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Obama Presidential Motorcade Pays London Congestion Charge Like Everyone Else
Yet another presidential limousine story in the news this month! The city of London, England took a radical step some years ago to combat traffic congestion that paralyzed traffic throughout the city: it began imposing a congestion charge on all vehicles entering the city, and the plan has mostly worked. Traffic in the city is down overall, and people living there can get around with much greater ease since the plan was enacted. As President Obama found out recently, no one is exempt from paying the charge to enter the city, not even presidential motorcades. Each limousine in the President’s fleet was ordered to pay the charge, but administration officials refused, saying that diplomats should be excused from paying the charges.
Arsonist on Trial Demands Limo Ride for Witnesses
A Detroit, Michigan man facing arson charges in connection with a fire that injured seven Detroit firefighters has demanded that the government pay for a limousine service to transport ten witnesses to his trail in Ann Arbor. Calvin Jones, a self-employed auto mechanic, is scheduled to stand trial on June 28 for his alleged role in helping to set a fire that gutted a department store and led to injuries that paralyzed one firefighter and seriously injured six more. Jones claims that the witnesses are poor and don’t own their own transportation, making it very difficult for them to attend the trial. He claims that the witnesses are crucially important for his defense and that renting a limo for them is the most cost-effective way to transport them to his trial.
CPUC Issues Report on Limousine Companies
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the state agency that oversees limousine services and other for-hire transportation companies, recently released its summary of enforcement actions against ground transportation companies for the first quarter of 2011. The CPUC enforces regulations, issues licenses and oversees around 5,000 limousine services in our state, including NLS Limo, the premier San Francisco limousine service.
Rent a Bay Area Limousine for Your Visit to the Bay Area
Planning a trip to the Bay Area? After strolling through Fisherman’s Wharf, riding the cable cars, eating something unrecognizable in Chinatown and engaging in other must-do touristy things, your feet will be asking for a bit of rest. With so many things to do and especially see in a brief period of time, how can you listen to your heart and your feet and still see it all? By renting a San Francisco limousine and letting your chauffeur drive you around, of course! At NLS Limo, it doesn’t cost a lot to rent a Bay Area limo for an evening or a day, and the rates can fit comfortably into any vacation budget.
Renting a San Francisco Limousine or Party Bus Costs Less Than You Think!
We often find that people are so conditioned to equate limousines and party buses with rock stars, movie stars, professional athletes, captains of industry and other well-to-do individuals that they think renting a Bay Area limo or party bus is unaffordable. The good news is that the opposite is true. The San Francisco limousine industry is quite competitive, and Bay Area limousine services like us have to constantly strive to keep costs as low as possible without sacrificing the quality of the services we provide. This competition works in your favor. If it’s been a while since you checked our rates or you think that you can’t afford a limo or party bus for your next special event, think again! Here are some samples of just how reasonable and affordable our rates are:
Michigan Teen Battling Cancer Receives Limo Ride and Shopping Spree
This is the type of limousine story everyone can understand and endorse. A 14-year-old Michigan boy who has spent the last year undergoing chemotherapy for a rare type of cancer recently received a shopping spree and limousine ride courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan. Joey Bouffard is fighting a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing’s sarcoma, which affects young children and teenagers. Joey was nominated for the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s limo ride and shopping spree by his doctors at the University of Michigan.
Historic Rolls Royce Limousines for Sale
A pair of Rolls-Royce limousines commissioned by Harrods, the world-famous department store, has been scheduled for sale on the auction block. If the reserve prices are met or surpassed, the limos will be sold in Bonhams’ Paris sale of Motor Cars at the Grand Palais on February 5, 2011. Harrods bought one of the Rolls-Royce limousines, a 1963 Rolls-Royce Phantom V once owned by Edward, Duke of Kent, at an auction in 1996. Harrods had the limo completely refurbished inside and out with the store’s trademark color, Harrods Green. This Rolls is expected to sell for between $190,000 to $250,000 US.
Custom Limousine Earns World Record as Heaviest Limo
Guinness has certified a custom limo weighing 22.7 tons and measuring 70 feet long and 13 feet high as the world’s heaviest limousine. The Midnight Rider is classified and licensed as a limousine by the state of California and features five TVs, a full bar and three lounges. Don’t look for us to add this megalimo to our fleet of San Francisco limousines in the near future. A Southern California couple owns it and rents it out for the princely sum of $1,050 per hour. That price may sound steep, and it is, but the Midnight Rider comes with a crew of five, including two chauffeurs, a bartender, a hostess and an operations specialist.
Transplant Recipient Celebrates 13th Birthday With Pink Limousine Ride
A 13-year-old liver transplant recipient celebrated her birthday in a very special way recently by riding in a pink limousine with close friends and family members. Eden Darcy was born with biliary artesia, a condition in which the liver’s bile ducts are blocked, impairing the function of the liver. The young lady and her family have struggled with the disease since her diagnosis five weeks after she was born. She received a new liver in August 2005, but complications made the following weeks, months and years very difficult. Her body rejected the transplanted liver three times, requiring constant monitoring and a regimen of anti-rejection medication. In addition, she has experienced many side effects from the medication.
Luxury Transportation Even Outside the Bay Area
Many of our clients tell us that they wish limousine services in other cities across the country had the same standards for professionalism, cleanliness, punctuality and reliability that we do. We’re very happy to tell them that there are limousine services like us in other cities to help them with their business travel. What is more, we can make all the arrangements, and they can rely on us to ensure that their limo experiences elsewhere will be as professional as the San Francisco limousine service that they enjoy here at home.
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