of hailed. Companies, hotels and private riders across Central Illinois book it by the hour.
- 2004Chauffeuring since
- 24/7Dispatch answers
- By the hourQuoted before the car moves
- Sedan or SUVTwo to six riders in one car
Why riders book Executive Transportation
Executive sedans and SUVsChauffeurs in suits since 2004One figure before the tripDispatch staffed day and night
What a black car service is
What a black car service is, and what the quote includes
A black car service is a pre-booked private car, usually a black executive sedan or SUV, driven by a professional chauffeur and quoted by the hour rather than read off a meter. The name is an American shorthand for the cars corporate travel offices send.
It is arranged, not hailed
Nothing about a black car happens in the moment. The vehicle and the hour are set when the booking is made, the figure is known before the trip starts, and the chauffeur is at the address early. That is the whole product, and it is why travel offices use it in preference to a taxi stand.
Black car or limousine: not the same booking
A limousine is a larger vehicle hired for an occasion, and usually for a group. A black car is an ordinary luxury sedan or SUV hired to move two to six people between two addresses, and most riders are on their way to work rather than to a party.
Where executive car service earns the name
Riders who take one every week are buying an hour they can use. The seat is clean and quiet, the phone call is private, the luggage goes in at the door, and the trip ends at the entrance rather than in a parking deck four floors down.
Vehicle classes and capacities on this page are this company’s own, and the fleet pages carry the photographs: see the executive sedan and the luxury SUV for what actually turns up.
How it goes
The two runs a black car does most
Roughly everything booked on this page is one of these. The vehicle and the method do not change.
Flights and hotels
The airport and hotel run
- The car is at the entrance, not the taxi standHotel doors, office lobbies and private driveways. You do not go looking for it.
- Luggage is the chauffeur’s jobCases are loaded and unloaded by the person in the suit, at both ends of the trip.
- Terminals are named on the bookingSay which airline you are on, because the big fields split departures across roadways.
- The return rides on the same reservationOne booking can hold the outbound trip and the one that brings you back in.
Meetings and evenings
The meeting, dinner and event run
- Arrive without parking anythingDowntown blocks, restaurant fronts and arena gates, with a drop at the door itself.
- Several passengers, one vehicleTwo colleagues or six. The quote covers the car, so nobody splits into separate rides.
- A pickup time you set for the endTell dispatch when you expect to finish and the car is outside from that hour.
- Or hold the car for the whole eveningIf the night has three addresses in it, keep the vehicle for the block and it waits between them.
Who books this
Who sends a black car, and for whom
Most black car bookings are made by somebody who is not riding: an assistant, a travel office or an event planner moving other people around a schedule.
Companies
Companies and travel offices
A visiting executive or board memberCollected at the terminal and delivered to the lobby, with the office copied in.See the pageStaff flights that repeat every monthThe same run on the calendar again, arranged once rather than re-explained.See the pageTravel
Travelers and hotel guests
An early flight out of a hotelA car at the entrance before dawn, which no front desk has to arrange for you.See the pageA connection that changes airportsLanded at one field, flying out of another, driven across instead of waiting.See the pageEvenings
Dinners, events and weddings
A table booked across townDinner, a concert or a game, with the car outside when you stand up to leave.See the pageThe couple’s car on a wedding dayA sedan for two while the coaches carry everybody else to the reception.See the pageBooking for somebody else works the same way. Give us their name and number with the addresses.
Request a QuoteCorporate travelPrivate jets and charter
Black car service for private jet arrivals
Charter passengers land at a private terminal on the far side of the field, and the sedan or SUV meets them at the FBO door rather than the airline terminal.
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The address is the operator, not the airport
Give dispatch the name of the operator you are landing with and the car will be at its door.
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A sedan for two, an SUV for the cases
Light hand luggage rides in a sedan. Hard cases and golf bags are why the SUV exists.
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Timed to the aircraft, not a schedule board
Charter slots move, so call dispatch when yours does and the pickup hour moves with it.
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One booking can carry the crew too
Passengers to the meeting and crew to the hotel, arranged as a single reservation.
Private terminals are open hours a public one is not, which is the usual reason a black car is booked for three in the morning. We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Executive Transportation is a ground transportation company. We drive to the aircraft; we do not charter it.
Request a QuoteCall (217) 523-5466Private jet shuttle
Why be driven
What a black car costs, and what sets it
No rate is published here. A black car is quoted by the hour for the vehicle and the chauffeur, with the minimum stated up front, and the figure is in writing before the car is dispatched.
By the hour, with the minimum up front
The hours the trip takes decide the figure, and a coordinator plans for the traffic the route is known for.
Vehicle class matters more than headcount
A sedan and an SUV are different cars to run, which is most of the gap between two quotes.
