A private hourly chauffeur from any address in Hollywood Beach to An Evening of Songs and Stories With Patti Smith at the Adrienne Arsht Center on Friday, October 9, 2026, runs a 5-hour minimum in a Black SUV XL at a flat rate from $100 per hour. Your bilingual chauffeur and the same upscale vehicle stay with the group from the Hollywood Beach pickup through dinner, the 7:00 PM show, and the ride home.
Every rate below is charged per vehicle, per hour, and each booking starts with a 5-hour minimum.
The price follows the vehicle, not the headcount, so friends who split one car from Hollywood Beach keep the evening budget-friendly for everyone. Couples and small parties commonly fit the Black SUV XL. A larger circle of longtime fans, a book club, or two families staying in neighboring condos along the beach frequently moves up to a Sprinter so everyone arrives together. The Platinum SUV suits riders who want a more polished luxury SUV for a dressed-up night at the opera house. Your total is your tier’s hourly rate multiplied by the hours you keep the car.
Yes. A private hourly chauffeur takes your group from Hollywood Beach to the show and brings everyone back.
An Evening of Songs and Stories With Patti Smith takes place on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 7:00 PM, presented with Books & Books and the Miami Book Fair. The night is part concert and part literary evening. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame poet and songwriter frequently called the Godmother of Punk reads from her new memoir, Bread of Angels, and tells stories from decades in music. She also sings, backed by her son Jackson Smith on guitar and her longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan. Expect a devoted crowd: listeners who found her through Horses and the CBGB years, plus readers who treasure Just Kids. It’s an evening worth dressing up for and talking about afterward. With a reserved car, you can focus on the music, not on parking or timing.
The show is a focused program of readings, stories, and songs, not a marathon rock set, so it runs shorter than a typical arena concert. Your ticket and the venue listing have the official timing. Because the show is compact, an hourly booking leaves plenty of room for dinner beforehand and an unhurried drive home.
Your chauffeur meets you at whatever Hollywood Beach address you choose when you book.
Most riders start from a resort lobby along the Broadwalk, such as The Diplomat Beach Resort, or from one of the condo towers on Ocean Drive, the stretch of A1A that runs through Hollywood. Vacation rentals between the beach and the Intracoastal Waterway work just as well, and so do homes across the bridges in Hollywood itself. Many condo buildings have a motor court or front drive, and your driver pulls in there instead of waiting on the hectic beachfront road. Send the building name, the number of guests, and the time you want to leave, and we’ll confirm the pickup over WhatsApp before the day. On the evening itself, the group walks from the lobby straight into the car and heads south, with no garage to leave and no valet ticket to hand in later.
Yes. The driver can pick up friends from a resort, a condo, and a rental cottage before heading toward downtown Miami. List every pickup in your WhatsApp message when you book. Each one becomes part of your hourly block, so the extra stops along the way don’t add a separate fare.
The oceanfront restaurants on the Broadwalk make an easy first stop before the drive south.
Hollywood Beach’s car-free promenade is lined with casual seafood spots and patio tables facing the Atlantic, a relaxed place to start the night with an early dinner by the water. For more local character, Downtown Hollywood along Hollywood Boulevard, around ArtsPark at Young Circle, has restaurants, bars, and galleries just west of the beach. Some groups would rather eat closer to the venue. Edgewater, Midtown, Wynwood, and the Design District are all close to the Arsht Center, and their creative edge suits a Patti Smith night. Wherever you eat, the driver drops you at the restaurant, waits outside, and has the car ready when the check arrives. These are only suggestions for how to spend your hours. You make the dinner reservations, and we provide the car and the driver.
Yes, one booking covers both. The chauffeur picks you up in Hollywood Beach, drops you at dinner, takes you on to the show, and brings everyone home afterward, all within the same block of hours. If dinner runs long, or you want dessert somewhere or a nightcap back on the Broadwalk, that’s just another stop on your plan.
