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Airport transfers · Southampton Cruise Terminal
A cruise starts and ends at the terminal gate, and getting there with four suitcases is the part nobody enjoys. We drive Surrey passengers directly to their berth at Southampton — Ocean, Mayflower, QEII, City or Horizon — and collect on disembarkation morning, when the taxi rank is at its worst.
Southampton is not one cruise terminal but five — Ocean, Mayflower, QEII, City and Horizon — spread across the docks and up to two miles apart. Ships are assigned a berth rather than permanently attached to a terminal, so the name printed on your cruise documents is the thing to check before travel day. Tell us the terminal when you book and the driver takes you through the correct port gate to the ship's luggage drop, not to a car park half a mile away.
A fortnight at sea means formal wear, and formal wear means cases that do not fit in a hatchback. That is the single most common reason Surrey passengers book us rather than driving themselves or taking the train: our Minibus takes eight passengers with luggage, and the Executive saloon handles a couple with three or four large cases comfortably. Your driver loads and unloads, and at the terminal takes the bags as far as the porters.
Getting to a ship is easy; getting away from one is not. Several thousand passengers leave at once inside a two-hour window, all wanting a car. Pre-booked pickups are timed to your assigned disembarkation group rather than to the ship's arrival, so you are not standing on the quayside at 06:30 with your luggage waiting for a rank that has already emptied. If your group is called late, the driver waits.
A large share of this work never touches a home address. Passengers fly into Heathrow or Gatwick and need to reach the terminal the same day, or step off a ship and have a flight to catch. We cover both directions as scheduled transfers with flight tracking on the airport leg, which matters because a delayed inbound flight and a fixed sailing time are a bad combination without someone watching.
From Woking the cruise terminals are 64 miles, typically 85 to 105 minutes depending on the M3 and M27. From Guildford and Godalming the run is shorter; from the eastern side of our patch it is longer. We build a departure time backwards from your boarding window, and on sailing days we would rather be early at the gate than optimistic on the motorway.
Journeys
Every area we cover, with the real road distance and typical journey time to Southampton Cruise Terminal. Nearest first.
| Collecting from | Distance | Typical time | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farnham | 46 miles | 65–85 minutes | View → |
| Haslemere | 49 miles | 1 hr 15 min to 1 hr 35 min | View → |
| Camberley | 55 miles | 1 hr 10 min to 1 hr 30 min | View → |
| Guildford | 56 miles | 1 hr 20 min to 1 hr 40 min | View → |
| Godalming | 56 miles | 1 hr 25 min to 1 hr 45 min | View → |
| Knaphill | 60 miles | 1 hr 20 min to 1 hr 40 min | View → |
| Brookwood | 61 miles | 1 hr 20 min to 1 hr 40 min | View → |
| Chobham | 61 miles | 1 hr 25 min to 1 hr 45 min | View → |
| Ripley | 62 miles | 1 hr 30 min to 1 hr 50 min | View → |
| Cranleigh | 64 miles | 1 hr 40 min to 2 hr 5 min | View → |
| Woking | 64 miles | 1 hr 25 min to 1 hr 45 min | View → |
| Byfleet | 66 miles | 1 hr 30 min to 1 hr 55 min | View → |
| Chertsey | 67 miles | 1 hr 25 min to 1 hr 45 min | View → |
| Cobham | 72 miles | 1 hr 30 min to 1 hr 50 min | View → |
| Oxshott | 76 miles | 1 hr 35 min to 1 hr 55 min | View → |
| Esher | 76 miles | 1 hr 35 min to 2 hours | View → |
| Dorking | 83 miles | 1 hr 45 min to 2 hr 10 min | View → |
On the road
The fleet
Comfortable, reliable everyday travel for up to 3 passengers.
Premium business travel with extra legroom and a polished finish.
Top-tier luxury for special occasions, red-carpet arrivals and VIP guests.
Spacious group travel for up to 8 passengers with luggage.
In their words
“Booked a chauffeur for an early airport run and the car was outside five minutes before pickup. Smooth, quiet journey and the driver knew the fastest route around the roadworks.”
“We use XLNC Cars for client visits regularly. The vehicles are always spotless and the drivers are properly turned out — it reflects well on us, not just them.”
“Hired the VIP car for a wedding and it made the whole day feel special. Punctual, professional, and the driver waited patiently through the photos.”
Good to know
It will be named on your cruise documents — Ocean, Mayflower, QEII, City or Horizon. Ships are assigned a berth per sailing rather than always using the same terminal, so check the paperwork for this specific cruise rather than assuming it matches last time. Tell us the terminal when you book.
64 miles by road, typically 85 to 105 minutes. We plan the departure time backwards from your boarding window so there is real margin, because a missed sailing cannot be rebooked the way a missed flight can.
Yes, and it is worth booking. Disembarkation puts thousands of passengers on the quayside within about two hours, and the taxi rank does not cope. We time your pickup to your assigned disembarkation group, and if that group is called late the driver waits.
The Minibus takes eight passengers with cruise luggage; the Executive saloon comfortably handles a couple with three or four large cases. Tell us how many bags when you book — on cruise transfers luggage decides the vehicle far more often than passenger count does.
Yes, in both directions. Heathrow and Gatwick to the terminal on sailing day, and terminal to airport on disembarkation. The airport leg is flight-tracked, so a delayed arrival moves the pickup rather than losing you the car.