Our private hourly chauffeur takes your group from Downtown Miami to Miami City Ballet at Adrienne Arsht Center on Friday, October 16, 2026, in a Black SUV XL at a flat rate from $100 per hour with a 5-hour minimum. Your bilingual driver picks you up anywhere in Downtown Miami, waits through the 7:30 PM performance, and drives everyone home afterward.
Rates are charged per vehicle and per hour, and every booking covers at least five hours.
Your hourly rate pays for both the vehicle and the chauffeur, and the tier you pick is locked the moment we confirm the booking. The clock follows your evening, not a meter. A slow dinner before the curtain or a long conversation in the lobby afterward never turns into a surprise fare. Bigger parties often choose a Sprinter because everyone arrives together, rides home together, and keeps talking in one cabin instead of splitting across several cars. The Platinum SUV is our top tier, for guests who desire the most polished arrival of the night. For a ballet evening, most Downtown Miami groups book a block that runs from an early dinner through the final bow and the drive home. Send your group size, a rough start time, and your pickup address on WhatsApp. We’ll match you with the right tier and hold October 16 for you.
Service from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM has no surcharge, and later hours add a small charge. 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.
The surcharge depends on which vehicle you book. An SUV booking has one fixed add-on per journey. A Sprinter booking adds a percentage of the journey value, as listed above. Both come on top of the hourly rate, and we confirm them with you at booking, so the evening charge never shows up unannounced. Nothing about the service changes after dark: you keep the same chauffeur, the same vehicle, and the same route back to your Downtown Miami hotel or residence. Most ballet groups see the add-on as part of an opening night out, because it keeps the whole evening in one private car with one familiar driver. When you message us, include your expected start and finish times. We’ll send the hourly total and any evening add-on in writing before you pay, so you know the figures before the night begins.
You choose a vehicle and reserve a block of hours, and the car stays with you the whole time.
To book, send us a WhatsApp message with your group size, a rough start time, and the stops you’d like to create that night. We confirm the vehicle tier that fits and hold your date. On October 16 your chauffeur arrives at your pickup point, and from then on the evening runs on your terms. You might have dinner first, take a detour past the Brickell skyline, stop to collect a friend, and then head to the performance. The plan is never locked. You can add a stop, drop one, or stay longer wherever the conversation is good. After the first five hours, each additional hour is simply added at the same flat per-hour rate. There’s no renegotiated fare and no new quote, so keeping the car for a late supper after the show just means telling your driver. You settle those extra hours after the night wraps up.
Fuel, tolls, and parking are included, so the hourly rate covers the whole drive.
That means no garage ticket near the Arsht, no toll charge if the route home uses the expressway, and no fuel charge added to the evening. Every vehicle also has onboard WiFi through a mobile hotspot, which helps when you need to pull up digital tickets or send a last message before the lights go down. If someone needs a swift restroom, snack, or stretch break between dinner and the theater, just ask the driver. One brief comfort stop is simple to fit in and doesn’t change the rate. The cabin has room for a garment bag, a wrap for later in the evening, or flowers for a friend on stage; tell us in advance if you’re bringing something big. Only two things can add to the total: the evening surcharge above and any extra hours you keep the car.
We offer four private tiers, from a couple’s date night to a full party of guests.
Each tier is reserved for your party alone and comes with a bilingual chauffeur for the whole block. Choose by headcount first and comfort second. If your group sits right at the edge of a tier, the next size up keeps gowns, jackets, and bouquets from getting crushed on the way in. Everyone rides together, arrives together, and leaves together, which matters on a night when the lobby is crowded and phones are on silent.
The Platinum SUV is the most formal choice. This luxury tier gives you the classic black-car arrival that suits a season opener. It’s a good fit for a couple celebrating an anniversary, a host treating clients, or anyone who wants the evening to feel like an occasion from the first pickup to the last drop-off.
American Rhythms opens Miami City Ballet’s season on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 PM.