Hour of the day, and extra stops
A four in the morning departure and a second pickup across town both go into the quote.
Ask once, book in a minute
Send the addresses and the hour. Booking three days out is ideal, and anything later depends on which cars are free.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
The fleet
The black cars, and what sits behind them
The sedan and the SUV do almost all of this work. The two larger classes are here because a group sometimes turns up behind the executive who booked first.
Executive Sedan
The default black car. Two riders, a case each, and a rear seat quiet enough to take a call in.
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Luxury SUV
Five or six riders, or two riders with a week of luggage. The pick when the cases are large.
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Sprinter Van
Fourteen seats and a luggage bay, for the days a whole team flies in on the same aircraft.
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Groups of 22 to 35
Past fourteen riders it becomes a coach. Shuttle coaches seat 22 to 35, limousine coaches 25 to 30.
Shuttle CoachLimousine CoachEight to ten riders take the stretch limousine. Every class arrives with a uniformed chauffeur.
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Black car service city by city
Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur and the smaller cities around them all book the same sedans and SUVs. The big letters on each card name the field closest to it.
Open a city to see the pickup points and the runs made there, or call dispatch and describe an address that is not on the list. Everything is on the service area hub.
Looking for a car in a city with no page of its own? The quote is built from the hours, so ask. Trips that leave the region entirely are long distance car service.
Same sedan, same chauffeur, whichever of these the address is in.
Book a black car
Send the trip. Get the figure.
Two addresses, an hour and a headcount is everything a coordinator needs to quote it and hold the vehicle.
(217) 523-5466We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
What riders say
Riders on the cars
Executive Transportation was easy to work with and very reliable. The vehicle was clean and comfortable.
The scheduling process was seamless, and the timely pickup from Bloomington airport made my journey stress-free.
Executive Transportation was incredibly responsive and was able to secure us a bus quickly.
Offices that send cars for other people, and want one point of contact for all of it, use executive chauffeur service.
The same sedans cover the flights themselves, which is corporate airport transfers.
Black car questions
What people ask before booking a black car
Short answers to the questions that come in on the phone most often.
What is a black car service?
A black car service is a private car booked in advance, normally a black executive sedan or SUV, driven by a professional chauffeur and quoted by the hour rather than by the meter. Executive Transportation runs it for airport transfers, business travel and evenings out, with the figure in writing before the ride.
Request a Quote or call (217) 523-5466.
What is the difference between a black car service and a limo?
A black car is a standard luxury sedan or SUV carrying two to six people between two addresses, usually for business. A limousine is a larger vehicle taken by a group for an occasion. Executive Transportation runs both, on separate pages, and quotes both the same way, by the hour.
See limo service for the limousine class.
Is executive car service the same thing as black car service?
Yes, in everyday use. Both describe a pre-booked chauffeured sedan or SUV aimed at business travel, and callers use whichever phrase their company uses. Executive Transportation quotes either request the same way, by the hour with a minimum stated up front, one figure covering the whole vehicle.
Call (217) 523-5466 and describe the trip.
How is a black car quote worked out?
Executive Transportation quotes each trip by the hour for the whole vehicle, with the minimum stated up front, rather than publishing rates. The hours the trip takes, which vehicle you need and the time of day set the figure, and a second address adds to the hours. One quote covers the vehicle, so four colleagues in one SUV pay once between them.
Do you have black car service near me?
Executive Transportation runs black cars across Central Illinois, including Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, Jacksonville and Quincy, and drives well beyond them into Missouri and Indiana. A pickup address without a city page of its own is still an ordinary booking.
Check the cities we serve.
Are the cars actually black?
The sedans and SUVs are, which is where the name comes from, and they are photographed on the fleet pages rather than described. Larger vehicles are a different matter: the shuttle coaches that carry twenty-two riders and up are white. Ask a coordinator if the color matters for your event.
See the fleet before you book.
How far ahead should a black car be booked?
Executive Transportation prefers 72 hours’ notice, though dispatch answers day and night and a short notice trip depends on which vehicles are free. Book earlier for pre-dawn departures, graduation weekends and the days a whole visiting team lands at once.
Dispatch is at (217) 523-5466, any hour.
Keep reading
More on executive travel by car
What a trip costs, where the cars go, and the services on either side of this one.
From the blog
Worked examples, with numbers.
Services either side
The same cars, booked differently.
Fleet, cities and corporate
Where the detail lives.
Book the ride
Book a black car
Why riders keep the number rather than opening an app.
The figure is settled first
An hourly quote with the minimum stated up front, in writing before the trip begins, so nothing is settled in the car.
A vehicle is held for your hour
Nothing is matched to you at the last minute, so a 4 a.m. pickup is as safe as a noon one.
Somebody is accountable
A coordinator takes the booking and dispatch answers the phone at any hour of the night.