Ladies Day at York — Chauffeur Day Out

Drop-off at the Knavesmire gate, champagne in the car on the way home, no drink-drive risk. Standard for a Yorkshire race day.

Ebor Ladies Day, the Dante Meeting, the Ebor Festival — York's fixtures create a specific problem: 25,000 people leaving the Knavesmire at 18:30. A chauffeur skips the walk to Micklegate and the taxi queue outside The Punch Bowl.

Booked by parties of 4–7 doing hospitality in the County Stand or the Melrose. Also corporate hospitality tables with clients — no host wants to drive.

Home → Tadcaster Road gate at York Racecourse → hospitality collection at 18:30 → home. 40 to 90 minutes each way from anywhere in the coverage area.

The silver Mercedes-Benz V-Class is a luxury MPV seating up to 7 passengers with generous luggage space. Share passenger and luggage details when enquiring.

Drop-off from 11:00, return collection any time from 17:00 to 19:30. Book the return time; we hold at the pre-agreed collection point.

Harrogate £280 · Leeds £260 · Wetherby £240 · Wakefield £290 · Ilkley £320 return, driver-included.

• Champagne on ice for the return leg (bring your own bottle; we chill)
• Skid-lid protection for hats travelling flat in the boot
• Confirm collection arrangements for the venue entrance
• Named collection point at the racecourse — we don't sit in the taxi rank
• Driver in a dark suit; you'll walk past him more than once

Ladies Day gates open 11:00, first race 14:00 — arrive 12:30 for a table lunch

Tadcaster Road at 18:30 is a 15-minute stop-start; the driver is already parked on Racecourse Drive

The Knavesmire is a mile from Micklegate Bar — nobody wants to walk it in heels

Where exactly do you collect at the end of the day?

By default the accessible bay on Racecourse Drive at the Melrose exit — clearly signed, no walk through the crowd. Corporate tables in the County Stand: we're at the north-east gate.

Yes, subject to the sensible limits — no open bottles in the front. We provide the ice bucket and glasses; bring the champagne.

What about the Ebor Festival, four days back-to-back?

Same driver, same car every day — usually the price falls to a daily rate around £220–£260 for four consecutive days.

• york
• harrogate
• wetherby
• leeds
• wakefield

Kerbside at 18:30. Champagne to Wetherby by 19:15.