Hanoi & The North • Private Car With Driver
A licensed local driver, a clean five- or seven-seater, and a price agreed before you travel. Pickup at your hotel door, Noi Bai Airport at any hour of the night, and the road to Ninh Binh, Ha Long or Cat Ba open whenever you decide to leave.
Priced Per car not per person
Hotel door pickup
Airport runs at any hour
Fuel, tolls & parking included
Hotel Door Pickup
Anywhere in central Hanoi
Fixed Price Per Car
Tolls & parking included
5 & 7-Seat Cars
Plus limousine & 16-seat van
24/7 Service
Late flights welcome
What You Are Booking
A private car is the easiest way to get around northern Vietnam — no shared minibus, no fixed tour schedule. You choose where and when; the driver meets you at your hotel.
We run our own 5- and 7-seat cars with local drivers. Every car is air-conditioned, clean and stocked with water, and every price is fixed per car before you travel — road tolls and ferry fares included.
Noi Bai ↔ Hanoi, or straight on to Ninh Binh, Ha Long, Cat Ba or Hai Phong — one way or round trip, door to door with your luggage. At the airport your driver waits in arrivals with a name board.
A full day or just a few hours — Ninh Binh, Ha Long, or no plan at all. The car and driver stay with you, so you leave each stop when you are ready.
The Price List
Prices are for the whole car. One traveller and four travellers pay the same figure, and it already contains fuel, motorway tolls, parking and the driver. One-way prices are the same from Noi Bai Airport, the Old Quarter or central Hanoi; round trips start and end in Hanoi.
Early-booking discount
Booking ahead? Ask us for a better price.
Message Philip directly on WhatsApp with your route and dates, and ask for the early-booking discount. A real person replies, usually within a few hours.
| Route | One wayprice per direction | Round tripfrom Hanoi, driver waits all day |
|---|---|---|
| Noi Bai Airport ↔ Hanoi Old Quarter27 km • 40–55 min • round trip: arrival + departure | On request27 km · 40–55 min | On requestarrival + departure |
| Noi Bai Airport / Hanoi ↔ Ninh Binh95–120 km • 1 h 45–2 h 15 • round trip 190 km | On request95–120 km · 1 h 45–2 h 15 | On request190 km · full day |
| Noi Bai Airport / Hanoi ↔ Ha Long Bay155–160 km • 2 h 30 • round trip about 310 km | On request155–160 km · 2 h 30 | On requestabout 310 km · full day |
| Noi Bai Airport ↔ Ninh Binh — full dayabout 240 km • full day • driver waits | Round trip only | On requestabout 240 km · driver waits |
| Noi Bai Airport ↔ Ha Long Bay — full dayabout 320 km • full day • driver waits | Round trip only | On requestabout 320 km · driver waits |
| Ninh Binh ↔ Ha Long Bay170–180 km • 3 h–3 h 30 • one way only | On request170–180 km · 3 h–3 h 30 | One way only |
| Noi Bai Airport / Hanoi ↔ Cat Ba Island150–170 km + ferry • 3 h 30–4 h • round trip about 300 km + ferry | On request150–170 km + ferry · 3 h 30–4 h | On requestabout 300 km + ferry · full day |
| Noi Bai Airport / Hanoi ↔ Hai Phong120–130 km • 2–2 h 15 • round trip about 240 km | On request120–130 km · 2–2 h 15 | On requestabout 240 km · full day |
| By the day or the hour | 7-seat SUV |
|---|---|
| Full-day driver — in central Hanoi8 hours • 100 km • your itinerary | On request |
| Driver by the hour — in central Hanoipriced per hour • your itinerary | On request |
| Half-day driver — in central Hanoi4–5 hours • your itinerary | On request |
Per car, not per person. Every price includes the driver, fuel, road tolls, parking and the driver’s meals.
16-seat van & Deluxe Limousine: switch the car tabs above the table; where a route says On request, we quote it with your route.
Not included: entrance fees and your own meals. The Cat Ba ferry ticket is included.
Extra time: hours or kilometres beyond a full-day booking are charged at a rate agreed before you go over.
The Cars
Our own cars, photographed as they are. Everything below is air-conditioned, cleaned between trips and carries bottled water.
Toyota Innova • Hyundai Santa Fe
What most guests travel in, and what we run most of. High enough to see over the traffic, quiet on the expressway and with a real boot rather than a parcel shelf.
Upgrade on any route
Eleven reclining captain chairs in quilted leather, a centre aisle you can walk down and enough legroom to sleep on the way to Ha Long. The one to book for a long transfer or a special occasion.
Families & groups
For a party that will not fit in a car, or one that will but is carrying ten suitcases. Sixteen seats means eight to ten travellers ride with room to spread out and a whole row free for luggage.
Send Us The Route
Tell us the route, the date, the pickup time and how many of you there are. We reply with the confirmed price for your car, usually within a couple of hours. Nothing is charged to make the enquiry.
