The tunnel shuttle
The car drives onto the train at Calais and off again at Folkestone, and you stay in it. The crossing itself takes about thirty-five minutes, which makes it the fastest and the option we use most.
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Your own car and chauffeur the whole way from Paris to London, crossing the Channel by tunnel shuttle or ferry. One vehicle, one driver, your luggage in the boot from your Paris door to your London one.
Instant price
Tell us where you are going and the price appears straight away. Nothing is charged online. A real person confirms your transfer in writing, usually within the hour.
Fixed price, agreed before you travel.Child seats, tolls, meet and greet and waiting time all included.
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Most people cross from Paris to London on the train, and for a couple with hand luggage that is usually the right answer. It stops being the right answer the moment you add a third suitcase, a pushchair, a cello, a nervous flyer, an early meeting on the far side, or four people who would rather not carry anything through two stations. That is where a private car earns its place.
We drive the whole route. Collection at your Paris hotel or address, north on the motorway to the coast, across the Channel on the tunnel shuttle or the ferry, and then into London by road. Your luggage stays in the vehicle for the entire journey, including the crossing. There is no check-in desk, no platform, no changeover and nothing to carry.
It is a long day and we will not pretend otherwise. Door to door it is usually somewhere between seven and eight hours with the crossing and the border checks included. What it buys you is a journey with no transitions in it, which for some passengers and some kinds of luggage is worth a great deal.
Two ways across, both with the car. We pick whichever suits your timing, and we tell you which one we have booked.
The car drives onto the train at Calais and off again at Folkestone, and you stay in it. The crossing itself takes about thirty-five minutes, which makes it the fastest and the option we use most.
Around ninety minutes at sea. You leave the car and sit in the lounges above, which some passengers prefer to the tunnel, and which suits anyone who wants a proper break and a meal in the middle of the day.
Every passenger needs a valid passport, and the French and British border posts are both cleared at Calais before you board. Entry requirements differ by nationality, so please check the official UK government guidance for your own passport well before you travel.
Paris to central London is roughly four hundred and sixty kilometres by road, but the figure that matters to you depends on both ends. A pickup in the 16th arrondissement and a drop in Richmond is a different journey from Charles de Gaulle to Canary Wharf, and on a run of this length those differences are worth real money.
The calculator above measures the actual road route between the two addresses you give it and returns the driving distance, an estimated driving time and the price in each vehicle. Enter your London address in full, including the postcode, so the route is measured to the door rather than to the middle of the city.
Allow seven to eight hours door to door in practice. About three hours from Paris to Calais, an hour or so for the border and boarding, the crossing itself, and then two to three hours from the Kent coast into London depending on where you are going and how the M20 and the M25 are behaving.
The honest test is luggage and transitions. If you are two people with a cabin bag each, the train is faster and we will tell you so. If you are a family of five with a fortnight of luggage, a business team with equipment, a musician with an instrument that cannot go in a rack, or someone moving house between the two cities, the car stops being an indulgence and starts being the practical option.
It also wins whenever the ends of the journey are awkward. A door in Neuilly to a door in Surrey involves two taxis and a train if you go by rail, and one vehicle if you do not. The same is true of anyone arriving at Charles de Gaulle or Beauvais and heading straight for the UK without wanting a night in Paris first.
And it wins on control. You choose the departure time rather than a timetable, you stop when you want on the way, you can add a break in Lille or an hour in Canterbury, and if the plan changes at the coast you have a chauffeur to change it with rather than a queue at an information desk.
We drive the route in both directions, so London to Paris is booked the same way. Our chauffeurs drive on the left in the UK as a matter of routine, and the vehicles are fully insured and documented for the crossing.
A suggestion only. Your chauffeur follows your plan, and the timings move with the crossing we book.
An early start makes the whole day easier and gives room for a later crossing if the traffic out of Paris is poor.
Roughly three hours north on the A1 and A16, with a break on the way. Border checks and boarding follow.
Thirty-five minutes in the car on the shuttle, or about ninety minutes on the ferry with the lounges and a meal.
Two to three hours from the Kent coast, arriving at your address rather than at a terminus. Canterbury is an easy stop if you want one.
Tell us the ages when you book and the right seats and boosters are fitted before we collect you. They are never charged as an extra, on any route.
Seven hours is a long day with children. Your chauffeur stops for food, air and legs whenever you ask, and the crossing itself is a natural break in the middle.
Cases, pushchairs, coats and the bag of things nobody wants to carry all stay in the vehicle for the whole journey, including on the shuttle.
Fares are calculated on the real road distance, never a straight line. Tolls, fuel and an English-speaking chauffeur are included. The Channel crossing and any London road charges are quoted separately, in writing, before you commit to the booking.
The driving portion is the real road distance multiplied by 2.00 EUR per kilometre in the Executive Eco or 3.20 EUR per kilometre in the Premium Van. The Channel crossing is a fixed cost on top, and we quote it to you in writing before you book. Enter both addresses in the calculator above for the driving figure.
Usually seven to eight hours door to door, made up of roughly three hours to Calais, an hour for the border and boarding, the crossing, and two to three hours into London. Traffic on the M25 is the least predictable part of it.
On the tunnel shuttle, yes. The vehicle drives onto the train and you remain in it for about thirty-five minutes. On the ferry you leave the car and go up to the passenger decks for the hour and a half at sea.
A valid passport for every passenger, including children. Entry requirements beyond that depend on your nationality and do change, so please check the official UK government guidance for your own passport in good time. We cannot advise on visas or entry permissions.
Yes. Many guests land in Paris and continue straight to the UK without an overnight stop. Your chauffeur tracks the flight and meets you in arrivals with a name sign, and there is no charge for reasonable waiting time.
Yes, in both directions and on the same basis. Give us your London pickup address and your Paris destination and we quote the journey the same way.
Both apply to vehicles entering the relevant parts of London. They are fixed daily charges rather than distance, so they are quoted separately alongside the crossing rather than being buried in the per-kilometre rate.
Yes. Lille is barely off the route on the French side, and Canterbury sits close to the road on the English one. Mention any stop when you book so the timing and the crossing can be arranged around it.
A 30% deposit secures the booking, paid by secure link once we have confirmed your journey in writing. The balance is paid to your chauffeur at the end of the journey, by card or in cash. See our cancellation policy. Ask when you book if you need an invoice for a company or an expense claim.
One car, one chauffeur and your luggage, all the way from your Paris door to your London one.