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VIP Transportation in Dubai: What Discreet Really Means
What discreet VIP transportation in Dubai involves in practice: route planning, working with security teams, confidentiality and choosing the vehicles.
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"Discreet" appears on almost every chauffeur website in Dubai. For principals, families and delegations, it needs to mean something specific. This is what it means in practice when we plan a VIP movement.
Planning before the day
Routes are planned in advance, including drop-off points, alternative entrances and timings. For multi-car movements, convoy coordination is agreed beforehand, so every chauffeur knows their position, their stop and their timing.
Working to your protocol
Many principals travel with their own security detail. Chauffeurs are briefed to the standard your security team requires, and where needed we liaise with that team directly. We work to your protocol, not ours.
Confidentiality as standard
Non-disclosure is standard on VIP work. We do not discuss our passengers, where they went or who they met. Only vetted chauffeurs are assigned to VIP movements.
Choosing the vehicles
- The Mercedes-Maybach S 680, with acoustic privacy glass and reclining rear seats, for the principal.
- The Mercedes-Benz S-Class for senior staff and advisers.
- The Cadillac Escalade, which seats six, for family members or a security detail.
- The Mercedes-Benz V-Class, with conference seating for seven, for delegations who need to talk on the way.
A fixed price, settled in advance
Every movement is quoted in advance at a fixed price that includes the chauffeur, fuel and Salik tolls. There is nothing to settle at the kerb, which matters when the principal should simply step out of the car and go.
Around the clock
The reservations desk is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and changes made more than twelve hours ahead are free. VIP schedules change, and the plan should be able to change with them.
Arranging a movement
Share the dates, the number of vehicles and your security team's requirements. See VIP transportation for the full service.