Our private hourly chauffeur takes your group from Bal Harbour to Miami Heat vs. Atlanta Hawks at Kaseya Center on Saturday, January 23, 2027, in a Black SUV XL at a flat rate from $100 per hour, with a 5-hour minimum. One premium vehicle and one bilingual chauffeur stay with you throughout, the rate is locked at booking with no surge, and you plan every stop around the 8:00 PM tip-off.
Each rate below covers your whole private vehicle and chauffeur, and every booking runs for at least five hours.
Rates are per vehicle, never per seat, so the whole group shares one price for one private ride. For a Saturday game night from Bal Harbour, couples and small groups of friends usually pick the Black SUV XL. Families, teams of coworkers, and larger birthday crews heading down together tend to fill a Sprinter. The Platinum SUV suits a client night, an anniversary, or anyone who wants the most polished arrival downtown. Plan the evening as one block: dinner near home, the drive south, the game itself, and the ride back to Bal Harbour all fit inside the hours you reserve.
Yes. The night fee depends only on the pickup time: for pickups between 6:00 PM and 7:00 AM the SUV adds $50 (vans +10% of the hourly total), once per booking. Daytime service from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM carries no surcharge, and outside that window the amounts below are added:
The add-on works differently by vehicle. For an SUV it is one flat amount per trip, not a charge that repeats every hour. For a Sprinter it is a percentage of the trip value, so it scales with the hours you book. Nothing else shifts after dark: the hourly rate stays the same, the chauffeur stays the same, and the itinerary stays yours. The full total, surcharge included, is confirmed over WhatsApp when you book, so on January 23 the only number you need to watch is the one on the scoreboard.
Payment is simple: the full fare, paid when you book, reserves the night.
A private chauffeur turns a downtown game night into one smooth, premium evening.
The vehicle is reserved for your group alone, so the cabin is yours for pre-game playlists, jersey swaps, and post-game debates. Your chauffeur speaks English and Spanish, which helps when half the group is visiting family and the other half grew up on Heat basketball. The hourly rate is locked the moment you book, and a packed Saturday crowd, a rain shower, or slow traffic on Collins Avenue never changes it. One dedicated chauffeur covers the whole block, so the person who greets you in Bal Harbour is the same one who brings you home. You can message that chauffeur directly on WhatsApp all night. On game night, better service means fewer decisions and no parking plan. Everyone in the car gets a better experience, including whoever would otherwise have been stuck driving.
You book a car and chauffeur by the hour, and the evening runs your way.
Start by choosing the vehicle that fits your headcount, then tell us your start time and the stops you want. Bookings run a minimum of five hours, which on a Heat night comfortably covers dinner, the drive downtown, the full game, and the ride back. Pickup can be any Bal Harbour address you choose. If part of the group arrives that day, the chauffeur can start at Miami International Airport or a PortMiami cruise terminal and head straight into the evening. The exact pickup spot is agreed when you book. After that the plan stays open: add a stop, skip one, or linger over dessert. Once the five-hour block ends, every extra hour is simply added at the same per-hour rate, so you can keep the car as long as the night lasts.
Overtime is no problem, because the car is yours for as long as you keep it. If the game runs long or the group wants a late bite afterward, the chauffeur simply stays on. Any added hours don’t have to be paid at the curb. You settle them after the night, with the driver or over WhatsApp.
Fuel, tolls, and parking are included, so the hourly rate covers the whole drive.
That matters on a downtown game night, when parking near the arena is at a premium and a causeway toll would otherwise land on someone’s card. Onboard WiFi runs from a mobile hotspot, which is handy for pulling up digital tickets or streaming the pre-game show on the way south. One brief comfort stop for a restroom, a snack, or a stretch is easy to ask for mid-booking and does not change the rate. There is room for jerseys, signs, and new merch from the arena, but tell us in advance if you’re bringing something big. Beyond any hours you add, the only extra that may apply is the night surcharge for trips outside daytime hours.
Four private tiers cover everything from a couple to a crew of friends.
The Black SUV XL seats up to 5. It suits couples, close friends, and small families who want a sleek, quiet ride south along the water. The Platinum SUV seats up to 5 and steps up the finish for a client evening, a milestone birthday, or a first Heat game worth remembering. Reference Cars: Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator, Ford Expedition. Those names describe the class of vehicle, not a promise of one exact model. For bigger groups, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter comes in two sizes, detailed just below. Whatever the tier, choose by headcount first and comfort second, because the ride home after a loud, late game is when extra space feels best.
