Executive Protection for Boston Clients, Abroad and at Home
What a Boston client gets from us, and what they do not.
Boston travels with a particular profile. Its principals run hospitals, biotech companies, asset managers and universities, and they travel to Europe for conferences, clinics, deals and board weeks where the exposure is a schedule that cannot slip and a name that should not be in the wrong lobby. Its families take Rome, Florence, Paris and London in the summer and the holidays. And it sends more students abroad for a semester than almost any city in the country, to Florence, Rome, Paris, Madrid and London, which is the booking Boston parents ask us about most. In none of these cases does a Massachusetts detail travel: no European country recognizes a Massachusetts license to carry, a watch-guard agency license or a US company's insurance.
What we do is deliver the standard through officers licensed where you land, from one desk, on Eastern time. For the executive: a licensed security driver in London, Paris, Geneva or Zurich, one coordinator across the trip, a proposal the compliance team can read. For the family: a licensed officer at the wheel of a van or an SUV for the Italian weeks, residential cover at the villa, a female officer where preferred. For the student: an arrival met, an apartment reviewed, a briefing written for the parents and the student, and a licensed officer on call for the semester without being in the dorm. A proposal in EUR with the USD beside it, the figure final. At home, the same desk coordinates licensed Massachusetts partners for Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Wellesley, the Cape and the Islands. Send the itinerary; a person reads it the same morning.
- Officers licensed in each country you land in: SIA in the UK, CNAPS in France, GPG in Italy, Ministry of the Interior in Spain, licensed companies in Portugal, Switzerland and the Gulf
- A security driver with an executive vehicle as the default Boston booking for London, Paris, Geneva and Zurich, with a second officer for events and the evenings
- Students abroad: the arrival met, the apartment and the street reviewed, a written briefing for the parents and the student, a licensed officer on call for the semester
- Medical travel: the clinic liaison, the quiet arrival, the car between the hotel and the appointment, and a plan the family does not have to manage
- Replies on Eastern time, usually within two hours and always within 24; the overnight from Logan is tracked and the arrival planned around it
- At home: licensed Massachusetts partners for Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Brookline, Wellesley, Weston, the Cape, Nantucket and the Vineyard, coordinated by the same desk
What Boston clients ask before they book.
Can my Boston detail work in Europe?
As staff and advisors, yes. As protection, no. The UK, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland each license officers locally and recognize no Massachusetts license to carry, watch-guard agency license or US insurance. Your head of security writes the plan with us; the licensed local officer carries it out.
My daughter is in Florence for a semester. What can you do?
More than you expect and less than a bodyguard in the dorm. The arrival met and the apartment and its street reviewed; a written safety briefing for her and for you; the licensed Florence officer who did the review on call for the semester for a late night, a medical issue or a trip; and, for parents' weekend, a driver. Honest, proportionate, and the plan you can read at home.
We are traveling to Europe for treatment. Is that something you handle?
Yes, and quietly. The clinic liaison before arrival, the car between the hotel and the appointments, a licensed officer where the profile or the condition calls for one, and a plan the family does not have to manage in a week when they have other things to think about. Our medical travel protection page says more.
What does it cost in dollars?
Close protection in Western Europe starts from EUR 850 per day for one officer on a twelve-hour block, with the executive vehicle added; a student arrival and review is a fixed fee. The indicative USD figure appears beside every EUR figure for visitors from the US. The proposal is in EUR and the figure on it is final.
Will you answer on Eastern time?
Yes. A person reads every message and replies usually within two hours and always within 24, on Eastern time as well as European. A message from Wellesley at nine in the evening is answered the same night.
Do you cover Boston itself?
Through licensed Massachusetts partners, yes: security drivers in Boston and Cambridge, residential cover in Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Brookline, Wellesley and Weston, the Cape, Nantucket and the Vineyard in season, and event work, through licensed watch, guard or patrol agencies with officers licensed to carry where the assessment and Massachusetts law allow. The same desk coordinates home and abroad.
The services Boston clients book most.
Security Driver in London, Paris, Geneva and Zurich
One licensed officer at the wheel of an executive car for the conference, the clinic, the board week and the dinners, with one coordinator across the trip.
A Semester Abroad, Properly Set Up
Arrival met, apartment reviewed, briefing written for the parents and the student, a licensed officer on call in Florence, Rome, Paris, Madrid or London for the semester.
Treatment Abroad, Quietly
Clinic liaison, the car between the hotel and the appointment, a licensed officer where the profile calls for one, and a plan the family does not have to run.
