General

    Do Not Book Based On Price Alone
Generally speaking, you get what you pay for. You can not expect 5-star service at budget rates. Lower-priced services usually operate older limousines or do not maintain and clean their vehicles to an acceptable standard. It costs a lot of money to keep a public use vehicle in premium condition and, unfortunately, this cost must be passed on to the consumer.
    What Are The Company Policies?
You will find that each company operates in a slightly different manner. One company may include tax and gratuity in their pricing, the next may include tax but not gratuity, and the next may not include either. This will make a big difference when comparing prices from one company to the next.

    Is a deposit required? If so, how much?
It may be a percentage or a specific dollar amount. Is it refundable? If so, until when? Evening-out packages may require 4 to 24 hours notice, weddings may require several months notice, while other service fees may not be refundable. It is up to you to check it out!


Wedding
Have All Your Times Prior To Booking

When you booked the church, photographer, or hall, most likely the first questions you were asked related to timings. These are crucial to a limousine booking. Most companies will not take a booking unless you have all the times confirmed. Others will take tentative bookings and then end up overbooked. Having your schedule confirmed will avoid this problem.

Go Look At The Limousines

You most likely would not order your wedding gown or tuxedo sight-unseen. Why would you do that with your limousine? One thing your guests will notice is a dirty, rusted-out old limousine with a shabbily dressed driver. Ask to view the company's fleet. If they decline, they are most likely embarrassed of their vehicles and you should be wary of booking with them.

Over 90% of limousine companies are operated as home-based businesses. This is to your distinct advantage. It allows you to see the owners in their own environment. If their home is messy it most likely relates to how their business is run.


Graduation
High school graduates should be ready and able to live life in the adult business world. Yet, some companies still treat grads as if they are children. One way to combat this is to have a business-like approach to booking your graduation service.

Have your itinerary ready and know what you want. Do you need one-way, round-trip, or multiple-stops? Will your service carry on past midnight? How many passengers at how many pick-up locations? Having the answers to these questions before hand will help make booking a limousine a little less intimidating.


Airport
Rules and regulations that limousine operators have to follow vary from airport to airport and do change over time. As more and more airports come under the control of local authorities, the rules keep changing. When booking arrivals or departures have the flight number, contact person, number of persons, and amount of luggage information available. Find out from the company their meeting point(s) for arrivals or drop-off point(s) for departures. Find out if there are surcharges for parking, airport service fees, meet-and-greets, etcetera.



I hope these few tips allow your booking and use of a limousine an enjoyable experience.

Ken Neufeld
Marketing & Public Relations Manager


P.O. Box 9742
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CANADA, S7K 7G5
phone: (306) 477-2200 fax: (306) 477-3282