Our private hourly chauffeur carries your group from Bal Harbour to Miami Heat vs. Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday, January 19, 2027, in a Black SUV XL at a flat rate from $100 per hour, with a 5-hour minimum. One bilingual driver and one reserved vehicle stay with you from pickup through the 7:30 PM tip-off and the ride home, and the rate is locked at booking, so there is no surge on a packed game night.
Every rate below covers the whole private vehicle and its chauffeur, never a single seat.
Every booking has a 5-hour minimum, and that fits a Tuesday game night well: pickup in Bal Harbour, dinner without rushing, the drive downtown, the game itself, and the journey home. Choose the tier that matches your headcount and the level of comfort you want, then plan on the number of hours you expect to keep the car. Families and groups of friends commonly choose the Black SUV XL or a Sprinter. A birthday, an anniversary, or a client evening often calls for the Platinum SUV. You pay for the vehicle, not for each rider, so filling every seat spreads the same hourly cost across more fans.
Yes, a night surcharge applies to trips outside daytime hours of 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Trips inside that window have no surcharge.
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. It makes sense to plan on the surcharge for this booking from the start. The SUV line adds one flat amount per journey, and the van line adds a percentage of the journey value, exactly as listed above. Nothing else changes after dark: the same driver and the same vehicle carry you from the first pickup to the final drop-off. Send your planned start time and group size over WhatsApp, and we will show you exactly how the surcharge fits into your total before you pay.
Choose the vehicle by headcount first, then by the kind of evening you want.
Every tier is private. The vehicle is reserved for your group alone, and no one else gets on along the way. Heat fans often bring jerseys, signs, and bags of merch, so tell us in advance if you’re bringing something big and we’ll make sure it fits.
The mid-size Mercedes-Benz Sprinter seats 6 to 9 passengers, and the full-size Sprinter seats 10 to 14. Either one keeps a large Bal Harbour group in a single private vehicle, so nobody has to split into separate cars or find each other downtown. Everyone boards at the same agreed address and rides home together after the game.
A private chauffeur is a better experience than driving and parking downtown yourself.
The vehicle is reserved for your group alone, and one bilingual chauffeur stays with you for the whole block. The person who greets you in Bal Harbour is the same person who drives you home. Your flat hourly rate is locked when you book and never surges, even when the whole arena empties at once. Nobody in the group has to skip a drink so they can drive, circle a garage, or check a parking app between plays. You reach your driver directly on WhatsApp whenever plans change, whether that’s an earlier dinner, a later exit, or an extra stop. That is what we mean by premium service: a private car, one familiar face, and a price that doesn’t move. The evening runs on your schedule, and all your group has to follow is the game.
You reserve a vehicle and driver for a block of hours, then you set the plan.
First, choose the tier that fits your group. Then send us a rough start time and the stops you have in mind. Your driver can pick up at any Miami address, including a hotel, a PortMiami cruise terminal, Miami International Airport, or a home, and the exact pickup spot is agreed at booking. A cruise-day arrival can go straight to the game. The first five hours are your base block, and the driver stays with you for all of it, waiting between stops while you eat, shop, or cheer. If the game goes to overtime or the group wants a nightcap in Brickell, just keep the car. Every additional hour after the five-hour block is added at the same per-hour rate, with no new fare to negotiate, and it is settled once the evening is over.
If your booking is for a service within the next 24 hours, the date and time are locked in and held just for you. A driver and vehicle are already set aside, so at that short notice we can’t guarantee a date change or a refund, and the evening goes ahead as agreed. You can still add more hours on the day.
You pay the full fare up front, and any extra hours are settled afterward.
Fuel, tolls, and parking are included in the hourly rate for every tier.
You never pay separately for downtown parking or for tolls along the way on game night. Your driver will stop once briefly for a restroom, a snack, or a stretch, and the rate stays the same. Only two charges can be added to the hourly rate: the night surcharge described above, and any hours you add beyond your reserved block. Because both are listed on this page, you can work out the whole evening before you pay. Onboard WiFi and a driver who stays with you the whole time are part of the service, not add-ons.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice. Send the details in a WhatsApp message when you reserve. That way you have an answer well before the Bal Harbour pickup and can plan the evening.
Yes. Our private hourly chauffeur takes Bal Harbour groups to this Tuesday-night Heat game.
Miami Heat vs. Portland Trail Blazers tips off at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, January 19, 2027, at Kaseya Center, the Heat’s home arena on the bayfront in Downtown Miami. It is a regular-season game against a Western Conference team, which makes it a typical Miami weeknight out rather than a once-a-season spectacle. That is why so many locals and visitors turn it into a full evening. The crowd reflects the city: young professionals, couples, families with kids, longtime regulars, and plenty of first-timers, with Spanish and English both heard in the stands. A bilingual chauffeur fits right in. From Bal Harbour, the plan is simple: an early-evening pickup, dinner if you want it, the drive downtown, and the same car for the ride home.
Your driver meets you at whatever address in Bal Harbour you choose at booking. That could be a hotel lobby such as The St. Regis Bal Harbour or The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour, the front entrance of an oceanfront condo on Collins Avenue, a home on the residential streets west of Collins, or the curb outside Bal Harbour Shops after an afternoon of shopping.
Yes. A Heat home game brings families, couples, friend groups, and business guests together, and a private vehicle keeps your party in one place. Parents can keep younger fans settled in a familiar car instead of on crowded sidewalks. A mixed group, such as grandparents and teenagers, can leave together whenever it suits everyone.
Your driver drops you as close to the venue as access allows, then stays nearby.
