Terms & Conditions/ Policies & Procedures

UPDATED February 2025   www.ChiefChicagoLimo.com   UPDATED February 2025 
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If you disagree with the following policies, terms and conditions, please let us know so we cancel your reservation within the free-of-charge time frame! Better for us, better for you!!!
To Start with,
Check your trip details for errors. Pickups with wrong flight numbers, addresses, dates, times will cost you.
Make sure that the phone number given in the booking is active on the day of your pickup!!! If you will not have a working cell number, add Meet And Greet, or cancel your trip with us and book with another company.
If you are booking for someone else, put the passenger’s name and cell number. Never give us landlines.
Do not book one vehicle for passengers arriving on different flights!
Pick up times at the airports will be the flight`s actual arrival time!!! If you put pick up time different than the flight`s arrival time, we will ignore that.
Pick up at the airports without the flight`s number will not be executed.
Vehicles cannot be loaded beyond seating capacity. No luggage (except backpacks or laptop bags) allowed in the seating area of the vehicles.
We DO NOT enter clients’ homes.
Long Distance trips which take longer than usual to complete will be charged extra at the hourly rate for the booked vehicle. For example: an SUV from ORD to Indianapolis usually takes 3hrs 15mnts. The SUV hourly rate is $145 per hour. If your trip takes longer, a prorated portion of the $145 will added to your bill.
In Bad weather like ice, snow, hail, strong winds, etc., if you have booked Sedan, we will switch it to SUV and its rate. If conditions are severe and not safe to drive, we will cancel your ride.
1. Pick up Instructions
Airports Curbside:  Driver will text you as soon as you land. Respond right away to the texts and closely follow chauffeur’s instructions. On slow days, it takes the vehicle 10-12 minutes to arrive. On busy days- over 20. Be patient please!!! If anyone is at fault-it’s O’Hare!
Airports Meet And Greet:
Domestic flights– Greeter will be at the baggage claim carousel assigned to your flight with your name on a sign/IPAD/cellphone screen. He/she will text you as soon as you land. Respond right away to the texts and closely follow the instructions
Greeter gets in 5-10 minutes after your plane lands. Parking cost/ luggage cart will be added extra.
International flights– Greeter will be at the information desk with your name on a sign/IPAD/cellphone screen. Information Desk is in the middle of the terminal across THE NUTS ON CLARK STORE. He/she will text you as soon as you land. Respond right away to the texts and closely follow the instructions.
Greeter gets in 30-40 minutes after your plane lands, unless you tell us that you have special/quick clearance (Global Entry). Parking cost/ luggage cart will be added extra.
Non-Airport pick ups: Driver will text you one hour before your pick up that he/she is on the way, and once again when on location. Respond timely to your chauffeur’s texts.
* If you don’t receive a text from the driver within 10 minutes after landing- something is wrong. It happened a few times at ORD for unknown reasons. In this case, contact me right away at 847-454-4183. Your car is there, don’t go anywhere! Same for non-airport pickups- if you don’t get a text from driver let’s say 50 minutes before scheduled time- contact me right away.
2. Delayed/Diverted/Missed/ Switched/Cancelled Flights
* Try to use a credit card which has travel disruption benefits or inquire with your airline to cover the extra cost of your car service caused by them.
* Flights changes can move your pickup in the 11pm-4:59am zone. Rates are higher within that timeframe.
Delayed Arrival Flights- Many companies will cancel your ride if your flight is delayed. We will keep it and adjust. When you arrive from a delayed flight, you might experience a bit longer wait for your car to arrive.
Delayed Departure Flights- You are getting ready to be picked up by us and go to the airport, but you receive a notification that your flight is delayed. Or you just woke up and saw the message from the airline.
If I am your driver, I will swallow it and will do my best to accommodate you at no charge. However, if you have another chauffeur assigned to your ride, cannot do much about it. Please understand why if your driver is on the way, you cannot push back the time of your pick up. Your only options are- leave at the scheduled pick up time and wait at the airport, keep the car hourly by your house or pay for the initially booked ride and reserve another one for later. It’s not your fault, but it’s not ours either and driver needs to get paid! If you don’t pay, I have to pay out of my pocket for the late canceled ride.
Diverted Flights- Your flight may get diverted to another airport due to medical emergency or mechanical issue. Bad weather can divert your flight even when you are just about to land. We track and adjust. However, if your diverted flight gets cancelled or rescheduled for the next day, we will charge you half for that trip and will book you another car if needed. We do that due to locking the car and driver for hours. If your flight gets recovered and you still land, you might experience a bit longer wait for your car to arrive.
