SFO to Glen Ellen Private Car Service
Private, direct transportation from San Francisco International Airport to inns, cottages and vacation rentals in Glen Ellen, in the heart of Sonoma Valley.
A transfer, not a tour: no stops and no guide — we pick you up at SFO and drive you directly to Glen Ellen.
A day with a driver: 10 hours from $599 — a different booking from the transfer. Every car's price is below.
Flat rate $285 one way, either direction
A Economy Sienna runs a flat $285 one way between SFO and Glen Ellen — the same price to the airport as from it, no surge, no meter, no per-bag charge. The exact all-in fare for your car is shown in the booking flow and confirmed before you pay.
A party larger than a car's seats is booked as a request: we find a vehicle that fits and confirm the price before you commit.
That is the whole price: the SFO airport fee and every bridge toll are already inside it, and nothing is added at the end. A pickup between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. adds the published night fee.
Starting from a San Francisco hotel instead? The Economy Sienna is $285 one way from any address in the city — no airport fee; the bridge toll is measured for your address and shown as its own line. From a hotel elsewhere in the Bay Area, choose it on the form: a published pair prices at once, and anything else is confirmed by a person before you commit.
Pickups between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. add the published night fee, shown as its own line before you pay. Gratuity is not required or expected.
Several rides, a stop on the way, or a pickup that isn't listed? Tell us the trip in your own words and we read it.
Why travelers book this route
Glen Ellen is an hour and forty minutes from SFO with the roads clear — over the Golden Gate, across Highway 37 and up Highway 12 past Sonoma — and it is a village of a few hundred houses where the inns sit up unlit lanes. Arriving in a rental car after a long flight, looking for a gate in the dark, is the wrong way to start. A private transfer takes you from the arrivals curb to the door, with a driver who knows the turn.
Nothing scheduled reaches the valley from the airport, and a rideshare quote for a hundred-minute one-way is a guess about demand and about whether a driver will take it. A booked car has a confirmed driver, the luggage in the back and a fare fixed before you fly.
The return to SFO is booked the same way, at the same rate, timed to your flight.
Arrivals curb, flight tracked, driver confirmed by text
Book online in about a minute — no account, no app. A person reviews the request and texts back to confirm the ride and the fare; on the day, the driver texts before pickup and again on arrival. Then it is the drive to Glen Ellen, direct, with no other passengers and no stops.
Add your flight number
We track the flight. A late landing moves your pickup rather than losing it, and there is no waiting fee for flight delays.
Meet at the arrivals curb
Collect your bags and step out to the arrivals curb at your terminal. We text your driver's name, car and plate before you land.
Luggage goes in the car
The driver loads at the curb and unloads at your door. Enter your bag count when you book so the right vehicle comes — the minivan for a family or four large cases.
The way back, curbside
For the ride to your flight home, the driver drops you at the departures level of your terminal, with the pickup time set against your check-in.
About Glen Ellen
Glen Ellen is the village in the middle of Sonoma Valley, where Highway 12 runs between the vineyards and the oak hills: a few blocks of restaurants and tasting rooms on Arnold Drive, Jack London State Historic Park up the hill behind it, and inns and cottages along the lanes out of town.
It shares one published rate with Kenwood, the next village north; Sonoma, ten minutes south on the plaza, has its own page and its own rate.
- Give us the inn's name when you book; several sit up unlit lanes off Arnold Drive and the driver will know the turn.
- Highway 12 through the valley is a two-lane road. On a weekend afternoon it is slow; the fare is the one you booked.
Three levels of private airport transfer
Every level is a flat rate, both directions, with airport parking included. Exact fares for your route are shown in the booking flow, confirmed before you pay. Premium and Black Car run the same two cars — what changes is how you are met, how long the driver waits, and how the driver is dressed.
Glen Ellen to SFO private car service
The return is a booking of its own, on the same form at the same rate: the button opens it with the pickup at your hotel, resort or rental in Glen Ellen and the drop-off at SFO. Add the flight number and we set the pickup time against the check-in your airline wants, allowing for the traffic on the way.
Sonoma wine country for the day: the car and driver stay with you for 10 hours
This is not the transfer. A transfer takes you from SFO to your door and the car leaves; the day keeps the car and the driver with you for ten hours — from SFO or your hotel near the airport, to the wineries you pick, and back again.
You choose the wineries and make the appointments; the driver drives, waits while you are inside, and moves on when you are ready. There is no guide and no set route.
Sonoma is about an hour and a half from SFO each way, over the Golden Gate, Healdsburg nearer two, so the ten hours leave six or seven among the wineries — time for three or four and a long lunch, with the traffic allowed for.
- One price for the car, however many of you ride in it, up to its seats
- Flat rate, all-inclusive: bridge tolls and the SFO airport fee are inside it, and nothing is added at the end
- Gratuity is not required or expected
- Nobody in your party has to drive, so everybody can taste
- Cases of wine ride in the back, with the luggage if you fly out the same day
- What the wineries charge is paid at the wineries
| Vehicle | Whole day |
|---|---|
| Toyota SiennaUp to 6 passengers · each further hour $60 | $599for 10 hours |
| Chevrolet SuburbanUp to 6 passengers · each further hour $140 | $1,280for 10 hours |
| Cadillac EscaladeUp to 6 passengers · each further hour $140 | $1,480for 10 hours |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | Request a quote |
An hour past the ten is the car's hourly rate, agreed with you on the day. We confirm the date, the car and one flat price by text before you commit.
How long does it take to get from SFO to Glen Ellen?
About an hour and forty minutes with the roads clear, over the Golden Gate and up Highway 12. Commute hours through Marin and weekend traffic in the valley add to that; your driver plans for it, and the fare doesn't change.
Where do we meet the driver at SFO?
At the arrivals curb of your terminal. Add your flight number when you book and we track it; we text the driver's name, car and plate before you land, and a late flight moves the pickup rather than losing it — with no waiting fee.
Is Glen Ellen the same price as Sonoma?
A little more: Sonoma on the plaza has its own rate, and Glen Ellen and Kenwood share the valley rate for the extra drive up Highway 12. Both are published on the pages, the same in either direction, and the booking flow shows the exact fare for your vehicle before you pay.
Is the ride private?
Yes. The car is yours alone, direct from the airport to your inn — no other passengers, no stops. It is a transfer, not a tour.
How much luggage fits?
Economy is a Toyota Sienna — the car for this drive: four large cases and the carry-ons in the back, child seats installed by the driver if you ask for them when booking. A couple with two suitcases rides in it just as comfortably. Enter your bag count when you book and we'll say if anything looks tight.
Can you drive us from Glen Ellen back to SFO?
Yes, at the same rate. Book the way back as its own transfer: your inn as the pickup, SFO as the drop-off. Add the flight number and we set the pickup time against your check-in, with the drive down 101 allowed for.
What is added to the fare?
Nothing. The published fare is the whole price: the SFO airport fee and every bridge toll on the drive are already inside it, so nothing is itemized on top. No meter, no surge, no per-bag charge, no booking fee. A pickup between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. adds the published night fee, shown as its own line before you pay. Gratuity is not required or expected.
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Read our reviewsA day with a driver is a different booking from the transfer: one price for the whole car, from SFO or your hotel near the airport to the wineries and back, for the hours shown. Every car's price is on each town's page.
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Booking takes about a minute:
- Pick the airport and your date
- Enter the address and choose a vehicle
- We text you to confirm