Hourly chauffeur service

Hourly chauffeur service books a car and driver for a block of time rather than one route, so the day’s stops and the waiting in between are covered by the same fixed rate. It suits a schedule with more than one stop, or a schedule that is not fixed yet when you book, such as a client visit with an uncertain number of meetings, or a day of appointments where the order isn’t locked until the morning.

What an hourly booking includes

Structure	Car and driver held for a booked block of time
Minimum booking	3 hours, every vehicle class
Stops within the block	Unlimited, set as the day goes
Waiting between stops	Included within the booked block
Overtime	Billed in 15-minute increments past the booked block
ERP, fuel, tolls and parking	Included in the quoted fare
Passengers	2 to 40, by vehicle class
Payment	Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay

As-directed against a single point-to-point trip

The difference from every other page on this site is structural, not just priced differently. Every other service, including airport, corporate, wedding, event and monthly bookings, describes when and why you need the car. hourly describes how the booking itself is structured, and it can sit underneath any of those use cases when the day has more than one stop. A delegation visit with three meetings, a wedding day with a ceremony and a reception at different venues, or a corporate day with client stops in between. All of these are hourly bookings shaped around a specific occasion.

What an hourly chauffeur costs

S$105 an hour, with a 3-hour minimum, is the starting rate for an Executive Business Sedan.

Vehicle rates

Class	Passengers	Luggage	3-hour minimum	Hourly rate
Executive Business Sedan	2	2	S$315	S$105
Executive MPV	4	4	S$363	S$121
Business Class Van	6	6	S$336	S$112
First Class Sedan	2	2	S$645	S$215
Minibus	8	8	S$372	S$124

See our rates page for the complete card and airport route fares.

Hourly chauffeur against the alternatives

	Hourly chauffeur	Repeated Grab/taxi trips	Self-drive rental
One driver for the whole day	Yes	No, a new driver each trip	Not applicable
Price known in advance	Yes, per hour	No, each trip re-priced	Yes, plus parking and fuel
Waiting between stops charged	No, included	Yes, a new fare each time	Not applicable
Itinerary flexible on the day	Yes	Rebook each time	Yes, but you drive and park yourself

Booking each stop separately as individual trips is usually the more expensive route once four or five stops and the waiting between them are added up, and it puts a different driver at each stop rather than one who already knows the day.

Common uses for an hourly booking

Multi-meeting corporate days, wedding days spanning a ceremony and a reception, a delegation with an itinerary that firms up only on the day, and event days with more than one venue all fit the hourly structure better than a single point-to-point booking.

What to know about hourly bookings

ERP, parking and waiting

Gantry charges and parking at each stop are inside the hourly rate rather than itemised per stop. Waiting between stops within the booked block carries no separate charge.

Licensing

Every chauffeur holds a Private Hire Car Driver’s Vocational Licence from the Land Transport Authority, requiring a Class 3 licence held for at least a year, a medical check and a background screening.

Common mistakes with hourly bookings

Under-booking the block and running into overtime charges is the most common one. If the day has more than three stops, book more hours than the plan strictly needs. The second is booking point-to-point when the day actually has multiple stops, which loses the driver-continuity and included-waiting benefit of the hourly structure.

Hourly chauffeur questions