Hourly or two transfers: which fits your night
Hourly. One chauffeur and one vehicle from the first pickup to the last drop-off, with as many stops as the night needs. Between stops the chauffeur stages where waiting is permitted and comes back when you message. Online hourly bookings start at 4 hours, each booked hour includes about 25 miles of driving, and the clock starts at the pickup time.
Transfers. If you are going to one place and coming home from it, book a one-way there and a one-way back in the same reservation; the pair is 5% less. Each fare is priced by distance and shown before you pay. A transfer ends at the drop-off, so set the return time and place when you book.
Sizing the hours
Work from your dinner reservation, not from midnight. With an 8:00 PM table, a 7:30 PM pickup, a party afterwards and a plan to leave around 12:30 AM, a 6-hour block runs to 1:30 AM and leaves room for the drive home. A couple going to one party nearby may need only the 4-hour minimum. If the night runs long, ask the chauffeur or dispatch about extending: extra time is billed at the same hourly rate when the vehicle is free to stay.
On the booking form on October 18, 2026, four hours came to $320 in a Comfort Sedan, $480 in a Luxury SUV, $520 in an Escalade Elite, $565 in an Executive Sedan and $700 in a Sprinter, each including taxes and fees, before the optional gratuity.
Getting there: where the car can meet you
Send every address in order when you book: home or hotel, restaurant, party, and each drop-off at the end. At a hotel or restaurant the pickup is at the front entrance or motor lobby; at a private home in the hills, add the gate code and where a vehicle may stop. For a party at a large venue, check the organizer's page for its own drop-off rules.
Around midnight, streets near large public celebrations fill with people and some may close. Before you go in, agree with your chauffeur a meeting point a block or two outside the crowd, and save the chauffeur's number. When you are ready to leave, message first and walk to the meeting point; the chauffeur cannot hold a space at a busy curb.
Downtown: Grand Park's NYELA
Gloria Molina Grand Park in Downtown LA hosts NYELA, which the park bills as the biggest free New Year's Eve celebration on the West Coast. The 2026 details are not posted yet. The 2025 edition ran from 8 PM to 1 AM on December 31 at 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, with free RSVP. Check the park's official page for this year's times before you plan a Downtown pickup, and set your after-midnight meeting point outside the event area.
Groups: one Sprinter or several cars
A Sprinter keeps a group in one vehicle on one schedule: $175 an hour on the booking form, $700 for the 4-hour online minimum. The form lists each vehicle's passenger and bag capacity; see the Sprinter fleet for the layouts. If the group is larger, or will split up after midnight, book more than one vehicle, or email vip@lux4rides.com with the headcount, addresses and timing so dispatch can plan it with you.
Getting everyone home
The point of a chauffeur on New Year's Eve is that nobody in your group has to drive. Book enough hours to cover the trip home, list every drop-off address so the route is planned before the night, and keep your phone charged. For a group with several homes, put the farthest drop-off last so the hours are counted correctly.
Flying in, and New Year's Day
Visitors landing at LAX for the holiday can book the airport leg separately: on October 10, 2026 a one-way ride from LAX to The Biltmore Downtown was $122 in a Comfort Sedan, and to the Beverly Wilshire $110. LAX's most recent winter forecast, for 2024-25, named December 30 and January 2 among its peak days; our holiday travel guide covers the airport rules. Heading to Pasadena on January 1? See the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game guide.
Pickups run across the region, from Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Downtown to Pasadena, Calabasas and Orange County. For a long drive out and back, two transfers can cost less than a long hourly block; the booking form shows both.