Our private hourly chauffeur takes your group from Bal Harbour to Miami Heat vs. Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, March 2, 2027, in a Black SUV XL at a flat rate from $100 per hour, locked at booking, with a 5-hour minimum. Tip-off is 7:30 PM in Downtown Miami. One bilingual driver stays with you from the Bal Harbour pickup until the last drop-off at home.
Rates are set per vehicle and per hour, and every Bal Harbour game-night booking starts with a block of five hours.
Pick the tier that fits your headcount. That hourly figure is your rate for the whole evening. A five-hour block leaves room for a relaxed dinner in Bal Harbour, the drive south into Downtown, four quarters of basketball and the ride back up the coast. You pay per vehicle, not per seat, so a full Sprinter of friends shares one hourly price. The hourly figure is the same whether you leave mid-afternoon or just before tip-off. The only adjustment is the evening surcharge explained further down this page.
Payment comes down to three points, from the full fare at booking to any hours you add after the final buzzer.
You book a vehicle and a chauffeur for a block of time, not for a single ride.
Start by choosing the tier that fits your group. Then message us your headcount, a rough start time and the stops you have in mind. The booking runs for at least five hours, and from the moment your driver arrives, the car is for your group alone. You plan the evening: dinner first, a stop to pick up a friend in Bay Harbor Islands, the arena, then a nightcap on the way home. If plans change during the night, the driver adjusts with you. If overtime, a late celebration or one more stop makes the night longer, keep the car. After the five-hour block, each extra hour is added at the same per-hour rate for your vehicle. There is no new fare to negotiate, and you settle the extra hours after the day.
Your driver can pick you up at any address in Bal Harbour, and you agree on the exact spot when you book. It might be the lobby of a Collins Avenue hotel such as the St. Regis or the Ritz-Carlton, the front of an oceanfront residence, or the main entrance of Bal Harbour Shops. Flying or sailing in that day? The car can start at Miami International Airport or a PortMiami cruise terminal and take you straight to the game.
It is a Tuesday-night Eastern Conference game at the Heat’s home arena, with tip-off at 7:30 PM.
Miami hosts Toronto at Kaseya Center, the Heat’s waterfront home arena on Biscayne Boulevard next to Bayside Marketplace. Regular-season nights here draw a crowd as mixed as the city. You’ll see families in matching jerseys, longtime season-ticket holders, visitors at their first NBA game and a few Raptors fans who came south. Above all, there’s a loud, proudly bilingual home crowd that makes a midweek game feel like a real night out. The weeknight start means your drive from Bal Harbour runs into the end of the workday. So plan the game as the main event of your evening, not a rushed trip into Downtown. With a chauffeur on the clock, your group can dress up, have dinner and reach together, and nobody has to skip a drink to drive.
Yes. Hiring a private chauffeur by the hour is a direct way to reach this game from Bal Harbour. Your group gets its own vehicle and driver, reserved only for you, from the first pickup through the ride home after the final buzzer. Choose an SUV for a small party or a Sprinter for a bigger one, then confirm your plan over WhatsApp.
Your chauffeur drives south into Downtown Miami and handles the whole round trip for you.
Downtown feels distinct on game nights. Before tip-off, Biscayne Boulevard fills with fans, lines form at garage entrances, and traffic around Bayside Marketplace slows as the crowd heads for the arena. To beat that rush, leave early and let a driver who knows the roads choose the way in. The car is yours for the whole block, so nobody has to hunt for a parking space, walk back through a dark garage or split the group between two cars. Your driver watches traffic from the moment you leave the lobby and takes another road if one backs up. You can reach the driver by phone or WhatsApp all evening. The sections below cover the route, where you get out and how pickup works after the game, so your whole group knows the plan before leaving Bal Harbour.
Most evenings, the driver heads south on Collins Avenue through Surfside and Miami Beach, then crosses Biscayne Bay into Downtown on the Julia Tuttle Causeway or the MacArthur Causeway. If the beach side is backed up, the driver can instead take the Broad Causeway west to Biscayne Boulevard and go straight south to the arena. Allow extra time on a weeknight, because the drive usually takes noticeably longer at rush hour than off-peak.
Your driver drops the group along Biscayne Boulevard, as close to the venue as access allows. That’s usually a short walk from the entrance. Street closures and traffic control around the arena change from night to night, so the chauffeur picks the best drop-off point on the day and tells you where to meet after the game.
Yes. Your driver stays nearby for the whole game, because the car is booked for your group for the entire block. When the fourth quarter is winding down, message your chauffeur on WhatsApp. The car heads to your meeting spot, so the group can get in and leave while the crowd is still coming out.
Bal Harbour Shops has several well-known restaurants for a pre-game dinner.
Two good picks for a group that wants a proper sit-down meal before heading south are Makoto, the Japanese restaurant in the open-air center, and Carpaccio, a long-standing Italian favorite nearby. Just across the town line in Surfside, Le Sirenuse at the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club is an elegant oceanfront choice for dinner or a swift meeting before the game. Your chauffeur waits outside while you eat, so nobody has to watch the clock or wait for the valet. The car is ready as soon as you’ve paid. Book your table early enough to leave time for the drive. You make the restaurant reservation yourself; we can suggest places but don’t book tables. Would you rather eat closer to the arena? The driver can take the group into Downtown early and wait while you have dinner.
Yes. You can add a post-game stop before heading back to Bal Harbour. Brickell’s restaurants and rooftop lounges are just south of the arena, and Wynwood’s bars are a short drive north, so the driver can stop in either area on the way home. Each stop uses your booked hours, and you choose how long to stay before the ride back up the coast.
