Chauffeured car service · Business days, flights and evenings out
Chauffeur Service: Private Car Service with a Uniformed Professional Chauffeur
The reservation is the service. The car is only how it turns up.
A chauffeur service puts a professional driver and a named vehicle against your trip at an hour you choose, settled before the day arrives. Executives, visiting clients, families and travel offices across Central Illinois all book the same one.
- 2004Chauffeuring since
- 24/7Dispatch answers
- UniformedA professional chauffeur on every trip
- ReservedA named vehicle, never a match
Why riders book Executive Transportation
Professional chauffeurs since 2004A reservation, not a matchDispatch answers around the clockOne quote covers the vehicle
What a chauffeur service is
What a chauffeur service is, and what the booking carries
A chauffeur service is a private car hired in advance with a professional driver assigned to it, for one trip or a standing schedule. Below is what that reservation carries, and where a chauffeur parts company with whoever an app sends.
What the chauffeur is actually doing
The work starts before the car leaves: the route is read, the vehicle is cleaned and checked, and the arrival is timed early rather than exact. At your address the chauffeur is out first, takes the cases, holds the door and says little unless you start talking.
Chauffeur or driver: the reservation is the difference
Any licensed person can drive you somewhere. A chauffeur is engaged for the journey itself, so the vehicle suits your party and your luggage, the hour belongs to you, and the same uniform turns up at a dawn departure and a board dinner alike. An app sends whichever car was closest.
One trip, a whole day, or every Tuesday
Some riders book a single run. Some hold the car and the chauffeur for a block of stops. Others put a repeating pickup on the calendar and change vehicle class as the party changes.
The definition above is the one federal occupation data uses: a chauffeur carries passengers on a planned or scheduled basis in an assigned vehicle. Our long read on chauffeur vs driver names that source and sets the two side by side.
How it goes
From the reservation to the door you named
Half of a chauffeured trip happens before the car moves. The other half should feel like nothing did.
Before the day
How the reservation gets built
- Describe the shape of the tripAddresses, the hour, the headcount and the luggage. Name anything with a fixed start time.
- A vehicle class is matched to the partyTwo riders and nine are different vehicles, and the cases decide it more often than the heads.
- The figure comes back before you commitAn hourly figure for the whole vehicle, with the minimum number of hours said plainly.
- The booking is confirmed in writingVehicle, pickup hour and pickup address, so nobody is working from memory on the morning.
On the day
What the chauffeur does with it
- The car is there ahead of the hourEarly is the standard. A chauffeur already waiting at the door is the sign it worked.
- Cases in at the doorLuggage goes in while you lock up, and the rear door is opened for you at both ends.
- The road is the chauffeur’s problemConstruction, weather and the awkward turn into a loading dock are handled quietly.
- Extra stops, if you say soA pharmacy, an office, a second passenger across town. Tell dispatch and it goes on the booking.
Who books this
Who hires a chauffeur, and what for
One uniformed chauffeur covers three unrelated calendars: a working week that cannot slip, a flight with a boarding time, and the evenings nobody wants to drive home from.
Business
Executives, visiting clients and crews
A day of stops that has to holdThe car stays with the schedule between meetings, so the third one starts on time.See the pageA client flown in for one meetingCollected at the aircraft or the terminal and delivered to your lobby, not to a taxi stand.See the pageTravel
Travelers with a flight to make
A departure timed off the boarding passThe pickup hour is worked back through the airline deadlines rather than guessed at.See the pageA run to a city two states overSome trips finish sooner driven than flown, once the connection and the line are counted.See the pagePrivate and public
Private clients and public offices
An evening that should not end in a parking deckDinner, a concert or a milestone, with the same chauffeur waiting at both ends of it.See the pageAgency staff and campus visitorsBooked by the office rather than the rider, and driven exactly like any other trip.See the pageIf your reason is not on that list it books the same way: an address, an hour and a headcount.
Request a QuoteCorporate chauffeursPrivate jets and charter
Chauffeur service for private jet and charter passengers
A fair share of the flying we drive for never touches an airline gate, and a chauffeur meets it the same way: at whichever building the aircraft parks beside.
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The car waits at the operator door
General aviation keeps its own road and lobby, so the chauffeur waits at the FBO door rather than at the airline terminal.
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Cases move where the ramp allows it
Some operators let a vehicle out to the aircraft, which puts luggage straight from the hold into the trunk.
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Two destinations on one booking
A charter party splits at the steps, crew to a hotel and passengers to the meeting, on one booking.
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Send the operator and the tail number
A charter run is booked against the private terminal and the aircraft rather than a flight number. Call dispatch when either one shifts.
Name the operator you are flying with and dispatch names the door the chauffeur will be at. 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.
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Why be driven
How chauffeur service is quoted
Nothing here carries a price. A chauffeur is quoted by the hour against a described trip: send the addresses, the hours and the headcount, and one figure comes back before anybody gets in.
What sets the hours
The drive and the stops first, then the class of vehicle, the hour of the day, and the traffic the route is known for.
