LIMO HIRE FOR ROYAL ASCOT RACES 2008?
Book Early - There may be a shortage of limousines this year!
The dates of the most popular horse racing event of the year announced,
many people will now start to think about setting the dates aside in
their diaries, deciding on who will accompany them to the event and
booking a limousine. The dates for Royal Ascot 2008 are Tuesday 17th
June through until Saturday 21st June, Ladies Day is on Thursday 19th
June.
Of course few racing events can match Royal Ascot’s rich history, with a
racecourse which was founded by Queen Anne back in 1711 and will reach
its tercentenary in 2011, now that should be an event to remember.
During Royal Ascot week some 300,000 people will attend the event making
it Europe’s most popular racing event. The Ascot Authority, formed by an
act of Parliament in 1913 has commissioned an upgrade of the racecourse
facilities, costing an estimated £185m and was completed after just 20
months. The funding was provided by the Horserace Betting Levy Board,
commercial lenders and Ascot’s own reserves. As owner of the Ascot
estate, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth reopened the racecourse on Tuesday
20th June 2006. The first four day Royal Meeting was held in June 1768
and it was subsequently extended to five days in 2002, The Queen’s
Golden Jubilee year.
The new Grandstand was finished in May 2006 includes some 265 private
boxes which can seat anything from 6 to 40 people, there are also 7
restaurants. In addition, there is an 8,000 viewing capacity parade
ring, located behind the stand and at the heart of the racecourse. The
Grandstand was designed to curve in an arc to provide the best views of
the track, bends, mile start winning post, and of course, Windsor Great
Park. As part of their Founding Partner programme, Royal Ascot have also
announced that the renovated Grandstand will include 1,000 indoor and
outdoor high definition TV from Sony, which amongst other things will
include betting information.
The Pavilion has also been refurbished, providing bars, betting
facilities, a public library and a meeting hall. Ascot employs some 140
full time staff, but this rises to 6,000 during Royal Ascot week to
cater for the 300,000 visitors. Royal Ascot Village is ideally
positioned in the centre of the course opposite the new Grandstand, just
yards from the finishing post. Because the Royal Ascot Village has a
private viewing area on the rails it is an ideal location to view the
Royal Procession and the finish of each race.
Royal Ascot is renowned as a sporting and social occasion and every year
welcomes many people who may only attend this one race meeting each
year, betting perhaps at Royal Ascot and the Grand National. There is a
strong tradition at Royal Ascot of pageantry, fashion and style and this
is equally true of transportation to and from the event. Visitors
frequently choose to be chauffeured to Royal Ascot is a top of the range
chauffeur driven cars, such as a Rolls Royce Phantom, Bentley Arnage, or
Maybach. Plus the tradition of selecting the best stretched limousines
available remains strong. Visitors frequently retain their chauffeur
cars or limousines and park in the Silver Ring, with the chauffeur
services companies providing open sided marquees, tables and chairs for
their guests.
Cars for Stars is an award winning company offering a wide range of
chauffeur driven cars and the very latest stretched limousines. The
chauffeur cars available for Royal Ascot include the Rolls Royce
Phantom, Maybach 62, Bentley Arnage, the all new Jaguar XJ (LWB) ,
latest Mercedes S Class (LWB) , as well as Mercedes people carriers.
Stretched limousine for hire area available in different shapes and
sizes, in white, black, silver, metallic blue, vanilla white and candy
apple red.
Cars for Stars is a franchised business, with offices in major locations
throughout the UK and, all Cars for Stars businesses are licensed for
private hire by the relevant local authority, in London this is the
Public Carriage Office (PCO). This means that all Cars for Stars
franchisees are registered for private hire, the limousines are licensed
as private hire vehicles and the chauffeurs are licensed to drive the
cars and limousines. The chauffeur cars and limousines do not have a
private hire plate attached because of a successful application for
exemption.
From the 1st January 2008, all limousine companies, that were not
previously licensed to offer limousines for hire or reward, will have to
be licensed. As with all licensed limousine hire operators, Cars for
Stars is open to regular checks and scrutiny by the local authorities,
the chauffeur driven cars and limousines offered for hire are also
subjected to stringent and regular checks. All chauffeur’s have to pass
a medical and criminal records bureau check before they can be Licensed.
Cars for Stars offers a package for Royal Ascot which includes an open
sided marquee, tables and chairs.