The European Summer
A licensed officer at the wheel of a van or SUV for Rome, Florence, Paris and London, residential cover at the villa, a female officer where preferred, one figure for the trip.
Beacon Hill, Wellesley, the Cape and the Islands
Licensed Massachusetts partners for drivers, residences, the Cape and Nantucket season and events, coordinated by the desk that already knows your family.
The Rest of the Trip
Hotels, tables, access and the airport handled by the team that holds the protection, so one change moves everything downstream.
Why the Boston detail stops at the jet bridge
A Massachusetts executive protection officer works for a licensed watch, guard or patrol agency, carries under a Massachusetts license to carry, and is insured by a Massachusetts company. None of that has standing in London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon or Zurich. The United Kingdom licenses protection through the SIA and the police are entitled to ask; France through the CNAPS; Italy through Prefettura-authorized institutes; Spain under Law 5/2014; Portugal and Switzerland through licensed companies. A Boston agent working a Paris hotel lobby is unlicensed, uninsured and, if stopped, the reason a trip ends early. The model that works: your head of security keeps the strategy and writes the plan with us; we provide the officer who is legal, insured and English-speaking where you are. The standard travels. The license does not.
Executive protection in Europe for US clientsStudents abroad: Florence, Rome, Paris, Madrid and London, and what parents actually need
Boston sends its children to Europe for a semester in numbers no other American city matches, and the question parents ask is not whether Florence is safe, which it is, but who they call at two in the morning Eastern time when a text does not come. The honest answer is proportionate. We meet the student at the airport and get them to the apartment. A licensed local officer reviews the apartment, the door, the street at night, the neighborhood and the route to class, and writes a briefing for the student and a separate one for the parents. That officer is then on call for the semester: a late night that went wrong, a medical issue, a weekend trip to a city the student does not know, parents' weekend with a driver. Not a bodyguard in the dorm, which no student will accept, and not nothing, which no parent should. Our student protection page describes the service.
Student protection abroadMedicine and biotech: the conference, the clinic and the quiet week
Boston's hospitals and biotech companies send principals to Europe for conferences in London, Paris, Geneva, Barcelona and Copenhagen, and send patients and their families to clinics in Switzerland, Germany and London. The executive booking is a security driver who holds the schedule through a week of sessions, dinners and a city the principal does not know. The medical booking is quieter: the clinic liaison before arrival, the car between the hotel and the appointments, a licensed officer where the profile or the condition calls for one, and a plan the family does not have to run in a week when they have other things to think about. Both run from one desk, on Eastern time, with the discretion a medical week requires.
Medical travel protectionThe family summer: Rome, Florence, Paris and London with children
New England families take Europe in July and at the holidays, with children, grandparents and luggage, and the booking is the one most Americans make: a licensed close protection officer at the wheel of a van or an SUV, for the arrival off the overnight from Logan, early entry at the Vatican and the Uffizi, the car held where a visitor cannot park, the group kept together in the crowds, and the ride home from dinner. For a villa in Tuscany or on Lake Como, residential cover with a night presence, a female officer if the family prefers one, and a driver who knows the road. Not a team, which a Boston family does not want and Europe does not need, and nothing armed, which Europe does not allow a visitor in any case.
Is Rome safe for American tourists?The overnight from Logan, and the first hour on the ground
Boston flies nonstop to London, Paris, Rome, Lisbon, Dublin, Dubai and Doha, and the overnight lands at breakfast tired. The arrival hour is the one most trips get wrong: everyone carrying everything, a crowd offering taxis, the hotel not yet ready. We track the flight from departure, meet you inside the terminal, count the luggage onto the car, walk you past the touts and drive you to a hotel whose security already knows a car is coming. For a Boston executive with a nine o'clock session it is the session; for a Wellesley family off the overnight with three children and six bags it is the week; for a student arriving alone in Florence it is the first evening abroad, and the one the parents are thinking about.
What a bodyguard costs in US dollarsAt home: Beacon Hill, Wellesley, the Cape and the Islands, from the same desk
A family that works in London, summers in Italy, has a child in Florence and lives in Wellesley does not want four security relationships. For the weeks in Massachusetts we coordinate licensed partners: security drivers in Boston and Cambridge, residential cover in Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Brookline, Wellesley, Weston and Dover, the Cape, Nantucket and the Vineyard in season, and event and gala work, through licensed watch, guard or patrol agencies with officers licensed to carry where the assessment and Massachusetts law allow. The desk that set up your daughter's semester knows your family, your staff and your standard, and the Boston work runs to the same written plan. Our Boston chauffeur page describes the home service.
