Hire a Car and Driver in India
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Hire a Car and Driver in India

A private car and driver for as many days as you need. Fuel, tolls, taxes and the driver all included. You choose the hotels; we drive every kilometre.

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A car and a driver, for as many days as you need them. This is the whole of what we sell, and it is the reason our prices are what they are. No hotel commission, no shopping stops, no agent in the middle.

You get a clean private vehicle, a driver who knows the roads, and a route we build with you. Everything else — where you sleep, what you eat, which monuments you pay to enter — stays your decision.

Why hire a car with a driver in India

Self-drive in India is legal and almost nobody who has done it recommends it to a visitor. Lane discipline, horn language, unlit vehicles after dark, cattle, and the sheer density of a highway through a town are things you learn over years, not on a holiday.

A driver also solves the parts of the day that guidebooks skip: where to stop, where the toilets are clean, which gate of the fort has the shorter queue, and how to reach the hotel at 11pm when the road is closed for a wedding.

What you pay for

Our price includes the vehicle, the driver, fuel, tolls, interstate taxes, parking, place permits, and the driver’s own food and accommodation. Drivers are never expected to sleep in the car, and that cost is already in your quote rather than added later.

It does not include hotels, your meals, monument entrance fees, guides, visas or flights. We will book any of them for you at cost — we simply do not build a margin into them.

What it costs

Most operators make you write in and wait for a price. Here are ours, in the open. Every figure is per person, per day, and it covers the vehicle, the driver, and everything it costs to keep both of them on the road.

Travelling asVehiclePer person, per day
On your ownSedanUSD 92
Two or three of youSedanUSD 49
Family of four or fiveSUVUSD 36
Six to eightTempo TravellerUSD 33

A worked example. A couple driving the Golden Triangle over seven days pays 2 x USD 49 x 7 = USD 686. That is the car, the driver, the fuel, every toll and state tax between Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, all parking, and the driver’s own meals and bed for seven nights. There is nothing else to add at the end.

Himalayan routes cost more, and we will say so before you book. Shimla, Manali, Dharamshala and the Char Dham roads are slower, harder on the vehicle and need a driver who knows them, so those itineraries carry their own rate rather than the day rate above.

What the price includes

  • The vehicle, for as long as your trip lasts
  • Your driver, and his own food and accommodation every night
  • All fuel
  • Every toll, state border tax and road permit
  • Parking at every stop
  • Airport pick-up and drop-off

What it does not include, and we would rather you knew now

  • Your hotels. We will book them for you at cost if you want, with no mark-up, or you book your own
  • Your meals
  • Monument and park entry tickets, which run roughly USD 55 to 75 per person across a full Golden Triangle route
  • Licensed guides inside monuments, if you want one
  • Visas, flights and travel insurance

We are drivers. We do not make money on your hotel, so we have no reason to put you in the wrong one.

The vehicles

  • Sedan — one or two travellers with normal luggage. The most economical way to run a Golden Triangle or a Rajasthan circuit.
  • SUV — a family of three to five, or two people who want more room on long driving days. The right choice for hill roads.
  • Tempo traveller — six to eight people, high roof, individual seats.
  • Mini bus — nine to fifteen, for extended families and small groups travelling together.
  • 4WD jeep — required for the Mustang road in Nepal and useful on rough Himalayan routes.

We quote per person at the vehicle your group actually needs, so two people are never charged for a bus.

Where we drive

North India: Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Fatehpur Sikri, Ranthambore, Varanasi, Khajuraho, Orchha, Amritsar, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Shimla, Manali, Dharamshala and Chandigarh.

Rajasthan: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Pushkar and Bikaner.

Nepal: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan, Pokhara, Chitwan, Lumbini, Bandipur and the Kali Gandaki road to Jomsom and Lo Manthang.

If there is a road to it, we will drive it. Tell us the places and we will tell you honestly whether the driving days work.

Our routes

Get a price for your route

Tell us the cities and the dates. We come back with a route, the vehicle it needs and the price — usually within 24 hours.

No obligation. We never pass your details to anyone.

Questions people ask

How much does a car with driver cost in India?

It depends on the vehicle and the distance rather than a flat daily rate, because a day in the mountains is not a day on the expressway. Send us the route and we will price it properly instead of guessing.

Do your drivers speak English?

Yes, working English. They are professional drivers rather than licensed guides — for commentary inside a monument we can book a local guide at cost.

Do I need to pay for the driver’s hotel and food?

No. That is already in the price. You will never be asked for it on the road.

Can I change the plan while I am travelling?

Within reason, yes. An extra night somewhere, a stop you did not plan, a lie-in. Big changes to the route may change the price, and we will tell you before anything is charged.

Is tipping expected?

It is customary but never required, and it is not built into the price. Whatever you give is the driver’s.

Can you collect me from the airport?

Yes. Airport transfers are part of any route that starts or ends in a city we drive.




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