Excellent time! Alastair was professional, courteous and a delight to do business with. We had 4…read moreadults, 3 children under 5, baggage, etc and wished to tour the area, including the town if Cramond, the surrounding area and he even suggested places to see which we were glad he did. Some places he suggested and we lived were the Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel, among others and he talked on various history of the area We definitely will book again with his service

From the owner: AM Chauffeur Travel offers a luxury service based in the heart of Perthshire minutes from the…read moreGleneagles Hotel.

unreliable for advance bookings! I pre-booked a taxi to take…read moreme to an event, allowing over half an hour leeway for a 20 minute journey, just in case of delays. The taxi arrived 50 minutes late so I missed the event. When I complained, I was advised that when you make an advance booking, central taxis guarantee a taxi but not what time it will arrive!! (kinda defeats the point of booking a taxi in advance!) Not the service you would expect of a company that calls itself 'Edinburgh's most reliable taxi company'!

Waited a long time after ordering a taxi. Was told 5 minutes more 3 times. Uber worked a lot betterread more

I cannot recommend ECPH highly enough. 6 of us (3 couples) travel to Musselburgh Races every June…read morefor the last 3 years and stay at the Best Western Kings Manor. We've always used ECPH and I book via the App a 6 seater car to take us too and from the races then another to take us to and from a restaurant later that evening. The cars have always been on time, the communication via text is excellent and the drivers are courteous and professional. On our last visit our friends were late arriving and the driver was happy to wait 10 minutes for them. Excellent service every time and will use them again!

To be honest I thought most cab services were the same, but this is the only one I have been…read moregenuinely impressed with. I mean you'd be surprised how hard it is to get from A to B without going via C,D,E and then Falkirk because the cabbie wants to wring an extra couple of quid out of you. Fear this no more though, as Edinburgh City Private Hire are here, like a superhero arriving to save the day...in a cab. They have cheaper rates than both City Cabs and Central Taxis by quite a bit, and although most cab journeys in Edinburgh don't last very long, if you are heading out of town they save you a fair amount. As well as this they actually turn up when they say they will, whether you want them in half an hour, or more impressively if you say you want one right away, they are always there within 5 minutes. The cabbies are all pretty cool from my experience as well, having a bit of a chat with you. Also all the cabs are good cars, a few mercs and audis and the like being used. If you are stuck without a lift, who're you gonna call??? Edinburgh City Private Hire!! (admittedly not as catchy but more practical than Ghostbusters). Oh yeh, as a rather inexplicable extra, if you get one of their cards, you get 30% off entry at Cab Vol and half price and queue jump at The Hive before 12. No idea why but not a bad bonus to have

Horrible company. Did not even come for two trips. This after they accepted the reservation well in…read moreadvance. Cost me a prepaid excursion.

This review is really for tourists, because if you live here, you'll know all about the system of…read moreGlasgow taxis (you know, unless you live under a rock). The system for getting one of these taxis is pretty much the same as in London, Edinburgh, or any other city that boasts hackney cabs. 1. Decide whether you want to go to a taxi rank or just cross your fingers and wait at the side of a road. Taxi ranks are more reliable but have bigger queues. The choice is yours. 2. If you decide to try and flag down a taxi, stand on the street and look for a cab with it's orange light on (if the light's on it means it's for hire, and if the light's off it means somebody else has already beaten you to it). When you see one, wave madly at it until it pulls over to you. If it doesn't pull over, which is fairly likely, then repeat this process until one does stop. 3. Get in to the cab and tell the driver where you want to go. If you (shock horror!) have an English accent, they will probably pretend that they don't understand you. Don't let this put you off. 4. Watch the meter anxiously until you reached your desired destination. Once you get there, they'll probably expect you to tip - but don't feel that you have to. A lot of the drivers are pretty grumpy, and I tend to go by the rule that you should only tip people who have made an extra effort. Aside from the grumpy drivers, though, you will sometimes find some great characters driving Glasgow taxis. A couple of my favourites include the driver who said he would give us £5 if we could tell him why the taxis have a door on both sides and the driver who tried to read our minds. My least favourite was the driver who nearly got us killed in an incident with a double decker bus. Hey, you win some, you lose some.

