New York · 800 × 600
Yellow-lit avenue at dusk
Yellow-lit avenue at dusk
New York.
JFK, LaGuardia and Newark, the terminal rebuild as it stands this year, and congestion pricing explained in full.
New York guideCoverage
Everywhere we drivestart by typing
RYDES covers 1,200 cities across 90 countries, reaching 550 airports on 45,000 published routes. The principal ones are listed below. Search for yours rather than scrolling for it.
What does it mean that a city is on this list?
It means RYDES has at least one licensed chauffeur operator under contract there, with vehicles inspected, drivers credentialed and routes priced in advance. A booking in a listed city returns a fixed fare before you travel and a named chauffeur before you land. It does not mean RYDES keeps an office there, because RYDES does not own vehicles anywhere.
That distinction is worth stating because coverage lists in this industry are frequently padded. It costs nothing to add a commuter town to a page and claim it as a city, and it inflates a number that looks impressive in a footer. We have listed the places people actually book, grouped by region and country, and left the arithmetic of what counts as a separate city to somebody else.
Cities with a full guide.
Five markets have a complete operational reference: every airport and terminal, honest journey times by hour, what the local road charges are and who pays them, and a straight account of when the train would serve you better.
London · 800 × 600
Wet Mayfair street at blue hour
Wet Mayfair street at blue hour
London.
Six airports, why you cannot be collected at the Heathrow kerb, and four separate road charging schemes stacked on one journey.
London guideDubai · 800 × 600
Sheikh Zayed Road after dark
Sheikh Zayed Road after dark
Dubai.
Why Terminal 2 is not where you think it is, how Salik charges by the gate, and what Ramadan does to an evening transfer.
Dubai guideParis · 800 × 600
Haussmannian facade in low light
Haussmannian facade in low light
Paris.
Roissy hall by hall, the reserved lanes a booked car may legally use, and where the regulated taxi fare genuinely beats us.
Paris guideSingapore · 800 × 600
Marina Bay towers reflected in wet road
Marina Bay towers reflected in wet road
Singapore.
The Changi terminal that is not connected to the others, road pricing as it moves to satellites, and why we cannot drive you into Malaysia.
Singapore guideMore guides · 800 × 600
Departure board showing further cities
Departure board showing further cities
More on the way.
Frankfurt, Zurich, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Sydney are being written now. Every other city below is bookable today.
Jump to the directoryThe directory.
Principal cities by region and country. Anywhere not listed is very likely still covered, since the published network runs to 1,200 cities and this page shows the ones people ask for most.
A copper dot marks a city with a full published guide.
North America.
240 cities in the networkUnited States
Europe.
460 cities in the networkUnited Kingdom
Central and Eastern Europe
Monaco
Middle East and Africa.
130 cities in the networkUnited Arab Emirates
The Gulf
Sub-Saharan Africa
Indian Ocean
Asia Pacific.
280 cities in the networkMalaysia and Indonesia
Vietnam, Philippines and Cambodia
New Zealand
Latin America.
90 cities in the networkCentral America
Nothing matches that. Try a shorter spelling, or write to reserve@rydes.co and we will confirm coverage directly.
If your destination is not here, it is worth asking rather than assuming. Coverage extends well past this list, particularly around the airports and resort areas that surround the cities named above.
Coverage is not one thing.
A network this size does not work identically everywhere, and saying so is more useful than a map with a pin in every capital.
| Level | What you get | Booking | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full guideFive cities | Every class, hourly hire, intercity and cruise, plus a published operational reference for the city | Instant, at a published rate | New York, London, Dubai, Paris, Singapore |
| Core marketMost of the directory | Every class, hourly hire and intercity, with several operators competing for the work | Instant, at a published rate | Major cities and their airports across all five regions |
| ServedThe rest of the 1,200 | Transfers and hourly hire, with a smaller pool of operators and fewer classes at some hours | Instant, at a published rate | Secondary cities, resort areas and regional airports |
| On requestBeyond the network | Arranged case by case where a vetted operator can be sourced and credentials verified | Quoted, usually within a working day | Remote destinations, new markets, unusual routes |
Group vehicles and charter coaches are the usual constraint outside core markets. A saloon is available almost everywhere in the network at almost any hour. Sixteen seats at four in the morning in a secondary city is a question worth asking early rather than late.
Between cities, not only within them.
Around 45,000 routes carry a published fixed fare, so a long leg is priced as one journey rather than by the hour. These are among the most booked.
| Route | Region | Typical drive | Why people book it |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York to East Hampton | North America | 2h 15 to 3h 30 | Luggage, and summer Fridays that defeat the train |
| Los Angeles to Palm Springs | North America | 2h to 3h | No useful rail alternative at all |
| London to Oxford or Cambridge | Europe | 1h 30 to 2h 15 | Door to door beats two changes with cases |
| Paris to Reims | Europe | 1h 30 to 2h 15 | Champagne houses are not near a station |
| Zurich to St Moritz | Europe | 2h 30 to 3h 30 | Ski luggage, and a beautiful drive |
| Milan to Lake Como | Europe | 1h to 1h 30 | Lakeside hotels the railway does not reach |
| Dubai to Abu Dhabi | Middle East | 1h 30 to 2h 45 | Two toll systems, both inside one fare |
| Tokyo to Hakone | Asia Pacific | 1h 30 to 2h 30 | Ryokan addresses and awkward transfers |
| Sydney to the Hunter Valley | Asia Pacific | 2h to 2h 45 | A tasting day nobody should drive themselves |
| Sao Paulo to Campinas | Latin America | 1h 15 to 2h 30 | A corporate corridor with unreliable traffic |
Any two points in the network can be quoted, whether or not the pairing appears above. Send an origin and a destination to reserve@rydes.co and a fixed fare comes back with the tolls, the taxes and the wait allowance already inside it.
