Reading to Brighton Centre taxi and Brighton Centre to Reading after the event, fixed fare from £182 each way

Reading to Brighton Centre and back: fixed fares

The Reading to Brighton Centre journey is regular event work for us, day and night. A saloon from Reading to Brighton Centre is a fixed fare from £182 each way, about 65 miles and 1.6-2.4 hrs door to door. Book the return with it and the pair is priced at 1.8 times a single, from £328, with the driver waiting at the agreed meeting point after conferences and concerts. An 8-seater for a group is from £264, 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 Reading, drop-off at Brighton Centre

Pick-up is at your door anywhere in Reading or the Berkshire towns and villages around it, with the driver named the day before and a text when the car is outside. At Brighton Centre we drop at the official drop-off point, or the meeting corner we agree for conferences and concerts when the roads around the venue are closed.

The drive is about 65 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.

Brighton Centre to Reading: the journey home

Brighton Centre to Reading 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 conferences and concerts, however late it runs; the driver takes you back to your door in Reading. Waiting time is included in the return price and the fare does not change for the finish time.

Event days at Brighton Centre

For conferences and concerts 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 Reading 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.