Executive Protection for New York Clients, Abroad and at Home
What a New York client gets from us, and what they do not.
New Yorkers travel more than anyone else in the country and tend to arrive in Europe with a standard already set: a car at the curb, a schedule that holds, a hotel that knows them, and, for the ones who have it at home, a security detail that works. The last of those does not cross the Atlantic. Every European country licenses private protection locally and none recognizes a New York guard registration, a US firearms permit or a US company's insurance. The detail that works on Park Avenue cannot legally work on Via Condotti. What we do is deliver the same standard through officers licensed where you land, from one desk, to a plan your own security director helped write.
Most New York clients book one thing: a licensed close protection officer at the wheel of an executive car, in Rome, Milan, Paris or London, for the arrival, the days that matter and the evenings. Families add a second officer for Como or the Riviera in August. Public figures add a senior officer and advance work. Family offices get a line-item proposal their compliance team can read. We reply on Eastern time, usually within two hours, in EUR with the USD figure beside it, and the proposal figure is final. At home, for the weeks you are in Manhattan, the Hamptons or Greenwich, the same desk coordinates licensed New York partners. Send the itinerary; a person reads it the same morning.
- Officers licensed in each country you land in: GPG in Italy, CNAPS in France, SIA in the UK, Ministry of the Interior in Spain, licensed companies in the Gulf and Latin America
- A security driver with an executive vehicle as the default New York booking, with a second officer for events, August on the lakes and the evenings out
- One coordinator for a multi-city trip, Milan to Paris to London, with one figure and officers handing over at each border
- Replies on Eastern time, usually within two hours and always within 24; your flight out of JFK or Newark is tracked and the arrival is planned around it
- Proposal in EUR with an indicative USD figure beside it; payment by card including American Express, or transfer; the proposal figure is final
- At home: licensed New York partners under DCJS registration for Manhattan, the Hamptons season and Westchester and Greenwich estates, coordinated by the same desk
What New York clients ask before they book.
Can my New York detail come with me to Europe?
As staff and advisors, yes. As protection, no. Italy, France, the UK and Spain each license officers locally and recognize no US registration, firearms permit or insurance. Your team writes the plan with us; the licensed local officer carries it out. Your security director is welcome on every call.
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, the market base, with the executive vehicle added. The indicative USD figure appears beside every EUR figure on this site for visitors from the US. The proposal is in EUR and the figure on it is final.
Will you answer on New York 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 Sunday evening email from Manhattan is answered before you board on Monday.
Do you meet overnight flights?
Every one. JFK and Newark fly nonstop to Rome, Milan, Paris, London, Madrid, Lisbon, Dubai and Doha, and most land between seven and ten in the morning. The flight is tracked, the officer is inside the terminal, and the hotel has been told a car is coming.
Do you cover New York itself?
Through licensed New York partners, yes: Manhattan, the Hamptons in season, Westchester and Greenwich estates, with security drivers and officers registered under New York State DCJS rules. The same desk coordinates home and abroad, which is the point for a family that travels nine months of the year.
How do you work with a family office?
As the ground element of your plan. You receive a written proposal with the licensed company, the officers, the vehicles, the routes and the escalation chain before anyone travels, one coordinator during the trip, and a report afterwards if you want one. The paperwork your compliance team asks for is part of the service.
The services New York clients book most.
Security Driver in Rome, Milan, Paris and London
One licensed officer at the wheel of an executive car for the arrival, the shopping streets, the dinners and the late return. The booking most New Yorkers make.
August on the Lakes and the Riviera
Villa cover on Como, the Riviera, Sardinia and Marbella with a second officer and a female officer where the family prefers one, run as one program for the month.
Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha
Licensed officers and security drivers in the Gulf, where many New York clients connect or winter, coordinated from the same desk as Europe.
Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio and the Caribbean
Licensed local protection in the destinations New Yorkers reach in a few hours south, where the threat picture is higher and the officer earns the fee.
Manhattan, the Hamptons, Greenwich
Licensed New York partners for security drivers, event cover and estate work, coordinated by the desk that already knows your family.
The Rest of the Trip
Hotels, tables, access and the airport handled by the same team that holds the protection, so one change moves everything downstream.
Why the Park Avenue detail stops at the jet bridge
A New York executive protection agent is trained, armed where permitted, registered under the Division of Criminal Justice Services and insured by a New York company. None of that has standing in Rome, Paris, London or Madrid. Italy licenses protection through Prefettura-authorized institutes and sworn GPG officers; France through the CNAPS, officer by officer; the United Kingdom through the SIA, and the police are entitled to ask; Spain under Law 5/2014. A US agent working a hotel lobby abroad is unlicensed, uninsured and, if stopped, the reason a trip ends early. The model that works is the one we run: your security director keeps the strategy and writes the plan with us, and 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 clientsThe overnight flight, and the first hour on the ground
New York flies to Europe overnight and lands tired at breakfast. JFK and Newark run nonstop to Rome, Milan, Paris, London, Madrid, Lisbon, Dubai and Doha, and 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 family off the overnight from JFK with children and bags, that hour sets the week. For an executive with a nine o'clock meeting in Milan, it is the meeting.
Milan airport VIP meet and greetAugust: Como, the Riviera, Sardinia and the New York summer abroad
When the Hamptons empty in August, a part of New York moves to Lake Como, the Riviera, the Costa Smeralda and Marbella, and the booking changes shape: a villa with staff you have not met, a boat, a one-lane lake road after dinner, children who split from the group, a wedding with photographers who were not invited. The arrangement is residential cover with a night presence, a security driver who knows the road, a second officer for the big days and a female officer where the family prefers one, run as one program for the month with one coordinator. The good officers on the lake are committed by May; book the detail with the villa.
