SFO to Stanford University Private Car Service
Private, direct transportation from San Francisco International Airport to the Stanford campus — residences, departments, the medical center and the hotels around it.
A transfer, not a tour: no stops and no guide — we pick you up at SFO and drive you directly to Stanford University.
Flat rate $75 one way, either direction.
A economy SUV runs a flat $75 one way between SFO and Stanford University — the same price to the airport as from it, no surge, no meter, no per-bag charge. For a larger party or a different car, the seven-seat minivan, the premium sedan, the premium SUV and the Black SUV are priced in the booking flow, where the exact all-in fare for your vehicle is shown and confirmed before you pay.
The booking flow adds the $5.50 SFO airport fee, shown as its own line: $80.50 all-in for the economy SUV.
Pickups between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. add the published night fee, shown as its own line before you pay. Tip is not required.
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
Stanford is forty minutes from SFO with the roads clear, which makes it close enough to improvise and awkward enough that people stop: the campus is eight thousand acres, "pick me up at Stanford" means nothing to a driver, and the roads inside it change names twice on the way to the building you want.
The weekends that fill the campus — move-in, admit weekend, reunions, commencement — are exactly when app pricing moves and cars take longer to find. A booked transfer has the price fixed when you book it and a driver confirmed before the day, whichever weekend it is.
The alternatives are a rental you will not use once you are there, or Caltrain with a change at Millbrae and a walk at the far end. The car goes from the arrivals curb to the door with your bags in the back.
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 Stanford University, 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 Stanford University
The campus runs from El Camino Real up to the foothills: the Oval and the Main Quad in the middle, the graduate residences at Escondido Village and the undergraduate houses on the Row and around Wilbur and Stern, the medical center and the children's hospital on Welch and Pasteur, and the Sand Hill Road offices along the northern edge.
Priced on the drive, like any Peninsula ride: the fare on this page is the campus drive, and an address in Palo Alto, Menlo Park or Portola Valley prices from its own distance in the booking form.
- Give us the building, the residence or the hospital entrance rather than "Stanford" — the driver needs a door, and the campus has hundreds of them.
- Arriving for a hospital appointment or a discharge? Say so in the notes and the driver waits at the entrance you name rather than the nearest curb.
Choose the vehicle that fits your trip
Every class is a flat rate, both directions. Exact fares and seating for your route are shown in the booking flow, confirmed before you pay. The Sprinter is chartered by the hour — see hourly car service.
Stanford University to SFO private car service
The return leg books in the same form at the same rate: set the pickup to your residence, department or hotel at Stanford, the drop-off to SFO, and add the flight number — we set the pickup time against the check-in your airline wants, allowing for the traffic on the way, and you review the whole trip before you pay.
How long does it take to get from SFO to Stanford?
About 40 minutes with the roads clear, down 280 and in on Sand Hill Road. The evening commute on 101 and 280 adds to it; 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.
Which address should we give for the campus?
The building or residence you are actually going to — Tresidder, your dorm's loop, a department on Serra Mall, the Stanford Health Care entrance on Pasteur Drive. Type it into the booking form; the fare is the same anywhere on campus.
We are moving a student in — which car?
The seven-seat minivan: the rear seats fold for boxes and bedding and it still seats the family. A couple with two cases rides in the economy SUV just as comfortably. Enter your bag count when you book and we'll say if anything looks tight.
Is the ride private?
Yes. The car is yours alone, direct from the airport to the address you gave — no other passengers, no stops. It is a transfer, not a tour.
Can you drive us from Stanford back to SFO?
Yes, at the same rate. Choose round trip when you book the ride out and both legs book together, each with its own pickup time. Or book the way back on its own: the campus address as the pickup, SFO as the drop-off, with the flight number so we set the time against your check-in.
What is added to the fare?
Only the SFO airport fee, shown as its own line in the booking flow before you pay — the drive down 280 crosses no toll bridge. No meter, no surge, no per-bag charge, no booking fee. Tip is not required.
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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