Changing Your Booking After the Driver's Details Have Arrived
Updated 3 min read
There's a difference in how a change feels once you've received your driver's name, phone number and licence plate versus while your booking is still an abstract entry in your inbox. At that point, a real person with a real schedule is already lined up for your trip, and it's worth knowing the right way to make a change so it reaches them properly.
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Contact support, not just the driver directly
For anything that changes the booking itself — the time, the address, the category — go through support rather than messaging the driver directly. Support can update the booking properly, confirm any price difference, and coordinate with the driver, rather than a change being agreed informally over a text that doesn't update the official record.
When contacting the driver directly makes sense
The driver's number is genuinely the right channel for anything specific to that trip on the day itself — you're running a few minutes late, you can't find them in arrivals, you're at a slightly different spot than the confirmed pickup point. That's not a booking change, it's coordination for a pickup that's already happening.
What can still change this close to pickup
A same-day, same-route time adjustment is usually still possible even after a driver's been assigned, subject to their schedule allowing it — contact support and we'll confirm quickly rather than leave you waiting. A bigger change, like a different address that reroutes the trip entirely, is harder to accommodate the closer it gets to pickup, since it may mean reassigning a different vehicle altogether.
If the change genuinely can't be made in time
If a change isn't possible this close to pickup, we'll tell you plainly rather than leave you guessing, and talk through the alternative — whether that's proceeding as booked or cancelling under whichever cancellation terms currently apply given how close you are to pickup.
Why this distinction is worth remembering
It's a small thing to keep in mind, but it saves genuine confusion on the day: the driver you're messaging is coordinating your actual pickup, not managing your booking record. Keeping those two channels separate — support for the booking itself, the driver for what's happening in real time — means both sides of a change happen properly, rather than an informal text exchange leaving the official booking out of sync with what was actually agreed.
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, from your driver's confirmed arrival
- No terminal fee
- No surge pricing, ever
- Free cancellation up to 12 hours
Questions people ask before booking
Should I message my driver directly to change my booking?
No — contact support for anything that changes the booking itself, like time or address. The driver's number is for coordination on the day, not for updating the official booking.
Can I still change my pickup time after a driver's details have arrived?
Often yes, for a same-day, same-route change, subject to the driver's schedule. Contact support and we'll confirm quickly.
What if I'm running a few minutes late to meet my driver?
Message or call the driver directly on the number you were sent — that's exactly the kind of on-the-day coordination their number is for.
What if a change can't be accommodated this close to pickup?
We'll tell you plainly and talk through the options, including whichever cancellation terms currently apply given how close you are to your pickup time.
Does a change this close to pickup still get re-quoted the same way?
Yes — any change that affects the price, like a different route, is re-quoted and confirmed with you before anything is charged, regardless of how close it is to pickup.
Book your Arlanda pickup
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.
- Your driver's name, number and registration plate arrive before pickup.
- Cancel free of charge more than 12 hours before pickup, refunded in full.
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