Reading to Portman Road taxi and Portman Road to Reading after the event, fixed fare from £286 each way

Reading to Portman Road and back: fixed fares

The Reading to Portman Road journey is regular event work for us, day and night. A saloon from Reading to Portman Road is a fixed fare from £286 each way, about 115 miles and 2.8-3.9 hrs door to door. Book the return with it and the pair is priced at 1.8 times a single, from £515, with the driver waiting at the agreed meeting point after Ipswich Town match days. An 8-seater for a group is from £415, 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 Portman Road

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 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.

Allow 2.8-3.9 hrs for the 115-mile drive, more on the day of a big fixture. For a fixed start time we build in a buffer and confirm the pick-up time with you.

Portman Road to Reading: the journey home

Portman Road 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 Ipswich Town match days, 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 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 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.