Carmel Essential Services in the Wake of COVID-19

The world has come to a freezing point with the outbreak of this deadly pandemic, the Novel Corona Virus.

It has drastically affected the human race. A state of emergency has been declared almost everywhere and a mandatory lockdown or shelter-in-place order has been proclaimed for months together. Economies have been reeling under the impact of this uninvited culprit. 

This outcome has had a domino effect on the day-to-day lives of people around the world. As desperate times call for desperate measures, airports, transportation, entertainment hubs, public places, mass gatherings, and travel have been either sealed out or have limited operating hours.

Public transportation has been tapered or temporarily halted in many locations around the world. One of the most hard-hit countries in the world is the USA. New York, one of the most buzzing economies in the world, has been trampled upon by COVID-19 in more than one way that we can imagine and has become a pandemic hotspot recently.

Public spots and other social venues have been directed to close down. Social distancing has become a new way of life, whereas staying at home is a direct order from the state. Though this has been done to safeguard humanity at large, it has become a big inconvenience in many households.

Carmel’s COVID-19 Essential Services for the Community

Economic hardship has hit many New Yorkers who have been hitherto oblivious to isolation mobility challenges and limited access to convenience.

But here’s something to cheer about during these hard times. Carmel Limos NYC is open to business and is offering special discounts for essential transportation services until 1 May 2020. We are doing this as a goodwill gesture to keep our community mobilized. Especially, the frontline health workers, first responders, medical task force, nurses, doctors, essential service employees, firefighters, law officers, and social workers who have been toiling night and day to help those impacted.

They deserve our appreciation, respect, and unlimited support to get moving on their feet. Classified as an essential business, Carmel is open to picking up customers from point A and dropping them off safely at point B, which would include essential locations like hospitals, medical centers, airports, etc. in and around New York City.

What is included in these Services?

Currently, The Preventive Management Team at Carmel has categorized these essential commute services into three types.

1. Essential Employees

With this initiative from CarmelLimousines New York, essential employees like healthcare workers, researchers, nurses, doctors, clinical experts, medical teams, insurance personnel, first responders, and paramedics can attend to their call of duty without the need to drive all by themselves during these super tense hours. 

Our drivers ensure to ride them safe and sound in a fully-sanitized vehicle to their destination as fast as they can. We also drive them back home comfortably to ensure that they get the much-needed relaxation after intense hours of work. We are offering an extra discount of $4 on every ride to essential workers. We believe they deserve all support and above anything, a safe drive to work and back. See our offer details below.  

For any trip to or from your work

use code ‘ESSENTIAL’ and get $4 OFF each way

Many New Yorkers on holidays or business trips are terrified by the outbreak of the Corona Virus and want to get back home safe and sound. Carmel Limos is helping our friends get home from John F Kennedy (JFK), La Guardia (LGA), and Newark (EWR) to New York City and other areas in and around New York.

With well-sanitized cars that are kept spic-and-span, we help those stranded at airports to get home quickly and safely. Since all the other taxi and cab facilities have suspended operations, Carmel took up the responsibility to ensure that those who book their ride in advance on the Carmel App can benefit from uninterrupted commutation.

Please be very careful not to let more than two persons take the limo ride as a precautionary measure to prevent being infected.

We recommend a website or mobile app pre-booking for all your rides since it helps us ensure we have the requisite fleet to cater to customer demand. If you need to be driven to the airport for an important trip, don’t worry about it. Carmel has got you covered. What you’ll need to do is book a limo ride online or on our mobile app and get ready for a safe ride to the airport.

As a token of our appreciation, we are also giving you $6 off on the total fare of your ride to/from the airport (on advance bookings only). Take a look at the details below. 

For trips to or from the airport

use code ‘AIRPORT’ for $6 OFF any trip from/to an airport

3. Long Distance Trips

We highly recommend long-distance trips only in case of emergencies or if it’s absolutely necessary to curb the contagion. Many individuals and families prefer taking a long-distance road drive rather than taking a flight to their destination. The reason being that airports are highly risky places when it comes to getting infected. Thousands of people visit an airport in a day and may appear to be asymptomatic.

This reason alone puts a lot of lives at risk. We have witnessed a spike in the number of long-distance trips as a result. A road trip has become a safer alternative to air travel. Another significant contributor to road trips is that long-distance trips take about 3-5 hours, which is much lesser than taking a flight to places nearby. Taking a flight includes going to the airport, going through security checks, the trip itself, collecting your luggage, and the ride from the airport to the final destination). The risk of exposure also builds up as you pass through each of these stages, and the more number of people you come in contact with.

Carmel Limo NYC stubs out these risks with our long-distance trips, where we give you a $25 discount over $160. You need to ensure that the trip meets our minimum fare requirement of $160. Here are the details of the discount coupon code. Remember that you can only avail of this offer if you book your limo online in advance. This initiative is an effort from Carmel Limo to minimize the need for our employees to go out and for the general welfare of our customers. 

For any long distance trip over $160

use code ‘ALTFLY’ and get FOR $25 OFF

There are two ways of doing this, 

Website

1. Reserve a ride by visiting www.carmellimo.com

2. Type in all your customer information and ride details

3. On the payment page, enter all the required information correctly and enter the 

coupon code mentioned above based on the category of the ride under Promotions. Make sure you type in the correct coupon code. 

