VIP Airport Meet and Greet Chicago | ORD & MDW Concierge

A VIP arriving at O'Hare or Midway should never be hunting for a rideshare on the curb in 95-degree August humidity or a January wind off Lake Michigan. Royal Carriage runs a VIP meet-and-greet at both Chicago airports: a uniformed greeter. Curbside pickup is included in the airport fare. A baggage-claim meet-and-greet with a name sign is a $90 add-on. luggage assistance from the carousel, and a chauffeured Black SUV or sedan pre-staged in a cleared pickup zone. You walk off the jet bridge and someone is already carrying your bag.

We've handled this exact arrival for a decade, executives flying into ORD Terminal 5 from London, wedding parties landing at Midway, principals coming off private jets at the Signature FBO. The greeter and chauffeur stay in direct phone contact the entire time, so a delayed carousel or a customs holdup never leaves your driver circling the arrivals ramp.

What VIP Meet-and-Greet Actually Includes

The difference between a standard airport pickup and a meet-and-greet is that a real person is inside the terminal before your wheels touch the tarmac. Here's what comes with it:

• Uniformed greeter. Curbside pickup is included in the airport fare. A baggage-claim meet-and-greet with a name sign is a $90 add-on.
• Live flight tracking. We adjust automatically whether you land 40 minutes early or two hours late
• Luggage assistance from the carousel to the vehicle, including oversized and multiple bags
• Vehicle pre-staged in an expedited pickup zone instead of the ride-app parking lottery
• Direct phone contact between your greeter and chauffeur
• Optional amenities waiting in the car, bottled water, a specific newspaper, a phone charger, a child seat

For an unaccompanied minor handoff, an elderly parent, or a first-time visitor who doesn't know O'Hare's terminal maze, that human presence is the whole point.

Vehicles for the Arrival

Vehicle choice comes down to party size and luggage. A solo executive with a carry-on doesn't need what a six-person family with a week of checked bags needs.

Vehicle	Capacity	Best For	Typical Rate
Mercedes S-Class	1-3	Solo executive, couple	$95-130/hr
Cadillac Escalade Black	1-6	Family, small group, light luggage	$110-150/hr
Mercedes Maybach	1-3	Ultra-VIP, celebrity, principal	$175-250/hr
Mercedes Sprinter	1-14	Group plus heavy luggage	$160-220/hr

Curbside pickup is included in the airport fare. A baggage-claim meet-and-greet with a name sign is a $90 add-on. International T5 pickups take longer because the greeter waits through customs. See the full lineup on our fleet page before you decide.

Where We Meet You at ORD and MDW

The included pickup is the arrivals curb. These are the meeting points for the baggage-claim add-on, confirmed by text before you board your outbound flight:

• ORD Domestic (T1, T2, T3): baggage claim, at your carousel
• ORD International (T5): inside the arrivals hall at the customs exit doors
• MDW: lower-level baggage claim near your airline's carousel
• Private terminals (Signature Flight Support, Atlantic Aviation): FBO ramp pickup, planeside where permitted

O'Hare sits about 18 miles northwest of the Loop, roughly 35 minutes to a River North hotel off-peak, closer to an hour during the Kennedy Expressway crush. Midway is 10 miles southwest, usually 25-30 minutes to downtown. If your VIP is headed to a North Shore suburb like Winnetka or Lake Forest, or out to a Schaumburg corporate campus, we build that drive time into the quote so the car is never rushed.

When Meet-and-Greet Beats Standard Curbside

Curbside pickup is fine for the road warrior who knows exactly which door to walk out of. Meet-and-greet earns its cost when:

• The flight is an international arrival and customs timing is unpredictable
• The traveler is a first-time visitor to Chicago and O'Hare's scale is intimidating
• There's an elderly passenger or a child traveling alone (we coordinate the airline's unaccompanied-minor handoff)
• There's heavy or oversized luggage, golf clubs, ski bags, trade-show equipment
• It's a weather day and no one should be standing at the curb in it
• The arriving guest is an executive or client whose first impression of your company shouldn't be a rideshare wait

For recurring corporate travel, most of our clients set this up as a standing arrangement through our corporate car service so their flying executives never think about ground transport again.

Why Royal Carriage

We've been doing Chicago VIP airport work for 10+ years. Long enough to know which ORD carousels run slow and which FBO ramps need advance gate clearance. Every vehicle is IDOT-licensed and fully insured, every chauffeur is background-checked, and live dispatch answers the phone 24/7. We coordinate directly with private aviation FBOs on both fields, so a private-jet arrival is as smooth as a commercial one.

Book your greeter now on our airport transfer page, request a firm number through get a quote, or reserve online. To arrange a meet-and-greet or ask about a same-day arrival, call live dispatch at (224) 801-3090, we're standing by around the clock.

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