Most chauffeurs head west to I-95 and drive south into downtown Miami.
From the beach, the car crosses the Intracoastal Waterway on Hollywood Boulevard or Sheridan Street, gets on I-95 southbound, and passes Aventura and North Miami on the way to the downtown interchanges. The last stretch is on Biscayne Boulevard, where the Arsht Center sits at the edge of downtown next to Edgewater. In light traffic the drive typically takes under an hour. Friday evening is different because the drive overlaps with the end of the workweek, so allow extra time and treat the drive as part of the evening rather than a race. Before leaving Hollywood Beach, your driver checks live traffic and chooses whichever road is moving best that night. Meanwhile, you can unwind in a quiet cabin, reread a few pages of Just Kids, or put on Horses for the ride.
Sometimes. U.S. 1 heads south from Hollywood, becomes Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura, and runs through North Miami and the Upper East Side straight to the venue. It’s a steady alternative when I-95 backs up. The scenic option follows A1A along the beaches through Sunny Isles and Miami Beach, then crosses a causeway downtown. It’s slower, but lovely before sunset.
The Arsht Center is Miami’s major performing arts campus, set on both sides of Biscayne Boulevard.
Its full name is the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. The campus has two main halls, the Ziff Ballet Opera House on one side of the boulevard and the Knight Concert Hall on the other, each opening onto a plaza where audiences gather before curtain. It sits where downtown meets Edgewater, close to Biscayne Bay and Margaret Pace Park, with the Venetian Causeway and the Omni area nearby. On a show night, audiences reach from several directions at once, and traffic on the boulevard slows as curtain time approaches, especially when both halls are hectic. This crowd tends toward smart-casual evening wear, well-thumbed paperbacks, and the odd vintage band shirt, which tells you a lot about the mood inside. Arriving by private car means you skip the garage line and step out rested.
This show is in the Ziff Ballet Opera House, the larger of the campus’s two main halls. Its sweeping lobby and balcony tiers give an evening of spoken word and song a surprisingly intimate feel. Arrive with enough time to settle in, find your row, and pick up anything included with your ticket.
Leave Hollywood Beach well before the 7:00 PM start, especially on a Friday.
The drive south overlaps with the evening commute, and the blocks around the venue get hectic as curtain time approaches, so leaving plenty of margin matters more than an exact departure time. If the group eats in Hollywood first, dinner sets the schedule: book the table early enough that the car can leave with time to spare. Eating near the venue instead lets you leave the beach earlier and spend the traffic hours over a meal instead of in the car. For this night, a sensible block starts in the late afternoon at your Hollywood Beach address, continues through dinner and the show, and ends back at your door when the evening winds down. Share your ticket time and dinner plans when you book, and the team will suggest a pickup time that fits.
Your driver brings the group as close to the Ziff Ballet Opera House entrance as access allows that evening, using whatever drop-off point is open on the night. You step out a short walk from the lobby, with no garage to find and no long walk in evening clothes, and walk straight in to find your seats.
Yes. The same driver stays close by for the whole performance, and the vehicle is held for your group alone. When the final song ends, send a quick WhatsApp message and meet at the pickup point you agreed on at drop-off. Then ride back up to Hollywood Beach while the stories are still fresh.
Daytime hours run from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM and carry no surcharge.
Whether it applies depends on how late your block runs. 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. SUV bookings pay a single flat amount per trip, while Sprinter bookings add a percentage of the trip value. When you share your timing, the team confirms whether the surcharge applies, so you know the full cost before you pay.
You reserve one vehicle and one chauffeur for a block of hours.
Start by choosing the tier that fits your group, then send us the start time, the pickup, and every stop you want to make. The driver can pick you up at any Miami address: a hotel, a PortMiami cruise terminal if you’re coming off a ship and heading straight to the event, Miami International Airport, or a home. For this evening, that means your spot in Hollywood Beach, agreed at booking. From the first pickup on, the car is yours. It waits at each stop, leaves when you’re ready, and never picks up anyone else. The first five hours make up the booking block. After that, every additional hour is simply added at the same per-hour rate for your vehicle, with no new fare to negotiate. Keep the car for a late drink or a slow ride home, and settle the extra hours after the night wraps up.
