Santa Barbara Chauffeur Service
Up the 101, somebody else driving.
A car and a driver from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, or met at SBA: a wine-country day in the Santa Ynez Valley for six in one nine-seat Sprinter, a Montecito wedding driven both ways, a day up the coast and back, a couple's weekend at the Miramar with the driver staying.
The 101 north of Ventura is the best two hours in Southern California, provided you are not the one watching the road.
Santa Barbara with a driver is a day that starts in Los Angeles, or at the SBA kerb with the driver holding the name. Collected at the hotel in the morning, the 101 up the coast in the back seat, and then the day itself: the tasting rooms of Los Olivos, Ballard Canyon and the Sta. Rita Hills with the same Sprinter and the same driver at every stop — $3,000 for the ten-hour day door to door; or lunch in the Funk Zone, State Street and the afternoon at the harbour; or a wedding at a Montecito estate, where the couple are driven to the ceremony and away from the reception.
It is an out-of-town district — the driver comes up from Los Angeles with the car, or meets you at SBA or a Montecito gate — and a weekend with the driver staying at the Miramar or the San Ysidro Ranch is arranged on request. The same cars are on the Santa Barbara rental page with the keys for the days you want the coast road yourself. Rated 5.0 from 67 Google reviews.
Popular runs from Santa Barbara, priced by the hour
A car service by the block: the driver for the hours, the car at its daily rate, one figure — waiting and fuel inside it.
- A wine-country day from an LA hotel — six people, one Sprinter, one driver, door to door $3,000 · 10 hours in the Mercedes Sprinter — driver $1,000, car $2,000
- A wine day from a Santa Barbara or Montecito hotel — Los Olivos and back in the Sprinter $2,800 · 8 hours in the Mercedes Sprinter — driver $800, car $2,000
- A Montecito wedding, the couple driven both ways, the drive up agreed with the day $2,900 · 4 hours in the Rolls-Royce Cullinan — driver $400, car $2,500
- A day up the coast from LA and back — lunch on State Street, the harbour, home $1,086 · 8 hours in the Range Rover Sport — driver $800, car $286
- A couple's weekend at the Miramar — a driven day priced here, the driver staying arranged on request $1,030 · 8 hours in the BMW 7 Series — driver $800, car $230
Past the block, the same hourly line, agreed by text — +1 (424) 303-6496, and a person answers. Same day: an hour from payment, confirmed on the phone in minutes.
Every corner of Santa Barbara
State Street and the Funk Zone · Montecito · Los Olivos — Stolpman, Dragonette and Brewer-Clifton on Alamo Pintado Avenue · Ballard Canyon and Rusack, by appointment · Santa Ynez and Sunstone · Foxen Canyon Road and Foxen · the Sta. Rita Hills · Solvang · Summerland and Carpinteria · the harbour. We already know the forecourt at the Rosewood Miramar Beach, the San Ysidro Ranch, El Encanto on the Riviera and Hotel Californian in the Funk Zone; a private house is a pickup with a gate code.
Before the day: Santa Barbara Vintners, for the Santa Ynez tasting rooms, Visit Santa Barbara and LAX ground transportation, from the airport.
What every chauffeured booking includes
- The car you booked — a 7 Series, a Cullinan, a G 63 — not a class.
- The driver from $100 an hour on a two-hour minimum; the car at its own daily rate. Both on the quote. An evening is four hours; an airport arrival is the two-hour block.
- Waiting inside the block, and the fuel. No security deposit on a chauffeured booking — the driver has the keys.
- A chauffeured service that is commercially insured; the same driver from the first pickup to the last drop.
- The same car with the keys, from the Santa Barbara rental page, on the days you would rather drive.
- Booked with Nizo Luxury, 2022 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles — +1 (424) 303-6496, contact@nizoluxury.com, 8am–7pm PT. Rated 5.0 from 67 Google reviews.
Airports from Santa Barbara, with a driver
Driving time without traffic from the centre of Santa Barbara — in the afternoon rush, plan on double. The car is staged to the landing, not the booking time, and the driver meets the arrival with the name; the block then covers the hotel and the first stop.
- SBA — Santa Barbara Municipal: about 15 minutes without traffic.
- LAX — Los Angeles International: about two hours without traffic.
- BUR — Hollywood Burbank: about two hours without traffic.
- VNY — Van Nuys (private aviation): about one and a half hours without traffic.
How the arrival block works at each airport — the name at arrivals, the flight watched rather than the clock — is on the airport chauffeur page.
What Santa Barbara books a driver for
A wine-country day in the Santa Ynez Valley — Los Olivos, Ballard Canyon, the Sta. Rita Hills. A Montecito wedding. A weekend at the Miramar with the driver staying. The drive up the 101 from Los Angeles in the back seat, or the driver at SBA with the name. A day on State Street and at the harbour without the parking.
Hourly hire, the cars that go out driven most, a driver added to a rental: the Los Angeles chauffeur page. Rates by car: chauffeur rates. A company account: corporate. A wedding day with the driver staged through it: the wedding page; a group in one vehicle: the Sprinter and seven-seater page. Which back seat to choose — Cullinan, Bentayga or Maybach GLS — is argued in the back-seat question.
The same cars and the same driver in the other districts we cover: Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, Malibu, Orange County, Westwood and Palm Springs.
Cars for Santa Barbara, with a driver
Each at its daily rate, the driver's line on top. A card with a date is the live calendar; the others are held by phone rather than by the calendar — call and the car is confirmed the same day.