4. The relevant discount gets applied automatically when you complete your ride.

Mobile Application

1. Download the Carmel mobile app on your smart phone.

2. When you book a ride, go to the slide menu and click on ‘Use Referral Code’ 

and enter the referral code in the next screen and click on submit code to apply the coupon code on your ride. 

3. The relevant discount gets applied automatically when you complete the ride with Carmel.

We sincerely hope for the safety and good health of you and your family, especially during these difficult times. Carmel is dedicated to serving you in the best way possible and giving you a reliable, comfortable, and safe riding experience. 

Making Food & Package Deliveries Easy in the Times of COVID-19

With the advent of the novel Corona virus, many cities, towns, and suburbs around the world have been immobilized.

The state is adopting stricter rules and prevention measures, and shelter-in-place has become paramount to safeguard our health.

New York City has been under the scanner for the past few weeks because of the skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases. The widespread outbreak has led to New Yorkers safely sheltering in their homes and maintaining a safe social distance from their families and friends.

Even visiting the nearest convenience store or grocery mart has become a big challenging task because of the fear of coming in contact with infected persons or surfaces. So how do you get home all the essentials for survival without stepping out?

Carmel has stepped in as an essential services business to help deliver food, groceries, and packages reliably to your doorstep. We take strict measures to ensure that there has been zero-contact while getting your essentials delivered to you.

Through these services, we are trying to minimize the number of times you and your loved ones have to step out and become vulnerable to COVID-19.

Stepping out will include coming in contact with other people, infected surfaces in shops, public transportation, elevators, parking lots, and other areas. Carmel Limo NYC helps you avoid this by bringing your prepaid orders to you while you binge-watch your favorite shows on Netflix or sit back for a fun time with your family while ordering in food.

You can avail this service in one of these three ways.

1.   Website

You can visit the Carmel limo website to book a delivery service like you make a regular reservation. What you’ll need to do differently is to key in 0 (zero) for the number of passengers. You have to book a sedan ride for regular packages and a limo for larger packages or more number of packages. 

Be sure to mention the number of packages in the order so that our drivers can pick up and deliver what is expected. The most important thing that you must do is to prepay for all your orders, food orders, grocery store orders, packages, and others online while making the reservation for doorstep delivery. Only if the seller or vendor confirms the receipt of payment will our drivers pick up your food or package.

If you are not sure of prepaying, then, you can also hand out the cash for the order to our drivers before they set out to collect your food and packages.

Also, please ensure to add the exact pick-up and drop-off location addresses so that our drivers don’t keep wandering around to find the location(s).

                                       Book Online

                                               

2.   Mobile Application

The Carmel Limo app offers convenience at your fingertips. You can book your food and packages delivery for prepaid orders or cash orders here. Ensure to hand out cash to our drivers to be paid at the pick-up location for your orders before they leave your place.

We recommend that you make bulk orders in case of essentials or regular groceries since it will reduce the number of times our drivers have to visit the same pick-up location. Carmel limo also has minivans at your service for a large number of packages or multiple deliveries at the same location. 

We can also deliver collective orders to the same location for people living in the same building or community using minivans.

                                               

                                       Download App

3.   Call Center 

You could also reserve a food or package delivery service by reaching out to our call center during operating hours. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have limited the hours to ensure the safety of our employees. Call 212 666 6666 and tell our operator that you have called for a food and package delivery service.

In the time promised, our drivers will have your packages delivered to your address. Make sure that all the orders are prepaid online or through cash. Also, mention the total number of packages or bags that you’re expecting to get delivered. 

Contact our call center for any questions or concerns that you may have regarding your food or packages delivery.

                                     

We make sure that these services will be executed with zero contact and without any contamination whatsoever.

At Carmel, we take stringent measures to ensure that high levels of precaution are taken while your bags and packages are picked up, in transit, and delivered to you. Carmel Limo NYC uses highly sanitized vehicles for these services.

To ensure that these services are rendered seamlessly, we will need the following information from you.

1. Pick-up address from where the food or packages have to be collected.

2. Drop-off or destination address where the food or packages have to be delivered.

3. The exact payment that has been done online or has to be made while picking up your food or packages.

4. A point of contact or address where we need to drop off your food or packages (at the drop-off location)

We will ensure that your food and packages are sealed well while we deliver them to you.

Please make sure that the package or food kept ready at the pick-up location is what you have ordered. Our drivers will only pick up an order if you confirm the same. 

While delivering your packages, our drivers will take extra precautionary measures to ensure that they do it at a safe physical distance from you. They may also request that you pick it up from a drop-off point to prevent contact between you and the driver.

Conclusion

We always endeavor to make sure that services of the highest quality and safety levels are delivered to you. We also solicit your feedback on our services online, which will help us serve you better during these testing times. 

While many delivery services are running on full-swing around New York City, CarmelLimos has prioritized helping its customers in any way possible to reduce the negative impact of the stress that comes from staying isolated.

Team Carmel wishes you and your family safety and great health!