An hourly chauffeur in Melbourne books a chauffeur and an Electric Chauffeur (BMW i7) for a window of your choosing — three-hour minimum, $159 per hour. The driver stays with the booking: standby between stops, drive when you're ready, no surge if the day runs late.
TransfersX is not Uber Black, DiDi Premium, or a luxury cab. Those are all rideshare with a premium-vehicle filter — the platform model unchanged. A chauffeur service is structurally different: a vetted driver employed not auctioned, a vehicle held for your booking not allocated dynamically, a fare fixed at $159+ not subject to a multiplier. For hourly chauffeur in Melbourne, the structural difference is what you're actually paying for.
The Electric Chauffeur fleet runs as BMW i7, Mercedes EQS, Audi e-tron, seating 3 passengers and 2 bags. For hourly chauffeur bookings, this is the vehicle profile that handles the load correctly — not under-sized, not over-sized, not the closest car the rideshare algorithm happened to allocate.
Every airport booking is matched to your flight number. If your arrival shifts, pickup time shifts with it — automatically, with no rebooking fee. The first hour of waiting is free.
Your driver waits inside arrivals with a sign carrying your name — not at the curb, not in the kiss-and-fly. They handle the luggage to the car. You walk out the door, you're in the back seat.
No surge in storms or peak hour. The fare you see at booking is the receipt. No tap-the-card at the end of the ride, no ‘tolls extra' small print.
"Used the hourly service for a photo shoot: four locations, equipment in the boot, a schedule that kept moving. The driver went with it and never once mentioned the time. Exactly what booking by the hour is supposed to buy."
— Elise, Fitzroy"Booked four hours for a day of shopping and a long lunch. Same chauffeur for the whole booking, S-Class kept cool, driver brought the umbrella in the rain. The hourly model is the right answer when the day doesn't fit a fixed-fare booking."
— Pip, Brighton"Standing Tuesday booking, four hours, CBD meetings. Same driver most weeks now, so I don't have to explain anything. Invoiced monthly, one line per trip, which our finance team appreciates more than I expected them to."
— Trevor, EssendonA TransfersX hourly chauffeur dispatch is a controlled operation: chauffeur briefed in advance, Electric Chauffeur (BMW i7) detailed before the job, route pre-checked, booking system holding the chauffeur and the vehicle for the booking window. The driver leaves the depot 25 minutes ahead of pickup with the brief already loaded — the address, the gate, the flight if applicable, the party size, the vehicle class. The chauffeur arrives ready, not searching.
Presentation matches the brand's premium positioning. The chauffeur wears a dark suit. The Electric Chauffeur (BMW i7) is finished black on black, detailed that morning, climate-controlled to your preference, stocked with bottled water and an umbrella for weather. The cabin's quiet by default. There are no rideshare logos, no marketplace badges, no driver-app rating chats. The vehicle looks and feels like a chauffeur car because it is one.
From $159 at booking, the fare is fixed and inclusive. CityLink tolls, EastLink tolls, fuel, gratuity and GST inside the rate. The receipt matches the booking exactly. Corporate accounts billed monthly with one tax-invoice line per booking and the trip reference. There is no surge, no peak-hour multiplier, no end-of-trip card swipe. Payment is settled at confirmation by Apple Pay, Google Pay or major card via Stripe.
Yes. Every hourly chauffeur booking includes bottled water in the cabin and a Wi-Fi hotspot on request. Power outlets are available in the back seat across the fleet, and phone cables for the common connectors are in the door pocket.
Yes. The hourly chauffeur model is built on a single chauffeur and a single vehicle held for your booking window. No driver swaps mid-day. The driver waits between your stops and is dedicated to your booking until the window closes.
Anywhere you like. Bookings from Melbourne regularly run into the CBD, out to the airport, down the peninsula or up to the Yarra Valley inside one window. Distance is not billed separately; only the hours are.
Set up a standing booking via email or WhatsApp. Common patterns: weekly Tuesday/Thursday CBD meeting days, monthly all-day shopping, regular medical-transfer Mondays. We hold the vehicle and the chauffeur for the recurring slot.
No. Waiting is what an hourly booking buys. Driving or parked outside a meeting, the rate is the same $159 per hour. There is no idling surcharge, no per-stop fee and no penalty for a slow lunch.
The three-hour weekday minimum still applies, but past that we bill the hours actually used, rounded to the nearest half hour. Finishing an eight-hour booking at six means paying for six. Releasing the car early costs nothing.