Hourly Chauffeur based in Melbourne is the chauffeur version of a long taxi: dedicated driver, dedicated vehicle, a clock that runs at $165/hr regardless of how many stops you make.
Three reasons a Melbourne customer keeps booking TransfersX instead of going back to rideshare: the European SUV (Audi Q7) is the same standard every time, the fare from $165 doesn't change between the booking and the receipt, the chauffeur is dispatched specifically to the job and not playing the platform's allocation game. That's the model. Everything else is consequence.
The European SUV fleet runs as Audi Q7, Mercedes GLE, seating 4 passengers and 4 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 chauffeur on the roster is vetted, licensed, jacket-and-tie. No marketplace rating economy. No driver swap mid-job. They wear a dark suit and they know how to behave around senior clients.
Mercedes E-Class, S-Class, V-Class, Range Rover, BMW 7 Series. All under three years old. All owned or leased by us. All finished black on black. All detailed before every job.
From $165. Tolls included. Fuel included. Gratuity included. GST included. The fare you accept at booking is exactly what hits the receipt; not a cent more.
"Booked four hours for a hen's day and it ran over by about forty minutes. No fuss and no surge, just the extra time added at the same rate. The driver was good-humoured about the whole thing."
— Georgia, South Melbourne"Hourly chauffeur for a six-hour day across CBD meetings, then a dinner at Crown. Driver waited between every stop, knew the priority drop at Crown, didn't rush us. The hourly model is exactly what we needed; same chauffeur from start to end."
— Antonio, Carlton"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, FitzroyThe chauffeur on an hourly chauffeur booking is in jacket and tie, briefed in advance, dispatched specifically to your job. There's no driver-app rating shuffle, no marketplace allocation; the driver who pulls up is the driver you booked. Same person from pickup to drop-off; on multi-stop bookings, same person all day. Stand-by between stops is included in the rate; no idling fee, no per-stop fee.
Vehicle class is guaranteed by booking. If you booked a European SUV (Audi Q7), a European SUV (Audi Q7) arrives — not whatever the closest car happened to be. The vehicle has been detailed that morning, refuelled, pressure-checked, and reviewed for cleanliness before it leaves the depot. The chauffeur signs off on the vehicle before the booking; if there's a defect we send a replacement, not the customer's problem.
Communication is handled by the booking, not by the customer chasing the driver. Confirmation lands in your email within seconds of booking. A reminder fires 24 hours and 2 hours before pickup. Live tracking on the chauffeur's progress to the pickup is shared with the customer if requested. WhatsApp +61 415 555 542 if anything changes mid-booking — not a chat-bot, the team that runs your job.
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.
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.
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.
Yes. Door service and luggage handling are part of the job rather than extras. Across a full day that usually means loading shopping, carrying sample cases into meetings, and holding an umbrella between the kerb and the entrance.
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.
Same-day bookings are usually possible with two or three hours' notice, subject to a vehicle being free for the whole window. WhatsApp is fastest. A multi-hour booking is harder to slot in late than a single transfer, so earlier is better.