Chauffeur-driven car rental

Chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris — what does it actually include, and how much does it cost? With Rent-Trip you choose from 26 cars, from €105 per day, and the car is delivered to you anywhere in Paris, with the booking agreed with a manager.

What chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris costs per day, week and month

Rates for chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris run from €105 to €350 per day across three classes, with longer bookings charged at fixed multipliers: weekly from €630, monthly from €2,205.

Daily rates across the three classes

Weekly and monthly rates

A week of chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris is charged from €630 and a month from €2,205. The multipliers are fixed rather than negotiated: weekly equals the daily rate multiplied by six, monthly equals the daily rate multiplied by twenty-one. That means the longer rate is always calculated from the day price of the specific model you pick, not from a flat package. A Mercedes-Benz S-Class at €350 per day lands at €2,100 for a week and €7,350 for a month; a Mini Cooper 5-door at €105 works out at €630 and €2,205. In our practice, most enquiries arrive as a single day with a driver and only turn into a weekly booking once the itinerary grows past three or four stops.

What the rental agreement sets out

The deposit, the excess, delivery fees and any discounts are set out in the rental agreement. Those four items are what actually make two day rates comparable, because they change from booking to booking and are agreed with a manager rather than printed on a price list. We do not publish a deposit figure or an excess figure here — both sit in the agreement for your specific car and dates. When you compare a quote, put the day rate next to the excess rather than on its own: on a Luxury SUV a low day rate with a high excess can cost more across a week than a slightly higher rate with a smaller one. Ask the manager which protection level applies before you confirm, and the number you are comparing becomes the real one.

Choosing a car for chauffeur-driven rental in Paris, class by class

Our 26 cars split into three tiers — Premium, Luxury and Minivans — and the choice comes down to three things: how many seats you need, whether you want a sedan or an SUV, and how much luggage travels with you.

Premium cars from €105 per day

Premium is our largest tier — 11 cars from €105 per day, from the Mini Cooper 5-door up to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe at €159. The €105–€159 spread inside one class comes from body style and drivetrain rather than size: the rear-wheel-drive BMW 3 Series sedan and the hybrid DS 7 Crossback SUV both sit at €129 per day. If two of you travel with hand luggage only, the Mini Cooper at €109 is the cheapest way into the class; for four adults with cases, book the Audi A4 or the C-Class.

Luxury cars from €195 per day

Luxury holds 10 cars from €195 per day, topping out with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class at €350. Almost everything here runs all-wheel drive with diesel or hybrid power, so the real decision is body style: a sedan for arrivals and city evenings, an SUV for longer out-of-town routes. The Volvo XC90 Hybrid is the only 7-seater in Luxury at €230 per day — worth knowing before you add a second car for a group.

Minivans with 7 seats from €119 per day

• Ford Grand C-Max — €119/day: 7 seats, 1.5 L diesel, 120 hp, Manual gearbox — the lowest entry into a seven-seater.
• Renault Grand Scenic — €129/day: 7 seats, 1.7 L diesel, 150 hp, Automatic, front-wheel drive.
• Volkswagen Touran — €135/day: 7 seats, 2.0 L diesel, 150 hp, Automatic — the roomiest boot of the three.
• Citroen Grand C4 SpaceTourer — €139/day: 7 seats, 1.5 L diesel, 130 hp, Automatic, sliding rear doors.
• Ford S-Max — €149/day: 7 seats, 2.5 L hybrid, 190 hp, Automatic — the only hybrid minivan in our fleet.

Our 5 minivans seat 7 and start at €119 per day with the Ford Grand C-Max. This is the one class where you will meet a manual gearbox — the Grand C-Max runs Manual, the other four Automatic. In our experience, groups of five or six who book a 5-seat SUV end up paying for a second car; the Touran at €135 carries the same people plus luggage in one vehicle.

How the chauffeur-driven car rental booking is agreed and handed over

Rent-Trip does not run a rental counter in Paris. You choose a car, a manager confirms the booking with you, and the car is delivered to the address you give. Every detail that carries a figure or a condition — the deposit, the excess, delivery fees, discounts — sits in the rental agreement, not in a price list.

