How much is a long-distance taxi from Bristol, and where do you go?

Saloon car, up to 4 passengers, 2 large cases. Estate, executive, MPV and 8-seater upgrades add roughly £10, £20, £30 and £50 more on the shorter runs, more again on the longer Devon and Cornwall routes; each route page has the exact figure.

Sailing from Southampton? The Bristol to Southampton cruise terminal page covers all four terminals and timed sailing-day pickups at the same £159 fare.

Weighing the car against the train or coach for one of these? Each airport has its own honest comparison: Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff.

Every route above works in reverse too, into Bristol or Bristol Airport, generally at the same fixed price. Where a return leg costs a little more or less, the route page for that destination says so.

We're on 24/7, 365 days a year, and we do take same-day long-distance bookings when a car's free. Online booking needs at least an hour's notice, and for anything over two hours away, calling ahead of the day you're travelling gives dispatch the best chance of confirming the right vehicle rather than the nearest one. Wherever you're going, your flight is tracked on airport jobs and the first 45 minutes of waiting after landing is free.

The further the trip, the more a ballpark estimate can move once you try to pin down a real time, a real car size and a real address, which is exactly what the aggregator sites selling "from £X" estimates for Devon and Cornwall routes are built on. Our fares above are the confirmed price for a saloon car before you travel. Several of the individual route pages linked above name the aggregator range we're being measured against directly, so you can see the comparison rather than take our word for it.

For a short domestic run like Birmingham or Manchester, one person travelling light is usually better off on the direct train, and the route pages above say so plainly. Where the taxi wins on a long trip is a group sharing the fixed fare, luggage, an early or late flight connection, a cruise terminal or ferry port a train doesn't reach, or simply wanting one price and one car for a journey that would otherwise mean two or three changes.