The V-Class,
seven seats and the luggage to match.
A black Mercedes for a family, a delegation or a set of colleagues who would rather travel as one car than three. Seven passengers, seven bags, captain chairs you step into rather than fold into, and one fixed price for the whole van.
Room to stand up, sit back and bring everything.
The V-Class is the car we send when the party will not fit in a saloon and should not be split across two. Seven passengers at most, with captain chairs in the middle row, each with its own armrests, and a full bench behind them. The headroom is the kind you walk into rather than duck under, which matters more than it sounds after a long-haul flight, in a good coat, or with a child on your hip.
The luggage rides in the back, not on laps: seven pieces is the class limit, and up to six of them can be extra-large check-in cases. Golf bags, a pram, the sample cases for a stand at RAI — the V-Class takes the load the saloons cannot, and the chauffeur lifts it in and out at both ends of the trip. Between the chairs sits a console with water and a cable for either kind of phone.
Prices are for the van, not the seat. €85 from any Amsterdam address to Schiphol, €125 from the airport into town with the chauffeur in the arrivals hall, €80 an hour for a day of appointments, €4.44 a kilometre for anything further. Whether two of you ride or seven, the amount is the same, taxes included and fixed when you book.
Captain chairs in the middle row, a bench behind, and standing headroom in between.
Seven pieces in the back; up to six of them can be extra-large check-in cases.
Fixed for the whole van from any Amsterdam address; €125 from Schiphol with luggage help in the hall.
One van, one price. A family of seven pays what a couple pays, per vehicle, taxes included, and the figure is fixed before the chauffeur leaves.
Two adults, three children, five cases and a pram in one car; child and baby seats fitted in advance at €5 each, and the chauffeur waiting in the arrivals hall with your name on a sign.
A visiting team of seven from the hotel to the Zuidas and on to dinner in the Jordaan, in one van with one chauffeur and one invoice at the end of it.
Roll-up banners, sample cases and four colleagues to the Europaplein for the build-up, and back to the hotel when the hall empties, with everything still in one place.
From a river-cruise berth on the IJ to Schiphol with seven cases behind you, or on to a hotel in the centre for a last night in the city before the flight.
The Van Class list, shared with the electric EQV. Per van, taxes included, fixed at booking.
Inside 12 hours of the pickup a 10% short-notice surcharge applies. Cancellation is free up to one hour before pickup; child and baby seats €5 each.
The everyday workhorse: sedans for one to three passengers.
Flagship saloons for executives and VIP arrivals.
The pinnacle: Mercedes-Maybach, by request only.
The electric van in Van Class: seven seats, six bags, the same prices and no engine note.
The class page: both vans, the seating and luggage options and the price list.
Every Mercedes we run, from the E-Class to the Maybach, on one page.
From the blog: how seven seats and seven bags work out on a real day.
Yes, that is the class limit: seven people and seven pieces of luggage, up to six of them extra-large cases. If your party is seven with skis, a pram and hand luggage besides, say so when you book and dispatch will tell you honestly whether one van does it or a second car is needed.
Per van, always. €85 to Schiphol is the same whether two or seven of you ride, and hourly hire at €80 is for the vehicle, not the seats. Taxes are included and the amount is fixed when you book.
Yes. Every Schiphol pickup includes the chauffeur inside the hall with a name sign, help with the luggage, the van in the garage nearest the hall and sixty minutes of free waiting after landing — which is useful with children and a passport queue between you and the exit.
Yes. Child and baby seats are fitted on request at €5 each. Give the ages when you book and the right seats are strapped in before the pickup, in the captain chairs or on the bench as you prefer.
Yes. Hourly hire is €80 an hour with a two-hour minimum and 40 kilometres an hour included, and must start and end in the same city. For a day that finishes elsewhere — Keukenhof and on to a hotel in The Hague, say — ask for a fixed point-to-point quote instead.
It does. Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and France, door to door, at €4.44 a kilometre as one all-in quote with stops on request. Seven people to Brussels in one van is exactly the sort of trip it exists for.