Our private Mercedes-Benz Sprinter comes in two sizes: one seats 6 to 9 passengers and the larger seats 10 to 14. A big family, a youth team, or an office group can ride from Bal Harbour to the game together, sing along to the same playlist, and walk into the arena as one crew.
Miami Heat vs. Atlanta Hawks tips off Saturday, January 23, 2027, at 8:00 PM.
It is a regular-season meeting between two Southeast Division rivals at Kaseya Center, the Heat’s home arena on Biscayne Bay, right beside Bayside Marketplace and a short hop from Brickell. Saturday home games draw lifelong season-ticket holders, families making a night of it, visitors staying along Collins Avenue, and a few Hawks fans in red. This season carries extra buzz around the Heat’s retooled roster under coach Erik Spoelstra. The plaza outside fills early with jerseys, new merch, and phones out for photos. The energy starts well before tip-off: Bayside’s waterfront and the spots along Biscayne Boulevard fill with pre-game crowds, and the arena show builds toward the opening lineups. For a group coming from Bal Harbour, going early is a given. The real question is how to arrive without circling downtown blocks hunting for a garage.
Your chauffeur handles the arrival and the exit, both timed around the crowd.
Downtown traffic thickens along Biscayne Boulevard in the run-up to tip-off, so the chauffeur times the drive from Bal Harbour to beat the heaviest arrival wave. Street closures and police traffic control around the arena change from event to event. A chauffeur who knows the downtown grid adjusts on the fly instead of sitting in the arrival crawl. Once the group is inside, your chauffeur stays reachable on WhatsApp through the whole game. When the final buzzer sounds, you send a message, walk out with the crowd, and meet the car at the agreed pickup point. That spot is chosen a short walk from the entrance, where traffic can actually move, so the ride home starts while others are still searching for the car they parked hours earlier.
The drop-off point is as close to the venue as access allows on game night, usually on the Biscayne Boulevard side, where cars can pull over safely. Your chauffeur confirms the exact spot on the drive down, so everyone knows where to step out, which way the entrance lies, and where to meet again afterward.
Yes. Waiting through the game is the whole point of booking by the hour. The same vehicle and chauffeur stay yours for the entire block and hold nearby while you watch, so nobody has to find a ride home late on a Saturday night. Jackets and shopping bags can stay in the car until you return.
An early exit is just another stop on your booking. Message the chauffeur, meet the car at the agreed pickup point, and decide together whether it takes the early group home to Bal Harbour and comes back, or waits for everyone. Timing on a busy downtown night decides which works better, so talk it through on WhatsApp during the game.
The simplest way is a private car from your Bal Harbour door to downtown.
Bal Harbour sits at the north end of the barrier island it shares with Surfside and Miami Beach, so every route downtown means heading south, crossing the bay, or both. Your chauffeur picks the route on the night based on live traffic. One choice is Collins Avenue south through Surfside and Miami Beach, then across the Julia Tuttle or MacArthur Causeway. Another is west over the Broad Causeway via Bay Harbor Islands, then south on Biscayne Boulevard or the interstate. The MacArthur lands at the edge of the arena district, which often makes it the natural last leg. On a Saturday game night those roads carry weekend beach traffic plus fans, so the drive typically runs longer than on a quiet weeknight. Allow a generous cushion before the 8:00 PM tip-off. From the back seat, none of that is your concern: no merging, no toll lanes, no one glued to a map.
No single causeway wins every Saturday. The fastest is whichever one is moving that evening. Your chauffeur checks live traffic before pickup and again while heading south, switching between the Julia Tuttle, the MacArthur, and the Broad Causeway as conditions change. All you have to do is watch the skyline rise over Biscayne Bay.
The chauffeur meets you at the Bal Harbour address you give when booking.
Many game-night pickups start at a hotel front drive: guests at The St. Regis Bal Harbour or The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour step out of the lobby to a car already parked and ready. Residents of the oceanfront towers along Collins Avenue get the same pickup at their building’s entrance. Private homes on the quieter residential streets west of Collins work just as well, so share any building access notes when you book. If the group is spread out, the chauffeur can collect one party at Bal Harbour Shops and another at a building in neighboring Surfside and still keep the evening on schedule, since every stop fits inside the same block of hours. Your chauffeur messages you on arrival, so nobody waits in the lobby guessing. For a group coming from different parts of town, one central Bal Harbour start point keeps things simplest.