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 hours run from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM with no surcharge, and trips outside that window are adjusted as follows.
For an SUV, it’s a single add-on per trip. For a Sprinter, it’s a percentage of the trip value. Your hourly rate stays exactly as booked, and any extra hours are billed like the rest of the evening. Knowing about the surcharge in advance means you see the full cost of game night before you confirm.
Four private vehicle types cover everything from a couple to a large group of friends.
Every vehicle comes with the same chauffeur service. The difference is space and finish. Choose by headcount first, then decide whether the evening calls for the more upscale Platinum class.
There’s room for jerseys, signs and team-store merch. Tell us in advance if you’re bringing something big.
Our private van is the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, and it comes in the two sizes listed above. A group of seven fits the mid-size version, while a group of twelve would take the larger one. Every seat is for your party, the vehicle is never shared with strangers, and the whole group arrives at and leaves the arena together.
Fuel, tolls and parking are all included in the hourly rate.
That covers any tolls on the drive south and the cost of parking the vehicle Downtown during the game, so the only thing that adds to your bill is time. Onboard WiFi runs through a mobile hotspot, which helps when someone needs to pull up digital tickets or check scores from other games. You can ask for one short stop for a restroom, a snack or a stretch, and it doesn’t change the rate. Only a few charges can be added to the base rate: the evening surcharge for pickups outside those hours and any hours you add beyond your booking. Everything else, from the Bal Harbour pickup to the last stop of the night, is part of the hours you book.
The hourly service stays local, covering Miami and nearby areas up toward Fort Lauderdale.
Your chauffeur covers the neighborhoods where people spend their evenings: Miami, Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana and the area around Miami International Airport. Bal Harbour and the northern beaches connect directly to all of these. Staying close to the city means the driver is always on call and never far from your next stop. Nobody needs to rush, and an unplanned stop after the game is easy to add. This hourly service doesn’t go out to more distant places like Naples, Orlando or West Palm Beach. It’s designed for days and nights around Miami. For a Heat game from Bal Harbour, everything you’re likely to want is within that local area: dinner, the arena, a post-game drink and the ride home.
A private chauffeur makes a hectic Downtown game night a better experience.
The vehicle is reserved for your party alone, so the ride feels like part of the evening instead of a commute. You pay a flat hourly rate locked in when you book, with no surge pricing when the arena empties and demand jumps. One bilingual chauffeur stays with you for the whole block and knows your plan, so you never have to explain where you’re going next. When the final buzzer sounds, your driver is already waiting, so you don’t have to stand on a crowded curb looking at your phone. You message your driver directly on WhatsApp, and the answer comes from the person driving your car. It’s a premium service for one group on one night, from your Bal Harbour lobby to your door at the end. Couples, families and big groups of fans all get the same attention.
Yes. You can book a private driver from Bal Harbour for your whole game night.
The booking covers the whole evening, not a one-way drop-off. That matters on game night, because getting to the arena is only half the trip. The ride home, after a packed Downtown crowd pours out, is where an hourly chauffeur really helps. Bal Harbour guests often book it along with their hotel stay. Residents book it for a birthday, a night out with clients or simply an easier way to see a big home game. Your group can plan the evening however it likes, with a dinner stop first, a friend picked up on the way or a nightcap after the game, as long as it fits within your booked hours. The answers below cover the practical questions: when to leave, whether the ride is private, bringing pets and booking at the last minute.
Plan to leave Bal Harbour in the late afternoon or early evening, well before the 7:30 PM tip-off. On a weeknight, the drive runs into Downtown commuter traffic and fans arriving for the game, so allow plenty of extra time. The drive usually takes longer than on a quiet night. If you’re having dinner first, include that time in your booked hours.
Yes. Our Mercedes-Benz Sprinter works as a private shuttle reserved for your group alone. We don’t sell seats to other riders or run on a fixed schedule, and the vehicle leaves Bal Harbour when your group is ready. For smaller parties, the Black SUV XL or the Platinum SUV gives you the same private service all evening.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice. Send us a quick message before game day so we can plan the right vehicle and keep your Bal Harbour pickup smooth.
We welcome short-notice bookings. If your ride is within the next 24 hours, your date and time are locked in once we agree on them, and a driver and vehicle are held just for you. At that short notice, we can’t guarantee a date change or a refund, so the booking goes ahead 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.
Confirm your booking for March 2, 2027, over WhatsApp, and your evening is set.
One message sets up the whole night. Picture dinner at Bal Harbour Shops, a smooth drive down the coast as the lights come on over Biscayne Bay, an easy arrival Downtown with time to spare and the same car ready at the end of the night. Send your group size, your Bal Harbour pickup address, a rough departure time and any stops you’d like along the way. We’ll check availability for the vehicle you want, confirm the details and arrange your payment. Weeknight home games draw big crowds, and March evenings are a hectic time in Miami. If you contact us early, your group will have the widest choice of vehicles. From the first message to the ride home, you deal with one team and one chauffeur, focused on getting your group to the game and back.
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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Spot on. felt like a regular drive, no chaos
uma escapadinha de fim de semana em casal, naum precisamos esperar nada. sem pedágio surpresa, sem empurrar nada, só a corrida. anotei o contato pra próxima.
Just the two of us, and didn’t know what to expect and it exceeded what we had in mind. even with traffic the route was sensible. Recommend without hesitation.
Well organized. honest pricing, no surprises at the end, what’s more no surprise tolls, no upselling, just the ride.