What arrangements should you make for pick-up at the airport?

When you're thinking of availing a pickup service at the airport once you reach your destination, you must be very careful from safety point of view.

You must follow certain tips for this

First and foremost, you must be quite strict in selecting the pick-up service for you. Here are some ways to ensure that the pick-up service chosen by you is genuine and reliable. It's important that you carry out proper research thoroughly on the service provider you are selecting. It's a matter of your safety in a different city or town. You must be sure that the service provider you're choosing is reliable. For this, you may contact the local people through the online forums. You can even call the service providers directly and ask for their proven track records.

Have a bit of conversation with them to understand how much authenticated they are. And, don't just stick to only one service provider. Talk to at least 2 to 3 of them. Also, take reviews from the people, who have already availed their services. You can contact them online or over phone. Try to understand how much these service providers are dedicated to their work and service. You will be traveling from so much distance and you definitely expect a hassle free pickup at the airport, right?

Also, if you're willing to have a warm welcome with a wonderful greeting right at the point of the pick-up, you must ensure that the service providers arrange for a warm and professional welcome at the gate right when you arrive. Greeting with a bouquet of flowers and providing a personal escort till the destination of your drop may also be arranged, if required. However, for availing these services, you must talk to the service providers directly and in detail. You may have to pay some extra bucks for these additional services.

To ensure a peaceful and safe pickup, you need to provide certain pieces of information to the service providers. Once you have chosen the company for your pick-up, provide the following information to them. 

Full Name
Well, this is the most important information to be provided to the pick-up service provider. Remember, just the first name won't do. Your service provider may get confused since there may be some other person as well with the same First Name as that of yours. So, provide the Full Name as mentioned in your ticket to ensure that there is no unnecessary misunderstandings when you arrive.

Departure Details
This is another information, which must be provided from your end to the service providers of the airport pick-up. The departure details include the date of your original departure, the city of your original departure and the airport of your original departure. If asked for, you need to provide the details of the connecting cities as well. This is taken to track you journey while you're traveling. The service providers make sure that they reach the airport right on time. They use this information to check whether the flight is running late. These help them to deliver their service properly and accurately.

Flight Details
The next information that needs to be provided is the details of the flight through which you're traveling, the airline and the flight number. The service providers take a note of these to carry out their duty properly.

Arrival Details
Once you're done with providing all the information about your full name, departure and flight, you need to provide the arrival details to the service provider of pick up. He needs to know the exact arrival date and the arrival time of yours so that he ensures a smooth pick-up. Also, you need to provide the exact arrival terminal gate number, if possible to him. It's your duty to provide your arrival details correctly to the pick-up service provider.

Drop Location
Lastly, you must provide your drop location to the  pickup service provider. If you need any booking or reservation in any hotel in your dropping destination, you may ask them for assistance. Or, if you're about to avail any other train or bus or cab right after, you may ask them to book the tickets for you.

Last but not the least, you must inform them about any change in your schedule to ensure that you enjoy a comfortable and hassle free pick-up altogether.

These are mandatory to ensure that the pick-up service providers are right on time and they can deliver their service properly.