Bal Harbour Shops, right on Collins Avenue, is the classic pre-game dinner stop.
The open-air center’s restaurants create an easy first stop. Carpaccio is a long-standing Italian favorite for a relaxed group dinner, and Makoto serves Japanese plates for a lighter, lively meal before heading south. Your chauffeur waits outside while you eat and pulls up when the check lands, so there is no valet line on the way out. Groups who would rather start downtown can ride straight to Bayside Marketplace for a waterfront drink next to the arena, or swing through Brickell for dinner among its towers. Couples sometimes pair the game with an afternoon on the beach or a browse through the Shops, which fits naturally into a longer booking. These are ideas, not reservations: book your own table, and the chauffeur plans the timing around it.
Yes. A post-game stop is just another stop on your booking. Head to Brickell for a late dinner, to Wynwood for a nightcap among the murals, or straight back to Bal Harbour. The same chauffeur drives every leg, and if the celebration runs long, you simply keep the car for another hour.
Yes. This hourly service stays local, built around Miami and its neighboring neighborhoods.
The chauffeur covers the parts of Miami where you’ll actually spend game day: Bal Harbour and the beaches, Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana, and the area around Miami International Airport, plus neighboring areas up toward Fort Lauderdale. Staying local keeps the car close, on call, and unhurried, ready to swing back for a forgotten jacket or add a late stop without fuss. Farther destinations such as Naples, Orlando, or West Palm Beach aren’t part of this hourly service, which is built to stay around the city. That is exactly what a Heat night needs. A Fort Lauderdale stop before or after the game fits naturally, and the same chauffeur covers it within your booking.
These answers cover the last details fans settle before a downtown game.
Each one comes from a real planning question: timing, pets, short-notice bookings, and whether a private ride truly covers the whole night. If yours is not here, send it on WhatsApp with your group size and start time, and you’ll get an answer from the same team that runs the car.
Leave Bal Harbour with a generous cushion before the 8:00 PM tip-off, because Saturday traffic toward downtown builds as the evening goes on. Arriving early gives the group time to get through the entrance, grab food, and find seats before warmups end. If dinner is part of the plan, start the booking earlier and eat first.
Yes. A private chauffeur hired by the hour is exactly that ride, reserved for your group alone. There are no strangers, no shared seats, and no fixed timetable: the car leaves Bal Harbour when you are ready and heads home when you are. It works just as well for a couple celebrating an anniversary as for a full group in a private van.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice.
A booking made within 24 hours of the ride is locked in and held just for you, because a driver and vehicle are already set aside for your night. On that short notice we can’t guarantee a date change or a refund, so the evening runs exactly as agreed. You can always add more hours on the day.
Reserving one premium service by the hour is a different thing from opening an app every time you move. You hold a single vehicle and a single bilingual chauffeur for the whole block, the price is fixed before you start, and the car simply waits while you eat, shop, or take photos — no re-requesting, no surge, no stranger learning where you are headed each time.
| By the hour with us | App rides (Uber / Lyft) |
|---|---|
| One flat hourly rate, locked before you start | A fresh fare every ride, surging 1.5×–4× at peak |
| The same vehicle and driver stay with you all day | A different car and a stranger at every pickup |
| Your driver waits between each stop — nothing to re-book | Re-request and wait at the curb after each stop |
| A vetted, professional bilingual chauffeur | Whoever happens to accept the ping |
Across a full day of stops, one reserved chauffeur usually lands below a string of Uber Black or Lyft Lux surges — and it stays a calmer, more premium service from the first pickup to the last drop-off.
Uber, Uber Black, Lyft, and Lyft Lux are trademarks of their respective owners. We are not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by them. Comparison reflects publicly available pricing as of 2026.
Yes. Send your details on WhatsApp and we confirm your game-night chauffeur.
Share three things: how many people are going, roughly when you want to leave Bal Harbour, and the stops on your wish list. That might be dinner at Bal Harbour Shops, a waterfront drink at Bayside, a late bite in Brickell, or straight to the game and home. We reply with the right vehicle, your total including the night surcharge, and the payment details. Once the payment arrives, your chauffeur and car are held for Saturday, January 23, 2027. The plan stays flexible after that: move dinner, add a friend’s pickup, or keep the car longer after the final buzzer. A Saturday game against a division rival draws a big downtown crowd, so booking your ride early means one less thing to sort out on the night. Message us below, and your Heat night starts at your Bal Harbour front door.
