Springfield, Illinois · Stretch limousine and limousine coaches
Limo Service in Springfield, Illinois
A chauffeur, a vehicle held for your evening, and one hourly figure agreed in advance.
A limousine booking is a vehicle and a uniformed chauffeur reserved for one group, from the first address of the night to the last. Arrivals, airport runs, anniversaries, dinners and wedding days all ride the same two vehicles.
- 2004Chauffeuring since
- 24/7Dispatch answers
- 8 to 30Seats in the limousine class
- One quoteFor the whole vehicle
Why riders book Executive Transportation
Chauffeured since 2004Dispatch is staffed around the clockUniformed chauffeursThe vehicle is yours for the booking
What it is
What a limo service booking in Springfield actually is
A limo service is a chauffeured vehicle reserved for one group rather than shared, booked against a schedule you set and quoted by the hour before the evening starts. Two vehicles carry that work here, and the headcount chooses between them.
Two vehicles in the limousine class
The stretch limousine is a classic stretched sedan, with leather seating for eight to ten and a uniformed chauffeur at the door. The limousine coach seats twenty-five to thirty and is the one a wedding party or a company table books when the group will not divide.
What Springfield books it for
A visiting executive collected at an office or a hotel. An airport run at an hour nobody wants to drive. An anniversary that starts with a table downtown. A wedding day with a schedule of its own.
The vehicle is held, not shared
Nobody else is collected, and the chauffeur stays with the vehicle between stops. That is the difference between a limousine booking and a car that drops you and leaves.
Capacities above are the ones the fleet pages publish, and they are the only figures quoted anywhere on this site. No rate is published: the evening is quoted by the hour, with the minimum stated up front.
How a limousine booking runs
Before the night, and on the night
Most of the work happens on the phone days earlier. What is left on the evening is a car at the door and a chauffeur who already has the schedule.
Before
Setting the evening up
- Give the stops in orderThe first address, anywhere you want to stop, and where the night ends. All of it in one call.
- Say how many are ridingEight to ten takes the stretch limousine. Twenty-five to thirty takes the limousine coach.
- The quote comes back for the bookingAn hourly figure for the vehicle and the chauffeur, with the minimum and your stops inside it.
- Confirm, and the vehicle is heldA named vehicle and a named chauffeur are reserved for your date rather than pooled.
On the night
What the evening looks like
- The vehicle is at the door earlyNobody in an evening dress waits outside, and nobody circles a block looking for a car.
- The chauffeur holds the doorAt the first address, at every stop, and at the last one. Uniformed, and with the schedule.
- Between the stops it waitsThrough the dinner, the ceremony or the meeting. The vehicle is not released and re-hailed.
- Home at the hour you agreedThe end of the night is on the reservation too, so nobody negotiates a ride at midnight.
Who books this
What a limousine gets booked for in Springfield
Four out of five of these bookings are not a night out at all. The vehicle that carries a wedding party on Saturday carries a visiting board on Tuesday morning.
Corporate
Corporate arrivals and airport runs
A visiting executive collected properlyAn office or a hotel entrance, a chauffeur at the door, and the meeting reached on time.See the pageAn airport run in the limousine classEight or ten travelers and their cases to a terminal, on one reservation and one quote.See the pageCelebrations
Anniversaries and evenings out
An anniversary or a milestone birthdayA vehicle held for the evening, so the night is not built around who is driving home.See the pageA table downtown, and the ride either wayDinner in Springfield with the car waiting through it rather than dropped and rebooked.See the pageWeddings and groups
Wedding days and larger parties
The couple, the party and the guestsCeremony to reception, with a coach behind for everyone who came to watch.See the pageA group of twenty-five that will not splitThe limousine coach keeps one party in one vehicle instead of four cars and a convoy.See the pageNot on the list? The hours are built from the stops and the headcount, whatever the occasion is.
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Why be driven
How much a limo costs, and how the quote is built
No rate is published on this site. A limousine is quoted by the hour for the vehicle and the chauffeur, with the minimum number of hours stated up front, and the figure is agreed in writing before the evening.
What sets the hours
Which vehicle, how long it is held, the hour and the day of the week, and any stop you want written in. The miles between stops help set the hours.
One quote covers the vehicle
Ten people split one figure rather than buying ten of anything, which is why a limousine often costs a group less per head than the alternatives.
Saturdays go first
Wedding season books months out and a Saturday in June is the hardest date to fill late. Weeknights are usually workable on shorter notice.
How to book it
Call dispatch or send the form with the stops and the headcount. We prefer 72 hours’ notice, and about a week when a coach is involved.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
The fleet
The limousine class, and what sits on either side of it
Headcount decides this one outright. Below eight the sedan or the SUV is the better vehicle, and above thirty it becomes a shuttle coach.