Agreeing the booking with a manager

A booking with our chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris is agreed with a manager before anything is confirmed. You tell us the dates, the class and the delivery address; the manager checks the car against your dates, then comes back with the agreement. Nothing is charged or blocked until you accept it. The reason we work this way is practical: 26 cars spread across three classes means a Mini Cooper 5-door at €105 and a Mercedes-Benz S-Class at €350 are not interchangeable, and a manager can tell you in one exchange whether the seven-seat minivan you need is free on your dates or whether the BMW 3 Series at €129 is the better fit. In our experience the questions that decide a booking come up here — how many people, how much luggage, whether the route runs into the ZFE perimeter inside the A86, where the Crit'Air sticker sits. Ask them before you confirm, because changing a class after the agreement is drawn up means starting the booking again.

What the manager needs from you

• Dates and times: the day and hour the car is handed over and the day and hour it comes back, since the weekly and monthly rates are built on those.
• Delivery address: where the car should be brought — the manager confirms whether that address is served when the booking is agreed.
• Class and seats: Premium, Luxury or Minivans, and how many of the 4, 5 or 7 seats you actually need filled.
• Licence and age details: driving licence information and the driver's age, both agreed when booking.
• Longer bookings: if you are taking the car for a week or a month, say so up front — weekly starts at €630 and monthly at €2,205.
• Route notes: whether you plan to leave the city, so the manager can flag tolls, parking rules and the Crit'Air requirement.

Hand-over and what the agreement covers

The car is delivered to you, and the agreement is what governs the hand-over. It sets out the deposit, the excess, the delivery fees and any discounts that apply to your booking, and those four items are the reason two daily rates are rarely compared like for like — a lower headline figure can carry a larger excess. Read the agreement before the car is handed over, and put your questions to the manager while the booking is still open rather than at the kerb. The same document covers the return: fuel policy, the state of the car on collection and on return, and what happens if the car comes back with damage. We keep the agreement specific to your booking rather than generic, so the conditions you sign are the ones you discussed. If a term is unclear, ask — the manager who agreed the booking is the person who can change it.

Chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris for airport arrivals and rail stations

Landing at Charles de Gaulle or Orly with luggage and a tight schedule is the moment a chauffeur-driven car hire earns its price. We hand the car over where you arrive, and the meeting point is agreed with a manager when you book.

Arrival points we cover

• Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport: the main long-haul gateway north of the city, reached by the A1 and the A3.
• Paris-Orly Airport: the southern airport, linked to the périphérique by the A6 and A106.
• Paris-Beauvais Airport: the low-cost field well outside the city, a longer transfer by road.
• Paris-Le Bourget Airport: the business-aviation field northeast of the centre.
• Gare du Nord: Eurostar and Thalys arrivals from London and Brussels.
• Gare de Lyon: TGV services from the south and southeast.
• Gare Montparnasse: TGV Atlantique routes from the west and southwest.

What a driver changes on arrival day

A flight that lands at 06:00 and a train that pulls in at 23:40 ask different things of the same booking. Our chauffeur-driven service is agreed around your actual arrival slot rather than a fixed counter hour, so the hand-over happens when you walk out of the terminal, not when a desk happens to open. The driver handles the route into the centre while you deal with the luggage, the children and the first phone calls. For anyone landing after a long-haul flight, that removes the single worst part of the trip — the drive on the wrong side of the road, in an unfamiliar city, on no sleep. In our practice the arrivals that go smoothest are the ones where the client sends the flight number when booking, so the meeting point is fixed before the plane leaves the ground.

Rail stations and the last mile

Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon and Gare Montparnasse sit inside the busiest part of the city, where street parking in zone 1 runs on a progressive tariff — €6 for the first hour, €12 for two, €24 for three — and caps at six consecutive hours in one spot. A car waiting for you at the kerb sidesteps that entirely. The same applies when you leave: we agree the pick-up point with you in advance, so a 07:00 train does not turn into a hunt for a free bay at 06:20. Tell the manager your platform and your luggage count when booking, and the vehicle size follows from there — the 7-seat minivans from €119 per day take a family with cases, while a Premium hatchback from €105 per day is enough for two. Anything about the meeting point that is not fixed at booking is settled with the manager before the hand-over.