Chauffeur and security driver in BostonWhen Boston clients travel, and what the detail needs.
Students abroad
Semester arrivals in Florence, Rome, Paris, Madrid and London: the airport met, the apartment reviewed, the briefing written, the officer on call.
London, Paris, Geneva, Barcelona
The medical and biotech weeks: a security driver who holds the schedule through the sessions and the dinners.
The family summer
Rome, Florence, Paris and London with children: a licensed officer at the wheel of a van, early entry, the group kept together, the villa covered.
October and March
Florence and Rome with the student: a driver, the dinners, and the apartment seen with a parent's eyes.
London and the Alps
The shopping weeks, then Courchevel, St. Moritz or Gstaad: winter roads, chalet cover and the right vehicle.
At home
The Cape, Nantucket and the Vineyard in season: licensed Massachusetts partners for the house, the drivers and the guests, from the same desk.
Itinerary, plan, officers, arrival, report.
The itinerary
Dates, cities, party, profile, whether it is a working week, a family trip, a semester or a clinic. Under NDA from the first message, answered on Eastern time.
The written plan
Licensed company and officers in each country, vehicles, routes, hotel, clinic or apartment liaison, escalation chain, and one figure in EUR with the USD beside it. For a student, a briefing for the parents and one for the student.
Officers matched
Licensed where they work, English-speaking, selected for the trip: a security driver for the conference, a family officer for Italy, the officer who reviewed the apartment on call for the semester.
The arrival
The overnight from Logan tracked, met inside the terminal, the car at the door, the hotel, clinic or apartment already briefed.
The program
One coordinator across every country and every week, officers handing over at each border, the plan held when the schedule moves, the student's officer reachable at two in the morning Eastern.
Report
A short written account at the end for your file, your head of security's or, for a semester, the parents', if you want one. Then nothing: no newsletter, no follow-up calls.
“Boston parents do not ask whether Florence is safe. They ask who answers at two in the morning Eastern. We do.”
What executive protection abroad costs a Boston client.
Professional close protection in Italy, France, Spain and the UK starts from EUR 850 per day for a single principal on twelve-hour cover, the market base, with the executive vehicle added as its own line; Portuguese, Swiss and Gulf bases are confirmed on inquiry. A security driver with a car is the default Boston booking; a second officer, residential cover by the night and the holiday resorts sit above the base; a multi-city program receives one figure. A student arrival, apartment review and briefing is a fixed fee, with the officer on call for the semester quoted separately. The indicative USD figure appears beside each EUR figure for visitors from the US; the proposal and the invoice are in EUR and the proposal figure is final.
Allow seven days; under 48 hours carries an urgency fee and no guarantee. Payment by card, including American Express, or by transfer, invoiced by Algoz FZ-LLC. See also what a bodyguard costs in US dollars and student protection abroad.
Send the dates. We reply with a figure.
A person reads every message and replies, usually within two hours and always within 24. No commitment, no obligation.
Send the itinerary. We send the plan, on Eastern time.
Share your dates, cities and party, or the student's program and address, or have your head of security or family office write to us directly. You receive a written proposal with a final figure in EUR and the USD beside it, usually within two hours and always within 24, confidential from the first message.
Enquire WhatsAppThe Boston clients who use us.
The conference week
London, Paris, Geneva and Barcelona: a security driver who holds the schedule through the sessions and the dinners, one coordinator, the arrival at the door.
A semester in Florence
The arrival met, the apartment reviewed, a briefing for the student and one for the parents, the licensed officer on call until May.
Italy in July
Children, grandparents and six bags off the overnight from Logan: a licensed officer at the wheel of a van, early entry, the group kept together, the villa covered.
Treatment abroad
The clinic liaison, the quiet arrival, the car between the hotel and the appointment, and a plan the family does not have to run.
The London board week
A security driver from Heathrow to the last dinner, the car at the door, the Tube strike routed around.
Beacon Hill, Wellesley, the Cape
Licensed Massachusetts partners for drivers, residences, the island season and events, coordinated by the desk that already knows the family.
Everywhere Boston flies, and at home.
London; Paris and the Riviera; Rome, Florence, Venice, Tuscany, Lake Como and the Amalfi Coast; Madrid, Barcelona and Marbella; Lisbon and Porto; Dublin; Geneva, Zurich and St. Moritz; Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha; and at home in Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Brookline, Cambridge, Wellesley, Weston, Dover, the Cape, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard through licensed Massachusetts partners. Read also our pages for clients from New York, Chicago and Washington DC.
Pages for a Boston client.
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