Missed Flights/Switched Flights- It happens. We assign a driver when your plane departs. If you let us know before your plane has already departed, we will not charge you. If you do not- we will charge you 100% No Show.
Cancelled Arrival Flights- No charge.
3Waiting time: * STRICTLY ENFORCED
*Adding waiting time will bump up some other fees like the gratuity, operational, fuel, dispatch fees. That will also increase your total due.

Airports : Domestic flights have 60 minutes included waiting time , International flights have 90 minutes included waiting time. Included waiting time starts after plane’s actual arrival at gate.

If we don’t hear from you within the included waiting time, driver will be released, a No Show considered, and you will be charged 100%.

If you are running late due to Customs or delayed luggage, let us know within the included waiting time and driver will wait for you as long as needed but 1hr of service for the respected vehicle will be added to your bill ($120 for sedans, $145 for SUVs, $240 for stretch, $280 for Sprinter). In case you also have a Greeter, $100 extra will be added. If you don’t agree to the extra charges, we will count that as Late Cancel from your side, driver will be released, and you will be charged 100%.
Non-Airports: you have 10 minutes included waiting time.  If we don’t hear from you within the included waiting time, driver will be released, a No Show considered and you will be charged 100%.
If you are running late, let us know during the included waiting time and driver will wait for you as long as needed but 1hr of service for the respected vehicle will be added to your bill ($120 for sedans, $145 for SUVs, $240 for stretch, $280 for Sprinter). If you don’t agree to the extra charges, we will count that as Late Cancel from your side, driver will be released and you will be charged 100%.
*Waiting Time policy explained: 
*For you might be just 10 minutes, but for us is way more.
The price you got is calculated up to the free included waiting time. Based on that, that’s how the drivers’ schedules are made. We chase rides. Drivers has other trips after yours. Sometimes trips are back-to-back. We arrive on time, and we expect the same from you. We need to help each other here.
We even arrive 10 minutes earlier to give you enough time to get ready, load the luggage and be in the car at the scheduled pick-up time. For example, for a $100- 5am pick up, driver wakes up at 3:30am, gets ready and arrives on location at 4:50am. You basically have 20 minutes to get into the car. If you come out at 5:20am, and the drive time is 30 minutes, that $100 trip will take close to 2.5 hours. On top of that, driver will miss the next run. Hope I threw some light on that, often problematic part of the car service.
What would happen if we showed up late?  You will get stressed you will miss your flight or appointment. Get embarrassed in front of your peers. I have to give you a discount or a free ride. We will ruin your day. Same thing will happen to us if you show up late. It will affect us the same way. If you are not ready within the included free waiting time, driver will be late for the next trip and miss earnings, we might need to pay extra to cover the next ride, or worst-case scenario- lose the client. Stress, headaches, health issues…
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4. Cancellation/Modification Policy– all requests must be done via email
I will do my best to accommodate your request, but you still need to be aware of the company’s policy. Especially for the stretches, vans and buses. These are large and specific vehicles which will be impossible to book if you cancel your trip past a certain timeframe. For example, you book a van. In order to keep it for you, we reject other bookings for that day and time.
Cancellations:
Airport transfers and Point-to-point trips in Sedans and SUVs cancelled in less than 4 hours before the pickup time will result in 100% charge.
Hourly Service, Executive Protection and all Stretches and Vans trips cancelled in less than 72 hours before the pickup time will result in 100% charge.
Buses cancelled in less than a week before the pickup time will result in 100%
*Out of state/ Long distance trips cancelled in less than 8 hours on top of the duration of the ride will result in 100% charge. For example, the cancellation policy for an ORD to Indianapolis trip will be around 12 hours while for ORD to New York- 23 hours.
Modifications:
We are usually very flexible and will do our best, but just so you know we may not accommodate your request, especially if it’s a last minute one, same-day change or when a chauffeur has been assigned to your trip.
Some examples: Your driver is on the way, and you decide to change your pickup time from 6:30am to 7am. Or your departure flight, as explained in point 2, is getting delayed with 1 hour and you need the car later. Often dinners take longer than expected.
You have two options. One is- driver still arrives as initially scheduled and we add the extra waiting time. Second- pay for the initially booked ride and reserve another one for later. Thank you for the understanding.
5. Extras
Some of the extras you might need to pay, if your trip does not go as initially booked. Extras not mentioned here, will be charged on the go.
*Adding extras will bump up some other fees like the gratuity, operational, fuel, dispatch fees. That will also increase your total due.
Extra stop: $20 extra and is only within a mile from the route!!! More than a mile, multiple stops or a stop with wait, will be charged at least $50 or Hourly. We have the right to refuse a last-minute change of route request if vehicle has back-to-back trips.
