Hourly Chauffeur Service in St. Louis
Reserve a chauffeur and a luxury SUV or Sprinter for as many hours as your day needs. Your driver waits between stops and follows your plan, not a fixed route.
Hourly chauffeur service from Black Car Service is a car and a professional driver reserved by the hour in St. Louis, often called drive as directed service. Your chauffeur stays with you for the whole reservation, makes every stop you ask for, and waits in between. Luxury SUVs book for a 3 hour minimum and the 14 passenger Mercedes-Benz Sprinter for a 4 hour minimum, with the full rate shown before you pay.
How an Hourly Reservation Works
Choose Drive-As-Directed on the booking page, enter your pickup address, date and start time, then pick how many hours you need. Online booking runs from the vehicle's minimum up to 24 hours. Select a vehicle that fits your group and you see the total before you pay. You do not have to list every stop ahead of time. Add your plan in the special requests box if it helps, or simply tell your chauffeur where to go next. The car and driver are yours for the hours you reserved, so a meeting that runs long or a lunch that turns into two does not leave you hunting for a ride.
When a Driver for the Day Makes Sense
Hourly service fits any day with more than one stop and some waiting in between. Common examples are a run of client meetings across Clayton, downtown and Chesterfield, a house hunting day with a real estate agent, visiting relatives at several addresses, a shopping trip, or showing out of town guests the city before dinner. It also works for an evening at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on North Grand Boulevard or The Muny in Forest Park, where you want the car waiting when the show lets out instead of standing in a rideshare line. If you only need one ride from A to B, a flat rate point to point booking is usually the better fit.
Choosing the Right Vehicle
Every hourly reservation is in a luxury SUV or a Sprinter, never a sedan. The Cadillac XT6 and the all-electric Cadillac Lyriq seat up to 4 passengers with room for 4 bags, a good match for one or two executives or a couple. The Cadillac Escalade ESV and Chevrolet Suburban Premier seat up to 6 with room for 6 bags, the right size for a family, a small team, or anyone carrying purchases or golf clubs. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter carries up to 14 passengers and is the choice when a group wants to stay together all day. The booking page only shows vehicles that fit the passenger count you enter.
Wine Country and Day Trips
A full day out of the city is one of the best uses of an hourly chauffeur. Augusta, which received the first American Viticultural Area designation in the United States in 1980, is home to wineries such as Augusta Winery, Montelle Winery and Mount Pleasant Estates. Farther west, Hermann sits in the Missouri River Valley with its own cluster of vineyards. On the Illinois side, Grafton overlooks the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, with Grafton Winery and Brewhaus on West Main Street. Your chauffeur drives between tastings and waits at each stop, so nobody in the group has to stay sober to get everyone home.
How Hourly Pricing Works
Each vehicle has its own hourly rate, multiplied by the number of hours you reserve. SUVs carry a 3 hour minimum and the Sprinter a 4 hour minimum, so a shorter outing is billed at the minimum. The rate is flat: there is no surge pricing at night, on game days, or on holidays, and the exact total appears on screen before you pay. Because the reservation is time based, book enough hours to cover your whole plan, including the drive back to your final drop off. If the booking page sees that your route alone takes longer than the hours you chose, it warns you before you continue.
Hourly, Round Trip or Point to Point
Black Car Service offers three ways to book a ride around St. Louis, and choosing the right one saves money. Point to point is a single flat rate ride from one address to another, priced by distance. Round trip covers getting there and back in one booking. Hourly, or drive as directed, keeps the chauffeur and vehicle with you for a block of time with as many stops as you like. Choose hourly when you will make several stops or need the car waiting. For trips that leave the metro area or last more than one day, use the long distance or charter options instead.
Which vehicle fits your group
| Vehicle | Passengers | Bags | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac XT6 (midsize SUV) | 4 | 4 | One or two people running meetings or errands; 3 hour minimum |
| Cadillac Lyriq (electric SUV) | 4 | 4 | A quiet all-electric ride for a couple or a small business day; 3 hour minimum |
| Chevrolet Suburban Premier (full size SUV) | 6 | 6 | Families, small teams, shopping or golf days with gear; 3 hour minimum |
| Cadillac Escalade ESV (full size SUV) | 6 | 6 | Executive days, evenings out, VIP guests; 3 hour minimum |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (executive van) | 14 | 14 | Groups that want to stay together all day, winery trips; 4 hour minimum |
See every vehicle on the fleet page.
Common questions
Hourly chauffeur service is a luxury vehicle and professional driver reserved for a block of time instead of a single ride. In St. Louis, Black Car Service calls it Drive-As-Directed. The chauffeur stays with you for the whole reservation, takes you wherever you ask, and waits between stops.
Yes. The Cadillac Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban Premier, Cadillac XT6 and Cadillac Lyriq have a 3 hour minimum. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has a 4 hour minimum. Online booking lets you reserve from the minimum up to 24 hours.
Yes. Multiple stops are included in an hourly reservation, and you do not need to enter them in advance. Tell your chauffeur where to go next, or add your plan in the special requests box when you book.
Yes. The vehicle and chauffeur are reserved for you for the full block of hours, so the driver waits at each stop until you are ready to leave.
Yes. Wine country day trips to Augusta and Hermann in Missouri or Grafton in Illinois are a natural hourly booking. Reserve enough hours to cover the drive out, every tasting stop, and the drive home.
The vehicle's hourly rate is multiplied by the hours you reserve, with the minimum applied. The rate is flat with no surge pricing, and the full total appears before you pay.
No. Every reservation includes a professional chauffeur. Black Car Service is a chauffeured car service, not a self drive rental, so there is no deposit, no rental insurance form, and no parking to deal with.
Ready when you are
Book online in about two minutes and see the full rate before you pay, or call (678) 704-3583.