These taxis have been a lifesaver for me. I shall, embarrassingly, expand on the story…read more... It was a cold, winter's night around about half past three. In the morning. I was a lonely, innocent girl stranded in a far, far away land. Still, where exactly this land was, remains to be confirmed... Said, young, lonely girl was not feeling too bright. It's thought that somewhere along the way from getting wined and dined she had been attacked in the form of tequila and Jager bombs. As awful as this was, the story gets worse - intake of breath please. I WOKE UP in a strange land, jumped off of a moving bus (once it had stopped moving) and fell upon the kindness of a Great Western Taxi driver. A tiny fortune later (for this land was further away than you could image), I was tucked up in bed hiding my face in shame. The moral of the story is: do not drink that much and do not fall asleep on the night bus home. However, IF you do, you'd better hope one of these beauties happens to be passing by and rescue you.

Lewis' recount is pretty accurate…read more If you're in the west end, and travelling further west or into town, they're great. Friendly, quick, and efficient. If you're in the city centre and are looking to be picked up, however, they're not quite so excellent. When it's busy, in particular, they can leave you hanging for quite some time. Be prepared to call back at regular intervals to make sure they've sent a car for you, and suck it up! A friend of mine has this problem pretty often and has been stuck in the cold waiting for an hour and a half at times. Once I was with her - and once was enough for me! Overall, a good service in the local area. Further afield and when it's busy, though, altogether less dependable.

For most people new to Glasgow, "The Drum" is considered a bit of a no-go area. During my bleak few…read moremonths living in nearby Knightswood, this was one of the many distant train stations I'd hike to in order to avoid the smell of Tesco's extra strong lager and jobseeker's allowance on the bus. Perhaps surprisingly, the station is surrounded by what I could only call "aspirational" housing, including some incredibly large Victorian numbers, and is in a fairly quiet area a good bit away from the less welcoming 50s / 60s embodiment of Drumchapel. As you'd expect, several trains pass each hour and 15 minutes should see you into town.

Chaffinches and blue tits singing in the nearby sycamore trees greeted me as I alighted at…read moreDrumchapel station. As if there could be a bigger possible contrast, I soon noticed a group of neds horsing around in the waiting room of the opposite platform, on this dark weekday afternoon (whatever happened to a thing called school, or work?). Drumchapel is served by trains between Balloch and Dalmuir to the west, and Glasgow Queen Street/Central, Drumgelloch and Larkhall to the east. The trains pass stop by roughly every 15 minutes. There is also a regular bus service that stops right at the entrance to the station - very useful. These are the, very frequent, no. 9's for the most part. There is a ticket office at Drumchapel and the new blue ScotRail colour scheme certainly brightens up the station's somewhat dilapidated appearance.

The communication was excellent from when i enquired about the costs to book a collection all the…read moreway through to the day of collection. Tim was very professional, efficient and friendly. I was welcomed at the station exactly on time. Tim knew what time my train was coming and had the door open ready and waiting for me the second i stepped of the platform. He was also extremely helpful and offered to collect me from the airport as my flight was delayed. He was understanding and patient and worked around me when my flight was late and i had to change the collection time. Quality service. 5 star service right from the beginning. Got me to and thro from my destination in record time. Arrived on time both ways. I would highly recommend and I also got the history of the town on my journey which was an extra bonus. He also provided recommendations for easier travel options from London which was a great help. Thanks Tim. Everything was perfect

Starfish Taxis was wonderful to work with. I contacted them before our cruise to set up pick up at…read morethe cruise terminal, trip to St. Andrews, and then back to the terminal after we played golf. They helped me with the timeline and everything went so smoothly. Wonderful, friendly, punctual drivers both ways and very reasonable pricing. Would highly recommend them for any transportation needs!