Danielle Schickendantz
Founder and Managing Director
About
ecoLimos
Every memorable journey has a person behind it
Our core belief
We believe hospitality is a human craft built on judgement, attention to detail, and someone taking responsibility for the journey from beginning to end.
It is the difference between a booking that works on paper and a journey that feels looked after. The chauffeur knows the schedule. A change of plan is ours to solve, not yours. And whoever arranged the journey always knows who is responsible for it.
Technology helps us prepare. It cannot notice that a meeting is running late, or that a guest would rather travel in quiet. People do, which is why every journey has a person behind it.
Hospitality is proven in the moments no one planned for.
Fantastic service! My driver helped with my luggage, opened doors, and was incredibly polite. It's the attention to traditional etiquette that really sets them apart. From the moment I booked to the drop-off, everything was exceptionally smooth.
The founder
Founder and Managing Director
When I founded ecoLimos, I wanted to keep the human side of hospitality at the centre of the service.
Hospitality is a human craft. It is about judgement, attentiveness and knowing when to be present and when to step back. As a service grows, it can be easy for that personal element to get lost. A booking can be seamless on paper and still feel impersonal in practice. The chauffeur may not know the schedule. A change in plans becomes someone else’s problem.
I wanted to build something different: a service where the person arranging the journey always knows who is responsible for it, and where the standard remains consistent wherever the journey takes you.
Having lived internationally before moving to Germany, I bring an international perspective to the way we look after our clients. Today, we work with clients from Singapore, India, the UK, Israel and elsewhere, often becoming their trusted point of contact in Germany - not simply for the transportation, but for everything around the journey.
That means staying close to the details - the people we work with, the way journeys are prepared, and the experience our clients receive. It is how we combine the reach of a Germany-wide and European network with the personal accountability of a boutique service.
For us, excellent service starts long before the car arrives. It starts with understanding the journey and taking responsibility for every detail.
Time is our most precious commodity.That is why we take care of the details before they need your attention.
More about us
Chauffeurs
Hired for judgement, met in person.
Sustainability
The electric BMW i7, our standard vehicle.
Where we operate
Hamburg, across Germany and into Europe.
The ecoLimos chauffeur standard
Hired for judgement, met in person.
This is the part of the service that decides whether a journey is good or excellent, and it is the part clients ask about least.
We hire for judgement, which goes beyond assessing driving, skill at the wheel is the minimum. The chauffeurs we hire understand service and corporate etiquette, and know when to engage and when to leave you in quiet.
Every applicant is met in person and personally selected and assessed against the standards we set. Our chauffeurs come from environments where that judgement is assumed - C-suite executive transport and presidential state visits - and they are multilingual, always including English.
True personalised service is more than remembering a preference; it is knowing when that preference matters, and when it doesn't.
Electric As Standard
The electric BMW i7, our standard vehicle.
The electric BMW i7 is our standard vehicle. We chose it because executive travel should not require a compromise between comfort, technology and a more sustainable approach to mobility.
Its fully electric drivetrain makes for a quiet, smooth cabin - well suited to working, taking calls or switching off between meetings.
Our clients do not have to choose between ultimate comfort and a lower-emission journey.
The fleetWhere we operate
Hamburg, across Germany and into Europe.
We are based in Hamburg and work across Germany and into Europe. Where a journey extends beyond our own operating network, we work with local operators we have personally vetted and brief them to the standard we set. From the first enquiry to the final arrival, responsibility remains with us, and you have one point of contact throughout.