Bodyguard in Lake ComoThe working week: Milan, Paris, London in five days
The New York board week in Europe is three capitals in five days, and the exposure is logistical: the car that cannot be found when the meeting ends, the schedule built without slack, a strike in Paris, a march on a Saturday. One security driver in each city, handing over at the border, with one coordinator who moves the day when the diary moves, keeps the week on time and the principal out of the taxi line. The driver is a licensed close protection officer, which matters less for the threat than for the discipline: advance work on the venues, the alternative route already fixed, the arrival at the door rather than the curb.
Bodyguard in LondonPublic figures: being known in New York and recognized in Milan
New York produces people who are recognized abroad: in finance, fashion, media, sport and entertainment. Milan in Fashion Week, Paris in Fashion Week, Cannes in May and London any week are where a New York face meets a European crowd with cameras. The honest answer is one senior licensed officer, dressed for the setting, moving with you rather than behind you, with advance work on the venues and the back doors, a second officer for the shows and the evenings, and a car at every door. Not a visible team, which in Europe draws the attention it is meant to prevent. We plan these weeks months ahead because the officers who know the backstage doors are committed early.
Milan Fashion Week VIP protectionAt home: Manhattan, the Hamptons and Greenwich, from the same desk
A family that travels nine months of the year does not want two security relationships. For the weeks in New York we coordinate licensed partners registered under New York State DCJS rules: security drivers in Manhattan, estate and event cover in the Hamptons season, Westchester and Greenwich residential work, and armed officers where the assessment and the law allow. The desk that planned your August on Como knows your family, your staff and your standard, and the New York work is run to the same written plan. Our New York, Palm Beach and Miami pages describe the home service in detail.
Bodyguard in New YorkWhen New York clients travel, and what the detail needs.
The summer abroad
Como, the Riviera, Sardinia, Marbella and the Greek islands. Villa cover, boats, a second officer and the good people committed by May.
Fashion Weeks
Milan and Paris with a New York face in the front row. Senior officer, advance work, backstage doors, planned months ahead.
The holidays
London and Paris for the shopping, the Alps for Christmas and New Year: Courchevel, St. Moritz, Gstaad. Winter roads and chalet cover.
Families
Rome, Florence and Paris with children in the Easter crowds. A car for the days, early entry, an officer who keeps the group together.
The working weeks
Milan, Paris, London, Frankfurt and Zurich in five days. A security driver per city, one coordinator, strikes and marches routed around.
At home
Memorial Day to Labor Day on the East End: licensed New York partners for estate, event and driver cover, from the same desk.
Itinerary, plan, officers, arrival, report.
The itinerary
Dates, cities, party, profile, and what your home team already knows. Under NDA from the first message, answered on Eastern time; your security director is welcome on the call.
The written plan
Licensed company and officers in each country, vehicles, routes, hotel liaison, medical and embassy references, escalation chain, and one figure in EUR with the USD beside it. Sent before anyone travels.
Officers matched
Licensed where they work, English-speaking, selected for the profile: a female officer for a family, a security driver for a working week, a senior officer for a public figure.
The arrival
The overnight from JFK or Newark tracked, met inside the terminal, the car at the door, the first hotel already briefed.
The program
One coordinator across every city, officers handing over cleanly at each border, the plan held when the diary moves.
Report
A short written account at the end for your file or your security director's, if you want one. Then nothing: no newsletter, no follow-up calls.
“A New York detail is a standard, not a passport. The standard flies out of JFK. The license does not.”
What executive protection abroad costs a New York 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 and the final figure shaped by the country, the season, the languages and the profile. A security driver with a car is the default New York booking; a second officer, residential cover by the night, Fashion Week and the August resorts sit above the base. A multi-city program receives one figure. 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 executive protection in Europe for US clients.
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 have your security director 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 New York clients who use us.
The European board week
Milan, Paris and London in five days with a security driver in each city, one coordinator and arrivals at the door rather than the curb.
August on the lake
A villa on Como or the Riviera with children, staff and a boat: residential cover, a female officer, a driver who knows the road, one figure for the month.
Front row in Milan and Paris
A recognized New York face in Fashion Week: one senior officer, advance work, the backstage doors, planned months ahead.
A plan the compliance team can read
Line-item proposal, licensed company named, officers licensed where they work, a report afterwards.
Rome or Paris alone
New Yorkers who travel alone by choice and want one trusted person on the ground for the arrival, the evenings and the busy days.
Manhattan, the Hamptons, Greenwich
Licensed New York partners for drivers, estates and events, coordinated by the desk that already knows the family.
Everywhere a New Yorker flies nonstop, and beyond.
Rome, Milan, Lake Como, Florence, Venice and the Amalfi Coast; Paris, the Riviera and Courchevel; London; Madrid, Barcelona, Marbella and Ibiza; Lisbon; Geneva, Zurich and St. Moritz; Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha; Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio and the Caribbean; and at home in Manhattan, the Hamptons, Westchester and Greenwich through licensed New York partners. Read also our pages for clients from Los Angeles, Miami and Palm Beach, Boston and Washington DC.
Pages for a New York client.
Algoz FZ-LLC (Trade License 5033995 | TRN 105119056700001) is licensed by RAKEZ for Businessmen Services and Lifestyle Development Consultancy. Operational services such as security, transportation and concierge are delivered through vetted, licensed specialist partners, selected, contracted and overseen by Algoz. All operational execution is performed exclusively by licensed third-party partners holding the necessary local permits. We provide direct assistance and support in partnership with regulated local providers, in compliance with local law. Clients remain responsible for obtaining any required approvals. Armed services require a minimum 30-day lead time for authorisation, which may be refused. All activities comply with UAE law and RAKEZ regulations.