Outstation
Outstation cabs
A car and a chauffeur for a trip out of town, charged at the published per kilometre rate for the class and for the kilometres the car actually runs. No rate that only appears at the end, and the vehicle and the driver are settled the evening before with his number.
- From
- ₹11.00a kilometre in a hatchback, before toll and GST. Every class and every charge is on the rate card.
Four measurements decide an outstation bill
Every line on the quotation is worked out from something you can go back and check afterwards. Not one of them is worked out from an estimate.
The odometer decides the kilometres
From the address the car picks you up at to the address it drops you at, on the meter. No garage mileage at either end, and nothing to reach before the counting starts.
The calendar decides the days
The driver allowance is charged per calendar day the car is held, including the day it comes back, and the number of days is written on the quotation before you agree to it.
The trip decides the minimum, not the day
A trip priced per kilometre is charged for at least two hundred and fifty, however far it runs. It is counted once for the whole trip, so four days away is that one floor rather than four of them, and above it you pay what the odometer ran.
The plaza decides the toll
Toll, parking and any state entry tax are passed through at whatever was actually paid, with the FASTag statement and the receipts against them on the bill.
Across north India, and a good way past it
From Leh and Srinagar at the top down to Udaipur and Mount Abu, and east through Lucknow as far as Gorakhpur. Some of these already have a road distance worked out and printed, and the rest are worked out when you ask.
Already priced on the rate card
- Chandigarh
- Delhi
- Haridwar
- Jaipur
- Shimla
Quoted before you confirm
- Agra
- Ajmer
- Aligarh
- Alwar
- Amritsar
- Ayodhya
- Bareilly
- Bathinda
- Bikaner
- Dharamshala
- Gorakhpur
- Hisar
- Jaisalmer
- Jammu
- Jhansi
- Jodhpur
- Kanpur
- Karnal
- Kota
- Kurukshetra
- Leh
- Lucknow
- Ludhiana
- Manali
- Meerut
- Moradabad
- Mount Abu
- Nainital
- Panipat
- Pathankot
- Patiala
- Prayagraj
- Ranthambore
- Rohtak
- Srinagar
- Udaipur
- Varanasi
Two figures the rate card will back up
One reaches your phone the evening before you travel. The other is printed on the card, and the unit it is counted in is the part worth reading.
9 pm
you know the car and the driver by
250 km
the minimum, counted once for the trip and never once a day
What goes out of town
A sedan does most outstation work in this trade. The full-size MPV is what a family of six on a hill road actually wants, and the tempo traveller is for a group that would rather stay in one vehicle than split across three.
Sedan
Maruti Dzire, Honda Amaze, or similar
- Seats
- 4
- Per km
- ₹12.00
Full-size MPV
Toyota Innova Crysta, or similar
- Seats
- 7
- Per km
- ₹19.00
Hatchback
Maruti Swift, Maruti WagonR, or similar
- Seats
- 4
- Per km
- ₹11.00
Compact MPV
Maruti Ertiga, Kia Carens, or similar
- Seats
- 6
- Per km
- ₹14.00
Tempo traveller
Force Traveller 12/17/25, Force Maharaja 20, Force Urbania 17, or similar
- Seats
- Up to 25
- Per km
- From ₹26.00
Effective . Driver allowance is charged per calendar day and is on the rate card with everything else.
What the fare covers
In the quoted fare
- Fuel and running cost
- Whatever the trip burns.
- The chauffeur
- His driving charges for the duty.
- Maintenance, insurance and air conditioning
- The vehicle is insured and serviced, and the AC runs.
- The all India permit
- The fleet runs on one, so a duty crossing into Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal or UP is not held up for paperwork at the border. The entry tax those states levy is a separate charge and it is named on the quotation with a number against it.
- A written quotation before anything is held
- The figure, the lines that add up to it, and every charge payable at actuals. Nothing is held and nobody is assigned until you say yes to that figure.
Charged on top
- Toll
- At actuals, and the FASTag statement is shared with the bill.
- Parking
- At actuals, with the receipt.
- State entry tax
- Where the trip crosses a state border. At actuals, and named on the quotation before you confirm.
- Hill entry and green tax
- Levied by the local authority on the way in. At actuals, and named on the quotation before you confirm.
- Driver allowance₹300 to ₹800 a day
- Per calendar day the car is held, including the day it comes back.
- GST5%
- Shown as its own line on the quotation and on the invoice.
Kilometres are counted on the odometer, from the address the car picks you up at to the address it drops you at. There is no garage mileage added at either end, and a return trip counts the two legs it runs and nothing beyond them. Where the total comes to less than 250 kilometres the fare is worked from that figure instead, once for the whole trip rather than once for each day of it.