Forgot something and you need to go back get it: Returning to the place you were picked up from may cost you a whole another trip.
Holidays and Sundays: extra $50 and $20 respectively. Holidays are July 4th, Easter, Xmas Eve/Day, NY Eve/Day.
Parking and luggage carts, if such, will be added to your rate.
Short Notice Bookings: extra $30. Short Notice Bookings are same day/next day bookings placed after 9pm CST.
Tolls: Charge both ways as per Google Maps or Toll Guru.
Skyway Toll is extra $40 each way.
Requesting a specific driver or a vehicle will add at least $100 to your bill.
Cleaning fees: do your best not to go there because the vehicle will be out of service. In addition to that most of the seats are perforated which makes it harder to clean. Detail car washes start from $400 at Waterway, cannot be booked same day, plus we charge hundreds per hour when vehicle is out of service. Depending on the damage, it can cost you hundreds, thousands.
6. Food, Drinks & Smoking
Chief Chicago Limo is not a bar or a restaurant. Think of our car like a car which will be used by someone else after you are dropped off. That same car will drive you for years ahead. Drivers work hard enough to maintain pristine vehicles. Their duty is to wipe the floor mats after every ride, refresh the leather, clean the windows, often wash and dry cars a couple of times a day. If they have to clean extra mess, it will be for extra money. Spillages, crumbs, vomit will be charged starting mid hundreds. If the driver misses next rides, bill can go up to thousands! It may also be your last ride.
Food
We know how busy you are, and we understand you have to eat. Respect our cars please! Get something that is not greasy, does not crumble and is easy to eat and preserve our spotless vehicles.
Parents- feed your kids at home. Besides messing up the vehicle, your child might choke while the car is moving, get seriously injured or die with a spoon in the throat if we crash.
Drinks
Alcohol is illegal (open bottle law) in all sedans and SUVs. You can only consume alcohol in stretches and VANs with divider between the passengers and the driver. If that’s the case, the driver will make sure that all clients are 21+.
Feel free to bring your favorite soda, juice, etc. Make sure you do not spill. Leave your cup at home if it has no lid. Bottles are better for us than cans.
Smoking
DO NOT even ask!!! Not even vapors! Driver will discharge you right away. If you are such a big shot- pay the balance of the car, throw in another $2000 tip, drive it and do whatever you want to do in it.
7. Pets 
*Only SUVs for pet transportation. Put in the notes that you will be bringing a pet, so we send you a pet friendly driver. If you don’t let us know, your driver (if scared, not comfortable or allergic to pets) has the right to NOT give you a ride.
We love pets! But we love our cars more. That’s why, all pets must be in carriers or make sure you bring NEW WeatherTech pet seat cover/ seat protector for the respective model we will send you. In addition to that, bring a blanket to cover the floor area as well. Must be painful for you but here is why we require that:
Every pet leaves a smell and sheds. What if the next rider is allergic to pets? We cannot allow a client to get inside the vehicle and mess up his expensive clothing. Upholstery is expensive too. Very expensive actually considering the time the vehicle will be out of jobs. It’s not easy to clean and air a vehicle after pet transportation and damages may go up to thousands.
8. Kids
Unfortunately, because of certain situations last year, I had to include KIDS in your confirmation.
Do not embarrass yourself as a parent letting your kids jump or step on the seats with their dirty shoes from outside. Do not let them kick the front seats, especially the driver’s one. Your chauffeur may stop till your child calms down. Same if kids scream or fight. Make sure they do not bite the leather in the cars, spill drinks or leave crumbs behind. Feed your kids at home, not in the car. Cleaning fees are expensive as explained above, and that might be your last ride with us.
If you bring a child seat with you, wait for the driver to put a towel underneath it.
9. Lost & Found
Make sure you have all your belongings before you exit the vehicle. Items left in the vehicle will be shipped to you at your expense.  If it’s an item you cannot live without, driver will turn around and give it to you, but you will be charged extra depending on the distance and next scheduled trips.
We have the right to terminate a run without a refund if client throws objects through the windows, harasses other drivers or pedestrians, changes route to enter high crime areas, does not follow our policy and terms and conditions, asks to violate traffic rules and speeding limits, or simply if client makes our chauffeur feel uncomfortable.  Religion, politics, sex, race are taboo subjects for both clients and chauffeurs. Do not go there- ride may end.
Randomly, we can request documents for credit card verification checks. If you do not submit these, don’t be surprised when your car does not show up.
Thank you!
Prabu Inc/ www.ChiefChicagoLimo.com
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