Stretch Limousine
The limousine most Springfield evenings book. A classic stretched sedan with leather seating for eight to ten and a uniformed chauffeur at the door.
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Limousine Coach
Twenty-five to thirty in one vehicle. The wedding party, the company table and the group that will not divide.
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Luxury SUV
Five or six riders who want the chauffeur without the coach. The usual answer for an arrival.
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Sedans and coaches
On either side of the limousine class: a sedan for two or three, a shuttle coach for twenty-two to thirty-five.
Executive SedanShuttle CoachEvery vehicle comes with a uniformed professional chauffeur. None of them is hired without one.
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Limousine pickups beyond Springfield
Springfield is where most of this work starts, and the towns around it book the same two vehicles. Each card opens that town’s own page, and the big figure is its county.
The whole roster of towns we collect in, including the ones across the rivers and the state lines, is on the service area hub.
A town that is not listed is still an ordinary booking. The quote is built from the hours the evening takes rather than a zone map, and the vehicle comes to you.
Springfield or anywhere around it, the booking works the same way.
Book the vehicle
Book a limousine in Springfield.
Send the date, the stops and the headcount. The reply names the vehicle, the chauffeur and one figure for the whole booking.
(217) 523-5466We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
What riders say
Riders on the group bookings
Executive Transportation saved the day after another bus company fell through last minute. Executive Transportation was incredibly responsive and was able to secure us a bus quickly.
Our group of 7 needed a ride from Chicago O’Hare to Springfield. The vehicle was clean and comfortable.
The scheduling process was seamless, and the timely pickup from Bloomington airport made my journey stress-free.
A wedding day with a ceremony run, a guest shuttle and a send-off is set out on wedding transportation.
Concerts, games and company evenings are on special events.
Limousine questions
What people ask before booking a limo in Springfield
The three that come up most are the price basis, the headcount and what happens with a group.
How much does a limo cost in Springfield, Illinois?
Executive Transportation quotes each limousine booking by the hour for the whole vehicle, with the minimum number of hours stated up front, rather than posting a rate. The vehicle, how long it is held, the hour and day and any stop you add set the hours, and ten riders divide a single figure.
Read the cost guide or call (217) 523-5466.
How many people fit in a limo?
Two vehicles carry the limousine work here. The stretch limousine, a classic stretched sedan, seats eight to ten with leather seating, and the limousine coach seats twenty-five to thirty. Below eight passengers an executive sedan or a luxury SUV is usually the better vehicle for the evening.
Compare them on the fleet pages.
Do you have a bus for a group instead of a limousine?
Executive Transportation does not run a bus built for celebrating on board. The group vehicles are the limousine coach at twenty-five to thirty seats and the shuttle coach at twenty-two to thirty-five, both with a uniformed chauffeur and both quoted by the hour.
Ask a coordinator which fits at (217) 523-5466.
Can a limousine take us to the airport?
Yes. A limousine class vehicle to a terminal is an ordinary booking, and it is the usual answer when eight or ten travelers and their checked bags are on the same flight. The quote covers the vehicle, so the group shares one quote rather than buying several.
See airport transportation for the detail.
Do you do wedding days?
Yes, and a wedding is its own kind of booking rather than a long evening out. The couple, the wedding party and the guests usually need different vehicles at different hours, which is set out separately with the ceremony run, the guest shuttle and the send-off.
Wedding transportation has the schedule.
How far in advance should I book a limousine?
Executive Transportation prefers 72 hours’ notice, and about a week when a coach is involved. Saturdays in wedding season fill months ahead, so a summer weekend is worth booking as soon as the date is set. Weeknights are often workable on shorter notice.
Dispatch answers at (217) 523-5466 at any hour.
Is the limousine ours for the whole evening?
Yes. The vehicle and the chauffeur are held for your booking and nobody else is collected, so the car waits through the dinner or the ceremony rather than being released and rebooked. Extra stops belong on the reservation when you book them.
An open ended evening is hourly chauffeur service.
Which towns do you pick up in besides Springfield?
Jacksonville, Decatur, Lincoln, Taylorville, Litchfield, Carlinville, Shelbyville and Quincy all book the same two vehicles, and so do the towns between them. A pickup outside that list is still an ordinary booking, because the quote is built from the hours rather than a zone map.
The full list is on the service area hub.
Keep reading
More on limousines and group evenings
The cost guide, the two limousine vehicles, and the occasions with pages of their own.
From the blog
The numbers, worked through.
The vehicles
The limousine class, page by page.
Book the ride
Request a limousine in Springfield
Three things groups tell us made the difference.
One figure, agreed before the date
Quoted by the hour with the minimum stated up front, so there is nothing to settle at the end of the night.
The vehicle is held, not shared
It waits between the stops, which is the whole reason a group books one instead of two cars.
Somebody answers at any hour
Dispatch is staffed around the clock, including the night of the booking itself.