Our private hourly chauffeur takes your group from Surfside to Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans at Kaseya Center on October 8, 2026, in a Black SUV XL at a flat rate from $100 per hour with a 5-hour minimum. Tip-off is 7:30 PM, pickup happens at any address in Surfside, and the same bilingual driver brings everyone home after the final buzzer.
Rates are charged per vehicle, not per seat, and every game-night booking covers a minimum of five hours.
The price is for the car, not for each fan, so a full vehicle splits the evening several ways and the group rarely needs a second car to stay together. Each rate pays for the vehicle and its chauffeur for every hour of the booking, whether the car is crossing the causeway or parked while the game is on. A typical Heat-night block from Surfside includes a relaxed dinner near home, the drive downtown, the full game, and the ride back north, so the minimum commonly fits the evening with a little room to spare. Groups planning a longer night, such as a late dinner in Brickell after the game, can simply include that in the plan when they message us.
The October 8 game is the Miami Heat’s preseason home opener against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Tip-off for Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans is 7:30 PM on a Thursday, after the team opens its preseason on the road. Exhibition nights have their own appeal. Starters commonly play limited minutes, which gives rookies and new signings real floor time and a first chance to impress the home crowd. For longtime fans, it’s the first chance of the new season to hear Kaseya Center roar. For families, it’s a relaxed way to introduce kids to live NBA basketball. Preseason demand is softer than on a regular-season night, but the game still draws a large arena crowd and the downtown traffic that comes with it. That makes the logistics matter as much as the ticket: for a group leaving from Surfside, a seamless arrival and an easy exit shape how the whole night feels.
A Heat crowd mirrors Miami itself: multicultural, multilingual, and loud, with a large Hispanic and Latino share rooted in Cuban, Venezuelan, Colombian, Puerto Rican, and wider Caribbean communities. Season-ticket regulars sit beside families, coworkers, and visitors catching a game on vacation, and plenty of groups make a full evening of it with dinner beforehand.
Chauffeurs commonly head south from Surfside and cross Biscayne Bay on a causeway into Downtown Miami.
Most drivers take Collins Avenue south through Miami Beach, then cross on the Julia Tuttle Causeway or continue to the MacArthur Causeway, which comes out downtown right beside the arena on Biscayne Boulevard. If the beach side backs up, the chauffeur can instead head west over the Broad Causeway from Bay Harbor Islands and follow Biscayne Boulevard south, using whichever crossing is moving that evening. The drive typically goes quickly outside rush hour. A 7:30 PM Thursday tip-off, though, overlaps with the evening commute and with the arena crowd heading for the same few blocks. Everyone relaxes in the cabin while the driver watches traffic apps, adjusts the route, and handles the downtown one-way streets, so the group reaches the arena talking about the game instead of the traffic.
The driver drops the group at the curb on or just off Biscayne Boulevard, as close to the venue as police traffic control and street closures allow, and points out the short walk to the entrance. Bayside Marketplace sits next door, which makes it an easy landmark if anyone wanders off before tip-off or needs a meeting spot afterward.
Yes. The chauffeur stays with the car for your entire booking and parks nearby while the Heat and the Pelicans play, so jackets, merch bags, or a change of shoes can stay locked in the vehicle. If anyone needs to leave early, they can message the driver on WhatsApp to arrange it.
Text the driver as the fourth quarter winds down, and the chauffeur confirms a pickup spot a short walk from the entrance, away from the thickest crowd. While other fans shuffle toward garage exit lines, your group walks to a car that’s already there and heads back across the bay to Surfside, or on to a late dinner.
Pickup happens at any address in Surfside, agreed with you when the booking is confirmed.
Hotel guests commonly meet the driver at the front entrance or lobby, whether they’re staying at the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club on Collins Avenue or at the Grand Beach Hotel Surfside a little farther north. Residents are picked up at the door of their building or home, from the condo towers facing the ocean to the quieter streets west of Harding Avenue. Guests renting an apartment for the week just share the address, and the chauffeur messages them on WhatsApp once the car is outside. If your group is staying in two places, say one couple at a Surfside hotel and another at a Bal Harbour condo, the driver can pick up both on the way out as part of the booked hours. Nobody has to drive or hunt for a meeting point, and the night starts at your own front door.
Surfside and neighboring Bal Harbour have polished dinner options a short ride from most pickups.
The Surf Club Restaurant inside the Four Seasons serves Thomas Keller’s classic continental cooking in a glamorous dining room that suits a birthday or a client dinner before the game. Just north at Bal Harbour Shops, Le Zoo serves a lively French brasserie menu, and Makoto offers sushi and Japanese dishes for groups that desire something lighter before a long night in an arena seat. Casual spots along Harding Avenue work well for families who’d rather grab a swift bite and head downtown early. Because the chauffeur is booked by the hour, the car simply waits outside the restaurant and heads for the causeway when the group is ready, with no valet ticket or second ride to arrange. These are suggestions from drivers who know the region. Your group books its own table, and the chauffeur plans the timing around it.
Yes, the hours are yours to shape. Some groups trade a Surfside dinner for an afternoon among Wynwood’s murals and galleries, others meet for drinks in Brickell before heading to the arena, and plenty save Brickell for a post-game nightcap. The same driver loops between each stop and waits, so parking and timing never become the group’s problem.
Four private tiers cover everything from two couples to a full office outing.
A host entertaining clients or celebrating a milestone may favor the Platinum class for its more polished interior. Once a party outgrows a single SUV, one Sprinter keeps everyone in the same conversation instead of splitting them across two cars that drop off and pick up separately downtown. There’s room for signs, foam fingers, and merch bags on the way home; just tell us in advance if you’re bringing something big.
