Carmel car service.
Chauffeured cars in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Carmel Valley — a town with no street numbers, streets too narrow to wait on, and one road up the valley behind it.
All-inclusive fare, quoted upfront. Free cancellation: 6 hours for airport pickups, 24 hours for hourly and point-to-point.
Airport transfers need 6+ hours’ notice; everything else needs 24+. For a last-minute ride, text +1 (408) 883-9848 with your full name, the pick-up address, your flight number if it is an airport pick-up, the drop-off address and anything else we should know. You can also call, or email support@pblimo.com.
Carmel-by-the-Sea is a square mile of narrow streets with no street addresses on the houses. Properties have names. Directions are given by the nearest corner. This is charming right up until you are trying to be collected at eight in the evening.
We take the property name and the cross street when you book, so the car arrives where you are rather than somewhere on the block. Chauffeurs who work the town know it by its corners.
Carmel Valley is the other half of the picture: one road in, the same road out, with the lodges and tasting rooms strung along it. Fifteen minutes from Ocean Avenue and a completely different kind of evening.
The town, and the road behind it
Small distances, awkward specifics. Most of what matters here is where a car can be, not how long it takes to get there.
The main street runs downhill to the beach and closes for events more often than visitors expect. When it does, the nearest legal set-down is several blocks out and uphill — worth knowing before you dress for the evening.
Houses in Carmel-by-the-Sea have names rather than addresses. Give us the name and the nearest corner and the car comes to the door instead of circling.
One road in and out, fifteen minutes from town, with the lodges and tasting rooms along it. Late finishes are normal, and the car waits rather than being rebooked.
There is very little of it and what exists is timed. A car held for the evening is generally less trouble than one that has to go away and find somewhere to be.
Property name and corner, because the address does not exist.
The car waits rather than being booked twice.
Ocean Avenue and Carmel Valley Road are one booking, not two.
Arriving from San Francisco?
SFO to Carmel is about two and a quarter hours, and the address problem starts the moment you arrive. Booked as one journey, the property name is with the chauffeur before you land.
SFO to Carmel
A town where the houses have names
Carmel-by-the-Sea has no street numbers, so a satnav gets a car close and then stops being useful. Give us the property name and the nearest corner, and the chauffeur arrives at the door.
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