A distinctive number

A number worth noticing — and nothing the law would not allow.

Some guests ask for a car whose number means something: 0001 for a chairman, 7777 for a wedding, the bride's birth date for her entry. The house looks for one among its partners' cars, and tells you plainly whether it has found it.

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What can be asked for

A car's own registration number, issued by the RTO — a choice number taken when the car was registered: 0001, 0786, 7777, 9999, a year, a date. The house cannot change a number; it can only find a car that already carries one.

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What the house will never send

A styled plate — numbers bent into a name, a lettering that is not the standard one, a plate without its hologram. Every vehicle in India carries a high-security registration plate in the standard form; anything else is an offence, and a car the house would not put a guest in.

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What it costs

Nothing. A distinctive number is a courtesy where a partner car carries one on the day; it never changes the written figure. Where a particular number matters more than the car, say so, and the house tells you which cars carry it.

How to ask

On the reservation form, choose Marque and switch on A distinctive number; or write the number you have in mind in the note. For a wedding, give the house a week: it looks among its partners' cars and tells you in writing what it has found, with a photograph of the car and its plate, before anything is held.

Only commercial plates. Whatever its number, a car that carries a guest of the house is on commercial plates, with its permit, insurance and fitness certificate seen. A private car with a famous number is still a private car, and the house does not send one.

Ask for a distinctive numberChoose Marque and switch on A distinctive number.

Questions guests ask

Can I hire a car with a VIP number for a wedding in Mumbai?
Yes, where a partner car carries an RTO choice number on the day. Ask on the reservation form or in the note; the house tells you in writing what it has found, with a photograph.
Can you put a custom or fancy plate on the car?
No. Every car in India carries a high-security plate in the standard form; a styled plate is an offence, and the house will not send one.
Does a distinctive number cost more?
No. It is a courtesy where the car carries one; it never changes the written figure.
Can I ask for a particular number, like our wedding date?
Say it. The house looks among its partners' cars and tells you honestly; it never promises a number it has not found.

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