Three simple points cover everything from the full fare at booking to any extra hours.
You reserve one vehicle and one chauffeur for a block of hours, then shape the evening.
Start by choosing the tier that fits your headcount. Then send us your group size, a rough start time, and the stops on your wish list on WhatsApp, for example dinner at Bal Harbour Shops, the game, and a dessert stop on the way home. The driver stays with you for the whole reserved block, taking the group from stop to stop and staying on call while you’re inside. You set the route and the pace. Add a stop, drop one, or linger over dinner, and the plan adjusts without a new fare. When the five-hour minimum block runs out and the night is still going, there’s nothing to renegotiate. Every extra hour is simply added at the same per-hour rate for your vehicle, so you can keep the car as long as you require and settle the extra hours after the day.
Yes. The driver can pick you up at any Miami address, whether that’s 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 a pre-game dinner and the game, then on to a Surfside hotel once the night wraps up.
Surfside fans select us for a private car, one steady chauffeur, and a locked price.
The vehicle is reserved for your group alone and never shared with strangers, so the cabin becomes your pre-game lounge and your post-game recap room. Your flat hourly rate is fixed when you book, with no surge when the arena empties and no change for traffic or a crowded downtown evening. One bilingual chauffeur handles the whole night. That means the same familiar face at pickup, through the game, and on the ride home, and a driver who switches effortlessly between English and Spanish for mixed families and visiting relatives. You reach that driver directly on WhatsApp instead of a call center, whether you desire to push dinner back or say the group is leaving early. It’s a upscale service built around the way a real game night unfolds, and a better experience from the Surfside curb to the final buzzer.
Fuel, tolls, and parking are built into the hourly rate for every game-night booking.
That covers the drive across the bay and back, any tolls on the route the chauffeur picks, and parking for the vehicle while you watch the game, which saves your group a downtown garage bill on a hectic arena night. The driver’s time is also part of the rate, whether the car is moving between stops or parked and ready for the ride home. Only a few things can add to the total. A night surcharge applies to trips outside daytime hours, as explained in the next section. Any hours you add past your reserved block are billed at your vehicle’s regular hourly rate, which keeps a longer evening simple to plan.
Daytime hours run from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM with no surcharge, and trips outside that window carry the add-on shown below.
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. For an SUV it’s a single amount per trip, while Sprinter bookings pay a percentage of the trip value, so larger groups can see exactly how it scales before confirming. We spell it out on WhatsApp when you confirm the plan, so you know the figure well before game day instead of finding a surprise at the end.
Most groups leave Surfside in the late afternoon, well ahead of the 7:30 PM tip-off.
Thursday evening traffic on the causeways and the crowd heading downtown are the two things to plan around, so an unhurried departure beats a tight one. Groups that desire dinner first commonly start their block in Surfside or Bal Harbour, eat without watching the clock, and head south with plenty of margin. Groups skipping dinner can leave later but still require time to obtain through the arena’s security line, locate their seats, and catch warm-ups, which are part of the fun on a preseason night. Share your plans on WhatsApp and the chauffeur will suggest a departure time that fits that evening’s conditions. Arriving with time to spare also lets the group pick up food and drinks inside before the concourse lines grow.
Yes. A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter reserved for your group alone works as your private game-night shuttle from Surfside. It comes in two sizes, so a youth team, a family reunion, or a crew of coworkers rides downtown together and comes back together, with the same driver both ways and no strangers on board.
Yes. The last leg can include several stops, such as two Surfside condos, a Bal Harbour hotel, and a home in North Beach. The chauffeur plans the order to keep the ride smooth, and every stop happens within your booked hours, so no one needs a separate ride home.
This hourly service stays local, around the city: Miami, Surfside and Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Little Havana, the area around Miami International Airport, and nearby areas up toward Fort Lauderdale. It doesn’t go out to far destinations such as Naples, Orlando, or West Palm Beach, so your driver stays local, on call, and unhurried.
Pets are not accepted; certified service animals are welcome with advance notice.
Your slot is locked in and held just for you. For a service booked within the next 24 hours, a driver and vehicle are already set aside, so the date and time go ahead as agreed, and on such short notice we can’t guarantee moving the date or a refund. The good news: 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.
Yes. Private hourly transportation from Surfside to the October 8 game is open for booking now.
Send us a WhatsApp message with your group size, a rough start time, your Surfside pickup address, and the stops you have in mind, from a pre-game dinner to the last drop-off of the night. We’ll reply with the right vehicle tier, confirm the plan in writing, and share the payment options so the car and chauffeur are set aside for your evening. After that, the only decision left is which jersey to wear. A home opener draws fans eager for a first look at the new roster, and downtown fills with cars heading the same way, so confirming early helps you obtain the vehicle tier and timing your group prefers. Check availability today and let your chauffeur handle the drive while everyone enjoys the Heat’s return home.
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.
Viagem em família com dois filhos pequenos, rodovia tranquila, sem freadas bruscas. confirmaram por mensagem na noite anterior.
Was on a quick solo trip, no thinking, just got in and got there. they confirmed by message the night before. Already saved their number for the next trip.
Buenísimo. un viaje largo terminó con un trayecto tranquilo al hotel, lo mejor el baúl entró cuatro maletas grandes más las de mano.
Muito tranquilo. interior arrumado, sem nada bagunçado.
Nada que reprochar. no hubo que llamar para ubicarlo.