The figure on your quotation is the figure you pay. Everything payable at actuals is a named line on it, with a number against it, before you confirm. Nothing is added afterwards.
Every corridor these cars runGrouped by the road that gets there, with the smaller towns on each one named.
Roads, and where each one ends
Grouped by the road rather than by the state line, because the road is what decides how long the day is.
Inside HaryanaNo state border on the way, so no entry tax, and most of these are a day out and back.
- Karnal
- Kurukshetra
- Ambala
- Yamunanagar
- Rohtak
- Hisar
Chandigarh and the PunjabPunjab levies its own entry tax at the border, and the road is quick enough that Amritsar is still one long day.
- Chandigarh
- Patiala
- Ludhiana
- Jalandhar
- Amritsar
- Bathinda
- Pathankot
Himachal, and the gateway into UttarakhandSlower kilometres than the plains, and both states charge a green tax at the boundary.
- Shimla
- Manali
- Dharamshala
- Haridwar
- Rishikesh
- Dehradun
- Nainital
- Jim Corbett
Jammu, the valley and LadakhLong hauls with at least one night halt in them, and Leh only while the passes are open.
- Jammu
- Katra
- Srinagar
- Leh
Delhi and the NCRShort enough that most of these are a drop rather than a trip, and the traffic decides the time rather than the distance.
- Delhi
- Gurugram
- Noida
- Ghaziabad
- Faridabad
- Meerut
West into RajasthanOpen road and long gaps between towns, so a day covers more ground here than anywhere else on this list.
- Alwar
- Bharatpur
- Jaipur
- Ajmer
- Ranthambore
- Kota
- Jodhpur
- Bikaner
- Jaisalmer
- Udaipur
- Mount Abu
East across Uttar PradeshFast on the expressways as far as Lucknow, slower on the old trunk road past Kanpur.
- Mathura
- Agra
- Aligarh
- Moradabad
- Bareilly
- Jhansi
- Lucknow
- Kanpur
- Prayagraj
- Ayodhya
- Varanasi
- Gorakhpur
What people ring up and ask about a trip out of town
How is an outstation fare worked out?
Three lines and no fourth. The kilometres the car runs at the published per kilometre rate for the class you picked, the driver allowance for each calendar day the car is held, and GST on the total as its own line. Toll, parking and state entry tax sit outside that and are passed through at what they actually cost. Nothing on the quotation is worked out from the hour you travel at.
Is there a minimum number of kilometres?
Yes, and the part worth reading twice is that it is counted once for the trip rather than once a day. A trip priced per kilometre is charged for at least 250 kilometres however far it actually runs, and three days held is still that one floor rather than three of them. Above it you pay the odometer.
Where can the trip start from?
Your own address, wherever that is. Delhi, anywhere in the NCR, Karnal, Chandigarh or a house on a lane the map does not name properly: the driver comes to you and the kilometres are counted from your door. The permit is all India, so a border does not turn the car back either. Give us the pick-up address with the enquiry and the quotation is worked out on the distance the trip actually runs.
What do I pay the driver directly?
The fare, the driver allowance and GST are all on the quotation and settled with the office. Toll and parking that he pays on the road come back to you on the bill at actuals, with the FASTag statement and the receipts, rather than being collected as a round figure on the day.
Which car will actually turn up?
The class you booked, with the typical models named on the rate card and the words "or similar" doing real work. In writing the evening before you get the class, the driver's name and his number, and what arrives is that class.
How long does a quote take to come back?
The line is answered at any hour. A written quote comes back the same day between 9 am and 9 pm, and an enquiry that lands after that is answered by 9.30 the next morning. Nothing is held and no car is taken out of the day until you confirm the figure.
Can I change the plan once the car is on the road?
Yes, and it is common on a long trip. Ring the office rather than settling it with the driver, because a change in the route or the number of days changes the figure, and we would rather requote it in writing than argue about it at the end. The odometer decides the kilometres either way.
Toll, parking, state entry tax and hill or green tax are payable at actuals and appear as named lines on the quotation, with a figure against each, before you confirm. Your trip is counted from the address you give us to the address you are going to, on the odometer, and the quotation names the distance it used before you agree to anything.
Sending an enquiry is not a booking and does not hold a vehicle. We price the trip, send you a fixed all-inclusive figure in writing, and nothing is reserved until you confirm that figure.
Send the route and the dates.
A fixed, all-in figure and the vehicle class, usually the same day, 9 am to 9 pm.
Written quotes 9 am to 9 pm, seven days. The line itself is answered at any hour.