By the hour, with a minimum up front
A single run and a day of stops are quoted the same way: an hourly rate for the vehicle, with the minimum stated in the quote.
The vehicle, never the seat
One figure covers the car and the chauffeur, so a party of six shares it.
How to get one
Call dispatch or send the form with the addresses and hours. Three days of notice is preferred, and anything tighter depends on what is free.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
The fleet
Which vehicle carries the chauffeur
Every class in the fleet arrives with the same uniformed chauffeur, so this is a question about people and luggage rather than about how well you will be driven.
Executive Sedan
One or two riders, a briefcase and a quiet rear seat. The default for a working day.
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Luxury SUV
Five or six people who each brought a bag, or a family that would rather not travel in two cars.
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Sprinter Van
Fourteen seats and an aisle you can stand in, which is what a visiting team needs between offices.
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Groups of 22 to 35
Boards, conferences and wedding parties. Shuttle coaches seat 22 to 35 and limousine coaches 25 to 30.
Shuttle CoachLimousine CoachEight to ten riders take the stretch limousine, and a chauffeur in uniform comes with each one.
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Cities where a chauffeur is booked most often
Chauffeur service runs across Central Illinois and into the states around it. The figure on each card is that city’s nearest airfield, which is the question behind half the calls.
Each city page names its own pickup points and the runs booked there. The rest of the roster is on the service area hub.
Springfield sits in the middle of that map and is covered on the home page. A chauffeur will drive a long way past the edge of it: that is long distance car service.
Whichever city the address sits in, the chauffeur comes to it.
Book a chauffeur
Reserve a chauffeur for the day you need one.
Send the addresses, the hours and the headcount. The reply names the vehicle, the chauffeur and the figure.
(217) 523-5466We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
What riders say
Riders on the chauffeurs
Andrew, my driver, was fantastic. Excellent communication, ensured my comfort, and impeccable punctuality.
Our driver was friendly and accommodating. I would definitely hire them again.
Our driver Andrew arrived on time and got us safely to and from our event.
A visiting executive, a board arriving in pieces and a standing Monday pickup are all the same chauffeur with a different schedule around it: that is executive chauffeur service.
Offices that book for somebody else, including agency and university travel, run it through government travel.
Chauffeur questions
What people ask before they hire a chauffeur
The answers below hold wherever the trip starts. Anything airport specific sits on the airport pages.
What is a chauffeur?
A chauffeur is a professional driver hired ahead of time to carry passengers on a planned trip in an assigned vehicle, which is how federal occupation data defines the job. The work covers reading the route, checking and cleaning the vehicle, carrying bags, holding doors and keeping quiet about the back seat.
Read chauffeur vs driver or call (217) 523-5466.
What is the difference between a chauffeur and a driver?
Executive Transportation books a chauffeur by reservation, so the vehicle, the hour and the chauffeur are settled days before the trip. A driver matched by an app arrives in whichever car is nearest, the moment you ask. Only one of the two lets you fix a 5 a.m. pickup a week ahead.
Call (217) 523-5466 to reserve a vehicle.
How is chauffeur service priced?
Executive Transportation quotes every chauffeured trip by the hour for the whole vehicle, with a minimum stated up front, rather than publishing a rate. The hours the trip takes, the vehicle class, the hour of the day and any extra stop set the figure.
Request a Quote with your addresses.
Is a private driver service the same as a chauffeur service?
Largely yes, and callers use the phrases for the same thing: a professional driver, a vehicle you did not have to park, and a booking made in advance. Executive Transportation supplies the vehicle as well as the chauffeur, which is the part a private driver hired directly usually does not.
See the fleet that comes with the chauffeur.
How far ahead should I book a chauffeur?
Executive Transportation asks for three days where you can manage it, and closer to a week when a coach or several vehicles are involved. Dispatch is staffed overnight, so a late request is never refused out of hand: it comes down to which vehicles are still unbooked. Early pickups go first.
Dispatch is at (217) 523-5466, any hour.
Can I hire a chauffeur for a whole day?
Yes. Hold the vehicle and the chauffeur for the block and the car stays with you between stops instead of leaving after the first drop off. Roadshows, site visits, client tours and legislative days all book that way, quoted by the hour with the minimum stated up front.
Do you drive outside Central Illinois?
Yes. Executive Transportation runs chauffeured trips across Illinois, Missouri and Indiana and into the states beyond them, including the long runs where driving beats a connecting flight. The quote is built from the hours between the two addresses, whatever state the second one is in.
Keep reading
More on chauffeurs, costs and the rest of the roster
The long reads behind the definitions, the services either side, and where the vehicles live.
From the blog
Definitions and worked numbers.
Services either side
The same chauffeur, a different trip shape.
Fleet, cities and corporate
Where the details live.
Book the ride
Request a chauffeur
Three things riders mention after the first booking.
The hour is yours, not an algorithm’s
You set the pickup time when you book, and the car is there before it rather than on its way.
The same standard at 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.
A uniform, a clean vehicle and a chauffeur who knows the route, whatever the hour on the booking.
One number for the car
The figure covers the vehicle and the chauffeur, so a group divides it instead of buying seats.