Thanks to everyone who was so patient with me while we went to the Limo convention in Vegas last week.

Whisking is one of the things we do really well! And I’m not talking about Paula Dean whisking either.

I’m sure you’ve heard on the news that some celebrity was ‘whisked’ away from a red carpet event or fired by Donald Trump. Or that a crooked politician was ‘whisked’ away from the courthouse.

Hopefully you’ll never have the troubles of a celebrity or indicted co-conspirator, but you can certainly be whisked!

We whisk by being right outside the door when you exit the steakhouse, the RBC center or DPAC. We have your destination already plugged into the GPS and we know the quickest way to get away from the throngs of people trudging to the parking lot.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the end of the game! You’ll still be on your way home before the people that leave early get to their car.

There is something iconic about the black Lincoln Town Car. It is synonymous with luxury and is probably one of the most recognizable cars on the road when the rest of the cars on the road are like indistinguishable jelly beans.

Thanks to TV and movies, the Town Car has a place in people’s minds as the car dislodging the rich and famous on the Red Carpet, on the tarmac next to the private jet waiting for the captains of industry and delivering the beautiful people to exclusive night clubs.

That impression in people’s minds tends to work magic for the Town Car. When I need to change lanes, a gap will suddenly open. A space will suddenly open in front of whatever venue I need to stop at and deliver my clients.

Perhaps other drivers are hoping to gain a glimpse of whatever luminary I have in the back seat.

As the sun sets, I've noticed another phenomenon; people will clear out of the passing lane as I pull up behind them. I suspect this is due to the fact that the Town Car shares the same silhouette as another iconic vehicle, the Ford Crown Victoria.  The Crown Vic was the first choice by many community police departments and I think many drivers have that shape programmed in their subconscious and are more than willing to let them pass.

The reasons people have for using my Town Car service are as varied as my clients.

For some it's the luxury. For some it’s just the convenience. For some it’s actually a cost saving over long term parking when a trip lasts more than a few days. Some have been inconvenienced by cabs and shuttles arriving late for the pickup.

I have one client with 4 pre-school children, for whom the idea of his wife getting up at 3 AM and loading all the kids in the van for the RDU trip would be a nightmare. 

Another client had his paint job ruined by a car dripping 'something' from the deck above.

A lot of my clients will schedule the 4:30 AM pickup, but not the return a few nights later. I asked one about it. She told me she had plenty of friends that would pick her up at 7:00 PM, but none that would take her to the airport at 4:30 AM.

I see a lot of people at RDU waiting for the blue shuttle vans, and waiting, and waiting. I worry about them.

Once you’re in the blue van, if there are other passengers, you can expect to visit a variety of hotels and lots of different residential neighborhoods.

The sad thing is, their fare is only a bit cheaper than what I charge. And the dirty little secret is, they charge by the passenger, while we charge by the trip. So if you’re traveling with a companion, the combined fares of both passengers is a lot more than what I would charge to take you both directly home in a nice comfortable Town Car.

Many times when I am picking up a client at 4:30 AM the passenger will apologize to me for getting me up so early.

I tell them not to apologize because that is what we do! Picking up passengers at 4:30 AM fulfills our business model of providing reliable transportation at all hours of the day and night.

Getting up at 3:00 AM is something one can get used to, like so many things in life. I personally enjoy driving in the wee hours of the morning. No traffic jams!

By the way, when you ask for a 4:30 AM pickup, we are usually in your driveway at 4:15!

Last weekend we had a very nice celebrity in the Town Car. We had the honor of transporting Melissa Manchester while she was in town for an appearance at the Holly Springs Cultural Center.

We must be getting old because we learned that no one under the age of 50 had a clue to who she was. For my younger readers, Melissa is a contemporary adult pop artist best known in the late 70s to early 80s for "Midnight Blue" and "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" for which she won a Grammy.

We attended the show and she sounded great, if anything, her voice is better now than it was back in the day.

Flying today can be a frustrating experience. You wait at the ticket counter, you wait at security, and you wait for your flight. There is way too much waiting in air travel.

I believe that anything we can do to help reduce waiting for you is a good thing. Rather than waiting in the cab line, waiting for the shuttle or waiting for the Park & Ride bus, we’ll be there waiting for you.

Waiting is what we do. Rather than you waiting for transportation, we wait for you. We monitor your flight for not just delays, but early arrivals. We strive to be there at the curb, holding the door when you arrive.

RDU has made this a bit more of a challenge lately, with most of the airlines now at the bright, shiny, new Terminal 2, the pace of traffic there has picked up quite a bit. The traffic patrol will only let us stay at the curb for 3-5 minutes. That’s why we initiate contact with you when you land and ask you to call or text us once you have your bags. At that point we bring the car from the ‘limo lot’ around to Zone 16 where we'll be waiting for you.