Email: [email protected] | Phone/WhatsApp: +1 (786) 682-8748
We recommend booking at least 24 hours in advance, and online bookings need at least 12 hours’ notice. For holidays and busier weekends, please book ahead to ensure better availability.
Yes, we accept bookings from anywhere in the world. We accept international payments and keep travelers updated via WhatsApp and email.
No. We only work with reservations made in advance: online bookings need at least 12 hours’ notice. For anything sooner, message us on WhatsApp and we will check availability — same-day service is subject to availability and is not guaranteed.
You pay the full fare when you book, by card or Apple Pay through the secure checkout on the site, or a Stripe payment link we send on WhatsApp. The same applies to every pickup area and to hourly chauffeur bookings.
No. The full fare is paid in advance by card or Apple Pay, through the secure checkout on the site or a Stripe payment link we send on WhatsApp; online payments carry a 4% processing fee.
No. In addition to the airport, we also serve hotels, ports, train stations, restaurants, and private addresses.
We work with a black SUV for up to 5 passengers, a van for 6 to 9 passengers and a larger van for 10 to 14.
Yes. We serve weddings, corporate conferences, VIP events, and other special occasions — as a direct ride to the venue, or with the chauffeur staying with you for the whole celebration on our hourly service (5-hour minimum). Contact us with the date, head count and schedule and we will set it up.
Some vehicles in our fleet are equipped with Wi-Fi and USB ports. Let us know in advance if this is essential, and we’ll book a vehicle that meets your needs.
No. We only work with private transfers. The vehicle is reserved exclusively for you and your party, with no shared seating.
No problem. We track your flight in real time and adjust the pickup time when needed, at no extra charge.
Send us the updated information as soon as possible, and we’ll adjust your booking while monitoring the new flight status.
We primarily work with curbside pickup. Just send a message with your exit gate and the driver will arrive in a few minutes — usually faster than the traditional sign-holding service.
If you prefer the driver to wait inside the terminal with a sign bearing your name, add the Meet & Greet for US$ 40 when you book — available for airport pickups only.
The day before your trip, we’ll send you a message with the driver’s name, vehicle model, and license plate, along with detailed instructions for curbside pickup.
Don’t worry. We’ll send you a message as soon as your flight lands. If we don’t receive a quick reply, the driver will automatically head to the international arrivals hall. Wait there and we’ll find you.
For domestic flights, we offer up to 60 minutes of wait time after arrival.
For international flights, the courtesy time is up to 120 minutes.
For hotel pickups, there’s a 15-minute grace period.
For port pickups, we wait up to 60 minutes past the agreed time.
Two hours is the free wait for international flights. When your free waiting time ends, extra waiting is not automatic: your driver may text you an offer to keep waiting, but is not required to. If the offer is sent, the driver waits up to 10 minutes for your reply; if you don’t accept in that time, the driver may leave. If no offer is sent, the driver may leave once your free waiting time is over.
Yes. Our drivers help load and unload your bags.
The standard allowance includes one large suitcase and one carry-on per person.
Traveling with larger or additional items — extra suitcases, musical instruments, mobility equipment, or strollers? Contact us in advance so we can arrange the necessary space. An additional fee may apply.
We’re sorry — pets are not accepted on any of our services. Certified service animals are welcome: please tell us in advance and we’ll assign a van for the ride.
We ask that you don’t eat during the trip. Only water in sealed bottles is allowed on board.
With by-the-hour service, stops are included: the vehicle is yours for the hours you book.
Yes. The pickup time and other details (an extra passenger) can be changed until 24 hours before the ride, depending on availability. Within 24 hours of the ride there are no changes and no refunds — message us on WhatsApp and we’ll see what we can do. The travel date itself is fixed once booked.
No hidden fees: the quoted price includes the driver, fuel and tolls. Only optional extras add to it — the night-hours fee shown in your quote before you book, the optional Meet & Greet at Miami International Airport and the 4% processing fee on card payments made through the payment link. Driver gratuity is optional and at your discretion; it’s always welcome.
You get a full refund if you cancel more than 24 hours before your scheduled pickup. Within 24 hours of the ride, the booking is non-refundable.
Note: any refund claim — including a driver no-show or another service issue — must reach us within 30 days of your scheduled pickup. Requests made more than a month after the ride date are no longer eligible for review or refund.
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