American Rhythms is the company’s season-opening mixed repertory program. It takes place in the Ziff Ballet Opera House, the main hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center, where the company is in residence. The evening opens with George Balanchine’s sparkling “Allegro Brillante.” Next comes a world premiere by former company principal dancer Patricia Delgado, and the night closes with the company’s first staging of Jerome Robbins’ jazz-driven “N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz.” This is a professional, high-culture night, not a recital, and the audience reflects that. Anticipate longtime subscribers, arts patrons, couples on a date, and visitors staying in Downtown Miami who desire a proper night out. People dress up, meet friends for dinner beforehand, and stay afterward to talk about what they saw. An hourly booking is built for that pace: relaxed before the show and unhurried after it.
This is the first season under new Artistic Director Gonzalo Garcia, so regulars and newcomers alike want to see the direction he sets. A Balanchine classic, a new premiere, and a first-ever Robbins staging give the night a real sense of occasion. That’s why many groups plan dinner and a private car around it.
Yes. You can book a private car and bilingual driver for any later performance at the Arsht in the 2026/27 season. Each performance is a separate booking with the same tiers and hourly setup. Subscribers who enjoy the opener often keep the routine: dinner downtown, the show, and a comfortable ride home.
Your chauffeur typically heads north on Biscayne Boulevard, the direct route from Downtown Miami.
The Arsht sits on Biscayne Boulevard just north of the Downtown core. The drive is short on paper, but Friday-evening traffic can slow it down. On a performance night, the boulevard fills with theatergoers and diners heading to Edgewater. When there’s an event at Kaseya Center, arena crowds add to the traffic. Your driver keeps an eye on conditions and can switch to I-95 and I-395 when surface streets back up, particularly for pickups on the Brickell side. Parking is already covered by the hourly rate, so you won’t need to locate a garage or walk from a distant lot in evening shoes. The questions below cover where the ride starts, how much time to allow, where you get out, and how the ride home works after the final curtain. These are the practical details that create for a peaceful, unhurried arrival before the 7:30 PM start.
Your driver can pick you up at any address in Downtown Miami, and we agree on the spot when you book. That might be a hotel lobby on Biscayne Boulevard, a residence tower in Brickell, or the PortMiami cruise terminal, so a cruise-day arrival can go straight into the evening. We can also meet guests flying in that afternoon at the Miami International Airport arrivals curb.
Give yourself a generous buffer and plan to reach the theater well before 7:30 PM. The drive is typically short, but Friday traffic on Biscayne Boulevard can build quickly, and you’ll want time to pick up tickets, find your seats, and settle in. If dinner comes first, your driver can suggest when to leave the restaurant on the night.
Your driver takes you as close to the Ziff Ballet Opera House entrance as access allows that night, using whatever drop-off point the venue has in place. You step out close to the doors instead of walking from a garage. Before you go in, you and your driver agree on exactly where to meet after the show.
Yes. Waiting is part of an hourly booking, so your driver stays nearby for the whole performance. When the curtain comes down, send a quick WhatsApp message and the car comes back to your agreed pickup spot. From there, your driver can take the group home, to a late supper, or to a nightcap back in Downtown Miami.
Downtown Miami and nearby Brickell have the most handy pre-show dinner options.
Zuma, at the EPIC Hotel on the Miami River, is a long-time favorite with groups who desire a polished Japanese dinner and a river view before a big night. Brickell City Centre has a cluster of restaurants in one place, which makes it simple for a mixed group to agree on a table. For a more casual start, Bayside Marketplace offers waterfront dining on Biscayne Bay. If daylight and timing allow, a walk through Museum Park past its waterfront art museum makes a charming lead-in to the show. Guests who desire a taste of Miami’s Cuban roots can have dinner in Little Havana and still reach the theater comfortably if they allow enough time. Wherever you eat, the same driver waits outside the restaurant and then takes everyone to the performance, so nobody has to watch the clock over dessert or move a car. You create the reservations, and your chauffeur covers every mile in between.
Yes. One hourly booking covers dinner, the performance, and the ride home. A typical plan starts with a pickup in Downtown Miami, goes on to your restaurant, then the theater, and ends back at your hotel or residence, all in the same car. Book enough hours to cover the whole evening, from the first course to the final drop-off.
Yes. We provide private, chauffeured transportation to this performance, reserved for your group alone.
