GlobalBlackCarServicesBlack Car and Chauffeur Programmes Worldwide

About us

How this operation is actually put together

Most global chauffeur brands are networks with a booking layer on top. So are we — the difference is that we will tell you which part of the network you are getting.

Two kinds of coverage, described honestly

Our own fleet runs in the Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario. We own the vehicles, employ or contract the chauffeurs directly, and control dispatch. That is where we can take an hour’s notice on a Saturday night and still send someone we would put a principal in.

Everywhere else we work through affiliate operators, selected on licensing, commercial insurance, fleet age and a service audit, then briefed per job to our standards. This is how any worldwide chauffeur brand works, including the largest ones. The honest version is that an affiliate market needs more notice than a home market, and we would rather say that than discover it together at an airport.

Why the service lines are separated

An airport transfer, a cruise pier collection, an FBO pickup, a film unit move and a squad movement are five different operations. They differ in the clock you measure from, the vehicle sizing, the access permissions, the briefing the chauffeur needs and the failure modes.

Companies that treat all five as “a car booking” get four of them wrong occasionally. We built the site around the distinction because we build the operation around it too — which is why pier transfers have a different waiting rule from airport transfers, and why FBO work starts with a call to your handler.

What we are not

We are not a rideshare aggregator, and we do not dispatch private-hire drivers in unmarked cars and call it black car service. We are not a security company; where a client has a protection detail we take instructions from it rather than improvising.

And we do not claim to garage vehicles in a hundred countries. The country list is a list of markets we can serve to a verified standard, which is a different and more useful claim.

Accountability

Every journey is held by a coordinator, not by an algorithm, and multi-vehicle work is held by a named one. Every vehicle carries commercial insurance at or above the local minimum, and corporate and production clients can request certificates during onboarding.

We are listed in the industry directories and the association below. Those listings exist so that a client can verify an operator independently before booking — which we would encourage you to do with us as well as with anyone else you are considering.

In numbers

The scope of the operation

241

Airports and private fields

148

Cruise terminals and seaports

178

Cities

80

Countries

39

Studios and production hubs

61

Stadiums, arenas and circuits

8

Vehicle classes

12

Service lines

Accredited & listed

Membership and industry listings

We are a listed member of the directories and the association below. Each link goes to our profile; the join links are there for operators who want to be listed alongside us.

LWD

Limousine Worldwide Directory

Our listing in the global chauffeur directory, where clients verify operators before they book.

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LAi

Limousine Association International

The trade body whose standards on licensing, insurance and chauffeur conduct we operate to.

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HWD

Hotels Worldwide Directory

Hotel partners we collect from and deliver to on corporate and event programmes.

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VWD

Vacations Worldwide Directory

Leisure travel partners for cruise, resort and multi-city itineraries.

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