Yes, as long as a car and driver are available. For a service within the next 24 hours, once the date and time are agreed, that slot is locked in and held just for you, with a driver and vehicle set aside. At that point we can’t guarantee a date change or a refund, and the evening goes ahead as planned. You can always add hours on the day.
Four private vehicle tiers cover everything from a couple to a large group.
Every tier comes with its own chauffeur and is reserved for your party alone. If your group size changes in the days before October 9, send the new number over WhatsApp and the team will confirm whether a different tier is available.
Yes. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a private van reserved only for your group, with no strangers, no fixed schedule, and no stops except yours. Everyone boards together in Hollywood Beach, arrives at the show together, and rides home together, so a big party doesn’t have to split across several cars on a busy Friday night.
You pay the full fare when you book.
With a private chauffeur, the journey becomes part of the evening instead of a chore.
The vehicle is reserved for your group alone and never shared, so the cabin is yours from the Hollywood Beach pickup to the final drop-off. Your flat hourly rate is locked when you book, with no surge and no change for traffic, weather, or a packed event night. One bilingual chauffeur handles the whole block and stays through the show, so there’s no new driver to explain your plans to halfway through the evening. You can reach the team directly on WhatsApp before and during the booking, so small changes like an extra pickup or a later dinner are easy to arrange. On a night like this, upscale service means a clean, comfortable vehicle and a peaceful driver who knows the roads between Hollywood and downtown. That adds up to a better experience from the first mile to the last.
Fuel, tolls, and parking are included in every hourly rate.
That covers fuel for the drive downtown and back, any tolls on the chosen route, and parking for the vehicle while it waits near the venue. A short comfort stop for the restroom, a snack, or a stretch is easy during the booking. Just ask the driver, and it doesn’t change the rate.
Yes. The hourly chauffeur service covers the local Miami area, including Hollywood Beach.
The service area includes Miami, Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana, and the area around Miami International Airport. It also covers nearby communities up toward Fort Lauderdale, which is where Hollywood Beach sits. Because the service stays local, your driver can stay on call and take things at your pace, moving between a Broadwalk dinner, the show, and a nightcap without watching the clock. The hourly service doesn’t go out to far destinations such as Naples, Orlando, or West Palm Beach. It’s built for evenings and days spent around the city. A night like October 9 fits well: the whole plan happens between the beach and downtown, and the same car covers all of it.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice.
Yes. The return trip is the last leg of your hourly block, with the same chauffeur in the same vehicle. There’s no separate fare to arrange after the show. The car takes you back to your resort, condo, or rental in Hollywood Beach, or to one more stop if the group wants to keep going.
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. To reserve your Patti Smith night, send us a few details over WhatsApp.
Feature your group size, your Hollywood Beach pickup address, a rough start time, and the dinner spot or other stops you have in mind. The team will reply with the right vehicle tier and a confirmation, and your payment locks in your car and chauffeur for the evening. Booking early makes it easier to secure your preferred vehicle for a hectic Friday night downtown. Tell us if the night is unique, such as a birthday or someone’s first Patti Smith show, so your driver can plan around it. Once you’re confirmed, the car will be waiting in Hollywood Beach and the drive south is handled. All that’s left is to savor the show. Check availability now and confirm your booking by messaging us at the contact below.
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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me encantó. manejo estable y muy relajado.
We were eight people and punctual within the minute. no waving down anyone, the car was where they said. Glad we picked this option.
De la confirmación a la bajada, cada paso en su sitio.
Surpreendeu na qualidade. bom custo-benefício comparado a outras opções, além disso mesmo com trânsito a rota fez sentido.