The Downtown Mall and central Charlottesville

Eight blocks of brick, restaurants, the Paramount, and most of the hotels visitors actually stay in. It is also where a car cannot simply pull up to the door, which changes how a pickup works.

Departures from downtown hotels

The Mall itself is pedestrian, so pickups happen on the streets that frame it — Water Street, Market Street, and the hotel entrances on Second and Old Preston. We tell you exactly where to stand rather than expecting you to work it out with luggage at five in the morning.

Most downtown departures head for CHO or Richmond. Business travellers here tend to want the earliest flight out, which puts the pickup somewhere around four — an hour when the Mall is empty and nothing else is running.

Arriving into town

Visitors flying into Richmond and staying downtown are one of our steadier routes, particularly around festivals, conferences at the Omni, and performance nights at the Paramount. Seventy minutes from the terminal to your hotel door, at one price agreed in advance.

We also handle the short hops that make a visit easier: dinner reservations out on 29, a winery in the afternoon, and the train station on West Main for anyone connecting by rail.

Pickup streets
Water Street, Market Street, Second Street, Old Preston
Hotels served
Omni, Graduate, Quirk, Oakhurst, Dinsmore and the inns nearby
Typical departure
Early morning, for the first flights out of CHO or RIC
Rail connections
Amtrak on West Main, met the same way as flights
Evenings
Restaurant and Paramount runs, not only airport trips

Common questions

Where exactly will you meet me?
At your hotel entrance, on the street side. The Mall is pedestrian, so we confirm the precise corner the night before.
Do you run at four in the morning?
Regularly. The first departures out of CHO and RIC mean early pickups downtown are part of the normal week.
Can you handle a group leaving a conference?
Yes — up to six with luggage in one vehicle, and more with notice if a group is travelling together.

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