<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979</id><updated>2009-07-16T15:28:51.606+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Chauffeur - A guide for chauffeurs and limousine drivers</title><subtitle type='html'>Chauffeur Car Hire - An online resource for chauffeur car hire and the art of chauffeuring in London and the UK. Focusing on executive travel, car hire, airport transfers, tours and chauffeur driven car rental.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/index.php'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/atom.xml'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-6970865536896969939</id><published>2007-05-02T10:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T17:29:22.227+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='millbrook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bentley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flying-spur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='continental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='test-drive'/><title type='text'>Bentley Continental Driving Experience</title><summary type='text'>
A Bentley Continental Test Drive
Driving a Bentley Continental on public roads can sometimes be a frustrating experience. It's not a fault of the car, it's just that the car is that good. The Continental GT and Flying Spur have the potential to drive at speeds that would put many aircraft to shame. Even at the national speed limit, the car is barely ticking over. This massive reserve of power </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/6970865536896969939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/6970865536896969939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2007/05/bentley-continental-driving-experience.html' title='Bentley Continental Driving Experience'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-115816574984445365</id><published>2006-09-13T16:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T10:31:10.206+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='driving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brands hatch'/><title type='text'>Smooth Driving Class</title><summary type='text'>
Learning to drive as smoothly as possible is an art that a good chauffeur will always want to practice. Driving a great car like a Bentley Continental Flying Spur does help keep things as slick as Kojak's hair cut, but how can one improve this skill?

Drive like a race car driver
Driving like a F1 driver, may not at first sound like a great idea for any chauffeur, but in actual fact, good racing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/115816574984445365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/115816574984445365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2006/09/smooth-driving-class.html' title='Smooth Driving Class'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-115771346802654650</id><published>2006-09-08T10:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T10:33:17.853+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bentley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='driving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='training'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chauffeur'/><title type='text'>Bentley Driver Training</title><summary type='text'>
Bentley Motors produce some of the finest cars in the world. Favoured by chauffeur car hire and limousine companies, for their prestige and luxury. The Bentley craftsmen and women of Crewe, England create wonderful wedding cars, luxury Grand Tourers and luxury limousines for well heeled clients. The latest addition to the Bentley range, the Bentley Continental Flying Spur is the fastest four </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/cars/bentley/' title='Bentley Driver Training'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/115771346802654650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/115771346802654650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2006/09/bentley-driver-training.html' title='Bentley Driver Training'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-114857071196588840</id><published>2006-05-25T15:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T16:35:15.456+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Chauffeur, Chauffer, or Showfer?</title><summary type='text'>
Chauffeur, Chauffer or Showfer - how do you spell it?
If you were looking for a luxury chauffeur car hire service, what would you type into the Google search query? Would you correctly type chauffeur? or would you spell it a little differently—chauffer or showfer? According to my dictionary a chauffeur is defined as:


ORIGIN late 19th cent.(in the general sense [motorist] ): from French, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/114857071196588840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/114857071196588840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2006/05/chauffeur-chauffer-or-showfer.html' title='Chauffeur, Chauffer, or Showfer?'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-112377279720811912</id><published>2005-06-11T15:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-11T15:04:55.893+01:00</updated><title type='text'>London Airport Transfers</title><summary type='text'>Chauffeur driven car hire at London's airports is an essential service for our clients. Having spent hours on board an airplane or their own private jet, our clients feel secure in the knowledge that one of our executive chauffeur cars will be there at the airport, along with their trusty and reliable chauffeur.Meet and Greet serviceOur meet and greet system at London's airports consists of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112377279720811912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112377279720811912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2005/06/london-airport-transfers.html' title='London Airport Transfers'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-112377073330033126</id><published>2005-05-01T16:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-02T15:44:23.096Z</updated><title type='text'>Chauffeur Cars and Celebrities</title><summary type='text'>For some less experienced Chauffeurs, carrying a celebrity can be quite terrifying. Should they strike up a conversation or should they say nothing whilst chauffeuring through London with a star on the back-seat?Chauffeurs and Stars iChauffeur have driven some of the worlds most famous personalities, and our golden rule is that a chauffeur must win their trust over a period of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112377073330033126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112377073330033126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2005/05/chauffeur-cars-and-celebrities.html' title='Chauffeur Cars and Celebrities'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-112369934963672035</id><published>2005-04-18T16:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T15:07:28.571+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bentley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chauffeur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mercedes-benz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lexus'/><title type='text'>What is the best chauffeur car?</title><summary type='text'>Each of our chauffeurs have their own unique opinion on what they regard as the best chauffeur car for the job. Some prefer the elegant ride of the Bentley Arnage chauffeur car, and others like to drive the effortless S-Class Mercedes chauffeur car. Some say the Lexus 400 chauffeur car has the smoothest ride in the world. Whatever opinion's they hold on the tools of their trade, one thing we all </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112369934963672035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112369934963672035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2005/04/what-is-best-chauffeur-car.html' title='What is the best chauffeur car?'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-112369536275965406</id><published>2005-03-10T15:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-11-02T16:14:58.523Z</updated><title type='text'>Chauffeur Hire Etiquette</title><summary type='text'>"Etiquette for the Chauffeur" is a fascinating journey into the dawn of chauffeuring and the chauffeur car hire business. These rules of chauffeurs were first offered as the "Chauffeur's Blue Book" in 1906. This is a gem of a book offering such chauffeuring snippets as:"Your master's fun but your workDo not forget that though the car is your employer's hobby, or his sport, it is your business in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112369536275965406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112369536275965406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2005/03/chauffeur-hire-etiquette.html' title='Chauffeur Hire Etiquette'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-112369010082590589</id><published>2005-02-04T21:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-11-02T16:24:33.393Z</updated><title type='text'>Chauffeur Hire Business</title><summary type='text'>We have explored what is a chauffeur but what does it mean to be a professional chauffeur? Lord Montagu of Beaulieu once wrote "The profession of chauffeurs, linked as it was to the latest technological marvel, carried an air of glamour with it that was absent from other household posts...". This air of glamour is still present today in that a iChauffeur chauffeur could be driving a top of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112369010082590589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112369010082590589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2005/02/chauffeur-hire-business.html' title='Chauffeur Hire Business'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288979.post-112368150008242558</id><published>2005-01-31T14:44:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-10-13T15:29:36.736+01:00</updated><title type='text'>What is a chauffeur?</title><summary type='text'>A chauffeur (pronounced "show-fur") as defined by "The Chauffeur's Blue Book 1906", is:"A man who understands the mechanism, care, and driving of a motor car and who is paid to carry out the wishes and protect the interests of the owner in connection with it. A chauffeur, then, receives wages for his services, and is thus a servant."
Today's Chauffeur
At iChauffeur we understand that this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112368150008242558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15288979/posts/default/112368150008242558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/chauffeur/2005/01/what-is-chauffeur.html' title='What is a chauffeur?'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09528759609506567819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16796811575521884555'/></author></entry></feed>