Downtown Miami fills up early on a game night. Weeknight commuters leaving work share the roads with fans heading toward Biscayne Boulevard, so the goal is to reach with time to spare. Your chauffeur watches traffic on the way in and stops at the most practical drop-off point near the entrance that evening. Everyone gets out together. There is no garage to find, no parking ticket to keep, and no one has to leave early to bring the car around. Many Bal Harbour groups like to get downtown before warmups, which leaves time for a walk past Bayfront Park before going in. After the game, the same car picks you up for the ride home.
Yes. Waiting is part of an hourly booking, so your driver stays in the area for the whole game instead of leaving and coming back. The vehicle is reserved for your group alone, so you can leave coats, bags from Bal Harbour Shops, or a jersey you don’t want to carry in the car until you come out.
Send your driver a WhatsApp message as the game winds down, and they will confirm the exact meeting point. Most groups agree on a spot before going in, so everyone knows where to go when the final buzzer sounds instead of waiting at a crowded curb. If someone stays behind for a last photo, the car waits.
Most drives go south on Collins Avenue and then cross the bay on a causeway.
From Bal Harbour, the usual route follows Collins Avenue south through Surfside and along Miami Beach. From there the driver turns west on the Julia Tuttle Causeway or continues south to the MacArthur Causeway, which comes out at the edge of Downtown Miami near the arena. If the beach side is backed up, your chauffeur can take the Broad Causeway west from Bay Harbor Islands to Biscayne Boulevard and follow it south into downtown. The best choice depends on the evening. A Tuesday tip-off overlaps the end of the commute, and a driver who knows local traffic does better than one fixed route. You don’t have to make those decisions yourself. Your chauffeur picks the crossing based on traffic that night and tells you the plan as you leave, so you can relax in the back.
The drive is usually a simple trip down the coast and across the bay, but on a weeknight game evening you should leave plenty of extra time. Commuters and fans use the same roads into downtown, so leaving earlier than seems necessary means a relaxed arrival instead of sitting in slow traffic.
Bal Harbour Shops is the natural place for a pre-game dinner, right next to your pickup.
The open-air shopping center on Collins Avenue has some of the area’s best-known restaurants, including the longtime Italian favorite Carpaccio and Makoto for Japanese food. It is an easy place to meet the group, eat without rushing, and get straight into the car. Just south, Harding Avenue in Surfside has a more casual row of cafés and neighborhood restaurants for families who want something quick. Because your chauffeur is booked by the hour, dinner doesn’t involve finding parking. The driver waits while you eat and pulls up when you’re ready to go downtown. You reserve your own table, and we take care of the car and driver. Some groups prefer to shop first and eat downtown instead, which works just as well within the same block of hours.
Yes. If you’d rather eat closer to the game, your driver can take the group to the restaurants in Brickell or to Bayside Marketplace on the bay, and both are close to the arena. You eat or browse while the car waits, and then it’s a short drive to the drop-off point. Mention the stop when you book so the timing works.
Yes. Our hourly chauffeur is a local, on-call service that stays around the Miami area.
Bal Harbour is within the area we cover. So are Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana, the area around Miami International Airport, and nearby places up toward Fort Lauderdale. Staying close to the city lets your driver stay on call all evening and be ready when you are, instead of being away on a long highway drive. For that reason, we don’t run the hourly service to farther destinations such as Naples, Orlando, or West Palm Beach. For a Heat game night, staying local is what you want: a chauffeur who knows the beach roads, the causeways, and the downtown streets around the arena, and who can change the plan when traffic or your group’s plans change.
Plan to leave Bal Harbour in the late afternoon or early evening.
A 7:30 PM tip-off on a Tuesday comes as the weekday commute is ending, so starting early keeps the evening relaxed. If dinner is part of the plan, most groups set the pickup early enough to eat without watching the clock and still reach downtown well before tip-off. Groups skipping dinner can leave a little later. They still need time to get through security, find their seats, and watch warmups. Because you book by the hour, leaving earlier doesn’t mean rushing later. It only changes when your block begins. Tell us the start time you have in mind, and we will suggest a pickup time that fits your dinner plans and weeknight traffic. Your driver can then plan the drive before you get in the car.
Book a private chauffeur by the hour, and you won’t need to park at all. Your driver picks up the group in Bal Harbour, handles the drive downtown, and keeps the car with them during the game. No one in the group has to look for a garage or keep a parking receipt. The same vehicle then takes everyone home.
The easiest way home is the private car that brought you. There’s no line to join and no ride to request at the busiest moment of the night. Your driver is already nearby, and the group rides back over the causeway together. If you want a late bite in Surfside first, add the stop on the way.
Yes. A second pickup is just another stop in your plan. The driver can pick up part of the group at a hotel and the rest at a home on Collins Avenue, or stop in Surfside or Bay Harbor Islands, all within your reserved hours. Share both addresses and the order you prefer when you book.
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.
Send us your group size, start time, and stops on WhatsApp to confirm your booking.
Tell us how many people are coming and whether you plan to have dinner in Bal Harbour or downtown. Include the address for the first pickup and roughly when you’d like to head home after the game. We match the vehicle to your group, confirm the hours and the timeline for the evening, and send the payment details so your date is locked for January 19, 2027. After that, the night is set: one driver, one car, and a route planned around your evening. If plans grow, such as another friend joining, the group wanting a nightcap in Brickell, or you wanting the car longer, message your driver and it’s arranged on the spot. Check availability now to book your group’s ride from Bal Harbour to the Heat game.
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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