One clear price to every London airport, from £25. It includes insurance, the airport drop and unlimited mileage — and the one-way fee that rivals add on top is always £0.
No drip-pricing, no surcharge at the desk. The figure you see is the figure you pay — built around the one direction our fleet already needs to travel, so the saving lands with you.
You drive the route our fleet already needs to go — into the airport — so we skip the costly repositioning rivals pay drivers to do. That whole cost line is removed, not buried in a surcharge. The one-way fee is £0, every time.
Collision damage waiver (CDW) and theft cover are in the headline price, alongside unlimited mileage on one-way hires and the drop at the airport itself. No "protection" upsell required to drive away — though you can reduce the excess if you'd like extra peace of mind.
We sit deliberately in the gap: a touch more than a single airport cab, far less than a rival's one-way fee plus hire. For that you get a whole car, room for everyone's luggage and your own schedule — not a meter ticking in traffic.
Indicative one-way "from" prices in a hatchback, picking up from any of our 10 London hubs. Pick a route to see live availability and your exact quote.
A taxi gets you there once. A rival's one-way hire adds a punitive surcharge on top of the rental. Waylaid gives you a whole car, all your luggage and your own schedule — for less than the rival, with no fee at all.
| Route | Taxi / minicab | Rival one-way (hire + fee) | Waylaid one-way |
|---|---|---|---|
| London → Heathrow | ~£60 | £135 (£70 + £65 fee) | £29 |
| London → Gatwick | ~£105 | £185 (£95 + £90 fee) | £39 |
| London → Stansted | ~£100 | £175 (£90 + £85 fee) | £39 |
| London → Luton | ~£90 | £165 (£85 + £80 fee) | £35 |
| London → London City | ~£55 | £110 (£60 + £50 fee) | £25 |
| London → Southend | ~£115 | £195 (£100 + £95 fee) | £45 |
Nine classes, from a nippy city car to a 7-seater or a relocation van. Every "from" price already includes insurance, unlimited mileage and the airport drop — never a one-way fee.
| Class | Example | Seats | From (one-way) |
|---|---|---|---|
| City | VW Polo or similar | 4 | £25 |
| Hatchback | Ford Focus or similar | 5 | £29 |
| Saloon | Skoda Octavia or similar | 5 | £35 |
| Estate | Octavia Estate or similar | 5 | £39 |
| SUV | Nissan Qashqai or similar | 5 | £45 |
| Electric | Tesla Model 3 or similar | 5 | £55 |
| 7-Seater MPV | Ford Galaxy or similar | 7 | £59 |
| Premium | BMW 3 Series or similar | 5 | £69 |
| Van (B2B / relocation) | Ford Transit or similar | 3 | £69 |
Everything below is genuinely optional — the headline price already covers insurance, the drop and unlimited mileage. Add an extra at booking or at the desk; nothing is bundled in by default.
Share the wheel with a named second driver, fully covered.
£6 / day
Infant, toddler or booster seats, fitted and ready at pickup.
£8 per hire
Lower your insurance excess for extra peace of mind on the road.
from £12 / day
A pre-loaded satnav unit if you'd rather not use your phone.
£5 per hire
Collect outside standard desk hours for an early or late flight.
£15 per hire
Pre-pay for a full tank and skip the forecourt before you fly.
at pump price
Moving a team to a conference, running regular client airport runs or relocating staff? A Waylaid business account turns scattered receipts into predictable, higher-value pricing your finance team will thank you for.
Short, straight answers on fees, what's covered and how the deposit works.
Yes — genuinely zero, on every route. Rivals charge a one-way surcharge (typically £50–£150) because returning a car to a different location forces them to reposition their fleet with paid drivers. We only run hires into the airports, the direction our cars already need to travel, so that cost never exists for us — and we don't invent a fee to replace it. The price you see is the price you pay.
Every one-way hire includes collision damage waiver (CDW) and theft cover, unlimited mileage, the drop at the airport, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup. There's no admin fee and no airport facility charge. Optional extras — additional driver, child seat, excess reduction, satnav, out-of-hours pickup, fuel pre-purchase — are the only add-ons, and they're never bundled in by default.
No — mileage is unlimited on one-way airport hires, so you'll never be charged per mile for the trip from your London hub to the airport. Take the scenic route or detour to collect a passenger; it makes no difference to your price.
A refundable security deposit is pre-authorised on your card at pickup, held against the insurance excess, and released after the car is returned in good order — it's a hold, not a charge. You can lower the excess (and the deposit with it) by adding excess reduction from £12/day. Full terms are on our terms page and in the insurance FAQs.
Pick your London pickup and your airport — your exact quote takes seconds, and there's never a surcharge on top.