Cheap price is not always the best deal when renting a limousine

Be Aware – Cheap is not actually good!!!

A lot of people have a tendency to look for the best, cheapest deal. But does that mean it a good deal??

You probably want to ask yourself that question again after viewing the video below.

As you see there is a lot of fake operators out there giving you cheap prices. As you just have seen that may ruin your night and you may become stranded on the side of the highway or a club. Here are some facts about companies that give you cheap prices:

  • Other companies lower down their prices by sacrificing quality. They dont screen their drivers, they dont care about what drivers do in their down time. They use cheap sodas from Stop & Shop or any other discounted store. You get refreshments like grape soda instead of CocaCola, you get some cheap lime soda instead of SPRITE, etc.
  • Other companies & drivers don’t care what people do in the car (like smoke) – and then you get into that limo that smells really bad
  • Other companies don’t clean their cars, carpets smell like beer, drivers dont care
  • Other companies have drivers that are on the phone all the time and dont pay too much attention to the road or the clients in the back
  • Other companies employee drivers that wear jeans and t-shirt while they drive their clients
  • Other companies employee drivers that dont know the language
  • Other companies don’t want to spend money to put GPS/Navigation in their cars and drivers get lost all the time, sometimes that is the reason why they are late
  • Other companies cars are scratched, scuffed, etc. outside and they dont bother fixing it. The limo looks like crap when it pulls up to the client’s destination
  • Most important fact is that other companies that offer cheap prices – DONT HAVE APPROPRIATE PERMITS.

Here are some facts that separate Royal Luxury Limousine Service from other cheap competitors:

Royal Luxury Limo Other Competition
Promptness Yes No
Quality Control Yes No
Attention to details Yes No
Clean dressed drivers Yes No
Clean looking limos Yes No
Brand Name Sodas Yes No
Nicely smelling car Yes No
GPS equipped limos Yes No
Smoking Allowed No Yes
Knowledge of town, sites, roads Yes No
Operating Permits Yes No
Driver’s Screening Yes No
Free Vehicle Upgrades Sometimes No
New Exotic Vehicles Yes Out of date
Jet/Gull Wing Limos Yes No
Pricing Industry average Cheap

As you can see, huge differences. Same type of service, much different price and quality. That is why you never go with cheaper limos.

Remember! You get what you pay for.

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Glow Rider – Transormer Hummer H2 Limousine as a Mega-luxe ride

Mega-luxe ride redefines the limo biz

by Ambrose Clancy
Published in Long Island Business News: February 26, 2010

Thinking about making an impressive entrance?

Here’s an idea: Pull up in a 40- foot-long, 9-foot-high snow-white limo. Glide to a stop opening all three “jet doors” which are hinged at the top so they open up, not out. Smoke wafts to the street from the teak wood inlaid dance floor, complete with center pole where even partiers over 6 feet can stand up straight to boogie. Wrapped in a billowing fog cut by lasers, you step out with your favorite sound deafening all before it at 2,000 watts.

Oh, be sure to have 24 of your friends ready to exit, including the five who are lounging on the rear, open-air patio.

If you can wait six weeks for a booking, the H2 Hummer limo, dubbed “The Transformer” and brought to you by Royal Luxury Limousine, is all yours for $300 an hour. With the local New York limousine business trying to stay out of a recession-created ditch, there’s method in the unique madness of The Transformer, said Mark Bauer. The one-of-a-kind ride was created by Royal Limo and put together by a Brooklyn shop (Top Limo NY Coachbuilders)  for about $300,000. Jaws having been dropping at the sight of the thing for the past two months.

“You’ve got to come up with something different, something people haven’t seen before, to stay afloat,” said Bauer, who owns 10 vehicles serving New York City, Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey. “And if you can stay afloat, you’ll make it.”

He buys new vehicles every year, he said. Joining The Transformer is an Audi Q7 limo which features a fish tank and fireplace.

The limousine business lost up to 40 percent from corporate clients slashing budgets last year and about 25 percent from weddings, said Matt Silver, vice president of The Nassau Suffolk Limousine Association, representing about 100 companies.

Silver noted that Long Island has crashed even harder than the rest of the country because of the dense population and the number of firms operating here.

But he has seen a pick-up of about 5 percent this year over last so there are signs the limo business might be back in gear.

In another marketing boost, Royal Luxury Limousine is taking center stage in two reality TV shows currently shooting and debuting this spring. One of them is America’s Next Top Model.

Business has been off but is beginning to come back, he said. “People are always going to get married.”

Driver Dominick Bonilla said he still isn’t quite used to the public’s reaction to The Hummer Transformer. “Every time out it’s an adventure,” Bonilla said from behind the wheel of the behemoth.

He described cruising Times Square with the windows open, the music pumping and the back patio full of partiers, as driving through a dream.

“Wherever we go, people flock to us like we have the cure for the plague or something,” Bonilla said.

2010 #1 most popular Limousine song played in Prom Limousines

Every year we see a trend of songs that kids play very often during the prom season in all the limos.  Every year its a different song with a ton of bass. I see that for the 2010 – the new song making a killing trend to be the most popular song played in the stretch limousine is a new song by Ludacris – ” How Low”.  This song is getting crazy reviews.Everybody is playing this song in our limos. Kids keep playing this song all the time with windows opened up while the limo is rolling down through the streets of NYC in the stretch Hummers and Escalades. Check it out for NY prom limos:

New York and Long Island Prom Season started for Limousines and Limos

Prom Night is a very special evening for New York, Long Island and Staten Island, Brooklyn and Bronx High School Seniors, and you can bet that every limousine in town will be booked on that night. With that in mind, Royal Luxury Limo would like to offer both parents and teens a bit of helpful information in your quest for a safe and fun filled evening should you decide to “Go In Style” as we say here at New York Prom Limo and rent a limousine for Prom Night.

Prom Night is a moment you will never forget. We understand the importance of our role. Our chauffeurs have been trained to unobtrusively pamper you. In your quest to find the best service and value for your transportation on this day, please ask yourself whether you need a ride, or are in search of a unique experience that you will cherish forever.

Once you let us be your prom limo service for your prom, you will want to graduate…again! We offer the best, most complete and well prepared New York prom limo service possible for your special day.

Have us pick you up when you return – for the final polish to the unforgettable time of Your life! Need to go to an afterparty? Just let our driver know how many additional hours you need and you’re o n your way. Please check our competative hourly rates!

Whatever limousine you choose, both parents and students can be assured that New York Limo will get you to the party before the DJ starts spinning and after the last dance the chauffeur will be there to get you home safe and sound. We book proms all over New Jersey, New York, Long Island, Staten Island and Connecticut. New York’s best limo service understands that the well-being of NY prom-goers and the peace of mind of their parents are of the utmost importance. You can trust our limousine service to keep the night safe and fun.

The reputation of New York Limousine Company for punctuality, pleasantness, politeness and patience means you can leave everything to the professional care of your own uniformed, trained Chauffeur. Relax and enjoy the most important and romantic day of your life.