Transfer in Melbourne CBD starts from $245 in a Mercedes E-Class business sedan and runs to a fixed fare regardless of time of day or weather. The chauffeur tracks your flight on the inbound leg, waits 60 minutes free of charge, and drives door-to-door home to Melbourne CBD.
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 $245+ not subject to a multiplier. For transfer in Melbourne CBD, the structural difference is what you're actually paying for.
Endpoint context: Great Ocean Road — Coast road from Torquay to Allansford via Lorne, Apollo Bay and the Twelve Apostles. Drive to Lorne: 130-155 minutes from the CBD.
The chauffeur doesn't ask ‘what do you do for work', doesn't run a chat radio, doesn't make eye contact in the rear-view unless you start a conversation. Silence is the default; conversation is on request.
When you book a Mercedes E-Class business sedan, you get a Mercedes E-Class business sedan — not ‘whatever turned up'. The vehicle class is locked at booking and the driver is dispatched specifically to your job.
The fare from $245 doesn't change if it rains, if traffic snarls on CityLink, if your flight is delayed three hours. The price is the price; the variance is on our side, not yours.
"Booked the airport run from Essendon to Tullamarine and the fare was $79 fixed. Same model every time: Mercedes E-Class, suited driver, no surge despite 6am peak. The chauffeur knew to come around the back of the apartment block. Done well."
— Ben, Essendon"Best airport transfer service I've used in Melbourne. Booked the night before for an early flight, driver was waiting in the lobby 25 minutes before the slot, Mercedes was spotless, fare matched the booking exactly. The flight tracking matters when you're cutting it fine."
— Priya, Melbourne CBD"Use TransfersX for every airport run out of our place on Orrong Road. The chauffeur is in the forecourt before I'm even downstairs with the bags. Black E-Class, immaculate, fare hasn't changed in eight months. Worth every dollar compared to the rideshare lottery."
— Catherine, ToorakThe transfer dispatch standard at TransfersX: chauffeur leaves 25 minutes ahead, Mercedes E-Class business sedan detailed before the job, route pre-checked against traffic and venue access, brief loaded into the driver's app. There is no ‘driver accepts the job and finds the address' phase — the address is in the brief at dispatch. The chauffeur arrives ready to load, not asking for directions.
The Mercedes E-Class business sedan for the job is one of a controlled fleet, not the closest available vehicle. The class is locked at booking; if you booked a Mercedes E-Class business sedan, a Mercedes E-Class business sedan arrives. The vehicle has been detailed before the job, fuelled, pressure-checked, refilled with bottled water, and reviewed for cleanliness. If there's a defect the depot finds before dispatch, a replacement vehicle leaves — not the customer's problem.
Fares are fixed at booking from $245. The booking quote includes all CityLink and EastLink tolls, fuel, gratuity and GST. The fare doesn't surge, doesn't shift, doesn't get amended at the end of the trip. Corporate accounts billed monthly with a clean tax-invoice line per booking and the booking reference. Payment by Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa, Mastercard, AmEx through Stripe — processed at booking, settled at confirmation.
Yes. The fare you see at booking includes all CityLink tolls, fuel, GST and a standard chauffeur gratuity. There is nothing extra to pay at the end of the trip and no separate toll receipt to reconcile.
For most one-off trips Uber works. For early-morning flights, late-night arrivals, business meetings, larger groups, or anything where the timing matters, a chauffeur is the better choice — flight tracking, no surge, guaranteed Mercedes-class vehicle, vetted driver.
Yes. Melbourne CBD to Avalon (AVV) runs $209-$269 depending on vehicle class. Avalon sits west of the city, so the drive is longer than the Tullamarine run from most suburbs and is quoted per route. Same flight tracking, same meet-and-greet, same fixed fare.
Yes. Meet-and-greet by name in arrivals (terminals T1 through T4 at MEL), luggage to the car, direct run back to Melbourne CBD via the standard freeway route. Same fixed $245 fare. Flight is tracked: if the arrival shifts, the pickup time moves with it — no rebooking fee.
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa, Mastercard and American Express via Stripe. Corporate accounts can be invoiced monthly. Payment is taken at booking (fare locked); no card swipe at the end of the trip.
Yes. We carry rearward-facing (0-8 months), forward-facing (8 months-4 years) and booster seats (4-7 years) on request, free of charge. Specify in the booking notes; the driver fits the seats before pickup, not at the curb.
Instant fixed-fare quote in the widget below.