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You have the client. You need a Seattle operator who answers the phone in February.
Destination management companies, receptive operators, advisors and conference planners all buy the same thing here: vehicles and hours, on a date, from someone who will still be reachable when the programme changes. We run our own fleet and our own dispatch, so the answer you get is the answer.
Overflow you can actually reach
Most local operators run one minibus. We run a fleet off one board, which is why we are useful on the day your first choice cannot cover the second vehicle.
Your rate, held on the account
An agreed trade rate is stored against your account and applied automatically, so nobody re-negotiates on every booking and no coordinator has to remember what was agreed.
One invoice, not twelve receipts
Movements across a programme bill together. Reference numbers come back on the invoice in the shape you need them.
Who this is for
- ✓Destination management — meeting and incentive ground, hourly vehicles across a programme
- ✓Receptive and inbound operators — international groups needing a local ground partner
- ✓Travel advisors — private days and cruise-day programmes for your own clients
- ✓Conference and event planners — repeat runs on a fixed timetable
- ✓Wedding planners — see the weddings page
Vendor onboarding
Most trade buyers need paperwork before a first booking: the legal entity, the insurance position, fleet capacities and terms. It is all on one page — operator credentials — kept on our transfer brand because both brands are the same company, the same fleet and the same policy.
Trade rates are agreed per account rather than published, because the right number depends on volume and lead time. Tell us roughly what a year looks like and we will put a figure in writing.
How it works
Book it once by hand, then stop thinking about it.
First movement goes through the enquiry form or the phone. Once the account is open you get a direct dispatch line, an agreed rate held against the account, and invoicing on terms. Point-to-point airport and pier transfers run on our transfer brand at shuttleseattle.com — same fleet, same desk, one relationship.