Day trips and longer routes with a chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris

A chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris is not only for getting around the city. The same car and driver take you out to Disneyland Paris, Versailles, Giverny, Reims and Champagne, Deauville and the Normandy coast, Mont-Saint-Michel and the Loire Valley châteaux — all bookable as a single day or spread over several.

Routes we run most often and what each one asks of the car

• Disneyland Paris: the shortest run, roughly 40 minutes each way from the centre, so a Premium hatchback or sedan handles it comfortably and the driver waits while you are inside the park.
• Versailles: half a day at the palace plus the gardens fills a full booking, and the car mostly sits parked — a 5-seat sedan from €129 per day is enough.
• Giverny: the Monet house and gardens, a run of about an hour and a half each way; the drive is the easy part, the timed entry slot is what sets your departure.
• Reims and Champagne: a full day once you add two or three cellars, and the driver stays with the car between tastings.
• Deauville and the Normandy coast: the longest single day we run, so a diesel sedan or an SUV with all-wheel drive suits the motorway stretch better than a small hatchback.
• Mont-Saint-Michel and the Loire Valley châteaux: these are two-day or three-day bookings rather than day trips — the distances rule out a return the same evening.

Cars that suit a long day out

The Volvo XC60 at €145 per day is the pick for mixed motorway and country roads: hybrid, automatic, all-wheel drive, 250 hp. For a group of five or six, the Volkswagen Touran at €135 and the Ford S-Max at €149 both seat seven — the S-Max adds a hybrid drivetrain and an automatic gearbox, where the Ford Grand C-Max at €119 is the only minivan on this page with a manual. If the trip is as much about the arrival as the destination, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class at €350 per day is the top of the Luxury tier.

What to settle with the manager before a long route

• Duration: whether the booking is a single day, a week or longer — a week of chauffeur-driven service is charged from €630 and a month from €2,205.
• Route and stops: tell us the places and the order you want them in, so the day is planned around opening times rather than traffic.
• Waiting time: how long the driver stays at each stop, and whether the car waits or returns.
• One-way drop-off: if you finish somewhere other than where you started, raise it at booking.
• Delivery point: where the car and driver meet you on the first morning.
• Fuel and mileage terms: set out in the rental agreement, not assumed.
• Rental agreement: the deposit, the excess, delivery fees and any discounts are agreed when booking.

In our experience the trips people regret are the ones packed with three stops instead of one. Pick a single anchor — the palace, the cellars, the abbey — and let the drive out and back be the rest of the day.

Rules a chauffeur-driven car rental in Paris drives under

Speed limits, the low-emission zone and alcohol rules are the same for every car we hand over, so this section sets out what your driver works with on the road.

Speed limits your driver works with

• In built-up areas: 50 km/h under Code de la route, art. R413-3, raised to 70 km/h on some signed stretches.
• Ordinary roads outside towns: 80 km/h under art. R413-2, or 90 km/h on two-lane sections where the département has decided so.
• Dual carriageways: 110 km/h; motorways: 130 km/h, both under art. R413-2.
• In rain: 110 km/h on motorways, 100 km/h on dual carriageways, 80 km/h elsewhere.
• Visibility under 50 m: 50 km/h on every road, under art. R413-4.
• Boulevard périphérique: 50 km/h since 1 October 2024 by decision of the city hall, phased in from porte des Lilas to porte d'Orléans by 10 October.

The ZFE and the Crit'Air sticker

The ZFE de la Métropole du Grand Paris (Zone à Faibles Émissions) covers the area inside the A86 motorway, with the A86 itself excluded, and takes in the boulevard périphérique, the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes. Crit'Air 5, 4, 3 and «Non classé» vehicles are barred from that perimeter, and the sticker must sit on the windscreen. Crit'Air 3 has been caught by the restriction since 1 January 2025. Two things follow for a booking: outside the périphérique you are not driving in the zone at all, and a car without a valid sticker is formally not allowed in. In our practice, guests heading for Versailles or Disneyland Paris never touch the perimeter, while anyone doing a morning of errands between the 1st and 11th arrondissements is inside it the whole time — so tell the manager your route when the booking is agreed and the class can be matched to it.

