Stay Home, Protect NHS, Save Lives

April 22, 2020 by David Barnes in customer care, Executive Travel, family business, Wedding cars

As we are sure you are all aware, we are unable to provide our chauffeur services currently as it is sadly impossible for us to observe the social distancing rules. Life is certainly very different to what it was at the beginning of the year!

What have we been doing?

Over the last month we have had numerous DIY projects ticked off the to-do list; finished building the greenhouse, hung the driveway gates (this means Clover, our dog, is able to roam freely in the garden safely kept away from the road), started growing fruits, vegetables and mountains of salad - although they are all rather small seeds at the moment. The garage is now fully organised and Dave has started to give our big cats a deep polish and wax.

Next up for us, is to start repairing our walls and decorating inside following the rewire that we had done earlier in the year.

**Clover has loved 'helping' us dig new borders - here she is making the potato bed!**

The government's help for small businesses sadly doesn't include us, so as we have no income coming in, Dave has had to diversify and recently started delivering parcels for Hermes. This was just a trial and we have found that using our big cat for this wasn't financially viable and too much risk to her, so we have decided to put the breaks on that idea for now.

**It was amazing how many parcels fo varying sizes and weights that could be fit into the car, even though the back seats were down. All the leathers were protected of course!**

Dave has been applying for numerous temporary jobs - supermarket delivery driver, keyworker positions and more to help tide us over until we can get back to normal. Hannah has also applied for lots of jobs, she is hoping to start a career in the care sector. Once the business is up and running again, she'll be able to keep working part time in our business.

How have you been coping with the huge change in circumstances? Have you had to diversify in ways you never imagined? Are you getting to catch up on the to-do list?

We'd love to hear from you. In the meantime, we hope you are staying well and coping during this social distancing period.

To discuss any questions you may have about travelling when we are permitted to, after the virus passes, get in touch now by:

📞 07850 100 859

📧 dave@dbexecutivetravel.net

#StayHomeSaveLives

Safety Guaranteed - Really?

January 28, 2019 by David Barnes in customer care, Executive Travel, family business, Wedding cars

I became an executive chauffeur following the poor experiences I had in the past when I was travelling in the back of cars with other people driving, during my previous career in corporate.

This propelled me to offer a very different way of travelling where we actually guarantee that

From Here to Gold and Beyond!

December 21, 2018 by David Barnes in Executive Travel, family business, Wedding cars

So here we are at the end of 2018 and about to embark on another year.

I am amazed at how quickly this year has just flown by, and to think I can almost say that I have been self employed for 2 years is just incredible. But to achieve this and to be still growing is evident from the past 12 months, I am very thankful to all our clients whether they

So, What's in the Masters?

November 02, 2018 by David Barnes in customer care, Executive Travel, family business, Wedding cars

After the good feedback received from my previous article on POWDERY checks I thought I would make public the 27 check points that examiners use to judge the skill of an advanced driver when they take the Masters driving test with IAM Roadsmart.

I realise doing this could make me vulnerable, but it does provide an insight into the testing involved should anyone be interested in improving their own driving skills to make them a safer and more observant driver.

From Irresponsible "Boy Racer" to Professional Chauffeur

August 24, 2018 by David Barnes in customer care, Executive Travel, family business, Wedding cars

During my travels and I am sure you all do, I notice varying skills of driving. It sometimes still shocks me at how some people can be when they squeeze their car into gaps when travelling at often excessive speeds even over and above the speed limit.

We have seen on YouTube

Help, I'm lost, do your magic!

March 30, 2018 by David Barnes in customer care, Executive Travel, family business, Wedding cars, mobile technology

One of the most essential pieces of information given me for every single job is the full postal address including post code, of where I am to collect my clients.

Many years ago, in the days when

Confessions of an Executive Chauffeur

December 15, 2017 by David Barnes in customer care, Executive Travel, family business, mobile technology, Wedding cars

Finally, the plane has landed after a delayed turbulent flight, lasting over 7 hours. My executives all too often experience uncomfortable seating with cabin noise levels and poor quality food that make it hard to

Airport Transfer Mode - part 1

September 29, 2017 by David Barnes in customer care, Executive Travel, family business, mobile technology

One of my most frequent type of trips is to either pick up or take to an airport. Whilst to some this may be thought of just jumping in a car and going to pick up and take to the airport, I thought I would describe a typical run in the way we do this as DB Executive Travel. I hope you find this interesting and provides an insight into the detail.

Before any job whether wedding

Washing Day Again!

August 04, 2017 by David Barnes in customer care, Wedding cars, family business, Executive Travel

I mentioned at the end of last week’s blog since our family holidays in our blue S Type, that she has been given a deep clean and now that she is only used for weddings. This leads me to answer what many have asked me since we turned professional - how often do you clean your cars as they are always pristine?

Well, to state the obvious, they do get