Why this list is shorter than it could be.
Coverage pages in this industry tend to grow by inflation rather than by expansion. Adding a commuter suburb as a separate entry costs nothing, generates a page a search engine might index, and makes the total at the bottom of the page look larger. It is common enough that a long list has stopped being evidence of anything.
We have taken the opposite approach here and listed places people genuinely book: cities, the airports attached to them, and the resort and business destinations around them. The published network figure of 1,200 cities counts the same way, which is why the directory above shows the principal names rather than every settlement inside a metropolitan boundary.
The practical consequence for you is that an absence from this page means very little. Ask before assuming, particularly around the edges of a major market, where an operator's working radius usually extends a good deal further than the city limits suggest.
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Departure board or a map detail at low light
Departure board or a map detail at low light
Coverage questions.
Anything not answered here, the desk is staffed at every hour on +1 888 881 7933, or write to reserve@rydes.co.
How do I know whether my city is covered?
Search the directory above, which lists the principal cities in each region. If yours is not there it is still worth asking, because the published network runs to 1,200 cities and this page shows the names most people look for rather than all of them. Operators also work well beyond the city limits, so an outlying address is usually covered even when the town itself is not named.
What happens if I book somewhere not on this list?
Send the origin, destination, date and passenger count to reserve@rydes.co. Where a vetted operator already covers the area, a fixed fare comes back the same way it would for any other booking. Where one does not, we say so rather than accepting the booking and hoping, and we will usually be able to suggest the nearest point we can reach.
Does a listed city mean RYDES has an office there?
No. RYDES does not own vehicles or employ chauffeurs anywhere. A listed city means at least one licensed local operator is under contract, with vehicles inspected, driver credentials and insurance verified, and routes priced in advance. The car that arrives is run by people who live and work in that city.
Why do only five cities have full guides?
Because a guide worth reading takes real research. The five published so far each set out every airport and terminal, honest journey times by hour, the local road charges and who actually pays them, and the circumstances under which public transport would serve you better. Writing that badly would be worse than not writing it. More are in progress.
Are prices the same in every city?
No. Rates reflect local operating costs, and a saloon in Zurich does not cost what a saloon in Bangkok costs. What is consistent everywhere is the structure: a price agreed before you travel, with tolls, road charges, airport access fees and the waiting allowance already inside it, and no adjustment afterwards for traffic. Gratuity sits outside the fare and is offered at payment.
Is every vehicle class available everywhere?
Saloons are available across effectively the whole network. SUV and Van coverage is very wide. Electric depends on charging infrastructure and is offered where it can be relied on. Group vehicles and charter coaches are the real constraint outside major markets, so for sixteen seats in a secondary city, ask early.
Can I book between two different countries?
Often, and it is priced as one fixed fare. Some borders carry licensing rules that restrict who may carry passengers across them, and where that applies we say so and arrange a compliant handover instead. Singapore into Malaysia is the clearest example, and the Singapore guide explains it in full.
Do you cover airports as well as cities?
Yes, around 550 of them, including regional fields and the private aviation terminals that sit alongside the main passenger airports. For business aviation, the tail number and the handling agent matter more than the airport name, because facilities on the same field can be several kilometres apart.
How far ahead should I book in a smaller market?
Further than in a major one. Three hours before pickup is the working minimum anywhere in the network, but in a secondary city with a smaller pool of operators, availability rather than price is what runs out. For a group vehicle, or for anything at an unusual hour, a day or more is sensible.
How often does this list change?
Continuously, as operators are added and occasionally removed. Removal happens when an operator no longer meets the standard, which is a decision we would rather make than defend. This page is reviewed against the live network regularly, so treat it as current rather than permanent.
Can I get a fixed price before I commit?
Yes, and that is the point of the model. Enter the journey and every class appears with its final local price. Nothing is estimated, nothing surges, and the figure does not move afterwards because a road was slow. Only changes you make on the day adjust it. Quotes for anything unusual come back from reserve@rydes.co, usually within a working day.
Who do I contact about a city that is not covered?
Write to reserve@rydes.co with the location and roughly when you need it. If it is somewhere we are actively working to add, that is useful information for us, and we will tell you honestly whether it is weeks away or not on the plan. Dispatch is reachable around the clock on +1 888 881 7933.
Wherever you land, someone is waiting.
Enter a journey and see the local price in under a minute, tolls and taxes already inside it.