I’ll be travelling to Perth in a few weeks’ time with my wife. I was about to book the chauffeur-drive for our arrival in Perth and found that the Emirates website states:

'Maximum capacity per sedan is two adults, with a total luggage limit of two suitcases plus one carry-on bag. Additional charges apply if a larger vehicle or child or infant car seat is required.'

I established that the chauffeur-drive provider in Australia is Hughes Chauffeur Services and from their website it suggests that the smallest vehicles they use are ‘Executive Sedans’ and ‘Premium Sedans’, both of which appear to be able to accommodate two suitcases and two small bags.

As we will be travelling with two suitcases and two carry-on bags between us, I was wondering if we should book a car each, which seems wasteful, or to go for one between us, which the Hughes website seems to suggest would be fine.

Does anyone have any recent experience of using the chauffeur drive service in Perth as a couple with two carry-on bags?

Many thanks in anticipation.

Just stick with a single car. Even if your bags can't fit in the back, they can fit on the passenger seat in the front.

Not as easy as you make it seem. Some drivers won't agree to that. I've had a driver leave because his car couldn't even fit 2 large suitcases in the trunk and he refused (stated company policy) to put anything on the seats.

My advice would be to contact EK and request them to provide 1 large vehicle instead of the 2 sedans you are eligible for.

Not recent, but have used the service there in the past (with 1-3 pax), and no problems ... however a call to EK or Hughes might help. From memory, if you book two cars for two people to the same destination then Hughes may suggest a sinlge car, in which case the onus is on them to make sure its big enough. They did ask whether a luggage trailer was required in the past, by the way, if they thought it might be borderline, but sent the Merc van instead.