Cheltenham to Portman Road taxi and Portman Road to Cheltenham after the event, fixed fare from £377 each way

Cheltenham to Portman Road and back: fixed fares

Rushxo covers Cheltenham to Portman Road for every fixture and festival, in both directions. A saloon from Cheltenham to Portman Road is a fixed fare from £377 each way, about 158 miles and 3.7-5.3 hrs door to door. Book the return with it and the pair is priced at 1.8 times a single, from £679, with the driver waiting at the agreed meeting point after Ipswich Town match days. An 8-seater for a group is from £547, executive cars on request.

Fares are per car, agreed at booking, and include tolls and any London charges where they apply. No meter, no surge, the same price after the last encore.

Pick-up in Cheltenham, drop-off at Portman Road

Pick-up is at your door anywhere in Cheltenham or the Gloucestershire towns and villages around it, with the driver named the day before and a text when the car is outside. At Portman Road we drop at the official drop-off point, or the meeting corner we agree for Ipswich Town match days when the roads around the venue are closed.

The drive is about 158 miles; the driver checks closures and event-day traffic orders and picks the fastest route on the day, so the time above already allows for normal traffic.

Portman Road to Cheltenham: the journey home

Portman Road to Cheltenham is the same fixed fare as the outbound leg. Book both legs together and the driver waits at the agreed meeting point at the end of Ipswich Town match days, however late it runs; the driver takes you back to your door in Cheltenham. Waiting time is included in the return price and the fare does not change for the finish time.

Event days at Portman Road

For Ipswich Town match days we plan around the venue, not the postcode: the drop-off point that is actually open, the corner we meet on afterwards, and a departure time that beats the car-park queue. An 8-seater takes the whole group from Cheltenham for little more than two saloons, and a wait-and-return price keeps the same driver on site for the day. Late finishes are normal for us; the fare is the same at 1am.