Your driver waits inside the arrivals hall with a name board, helps with your luggage and walks you to the car. Flight tracking and free waiting time included, at Terminal 1, 2 and 3, 24 hours a day.
A Manchester Airport meet and greet service means your driver parks and comes into the terminal to meet you, standing in the arrivals hall with a board showing your name once you've cleared customs and collected your bags. They help with your luggage and walk you to the car — no taxi rank queue, no walk to a car park, and no hunting the forecourt for the right vehicle. Taxis Manchester runs meet and greet as standard on every airport arrivals pickup, with flight tracking and free waiting time built in. This page explains exactly where the driver waits, what's included, and what to do if you can't see them.
The same routine at every terminal, from the moment you land to your seat in the car.
We're already tracking your flight number, so the driver's arrival is timed to the actual landing, not the schedule.
Clear passport control, collect your luggage and walk through customs. Free waiting time covers any queues.
They're in the arrivals hall meeting area with a name board. Their name and number are on your confirmation.
The driver helps with your bags and walks you to a licensed, insured vehicle for a direct run to your destination.
If you can't see the driver straight away, stay inside the arrivals hall and call the direct number on your confirmation rather than heading outside to look.
Manchester Airport has three terminals, and Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 each have their own separate arrivals hall. Your driver waits in the arrivals hall of the terminal your flight lands at, in the public meeting area just past the point where you exit baggage reclaim and customs.
Tell us your arrival terminal when you book — check your airline confirmation if you're not sure. If your terminal changes at short notice, or you clear customs at a different terminal after a connection, call the number on your confirmation and the driver will meet you at the right one.
Ground-floor arrivals hall at Terminal 1, 2 or 3, in the meeting area immediately after customs. The driver holds a printed board with your name. Not the taxi rank, not the drop-off forecourt, not the multi-storey car park — inside the terminal, where friends and family wait behind the barrier.
The driver meets you inside arrivals with your name on a board, so there's no guesswork about which car is yours.
Add your flight number and we monitor it, adjusting the pickup automatically if you land early or late.
Complimentary waiting time after landing covers immigration queues and time at baggage reclaim.
The driver helps carry and load your cases and walks you from the hall to the vehicle.
Meet and greet runs at any hour, every day of the year, including overnight and early-morning arrivals.
Every driver holds a council private hire licence with an enhanced DBS check, in a licensed, insured vehicle.
How an in-terminal greeting compares with the other ways to get a car at Manchester Airport.
| Option | Where you meet the car | Waiting & tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Meet & greet (this service) | Driver comes to you inside the arrivals hall with a name board | Flight tracked; free waiting time after landing |
| Kerbside / pick-up zone | You walk out to the vehicle yourself, often to a timed drop-off area | Varies; short stops only in pick-up zones |
| Taxi rank | You queue at the rank on arrival | No pre-booking; wait depends on demand |
| Meet & greet parking | Not a taxi — a valet parks your own car while you fly | Not applicable |
Landing at an unfamiliar airport is easier when someone is holding your name as you walk out of customs.
No rank queue with tired children and a loaded trolley — the driver meets you and helps with the bags.
A short, guided walk from the hall to the car, with luggage carried, instead of a long haul to the rank.
Step off the flight and straight into a waiting car, with the fare on account where you have one.
Book on someone else's behalf and the driver meets them by name — they never handle payment.
A named driver waiting inside the terminal is reassuring when you land in the small hours.
A few details are all it takes to have a driver waiting for you inside arrivals.
Online or by phone. Set Manchester Airport as your pickup point and give your destination address.
Tell us your arrival terminal and flight number so we track the flight and wait in the right hall.
Email confirmation, then the driver's name and direct number before you fly.
Collect your bags, walk into arrivals, and look for your name on the driver's board.
Common questions about the Manchester Airport meet and greet service.
With a meet and greet service your driver parks and comes into the terminal to meet you inside the arrivals hall, holding a board with your name, once you've cleared customs and collected your luggage. They then help with your bags and walk you to the car. It's different from a kerbside pickup, where you would go out to the vehicle yourself, and from the taxi rank, where you queue on arrival.
In the arrivals hall of your terminal — Terminal 1, 2 or 3 — in the public meeting area just past the exit from baggage reclaim and customs. Each terminal has its own arrivals hall, so tell us which terminal you land at when you book.
Meet and greet is how Taxis Manchester handles every airport arrivals pickup as standard. Flight tracking and free waiting time after landing are included so a slow trip through passport control or baggage reclaim is covered.
Complimentary waiting time is included after touchdown to allow for immigration queues and baggage reclaim. Because we track your flight number, the driver's arrival is already timed to the actual landing rather than the original schedule.
Stay inside the arrivals hall and call the direct number on your booking confirmation, which also shows the driver's name. Don't leave the terminal to look around outside — the driver is in the meeting area and will guide you to them by phone.
No. Meet and greet parking is a valet service where someone parks your own car while you fly. This is a taxi and chauffeur service where a driver meets you in arrivals and drives you to your destination — there is no car of your own involved.
Exactly where the driver meets you in Terminal 1 arrivals, step by step.
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Book the Manchester Airport meet and greet service with Taxis Manchester — a named driver inside arrivals, flight tracked, waiting time included, available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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