Our private hourly chauffeur takes your group from Bal Harbour to Miami Heat vs. Golden State Warriors at Kaseya Center on Sunday, January 17, 2027, in a Black SUV XL at a flat rate from $100 per hour, with a 5-hour minimum. One bilingual driver and one vehicle stay reserved for you from the pre-game pickup to the ride home, and the rate is locked at booking with no surge.
Each vehicle books at one flat hourly rate for your Bal Harbour game night, and every reservation carries a five-hour minimum.
The rate is charged per vehicle, never per passenger, so a fuller car spreads the same hourly figure across more fans. You pay for the vehicle’s time rather than for miles, which means an hour parked Downtown while the Heat play costs exactly what an hour rolling down Collins Avenue does. Budgeting stays simple for a group: select the tier that seats everyone, multiply by the hours you plan to keep the car, and split it however your crew prefers. Evening rides carry the separate surcharge explained in the next section, and everything else the rate covers is laid out further down this page.
Daytime hours run from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM with no surcharge.
The SUV figure is one add-on for the trip, while the Sprinter figure scales with the value of the booking, so larger groups see it as a percentage rather than a fixed amount. 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. Build the surcharge into your plan from the start so nothing on game night comes as a surprise.
Expect a packed, loud, multicultural crowd for this Sunday 6:00 PM regular-season clash Downtown.
The Heat host the Warriors at Kaseya Center on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, a marquee East-meets-West matchup with a real big-game feel. Heat nights look like Miami itself: Cuban-American, Venezuelan, Colombian, and Puerto Rican families sit beside young professionals, longtime season-ticket holders, and January visitors escaping winter up north. Golden State also brings one of the league’s biggest traveling fan bases, so expect blue-and-gold jerseys mixed in with Heat colors from the concourse to the upper rows. Many of these fans come in groups, and that is where a private car earns its keep. Three generations of one family, a birthday crew, or a couple hosting out-of-town friends can ride together, talk strategy in the back, and step out Downtown without anyone circling for a garage.
Yes. A holiday-weekend Sunday puts beach traffic, visitors, and a full arena on the same Downtown streets. A chauffeur takes away the parts that spoil a big night: hunting for a garage, choosing who stays sober to drive, and hoping an app car shows up afterward. Your group walks out, finds the same car, and rides home to Bal Harbour.
Your chauffeur drives south from Bal Harbour and crosses the bay toward Biscayne Boulevard Downtown.
Two routes do most of the work. The first follows Collins Avenue south through Surfside and Miami Beach to the Julia Tuttle Causeway, then joins I-95 or Biscayne Boulevard for the final run into Downtown. The second crosses the Broad Causeway to the mainland and rolls down Biscayne Boulevard, which runs right past the arena along the bay. Your driver chooses based on live traffic, because a holiday-weekend Sunday can back up Collins Avenue with beach visitors while the mainland stays clear, or the reverse. The drive typically runs under an hour in light traffic. On game night, allow extra time for the slow final blocks as a full arena’s worth of fans heads toward Bayside Marketplace and the arena district. Leaving early matters more than the route, because tip-off traffic builds in the last mile, not on the causeways.
The driver lets your group out as close to the venue as access allows on game night, typically on the Biscayne Boulevard side near the main entrance. Event-night traffic control can move the usable drop-off point, so your chauffeur adjusts on the spot and confirms by WhatsApp exactly where you got out. That spot becomes your easy reference for meeting up after the game.
Yes, and that is the whole point of booking by the hour. While you watch, the driver parks nearby and keeps the car ready for the end of the night. Your group shares one WhatsApp thread with the chauffeur, so a question or a change of plan during the game reaches them right away, and the car is never more than a text away.
Message your chauffeur as the fourth quarter winds down, and they will head to the pickup point you agreed on at drop-off. Walking a short way from the busiest exit crowd usually makes it quicker to find each other. The same car and driver are waiting with your jackets and merch bags inside. From there it is a quiet ride back to Bal Harbour.
