Hourly Car Service NYC

Sapphire Black Car Service charges $82/hr for a Business Sedan (Cadillac XTS), $90/hr for a Luxury Sedan (Mercedes-Benz E-Class or BMW M5), $100/hr for a Business SUV (Chevrolet Suburban or GMC Yukon), $125/hr for an Executive SUV (Cadillac Escalade), $140/hr for an Executive Sedan (Mercedes-Benz S-Class or BMW 7 Series), $175/hr for a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van, and $500/hr for a Rolls-Royce Phantom. Sedans and SUVs carry a 3-hour minimum; the Sprinter carries a 4-hour minimum. All rates are flat with tolls, taxes, and standard gratuity included.

Hourly (also called “as-directed”) car service is a continuous-vehicle charter — your chauffeur and vehicle stay with you for a defined number of hours, going wherever you direct, waiting between stops, with no per-stop or per-mile metering. It is built for multi-location days where you need predictable cost and the vehicle ready the moment each meeting, appointment, or event ends.

Business Sedan, Business SUV, Executive SUV, and Executive Sedan charters carry a 3-hour minimum; the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van carries a 4-hour minimum because it is a 10-14 passenger vehicle. After the minimum, time bills in 30-minute increments at the same hourly rate — a 3.5-hour sedan charter is $287, not a rounded-up 4 hours. The minimum is a floor, not a flat fee.

Yes — waiting is the entire point of hourly service. Your chauffeur and vehicle hold at each stop for as long as you need, whether 5 minutes or 3 hours, then continue wherever you direct next. There are no re-dispatch fees, no penalties for itinerary changes, and no surge if a meeting or dinner runs long.

For itineraries with 4+ stops and real waiting time, hourly usually wins: a 10-hour Business Sedan roadshow is $820 flat, while covering the same 7-8 legs with separate Uber Black rides at $45-90 per leg plus 2-3x evening surge typically lands between $1,100 and $1,600 — with a new driver and 10-15 minutes of dispatch lag at every stop. For 1-2 stops with no waiting, a point-to-point transfer is cheaper than the 3-hour minimum.

Yes — multi-stop corporate and investor roadshows are the primary use case for Sapphire Black Car Service hourly charters. A typical itinerary: 7:30 AM pickup at the Pierre Hotel, Goldman Sachs at 200 West Street, Bloomberg at 731 Lexington Avenue, lunch at the Knickerbocker, JPMorgan at 270 Park Avenue, a CNBC hit at 1 Times Square, dinner at Per Se, return to the hotel. One vehicle, one chauffeur, zero dispatch lag.

Yes — weddings, evening dinner-and-event circuits, prom, bachelor/bachelorette parties, and medical appointments are all common as-directed bookings. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans (10-14 passengers) and Cadillac Escalade ESVs cover wedding parties; a Business Sedan at $82/hr covers a hospital visit where the chauffeur waits through the appointment and drives you straight home.

24-48 hours of advance notice covers routine weekday hourly charters. For Friday evenings, holiday weekends, NY Fashion Week, the US Open, UN General Assembly week, prom season (May-June), and FIFA World Cup 2026 match days, book 1-2 weeks ahead — Sprinter Van and Executive SUV inventory clears first. Same-day hourly is accepted subject to vehicle availability.

Yes — Sapphire Black Car Service dispatches hourly charters 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including overnight event coverage, pre-dawn roadshow starts, and late-night returns from weddings and galas. Overnight and multi-day itineraries are quoted in advance at the same published hourly rates.