London to Dover Tour/Transfer company

[celie1110]

I am researching companies for a London to Dover Transfer with a 3 hr tour included. I was wondering if anyone has heard of or used Penguins Ltd or London Travlin.

TIA

Celia

[chumley28540]

How expensive is this? We are looking for ways to get from London to Dover.

[celie1110]

Originally Posted by chumley28540

How expensive is this? We are looking for ways to get from London to Dover.

I got quoted 288 British Pounds for both transfers. (equals $461 US).

[Dorene1]

I was unable to locate the two companies do you have their websites?

Thank you

Dorene

[John Bull]

Originally Posted by celie1110

I got quoted 288 British Pounds for both transfers. (equals $461 US).

Or to put it another way, £144 each-way?
And between Dover & central London (not airports)?

That's about the going rate, excluding deviations, with http://www.folkestonetaxi.com/ and
http://www.dovertaxis.com/ both of whom are frequently used by CC members.

JB

[MURCOTT]

Originally Posted by John Bull

Or to put it another way, £144 each-way?
And between Dover & central London (not airports)?

That's about the going rate, excluding deviations, with http://www.folkestonetaxi.com/ and
http://www.dovertaxis.com/ both of whom are frequently used by CC members.

JB

After seeing you mention dovertaxis several times I e-mailed them for a quote. They replied with an amount of 185 and that seemed a bit high to me. PenguinsLTD quoted a price of 148. This is for 4 passengers,with luggage, from Heathrow to Dover. Have you heard of Penguins?

[Dorene1]

I think Im going to stay one day in Dover and take a tour and just waiting to hear back from a tour company. I might as well see the sights while traveling from London to Dover.

Thanks

Dorene

[John Bull]

Originally Posted by MURCOTT

After seeing you mention dovertaxis several times I e-mailed them for a quote. They replied with an amount of 185 and that seemed a bit high to me. PenguinsLTD quoted a price of 148. This is for 4 passengers,with luggage, from Heathrow to Dover. Have you heard of Penguins?

OK, that's four plus luggage = a small mpv/van.
And from Heathrow, very different to central London.

Not sure what you mean by a three-hour tour. A simple direct transfer takes a little under two hours by motorway. Motorway makes sense for the first part of the journey, but adding an hour to the journey time would allow you to cut across-country on more scenic roads, for instance via Edenbridge, Royal Tonbridge Wells & Lamberhurst.

Yes, £185 sounds heavy for a simple transfer.
Folkestone taxis quote £126. Adding a stop on or close to the route, such as a couple of hours at Leeds Castle or Canterbury, will push that up to mebbe £160/£170. A more scenic route would probably do the same.
Worth asking for a quote?

Sorry, not heard of Penguin. But there are dozens & dozens of transfer organisations based around London's airports.
I checked out their website, which pretty-well dispels my fears that they might merely be a web-based agency which simply farms out jobs

JB

[MURCOTT]

Originally Posted by John Bull

OK, that's four plus luggage = a small mpv/van.
And from Heathrow, very different to central London.

Not sure what you mean by a three-hour tour. A simple direct transfer takes a little under two hours by motorway. Motorway makes sense for the first part of the journey, but adding an hour to the journey time would allow you to cut across-country on more scenic roads, for instance via Edenbridge, Royal Tonbridge Wells & Lamberhurst.

Yes, £185 sounds heavy for a simple transfer.
Folkestone taxis quote £126. Adding a stop on or close to the route, such as a couple of hours at Leeds Castle or Canterbury, will push that up to mebbe £160/£170. A more scenic route would probably do the same.
Worth asking for a quote?

Sorry, not heard of Penguin. But there are dozens & dozens of transfer organisations based around London's airports.
I checked out their website, which pretty-well dispels my fears that they might merely be a web-based agency which simply farms out jobs

JB

Thank you for the info. I just sent off a request for a quote from Folkestone as you suggested. You may be answering two of us at once. My inquiry is for transfer only to Dover from Heathrow.

[evgal/nj]

please post back their reply, am also looking for transfer heathrow to dover, will be 4 adults, luggage,wheelchair & small mobility scooter !
karen

[MURCOTT]

Originally Posted by evgal/nj

please post back their reply, am also looking for transfer heathrow to dover, will be 4 adults, luggage,wheelchair & small mobility scooter !
karen

We did book with Folkestone and also had 4 adults but choose the 5 seater to insure a bit more room. The price is 136 pounds plus 5 pounds for driver's parking at Heathrow. They do require patment in advance by credit or debit card. If you use a credit card there is an additional fee of 3 pounds. Still came out more reasonable than most we checked and the transaction was handled easily through e-mails with Kaya at Folkestone.
Barbara

[evgal/nj]

barbara, thanks, i think i'll email them
karen

[John Bull]

Originally Posted by MURCOTT

Thank you for the info. I just sent off a request for a quote from Folkestone as you suggested. You may be answering two of us at once. My inquiry is for transfer only to Dover from Heathrow.

Yep.
Put it down to premature senility
Hope you all manage to sort out the relevant bits

JB

[evgal/nj]

got a reply from folkestone

150 lbs for 4 adults,4llarge&4carryone luggage, wheelchair &scotter

they made no mentioon of any other charges

karen

[brownie9]

Just booked with LONDON TAXITOURS 400 EUROS for 4hour tour of London with transfer to Dover for 6 people. Thought this was a good deal. Read good reviews about them.

Brownie9

Diane

[SoBaycruiser]

Last month I researched how we were going to get from Dover to LHR. Everyone here was very helpful in making suggestions. I finally opted for taking a taxi for a number of reasons specific to us. However, I just noticed that the London Toolkit site which discusses methods of getting from Dover to LHR has added a company that shuttles people from the cruise terminal to downtown hotels, airport hotels or LHR. (http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/...e_shuttles.htm )
It is actually more expensive than our taxi but includes sight seeing. It's good for cruise ships from the following companies: Princess, HAL, Carnival and Crystal.

I am not endorsing or recommending them. I just want to share that there is a new option.