Chauffeur service ยท Kolkata
Chauffeur service in Kolkata: the airport, Park Street, Sector V and the Puja, one desk
Kolkata is a city of one-way streets that change direction by the hour, of clubs with gate lists and of a fortnight each autumn when the whole city is a procession. A chauffeur here is worth more than the car. RUTZ.IN runs executive and luxury cars across Kolkata from one desk, at fares fixed before the journey, for arrivals at Dum Dum, working days between Dalhousie and Sector V, the Puja, and the roads out to Santiniketan, Bishnupur and the Sundarbans.
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The city
How Kolkata shapes a chauffeur booking
Kolkata runs north to south along the Hooghly with the newer city stretching east. The old business district at Dalhousie, now BBD Bagh, holds the banks, the tea auction houses and the state offices; Park Street and Camac Street hold the Oberoi Grand, the older offices and the restaurants; Alipore holds the Taj Bengal and the residences; Ballygunge holds the families and the clubs; the Maidan holds the Victoria Memorial, Eden Gardens and the Royal Calcutta Turf Club. East of the city, the EM Bypass leads to the ITC Sonar, the JW Marriott and the Hyatt Regency, and on to Sector V of Salt Lake and New Town, where the technology campuses, the ITC Royal Bengal and the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre stand. Howrah station sits across the river by the bridge, and the airport is at Dum Dum to the north-east, about 17 km from Park Street.
The roads are the story: the central streets switch direction between the morning and the evening under the traffic police's orders, the Bypass is the fast road between the airport, the hotels and Sector V, and a chauffeur who has driven the city for years knows the hours the orders change and the lanes that stay open. The Kolkata airport chauffeur page covers the single terminal and the drive times to each district.
The calendar shapes the diary more than in any other city: Durga Puja in September or October closes streets across north and south Kolkata for a fortnight and the desk plans every journey around the pandals and the diversions; the Book Fair fills the Central Park grounds in January and February; the International Film Festival fills Nandan in November; the IPL brings the Knight Riders to Eden Gardens between March and May; and the wedding season runs through the winter. The events page has the dates.
The services
Every way to book a chauffeur in Kolkata
One desk, one rate card and the products below, each with its own Kolkata page.
Airport chauffeur
A name board at the integrated terminal at Dum Dum, the flight tracked, an hour of waiting inside the fixed fare to any district. The Kolkata airport chauffeur page.
Private chauffeur
One chauffeur and one car for a business week, the Puja fortnight or a relocation: private chauffeur service in Kolkata.
Black and executive cars
The E-Class, 5 Series and Fortuner at fixed fares between the airport, Park Street and Sector V: black car service and executive car service in Kolkata.
Luxury, S-Class and limo
The S-Class, GLS and V-Class with senior chauffeurs, and occasion cars for weddings: luxury chauffeur, Mercedes S-Class chauffeur and limo service in Kolkata.
Corporate and VIP
Accounts with monthly GST statements and security-aware chauffeurs for principals: corporate chauffeur service and VIP chauffeur service in Kolkata.
Hourly and outstation
The hourly chauffeur page for an evening on Park Street or a day of meetings and the outstation page for Santiniketan, Bishnupur, the Sundarbans and Digha.
The days out
Santiniketan, Bishnupur, the Sundarbans and Mayapur
Santiniketan, Tagore's university town, is about 160 km north-west and a long day or an overnight, priced as a charter day; Bishnupur's terracotta temples are about 150 km west, a long day; the Sundarbans begin at the jetty at Godkhali about 100 km south-east, where the chauffeur hands over to the boat and waits or returns for the pickup; Mayapur's temple is about 130 km north for a day; Digha's beach is about 185 km south-west for a weekend. The Kolkata outstation page lists the routes and the visitor page the way the desk plans a first visit around the Victoria Memorial, Kumartuli and the Kalighat temple.
