A private hourly chauffeur from Miami to An Evening of Songs and Stories With Patti Smith at Adrienne Arsht Center on October 9, 2026, runs on a 5-hour minimum in a Black SUV XL or larger vehicle at a flat rate from $100 per hour, locked at booking. Your bilingual driver picks you up before the 7:00 PM show, stays with your group all evening, and brings everyone home.
The price depends on the vehicle, billed by the hour with a five-hour minimum.
The hourly rate covers the vehicle and your chauffeur together, so the driver never shows up as a separate charge. A couple of friends heading downtown from a Brickell condo will be relaxing in the Black SUV XL. A bigger group of longtime fans can ride together in a Sprinter instead of splitting into separate cars and meeting up in the lobby. Choose the vehicle by the size of your group first, then decide whether the evening calls for the more polished Platinum SUV. 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.
You pay the full fare when you book, and you choose the payment method.
Fuel, tolls, and parking are included in the hourly rate for your whole booking.
You won’t pay for a downtown garage, and no toll charges will show up afterward. Your driver can create one short comfort stop along the way for a restroom break, a bottle of water, or a quick stretch, and it doesn’t change the rate. Just ask. The cabin has room for whatever you bring home from the show, from a fresh copy of her new memoir to a tour shirt or a bouquet. Tell us in advance if you’re bringing something large. Only one charge can be added to the rate: the night surcharge for pickups between 6:00 PM and 7:00 AM, covered just below. We tell you about both before you pay, so the final total matches the one you agreed to.
We offer four private vehicle options, from a couple to a large group of fans.
Every vehicle arrives clean and ready for a night out. Numerous longtime fans who once lined up for her Horses-era shows now travel as a group, and a Sprinter keeps that reunion in one vehicle instead of spread across the city. If the size of your group changes before the date, message us and we’ll check which vehicle fits.
Yes, a night surcharge applies for pickups between 6:00 PM and 7:00 AM. Daytime runs from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, so a late ride home after the 7:00 PM show may cross that line.
The surcharge is a one-time add-on to the booking, not a new hourly rate. A group that stays out for a nightcap by the bay or a slow drive over the MacArthur Causeway to see the skyline will clearly go past it. Either plan is fine; it only decides whether the surcharge applies. Tell us your rough timing when you book and you’ll know which side of the cutoff your plan falls on.
A private chauffeur makes the whole evening one peaceful, upscale service.
The vehicle is reserved for your group alone, so you can keep guessing which song she’ll close with from the curb to the car, with no stranger in the front seat. Your rate is flat and locked the day you book. There’s no surge pricing, and the rate doesn’t change for a busy Friday downtown or a sudden October downpour. One bilingual driver covers your whole booking, so the person who greets you at pickup is the same person who waits through the evening and takes you home. You message us directly on WhatsApp, and replies come from the team handling your booking. It’s simply better service: nobody has to be the designated driver, nobody circles looking for parking, and nobody stands on a curb refreshing a phone after the final song. That’s the better experience a night like this deserves.
You reserve a vehicle and driver for a set number of hours, then plan the evening.
Send us your group size, a rough start time, and the stops you’d like to create over WhatsApp, and we’ll match you with the right vehicle. Pickup can be at any address in Miami, agreed when you book. That could be a hotel lobby on Brickell Avenue, a condo in Coconut Grove, your home in Coral Gables, or the arrivals curb at Miami International Airport. It could also be a PortMiami cruise terminal if you obtain off a ship that morning and desire to head straight to the show. From there the car is yours: add a stop, skip one, or stay longer at dinner, and the plan adjusts. When the first five hours are up, you can keep going. Each extra hour is added at the same flat per-hour rate, with no fare to renegotiate, and you settle it after the night ends.
Your slot is locked in and held just for you. For a service within the next 24 hours, a driver and vehicle are already set aside, so the booking runs on the agreed date and time. On such short notice we can’t guarantee a date change or a refund. You can always add more hours on the day.
It’s a seated evening of readings, stories, and songs on Friday, October 9, 2026.
Patti Smith takes the stage at 7:00 PM in the Ziff Ballet Opera House, the largest hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. The show is presented with Books & Books and the Miami Book Fair. The night is built around her new memoir, Bread of Angels. She reads, tells stories from her life, and sings, backed by her son Jackson Smith on guitar and her longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan. It’s part rock concert and part literary event, and the audience reflects both. It includes fans who found her through Horses and the downtown New York punk scene, readers who loved Just Kids, musicians, poets, and newer listeners seeing the “Godmother of Punk” for the first time. Details are on the event listing for An Evening of Songs and Stories With Patti Smith.
