A private car to SLC from Holladay, UT, reserved from the 4500 South corner

Where 4500 South meets 2300 East

The crossing people name here is 4500 South and 2300 East, two round numbers that are easy to say over the phone. On the county grid the measured point sits at 4440 South and 2350 East, 60 numbers north and 50 east of the named crossing. Holladay is its own city, yet it counts addresses on the same countywide grid as every other city and township in Salt Lake County.

An address near it reads as a coordinate. A house written 2280 E 4400 S, for example, is house 2280 East on the 4400 South street: 2280 numbers east of the meridian and 4400 south of the base line, both drawn from the starting corner downtown. The numbers are grid counts, not miles, so the office uses them to find you and lets the road decide the distance. We handle airport ride reservations from a downtown Salt Lake City, UT office at 100 South and 10 West, one block from where that counting begins.

Sending the request the evening before

An early flight out of Holladay needs a little planning around the phone. It is answered Monday to Friday 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mountain time. A request that reaches us during those hours, at least 90 minutes before closing, gets a written reply within 90 minutes. Anything sent later is answered within the first hour after the phone opens again, by 4 p.m. on a weekday or 9 a.m. on a weekend day.

Rides are arranged from the day after the reply is due. So for a Thursday morning departure, send the request on Wednesday by 7:30 p.m.: the reply comes that evening, and a Thursday ride can be arranged. Send it later that night and the reply is due by 4 p.m. Thursday, which pushes the earliest ride to Friday. On a weekend the same cutoff falls at 12:30 p.m. The form on this page takes requests 24/7, so there is no need to wait for a free moment to write.

Two car sizes, two Holladay figures

From 4500 South and 2300 East the road to the terminal measures 15.5 miles: 2300 East to I-80, then I-15, then I-80 west, with Terminal Drive as the last mile. That distance clears the 14-mile line and lands Holladay in the band up to 17 road miles. Here a sedan, three riders at most, runs from $120, and an SUV, six at most, from $160, per car, each way. The grid point tells the office where you are; the road miles set the band.

Compare an airport ride from Murray, UT to SLC: Murray sits farther south on the grid, at 4740 South, yet its road measures 12.7 miles, so it starts one band lower. Once you say yes and the company confirms in writing, its figure becomes a fixed rate for that ride. Nothing is held before that, and the quote itself is free, with no obligation. What the written fare may add:

• waiting past the time the written fare names
• garage parking when the driver meets you inside
• extra stops along the way
• a gratuity the fare does not already include

After landing: bags upstairs, car downstairs

After landing, bags come off on the second level of the terminal. The reserved car picks you up on the commercial lane on the ground level, a short walk down from baggage claim, where the airport signs send you. The flight number on your request goes to the company, which plans the pickup around it and says in its written fare how it handles an early or late landing.

If you would rather be met inside, say so on the request. The driver can park and meet at terminal baggage claim with a printed name sign only if the company confirms it, and the company may add the garage parking to its fare. The road back to Holladay runs 15.5 miles, about 21 minutes at a quiet hour, so leave a little room for traffic at busier times.