Kolkata is the one city on this site where the chauffeur has to read the day's police orders rather than the map. The one-way directions through the central streets change by the hour, the Maidan routes open and close, and in the Durga Puja fortnight whole neighbourhoods are given over to the pandals. A chauffeur who has driven the city for years knows which hours the orders flip and which lanes stay open; the hourly or daily fare does not change when a street does, which is the point of booking one rather than hailing.
The standard
Who drives, and what the fare buys
Every chauffeur on the Kolkata roster holds a commercial licence and a West Bengal transport badge, has cleared police verification and a background check, wears a uniform and speaks English, Bengali and Hindi. The vehicles carry commercial permits and insurance, are serviced on schedule and presented clean, and the registration is on the confirmation for checking against the Parivahan records. The fare is fixed before the journey from the published cards on the rates page: the executive sedan at $220 for the airport transfer, $190 an hour with a four-hour minimum and $1,400 for the eight-hour day on the international card, with the luxury, SUV, MPV and group classes scaling from it, GST added and the tolls at cost. Cancellation is free more than 72 hours before pickup, then stepped inside 72, 48 and 24 hours.
Booking
How to book a chauffeur in Kolkata
Airport transfers, hourly bookings and day packages are booked and paid on the booking page with the fare fixed before payment; the Kolkata guide and the airport transfer page give the local rates. Business weeks, corporate accounts, weddings and the Puja fortnight are quoted in writing through the contact page, and a company opens an account through the corporate accounts page. Overseas visitors are billed on the international card in dollars, and the same desk books the onward journey through Limousine Association International affiliates in 56 countries.
Kolkata facts
Chauffeur service in Kolkata: the places on the booking
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU). One integrated terminal at Dum Dum for domestic and international. About 10 km to Salt Lake Sector V by VIP Road and about 17 km to Park Street.
- Park Street and Camac Street
- Dalhousie, BBD Bagh
- Salt Lake Sector V
- New Town, Rajarhat
- Alipore and Ballygunge
- Santiniketan, about 160 km
- Bishnupur terracotta temples, about 150 km
- Sundarbans launch point at Godkhali, about 100 km
- Mayapur ISKCON, about 130 km
Published rates
Chauffeur service in Kolkata: what it costs
Kolkata bookings are priced from the international card in US dollars; these are the classes the Kolkata desk dispatches most, with the charter tiers for business weeks and the Puja fortnight.
| Vehicle class | Cars | Airport transfer international card, USD | Per hour international card, USD | 8 hours / 80 km international card, USD | Charter day, 300 km international card, USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive sedan 3 passengers, 2 bags | Mercedes-Benz E-Class & BMW 5 Series | $220 | $190 2-hour minimum | $1,400 | $1,700 |
| Luxury sedan 3 passengers, 3 bags | Mercedes-Benz S-Class & BMW 7 Series | $350 | $300 2-hour minimum | $2,200 | $2,700 |
| Luxury SUV 5 passengers, 4 bags | Toyota Fortuner, Land Cruiser & Mercedes-Benz GLS | $280 | $250 2-hour minimum | $1,850 | $2,250 |
| Premium MPV 6 passengers, 5 bags | Toyota Innova Hycross & Kia Carnival | $250 | $220 2-hour minimum | $1,600 | $1,950 |
1 to 2 days
Charter day rate per day; 300 km per day, extra km beyond.
3 to 6 days
10% off the charter day rate from the third day.
Week, 6 working days
Billed as 5.5 charter days; 1,800 km pool for the week.
Month, 24 working days
Billed as 20 charter days; 6,000 km pool; dedicated chauffeur plus a relief chauffeur.
- Airport transfers include 60 minutes of waiting after landing and meet-and-greet at the arrivals exit.
- The charter day (10 hours, 300 km) includes fuel and the chauffeur's meals and accommodation on outstation nights.
- Night driving between 10 pm and 6 am carries the night allowance per night; a second chauffeur is added on days over 12 hours.
- Tolls, parking, state entry taxes and permits are charged at cost against receipts; monument and guide fees through the travel desk are itemised.
- No gratuity is expected. GST is shown separately on every invoice. Cancellation terms are on the cancellation policy page.
