Why is a full day of chauffeur hire more than a full-day tour?
Because the route is unknown. A published tour — Uppsala at 4,495 SEK for seven hours — follows a planned itinerary we have driven many times, mostly on open road, with the driver briefed in advance. Chauffeur hire at 6,795 SEK for eight hours holds a car and driver entirely at your disposal, in city traffic, with the day decided as it happens. You are paying for the flexibility, not the mileage. If your day genuinely is a known itinerary, book the tour and pay less.
Is there really a three-hour minimum?
Yes. A chauffeur booking removes a vehicle and driver from the transfer roster for the whole block, so the minimum reflects what the slot actually costs us. If you need one journey, or two, a point-to-point transfer is cheaper and we will tell you so — the shortest chauffeur booking is 2,985 SEK, while a hotel-to-meeting transfer and back is closer to 1,190 SEK.
What if the day runs longer than booked?
Extra time is charged at the hourly rate for the class you booked — 995 SEK for a Standard sedan — and it is agreed with you before the clock runs on, never applied afterwards as a surprise. Your driver will tell you when you are approaching the end of the booked hours and ask. Part hours are rounded to the nearest half hour, in your favour under fifteen minutes.
Do I get the same driver all day, and across several days?
The same driver all day, always. Across a multi-day programme, the same driver throughout wherever the schedule allows, and we will tell you at booking if it does not — a fourteen-hour day followed by an early start is a legal rest problem, not a preference. Once you have travelled with someone on our team you can request them by name on future bookings.
Can the driver wait while I am in a meeting?
Yes, and that is the point of the service rather than an extra. Waiting is included within your booked hours with no separate charge and no limit on the number of stops. Parking is our problem, not yours — the driver deals with finding somewhere legal near the address, which around Stureplan and Norrmalm is a real skill. Your luggage and materials stay in the vehicle throughout.
Can chauffeur hire start or end at Arlanda?
Yes, and it is a common shape — collected at Terminal 5, straight into a day of meetings, dropped at the hotel that evening. When the booking starts at the airport we track your inbound flight exactly as we do for a transfer, and the booked hours begin at the actual landing time rather than the scheduled one. Ending at Arlanda, we build the check-in margin into the last leg.
Is there a night or weekend surcharge?
A night surcharge may apply to bookings starting between 23:00 and 05:00, shown before you confirm. There is no weekend surcharge and no surge pricing at any hour — a New Year's Eve booking costs what the quote said in November. If your day runs past midnight, the hours are charged at the standard rate for the class.
How far in advance should I book?
Forty-eight hours is comfortable, and more in June and during major conference weeks at Stockholmsmässan or Kistamässan, when the whole city's chauffeur capacity tightens at once. Same-day is often possible outside those periods — call dispatch rather than booking online. Multi-day programmes and delegation work want two weeks so the same driver can be held across the dates.