With luggage covers airport runs and hotel-to-hotel moves; on a tour covers day trips, full-day, half-day and hourly hire with small bags. More people or luggage? Put the numbers in the form and we will suggest a bigger car or a second one.
Thank you — we have your route and date, and we will come back with the confirmed price for your car shortly.
Message us on WhatsAppLate flights are not a problem. Give us the flight number and we track the landing ourselves. The first 15–30 minutes of waiting after touchdown are free, and the driver stays past that rather than leaving you at the gate.
Stops on the way cost nothing if they are on the route — a coffee, a photograph on the Ha Long expressway, a pharmacy. A detour that adds real distance is quoted before you go, never billed at the end.
Nothing to pay to enquire. No booking fee, no prepayment. A real person replies by email and WhatsApp, usually within a few hours, and most guests settle in cash with the driver on the day.
Good to Know
Per car, always. One traveller and four travellers pay exactly the same figure for a 7-Seat SUV, because we are selling you the car and the driver, not a seat. That is why a private car usually works out cheaper than a shared tour for a family or a group of four, and why it is worth comparing the two before you book anything.
About 27 km, and normally 40 to 55 minutes by car across the Nhat Tan bridge. Add twenty minutes or so in the morning and evening rush. It is one of the easier airport runs in Vietnam — a straight road, one bridge, no city centre to cross. A private car costs from $15 (390.000VNĐ) per direction for the whole car, the same figure whichever way you are going.
Nothing. Put your flight number in the booking form and we track the arrival ourselves, so the driver leaves for the airport at the right time rather than the time originally booked. Waiting is free for the first 15–30 minutes after your flight lands. Beyond that we simply agree the waiting rate with you rather than surprising you with it.
Inside the terminal, at the arrivals exit, holding a board with your name on it. You do not have to find a car park or a pickup bay. We send you the driver’s name, photograph, car model and plate number by WhatsApp the day before, so you know exactly who you are looking for, and his phone number in case the hall is crowded.
The seat count and the realistic count are not the same thing once luggage is involved. A 5-Seat Car takes 2 guests, with suitcases or on a day tour. A 7-Seat SUV — our standard car, a Toyota Innova or Hyundai Santa Fe — takes 3 or 4 guests, with suitcases or on a day tour. The Deluxe Limousine has 11 seats and takes 7–8 guests with luggage, or 10 on a day tour, in reclining captain chairs. The 16-Seat Ford Transit takes 10 guests with full luggage, or 14 on a day tour. If you are more than that we send two cars, each at its own rate.
Yes. A coffee stop, a toilet stop, a photograph at a viewpoint, a pharmacy — anything on the route is included and the driver expects it. A stop that adds real distance, such as detouring to Bat Trang on the way to Ha Long, is quoted before you leave so you can decide whether it is worth it. Nothing is ever added to the bill afterwards.
No — our drivers speak Vietnamese and talk with you through Google Translate on the phone, which works well for times, stops, addresses and lunch. We send the driver your pickup and drop-off in Vietnamese beforehand, and Philip is on WhatsApp in English if anything needs sorting out. A driver is not a tour guide either: he will not walk you round Trang An explaining the caves. If you want a licensed English-speaking guide as well as the car, say so in the booking form and we will quote both together.
Yes. We do not carry child or booster seats, but the whole car is yours, so a family can spread out across every free seat. Put the children’s ages in the notes and we will make sure the car you book has room for everyone.
The car drives you to the Gồt ferry terminal, roughly two and a half hours from Hanoi, and a car meets you on the Cat Ba side to take you on to your hotel. The crossing runs to a published timetable, so this route is booked backwards from a sailing rather than forwards from a pickup time — tell us your hotel and we will pick the departure. The ferry ticket is included — we buy it for you, so there is nothing to pay at the terminal.
A block of time and distance rather than a fixed route: 8 hours and 100 km for $65 (1.700.000VNĐ) in a 7-seat car. Inside that you go where you like and change your mind as often as you like. Fuel, tolls, parking and the driver’s meals are included. Need less than a day? Book the driver by the hour at $10 (260.000VNĐ) an hour in the 5-seater, or $12 (310.000VNĐ) in the 7-seater instead — or, in the 16-seat van or Deluxe Limousine, a half day of 4–5 hours. Extra hours on either are charged at that hourly rate, agreed with you before you go over, never afterwards.
Enquiring costs nothing and there is no booking fee. Most guests pay the driver in cash on the day, in dong or dollars. If you would rather pay online we send a secure payment link after confirming — note that every non-cash payment option carries a 15% platform payment fee, which the booking form adds to your total so there are no surprises. We only ever confirm bookings from WhatsApp Support services: +84 84 635 9779; never pay against a link from any other number.
Yes — nothing is prepaid. Message us on WhatsApp at least 24 hours before your pickup, so we can arrange other work for your driver.
Your Driver Is Ready
Send the route, the date and the time. We come back with the price for your car — fuel, tolls and parking already inside it. No prepayment, and a real person replies.
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