Fixed airport taxi fares for Deal addresses, quoted before you pay

The booking form asks for the street and house number or the postcode, the airport and terminal, when you fly, and how many people and big suitcases are coming. Pick a car with room for them. Saloon and executive cars take four people, with two large cases in the saloon and two or three in the executive; the estate has space for three or four large cases; the MPV seats six and swallows four cases or more.

You can pay online by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna or Revolut, and typing ExpressTravelKent in the discount box reduces the fare by 10%. Prefer to talk it through? Call 01843 247247, send a WhatsApp message to +44 7783 973058 or email booking@expresstravelkent.co.uk.

Nothing in the car is counting. Slow traffic, roadworks, a detour, an hour before dawn, a Sunday or a bank holiday all leave the confirmed fare where it was, and so do the summer weeks when Operation Brock narrows the M20.

Four things can be added to it: time spent waiting after the free period ends, at the waiting rate you are given when booking or on request; a stop that was not booked; a large change of route asked for once you are under way; and car parking fees or tolls on the journey where they apply, the Dartford Crossing or the Blackwall Tunnel for example.

Plans change. Cancel with more than a day to spare and it costs nothing; inside 24 hours up to half the fare may be due, rising to the whole fare when fewer than 6 hours remain or the car is already on its way.

Kingsdown, Ringwould, Ripple, Great Mongeham, Sholden, Northbourne, Betteshanger, Martin Mill and St Margaret's at Cliffe each get a quote for the exact address typed in rather than a zone price.

Deal, Walmer and Martin Mill stations and the Royal Cinque Ports clubhouse on Golf Road can all go in as the pickup point. For a house in the Middle Street conservation area or a flat on Beach Street, a short note about access lets the meeting point be agreed with you before the day.

Gatwick's North and South Terminals are joined by a free shuttle that takes a few minutes, and Heathrow flights leave from Terminals 2, 3, 4 and 5. Enter the right one when you book.

Coming home, the flight is tracked so the driver is in the arrivals hall, name board in hand, when you actually land. Waiting is free for 45 minutes after an international flight and 30 after a domestic one. Gatwick directs private hire drivers to its Short Stay car parks for collections and Heathrow to its terminal parking, so the car is a short walk away. Ask for a child seat when booking if you need one.