The show is a short, seated evening rather than a long concert, and your ticket confirmation lists the run time. A standard booking easily covers a relaxed dinner, the show, and the drive home. If the night runs long with conversation in the lobby or a late drink, you simply keep the car a little longer.
The center is on Biscayne Boulevard just north of downtown, right by I-395.
From Brickell and downtown hotels, the drive is usually straight up Biscayne Boulevard. From South Beach or elsewhere in Miami Beach, you cross the MacArthur Causeway, which connects to I-395 and brings you out close to the center. From Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, or Little Havana, your chauffeur usually takes US-1 or I-95 north. From Doral or the airport area, the Dolphin Expressway heads east to the same area. On a quiet afternoon most of these drives are short, but downtown is rarely quiet on a Friday evening. Commuters, dinner crowds, and people heading to other shows in the area all end up on the same few blocks. Leave plenty of extra time rather than cutting it close, and let your driver choose the route on the night, since the fastest one changes with traffic.
Allow plenty of time. For a 7:00 PM start on a Friday, try to be on the road before the evening rush builds. Leave earlier from Coral Gables, Doral, or the beach than from Brickell, so there’s time to pick up tickets, find your seats, and settle in. If dinner comes first, simply start your booking earlier.
Your chauffeur drops you as close to the Ziff Ballet Opera House entrance as access allows on the night. Traffic plans around the center can change on busy evenings, so the driver uses whatever drop-off point is open. Before you get out, you’ll agree on where to meet after the show. Nobody has to walk from a distant garage.
Yes. Your driver stays nearby for the entire show instead of leaving once you’re dropped off. When the last song ends, a quick message brings the vehicle to the spot you agreed on. The same chauffeur then takes your group home or on to a late bite in the Design District, with no scramble to find a ride.
Several sought-after Miami dining areas work well before a 7:00 PM show.
Brickell is a simple choice for groups staying downtown, with steakhouses and rooftop restaurants a short drive from the show. For a literary warm-up, have dinner on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables and browse the Books & Books flagship store, a fitting stop since the bookseller helps present the evening. In Little Havana you can obtain Cuban coffee and pastries at Versailles on Southwest Eighth Street. The Design District and Wynwood suit groups who desire art, murals, and a cocktail first. Because the same driver waits outside each stop, nobody has to leave dinner early to obtain the car or find a garage. These are just ideas for your booked hours. You create the reservations yourself, and your chauffeur is happy to suggest an order of stops that fits your time.
Yes, that’s exactly what the hourly booking is built for. It starts with pickup, moves on to dinner, continues to the show, and ends with the ride home, all in one vehicle with one driver. Tell us the restaurant and your reservation time when you book, and your chauffeur will plan the evening around it so nobody has to rush dessert.
Yes: a private chauffeured vehicle from Miami, reserved by the hour for your group.
People searching for a private shuttle or group transportation to the Arsht Center usually desire the same thing: to obtain everyone there together without anyone driving. We do that with a Black SUV XL, Platinum SUV, or Mercedes-Benz Sprinter that carries only your group. You never share seats, no strangers are picked up along the way, and there’s no fixed departure time to catch. You decide when the evening starts and where it goes. That matters on a night like this, when talking about the show afterward is half the fun. Fans frequently desire to talk about the stories they just heard, stop for a nightcap, or drop friends at distinct homes in Miami Beach and Key Biscayne on the way back. With a reserved chauffeur, all of that is simple, and the plan can change as the night goes on.
Yes. An evening booking works well for this show: pickup in the afternoon or early evening, dinner if you like, the show, and the ride home, all in one booking. Tell us your plan and we’ll confirm the vehicle and timing.
Yes. This is a local, on-call service that stays around the city. We cover Miami, Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana, and the area around Miami International Airport, plus nearby areas up toward Fort Lauderdale. The hourly service doesn’t go as far as Naples, Orlando, or West Palm Beach.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice.
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.
Book now to hold a vehicle and driver for Friday, October 9.
Tell us how many people are in your group, where you’d like to be picked up, and whether you’re having dinner before the show. We’ll reply with the right vehicle and a plan for the night. Your payment secures the booking, and from then on the car and chauffeur are held for your group. Between now and the show, you can adjust the stops or the timing in the same message thread. On the night, you walk out of your hotel or front door, obtain into a clean vehicle, and let someone else deal with Biscayne Boulevard traffic. After the last song, you step out into the Miami night knowing exactly where your ride is. Message us today and confirm your booking for An Evening of Songs and Stories With Patti Smith.
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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