- Vintage cars and stretch limousines are quoted per event.
- GST at 5% on chauffeured hire (18% where input credit is claimed) is added to every figure. The full international card, every class, is on the rates page; the charter builder prices multi-day engagements live, and the booking page takes the payment.
Questions
Chauffeur service in Kolkata: frequently asked
How long is the airport to Park Street or Sector V?
About 17 km and forty-five minutes to Park Street by the Bypass, longer in the evening; about 30 minutes to Sector V and New Town, which are on the airport's side of the city. The fare is fixed whatever the traffic does.
Can a chauffeur get around the one-way changes?
That is the point of the Kolkata roster: the chauffeurs know the hours the central streets switch direction and the lanes that stay open, and the fare, fixed by the hour or the day, does not change when a street does.
Can I book a chauffeur during Durga Puja?
Yes, and it is the week to have one. The desk reads the day's closures and diversions, plans each journey around the pandals, and a private chauffeur on the weekly tier covers the fortnight for a visitor who is here for it.
Can I book a chauffeur for a day at Santiniketan or the Sundarbans?
Yes, as a charter day; for the Sundarbans the chauffeur takes you to the jetty at Godkhali and waits or returns for the pickup, and for Santiniketan a long day or an overnight is priced with the chauffeur's lodging inside the rate.
Do you cover Howrah station pickups?
Yes. The chauffeur meets the train at the platform exit with a name board, and the fare across the bridge to any district is fixed.
What is the minimum booking in Kolkata?
An airport transfer or a single journey at the fixed fare, or four hours on hourly hire on the international card; there is no minimum number of days for a private chauffeur.
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Book a chauffeur in Kolkata, fare fixed before you pay
Airport, hourly and day bookings price live for the whole city. Business weeks, the Puja fortnight and the roads out are on the charter builder.
Weddings, film units, multi-day chauffeur hire, outstation journeys and anything with more than one vehicle are quoted by a person: call (877) 860-3388 or send the outline and a coordinator replies with a written quote.
Offers through BookingWorldwide.net
Hotels, flights and experiences for the same trip, through BookingWorldwide.net
The stays and flights around a chauffeur service booking in Kolkata are on BookingWorldwide.net; the desk lines the chauffeured legs up with whatever you reserve there.
Flight + hotel packages
Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Goa and Kerala bundles for festival weeks, school holidays and long weekends, with the airport transfer added to the same itinerary.
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Delhi, Agra and Jaipur hotels on one booking, and the RUTZ.IN chauffeur for the whole circuit quoted beside it.
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Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Hyderabad palace hotels, chosen with the transfer distance from the airport in mind.
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Beach and backwater resorts for the weeks a chauffeur is only needed at each end of the stay, with Dabolim, Mopa or Cochin airport pickups timed to the flight.
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Shimla, Manali, Mussoorie, Darjeeling, Ooty, Munnar and Coorg hotels, with the SUV from the gateway airport quoted on the same plan.
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Ranthambore, Jim Corbett, Kaziranga, Periyar and Bandhavgarh lodges and safari permits reserved before the car is dispatched.
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Taj Mahal entry, Kerala houseboats, Jaipur hot-air balloons, city walks and festival tickets reserved ahead so the chauffeured day runs to the plan.
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Fares into every airport on the airports page, so the car is timed to a confirmed arrival rather than an estimate.
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For the middle days of a trip, returned to the airport where the RUTZ.IN chauffeur collects you again.
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See also, and where the facts come from
On RUTZ.IN: Airport Transfers · Corporate Accounts · Tourists · Hourly Chauffeur · Events & Festivals · Rates · Cities.
Official references used on this page:
- Incredible India: Kolkata Ministry of Tourism guide to the city, the Victoria Memorial and the Puja.
- Ministry of Civil Aviation Policy on airport access and ground handling at the Dum Dum terminal.
- Ministry of Tourism, Incredible India Official destination guides for Santiniketan, Bishnupur and the Sundarbans.
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Motor Vehicles Act rules for commercial permits, licences and passenger carriage.