Every ride is private: no shared seats, no strangers, and no fixed departure time to plan around. If you’re looking for a group ride or a private van with a driver for the ballet, the answer is the same. You get a private Mercedes-Benz Sprinter or SUV with a bilingual chauffeur, booked by the hour around your plans. That works for numerous kinds of evenings. It might be a couple staying at a Downtown Miami hotel for the weekend, or friends from Brickell turning the opener into a celebration. It works just as well for a family bringing a young dancer to see the professionals, or for a host showing out-of-town guests Miami’s performing-arts scene. If you drive yourselves, one person skips the wine at dinner and someone ends the night hunting for the car. A private chauffeur takes care of both problems. Your whole group travels together from the first pickup to the last stop, and you can keep talking about the choreography in the car instead of on a crowded sidewalk.
Yes. The larger Mercedes-Benz Sprinter fits a big party in one private vehicle, so nobody has to split into separate cars or regroup in the lobby. It works well for birthday groups, families from a dance school, and friends who want to arrive together, sit together, and ride home together. List everyone’s pickup points when you book.
Payment is made in full at booking and handled entirely over WhatsApp.
A private chauffeur makes the ballet a upscale service experience from start to finish.
The vehicle is reserved for your group alone. One dedicated bilingual driver stays with you for the whole block, so you don’t deal with a new stranger at every leg. Your flat hourly rate is locked at booking, with no surge and no change for traffic, weather, or a packed Friday on Biscayne Boulevard. You can reach us directly on WhatsApp before, during, and after the evening, whether you desire to add a stop or just say thank you. Because your driver stays through the performance, the end of the night goes as smoothly as the start. All of this adds up to a better experience than juggling parking or relying on a designated driver. You get a calmer arrival, more time with your guests, and an evening that feels like the occasion it is. A season opener with a Balanchine classic, a world premiere, and Robbins’ jazz-age energy deserves that kind of service.
Yes. Send your details on WhatsApp and we’ll check availability for October 16.
Booking early gives your group the widest choice of vehicle tiers for a Friday that numerous Miami arts lovers have already marked on their calendars. Your message only needs three things: how many people are coming, roughly when you’d like to be picked up in Downtown Miami, and your stops, such as a restaurant, the performance, and maybe a nightcap afterward. We’ll reply with the right tier, the hourly total for your block, and any evening add-on, all in writing, so nothing is left open before you pay. If your group isn’t final yet, tell us the likely variety and we’ll suggest a tier that works for it. Once your payment is in, your date is held, and the evening only needs you to show up dressed for the theater. The questions below cover where the service runs, bringing a pet, and booking in the last day before the show.
The hourly service stays local and on call around Miami. It covers Downtown Miami, Brickell, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana, the Miami International Airport area, and nearby areas up toward Fort Lauderdale. It’s designed for unhurried days and nights around the city, not long drives to Naples, Orlando, or West Palm Beach.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice.
If you book a service that starts within the next 24 hours, your date and time are locked in and held just for you, with a driver and vehicle already set aside. On such short notice we can’t guarantee a date change or a refund, so the evening goes ahead as agreed. You can still 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.
Send us your group size, pickup time, and stops on WhatsApp to confirm your booking.
A season opener comes only once a year, and the evening deserves better than a scramble for parking or a late search for a ride home. Tell us where you’re staying in Downtown Miami, whether you desire dinner first, and whether anyone plans to keep the night going after the final bow. We’ll confirm the vehicle, the hours, and the full total, then lock in October 16 once we receive your payment. After that, your chauffeur handles the driving and you can focus on the evening itself: the dinner, the program, and the people you came with. Whether it’s two seats in the orchestra or a full row of friends, the car and driver are reserved for you from the first pickup to the last drop-off. Message us using the details below and we’ll take it from there.
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.
Solid pickup. didn’t know which transport to pick, glad we picked this, and even with traffic the route was sensible.
Felt taken care of. first time setting up a transfer like this and it went smoothly.
Reservé la noche anterior, ya estaba esperándonos cuando salimos. el wifi funcionó, los chicos se entretuvieron en el camino. Lo guardamos pa la próxima.
First trip together to Miami, made small talk only when we wanted.
Llegamos a la conferencia 20 minutos antes. Recomendamos sin dudar