For international campers travelling to a London airport we can offer an escorted taxi service in conjunction with our travel partner, Wessex Cars.
To find out more information please contact Valerie on +44(0) 1962 877749 or via email at their web site. Wessex cars will be able to meet your child at the airport and deliver them back in time for their outward flight. Please note that this is a private arrangement between yourself and Wessex Cars so you will need to pay for this separately, but we have used them for a number of years and have found them very reliable. Their drivers are all DBS checked (a criminal checking process required for anyone working with children in the UK).
Wessex cars will quote you a fixed price for this service for a car that seats up to four, but guidelines prices are as follows:
There will also be a fee of around £15 per hour for a fully escorted service as well as car park fees. Although these are normally not a lot, of course in the case of flight delays this can increase.
When you have flight times and transfers booked, please let us know the details so we can make sure that we are ready for your child and your child is ready on the way back. If you are using this service you should choose flight times to get your child to camp between 3pm and 6pm on the first Sunday of camp (Saturday for Easter 2024) and for your child to leave camp between 3pm and 6pm on the last day (normally a Friday but for Easter 2024 this is a Thursday). If wanting to book flights where timings will be outside of these windows, please contact us before making any bookings. Generally it is possible for them to arrive at camp a little later on the first evening if needed and depart a little earlier on the last day (or indeed a little later if it is not the very last day of our camps when we are all engaged in the pack up/cleanup process so are not able to take care of any late-staying campers after 6pm).
