Picking Up Keys First: A Stop on the Way from Arlanda
Updated 3 min read
Sometimes the trip from Arlanda isn't one straight run — you need to collect keys from a letting agent, drop a bag at a friend's before heading on, or pick something up on the way. The honest answer is that a single booking is priced and routed for one pickup address to one destination address, not a route with a stop built in partway through.
This guide explains why, and the straightforward way to handle it: book the trip as two separate rides rather than one with a detour in the middle.
Why one booking means one route
Each booking is priced for a specific pickup address and a specific destination, with the fixed price and route shown to you before you pay. That pricing is built around a direct trip, not an open-ended stop of unknown length somewhere along the way — so a mid-route stop isn't something a single booking is currently set up to handle.
That's not a reflection on your specific stop; it's simply how a fixed-price, single-leg booking works. The fix isn't complicated, though — it just means two bookings instead of one.
Booking it as two rides
Book your first ride from Arlanda to the address where you need to stop — the letting agent, the friend's flat, wherever it is. Once you're done there, book a second ride, as a point-to-point trip, from that address on to your actual destination. Each ride gets its own fixed price and its own driver, confirmed separately.
This works well when the stop itself is a proper errand — collecting keys, signing for something, a short visit — rather than a thirty-second drop-off. If your stop is genuinely quick, it may be simpler and no more expensive overall to treat it as your actual first destination and book onward from there once you know how long it actually took.
- Book leg one: Arlanda to the address where you need to stop
- Handle your errand at that address, on your own time
- Book leg two as a point-to-point trip once you're ready to continue
Flight tracking still covers your first leg
Your first booking, from Arlanda, still follows your flight's actual landing time and comes with the same free waiting window as any airport pickup — the two-booking approach only changes how the middle of your day is handled, not how your arrival itself is treated.
What every Förare booking includes
The fixed price you see before booking is the price on your receipt — 6% VAT included, whole car, not per person.
- Flight tracked — pickup follows your live arrival
- 45 minutes free waiting on every pickup, from your driver's confirmed arrival
- No terminal fee
- No surge pricing, ever
- Free cancellation up to 12 hours
Questions people ask before booking
Can I book one transfer with a stop along the way?
Not currently — each booking is priced and routed for one pickup address to one destination. For a stop partway through your day, book it as two separate rides instead.
Does booking two rides cost more than one with a stop would?
Each ride is priced with its own fixed price shown before you pay, based on its own route — there's no single combined price for a stop-included trip to compare it against.
Will my first ride from Arlanda still track my flight?
Yes — your first leg, from Arlanda, follows your flight's actual landing time and comes with the usual free waiting window, exactly as any airport pickup would.
What if my stop only takes a couple of minutes?
For a very quick stop, it can be simpler to book that address as your actual destination and then book a second, point-to-point ride onward once you're ready — worth weighing against two separate bookings depending on how long the stop really takes.
Do I need a new driver for the second leg?
Yes — the second leg is its own point-to-point booking with its own confirmed driver, sent to you before that pickup the same way the first one was.
Book a car for this journey
Enter the address and you will see the price for the whole car before anything is paid. No account needed.
- One fixed price for the whole car, 6% VAT included, shown before you pay.
- 45 minutes of free waiting on every pickup, from the moment your driver confirms arrival.
- Cancel free of charge more than 12 hours before pickup, refunded in full.
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