Pickup happens at any address in Bal Harbour, agreed on when you book.
Most game-night rides start at a hotel lobby. The chauffeur pulls up to the front drive of The St. Regis Bal Harbour, The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour, or the Sea View Hotel and meets your group at the door. Residents of the oceanfront condo towers along Collins Avenue are picked up at their building’s front entrance, and homes on the quieter residential streets west of Collins work just as well. Groups that spent the afternoon shopping can meet the car outside Bal Harbour Shops instead of going back to the room first. Door-to-door pickup keeps the start of the night easy, whether your group is in jerseys or dressed for dinner afterward. Share the exact spot, a rough start time, and any names the driver should look for, and your chauffeur arrives ready.
Yes. You set the itinerary, so the chauffeur can stop at a condo tower, swing by a hotel lobby, and pick up friends in nearby Surfside or Bay Harbor Islands before heading south. List every pickup in order when you book, and the driver will plan the loop so everyone is on board before the drive Downtown.
Bal Harbour Shops puts several favorite pre-game restaurants in one open-air spot.
A Sunday 6:00 PM tip-off leaves time for a relaxed late lunch or early dinner before the car heads south. Inside Bal Harbour Shops, Carpaccio is a longtime Italian favorite for long tables of friends, Makoto serves Japanese plates and sushi, and Le Zoo brings a Parisian brasserie mood under the palms. Just over the line in Surfside, Harding Avenue has casual cafés for families who want something quick. The chauffeur drops you at the restaurant, waits while you eat, and pulls up when the check is paid, so nobody has to find parking twice in one day. Some groups flip the order and eat Downtown instead, strolling Bayside Marketplace on the water before walking into the arena. Either way, reserve your own table ahead of time on a holiday weekend. We handle the ride, and your chauffeur can suggest the option that best fits your group’s timing.
Yes. Brickell sits just south of the arena, so a post-game round there is only a short hop before the ride north. Your driver waits outside while you celebrate or regroup, then takes everyone home to Bal Harbour. Keep an eye on the hours left in your booking, or add another hour on the spot.
Plan to leave Bal Harbour by mid-afternoon rather than cutting it close to tip-off.
Three things take time on a Heat Sunday: the drive itself, the slow crawl through the final Downtown blocks, and the security line at the arena doors. Holiday-weekend visitors and January’s peak season add beach traffic along Collins Avenue on top of game traffic, so the relaxed plan is the smart one. Arriving early also gives you time to find your seats, grab food on the concourse, and watch warmups instead of hearing the opening tip from the ramp. Groups with kids or older family members particularly appreciate the extra time, since the walk from the drop-off point to their section is easier before the crowd peaks. Because the booking is hourly, leaving earlier just turns spare time into part of the outing. The chauffeur fits the pre-game stops around it, whether that means coffee in Surfside or a walk along the bay Downtown before doors open.
You reserve a vehicle and driver for a block of hours, then plan the night however you like.
Start by choosing the tier that seats your group, then send the headcount, a rough start time, and your wish list of stops. The driver picks up at any Miami address: a Bal Harbour hotel, a home, Miami International Airport, or a PortMiami cruise terminal, where a cruise-day arrival can ride straight to the game. The pickup spot is agreed at booking. From then on, the same chauffeur stays with you for the whole block, driving between lunch, the arena, and wherever the night goes next. The booking starts with a five-hour block. After that, every additional hour is simply added at the same per-hour rate for your vehicle, with no new fare to negotiate. Whether it is an overtime thriller, post-game drinks, or a detour to South Beach, keep the car as long as you need, and settle the added hours after the day wraps up.
Yes, when a car is free. Once a booking inside the final 24 hours is confirmed, your slot is locked in and held just for you, with a driver and vehicle already set aside. On that short notice the date and time run exactly as agreed, since a change or refund can’t be guaranteed. You can always add hours on the day.
Four private tiers cover everyone from a couple to a large family or friend group.
