Gatwick Airport Transfers at Starting Fares

When you land at Gatwick Airport

The drive from Gatwick back to Southampton is around 85 road miles via the M23, M25, M3 and M27, and takes 1h30m to 2h depending on traffic. It is the same published fare as the outward run, one price per vehicle, confirmed when you book, and it ends at your door in Southampton or anywhere in the surrounding Hampshire area, with no station changes and no per-person tickets to add up.

Gatwick has two passenger terminals, North and South, and flights use one or the other, so tell us your flight number when you book. Your driver tracks the flight and waits in the arrivals hall of the terminal you land at, holding a name board, and your first 60 minutes of waiting from the moment you land are included in the fare. That window comfortably covers the walk from the gate and the baggage reclaim at either terminal, and if the flight runs late, the driver simply arrives for the new time.

If this flight is the first leg of a cruise holiday, the same car can continue from Gatwick arrivals straight to your Southampton cruise terminal on a through fare, from £160, or from £165 for the Ocean and QEII terminals. We time the run to your ship's check-in window and your flight is tracked throughout, so a late landing does not leave you rebooking the port leg from the arrivals hall.

• Flight tracking on every airport pickup
• Meet and greet with a name board, available on request
• 60 minutes of free waiting from the moment you land
• Help with your luggage, at both ends
• One fare per vehicle, confirmed when you book
• Pickups at any hour, day or night

Choosing your vehicle for the Gatwick Airport run

Gatwick is a holiday airport for most of our passengers, so luggage usually makes the decision. A saloon takes one to four passengers with normal holiday cases. The MPV carries up to six and is the one to book when the cases are large, the party includes children with their own bags, or a pushchair is travelling too. The minibus suits bigger groups who want to start and end the holiday in the same vehicle, on one fare.

Every vehicle on this route includes flight monitoring, 60 minutes of free waiting, and airport parking and tolls in the fare confirmed at booking. Child and infant seats are available on request, just discuss your requirements with our team when you book, and bottled water is provided free for every transfer. If your return flight lands at the other terminal from your outbound one, tell us the flight number and we will be at the right arrivals hall.

How the Two Journeys to Gatwick Airport Compare

Leaving Southampton for Gatwick Airport: Timing the Run

For a 10:00 flight from Gatwick we suggest leaving Southampton around 06:00, which builds in the full 2 hours the drive can take at busy times and still leaves the two hours airlines advise at the terminal for short-haul, three for long-haul. The M25 section of this route is the part that slows at peak times, so for morning flights we plan the pickup on the cautious end of the range and confirm it with you when you book.

Gatwick's first departures leave early, and we collect for them in the small hours as routine. The service runs 24/7, the fare is confirmed at booking with no surge pricing at unsocial hours, and if you are a household of four or five travelling together, one MPV fare usually replaces four return rail fares and the taxi at the far end.

Booking your Gatwick Airport transfer: what we will ask

A booking takes a couple of minutes by phone on +44 2380 333 000, online or by WhatsApp, and it helps to have the details below to hand. Each one does a job: together they let us set the pickup to your flight, send the right vehicle and confirm your exact fare before you travel, rather than estimating it on the day.

• Your flight number, so your driver can track any delay
• The address to collect you from in Southampton, or the address to bring you back to
• How many passengers are travelling, and roughly how much luggage you have
• Whether you need child or infant seats, which are available on request
• Your return flight details as well, if you would like the same service back