Alcohol, young drivers and children

• Alcohol, all drivers: 0.5 g/l of blood (0.25 mg/l of breath) under Code de la route.
• Alcohol, permis probatoire (under 3 years' experience): 0.2 g/l (0.10 mg/l), in force since 1 July 2015.
• Penalty for a young driver over the limit: €135, six points off, licence suspension possible.
• Child seats: compulsory for children under 10 OR shorter than 135 cm — both conditions must be met before a seat is no longer needed, under Code de la route, R412-1 onwards.
• Penalty for no child seat: up to €750 (contravention 4th class).
• Winter tyres: compulsory from 1 November to 31 March in around 34 mountain départements, over 4,000 communes, under loi Montagne II; €135 and the vehicle immobilised if you are caught out.

Paris and Île-de-France are not among those départements, so nothing in a city booking requires winter rubber — but an Alpine trip does, and that is worth flagging before the car is loaded.

Seats, fuel and gearbox in our chauffeur-driven car rental fleet

Our fleet of 26 cars splits by seats, fuel and gearbox in ways that decide which model suits a given booking. Four seats, five or seven; diesel, gasoline or hybrid; automatic or manual — the combination narrows the choice fast.

Seat counts across the three classes

Four seats appear only in the Premium class, on the Mini Cooper and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe — both coupes and hatchbacks with a tighter rear bench. Five seats is the standard layout and covers most of the fleet: the Mini Cooper 5-door, Audi A3, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, BMW 1 Series, BMW 3 Series, DS 7 Crossback, Audi A4, Volvo XC60, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Audi A6, BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Range Rover Velar, Porsche Macan, Maserati Levante, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche Panamera and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Seven seats belong to the Minivans — Ford Grand C-Max, Renault Grand Scenic, Volkswagen Touran, Citroen Grand C4 SpaceTourer and Ford S-Max — plus the Volvo XC90 Hybrid in Luxury. In our practice, a group of five with luggage is better off in a 7-seat minivan than in a 5-seat sedan: the third row folds flat and takes the cases.

Fuel and gearbox

Diesel runs through the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Audi A6, BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Range Rover Velar and the minivans Renault Grand Scenic, Volkswagen Touran, Citroen Grand C4 SpaceTourer, Ford Grand C-Max. Gasoline covers the Mini Cooper 5-door, Mini Cooper, Audi A3, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, BMW 1 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, Porsche Macan, Maserati Levante, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche Panamera and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Hybrid sits in three cars: DS 7 Crossback, Volvo XC60 and the 7-seat Volvo XC90 Hybrid, plus the Ford S-Max. Automatic is the default — every car on this page carries it except one.

• Manual gearbox: the Ford Grand C-Max, the only 7-seater on this page with a manual gearbox, at €119 per day.
• All-wheel drive: Volvo XC60, Volvo XC90 Hybrid, Audi A6, Range Rover Velar, Porsche Macan, Maserati Levante, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche Panamera and Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
• Front-wheel drive: the Premium hatchbacks and most minivans — Mini Cooper 5-door, Audi A3, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, BMW 1 Series, DS 7 Crossback, Renault Grand Scenic, Volkswagen Touran, Citroen Grand C4 SpaceTourer, Ford S-Max, Ford Grand C-Max.
• Rear-wheel drive: BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

Engine size tracks the class rather than the price: the 1.5 L Mini Cooper 5-door and the 1.5 L Audi A3 sit close to the 2.0 L BMW 3 Series and the 2.0 L Volvo XC60, while output climbs from 136 hp to 455 hp on the Volvo XC90 Hybrid.

Matching the car to the trip

A 4-seat coupe works for two people with hand luggage; a 5-seat sedan or SUV covers four adults and a boot; the 7-seat minivans and the Volvo XC90 Hybrid handle six or seven passengers without a roof box. Diesel makes sense on longer routes out of Paris, hybrid on short city runs where the electric mode cuts consumption. Automatic is the safer pick if the driver is used to two pedals — in France a manual is common, but the whole fleet except the Ford Grand C-Max is automatic, so there is no need to settle for one. Tell the manager the passenger count and the luggage when booking, and the class follows from there.