Every tier is private. The whole vehicle belongs to your group for the booking, and no other fans board. There is room for what fans actually carry on game night, from jerseys and signs to merch bags; tell us in advance if you are bringing something big. If your headcount falls between two tiers, size up so nobody rides with a bag on their lap.
Your whole group can ride in one private van. The two Mercedes-Benz Sprinter tiers listed above cover both mid-size and large parties, so friends staying in different Bal Harbour towers still arrive together. Send your final headcount on WhatsApp, and we will match the Sprinter size so everyone rides comfortably with space to spare.
Fans book us because the whole night runs as a premium service, not a scramble.
Your group gets a private vehicle reserved only for you, a clean interior, and one dedicated chauffeur who stays with you from the first pickup to the last drop-off. That driver is bilingual, which matters in a city where grandparents may favor Spanish while the grandkids chat in English. The hourly rate is flat and locked at booking with no surge, so a packed arena or a slow causeway never changes what you pay. You message the chauffeur and our team directly on WhatsApp, and plans can change mid-evening with a single text. The driver waits through the game, so the end of the night is a short walk to a familiar car instead of a crowded sidewalk. All of that means better service and a better experience for fans who treat a Heat night as the event of their weekend.
Fuel, tolls, and parking are included, so causeway tolls and Downtown parking never reach you.
That covers any causeway toll on the route and the parking your driver needs during the game, all included in the hourly rate. Only two things can add to the total. The night surcharge applies to any trip outside daytime hours, as shown near the top of this page. Extra hours beyond your reserved block are billed at your vehicle’s normal hourly rate. They are never free, but they are never marked up either. Tickets, meals, and arena purchases are separate, since we provide the car and chauffeur rather than anything inside the venue.
Yes. The full fare, paid when you book, reserves the car for January 17.
Yes. We run private, chauffeured rides by the hour from Bal Harbour to this game.
Many fans search for a private shuttle to the arena, and what they want is simple: the whole group arriving together without anyone driving. Our answer is a private SUV or a private van reserved for your party alone, with no shared seats and no fixed schedule. You pick the pickup time, the lobby, and the stops, and nobody else’s plans decide when you leave. The same hourly setup works for any night at the arena, from other Heat home games to the big concerts on the calendar, so the same plan works again for your next big night out. For this Warriors visit it is particularly handy for mixed groups. Visiting Golden State fans staying in Bal Harbour and local Heat loyalists can share one car, trade friendly trash talk on the causeway, and still ride home together whichever side wins.
Only to nearby areas. This hourly service stays local and on call around the city: Miami, Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana, the Miami International Airport area, and nearby areas up toward Fort Lauderdale. It does not run out to Naples, Orlando, or West Palm Beach, so your driver stays nearby and never has to rush.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice. Include the details when you send your group size so the answer is settled well before game day.
Your chauffeur stays put and keeps the car ready, however long the final minutes run. If the extra basketball pushes past your booked block, the added time joins the booking like any other extension, with nothing to renegotiate at the curb. Enjoy the finish, because your ride home to Bal Harbour is already waiting.
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.
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Booking takes one WhatsApp conversation with our team, start to finish.
Send us your group size, the Bal Harbour address or lobby where the night begins, a rough start time, and the places you want to visit before and after the game. We reply with the right vehicle, the plan for your hours, and a payment link for the full fare. Once the payment arrives, the date is yours. If you are coordinating friends across several hotels or flying in the same weekend, include everyone’s pickup spots so we can plan the whole route at once. Questions about vehicle size, a birthday surprise, or timing around dinner are welcome at any point, and a real person answers. Confirm your booking now, and on Sunday evening your only job is cheering from your seats while your chauffeur handles everything else.
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.
Una experiencia ideal. probamos Uber a la ida, esto fue la mejor decisión.
Buenísimo. el viaje anterior tomamos shuttle, esto fue otro nivel. (ahorramos 15 minutos vs la fila de Uber)
Hassle-free. no thinking, just got in and got there.
nada que reprochar, absolutamente nada.
Se nota la organización, volvemos porque funciona, así de simple.