The Strand is theatres, Somerset House and grand hotels strung along one road — with the Aldwych crescent complicating every pickup and Stansted a long diagonal across the city. £136 fixed for a saloon, 55–90 minutes by road via east through the City to the M11, free cancellation to 24 hours — and the price you confirm is the price you pay.
| Taxi, fixed fare | from £136 · 55–90 min · door to door |
| Pickup | Any address or named corner in The Strand |
| Airport drop | Single terminal |
| Cancellation | Free to 24 h · 50% to 12 h |
| Deposit | 30% now · balance on the day |
| Return together | Save 10% |
| Bookings | 24/7 · card, wallet or cash |
One figure for the whole journey, locked before you book. Vehicles by party size — the fare is per car, not per person, so groups split it.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Best for | The Strand → Stansted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | Solo, couples, light luggage | from £136 |
| MPV | Up to 6 | Families, groups, heavy cases | from £165 |
| 8-seater | Up to 7 | Big groups and serious luggage | from £181 |
30% deposit secures the booking, balance on the day of travel; return journeys booked together save 10%. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup, 50% refund up to 12 hours before. Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay online, or cash to the driver. Any weekend-peak or late-night adjustment is applied before you see the final figure — the price you confirm is the price you pay, congestion-zone charges included.
~33 miles by road via east through the City to the M11. The honest number is a range — about 55 minutes when the roads are empty, up to 90 in the peaks — and the pickup time we agree is built on the slow end, not the brochure end.
Work backwards from the flight: low-cost bag-drop is strict — often a hard 40-minute cutoff. Check your airline. Add the drive at 90 minutes plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare — we sanity-check the pickup time against your flight when you confirm.
At the airport we drop at the single Stansted terminal.
Fixed means fixed: traffic, diversions and the driver’s route choice are our problem, not a surcharge. The figure you approved at booking is the figure you pay at the kerb.
Shows along here empty between 21:45 and 22:30 and the theatre frontages lock. We stage on Surrey Street or Savoy Street; two minutes’ walk, ten minutes saved.
One-way and unforgiving: the door you name decides the approach. Hotel, theatre or the Somerset House gate — put it in the notes.
This corridor flies early and late. Late-night adjustments show before you confirm, and the small-hours streets give the drive its best time.
A 21:05 Stansted departure after a matinee: 17:30 pickup on Savoy Street, east through the City, kerb about 18:25.
From £136 for a saloon (up to 4 passengers), £165 for an MPV (up to 6) and £181 for an 8-seater (up to 7) — fixed before you book. 30% deposit secures it, balance on the day; returns booked together save 10%, and cancellation is free to 24 hours before pickup.
55–90 minutes by road depending on the hour, via east through the City to the M11. Work back from your airline cutoff — low-cost bag-drop is strict — often a hard 40-minute cutoff. Check your airline. Add the drive at the top of the range plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare.
Near it — theatre fronts are drop-only chaos at the interval and the close. We agree the side-street corner in advance and message when the car is on it.
Name the hotel; the doorman-to-boot handover is the easy part, and the vehicle is sized to the case count you give us.
Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before pickup and 50%% refunded up to 12 hours before. Weekend-peak or late-night adjustments appear on the quote before you confirm — the figure you approve is final, congestion-zone charges included.
From £136, fixed before you book, free cancellation to 24 hours, and a pickup timed to your flight — not the other way round.