Monterey, Carmeland 17-Mile Drive
Cannery Row, the Lone Cypress and an afternoon in Carmel-by-the-Sea, with the gate fee for 17-Mile Drive already paid. Ten hours, one car, and no hunting for parking in a town built before cars.
A plan, not a schedule
Every stop below is a suggestion your driver will happily rearrange from the front seat. Times are what the day looks like when nothing changes — and something usually does.
From $790 per car per day
Extra hours $50, agreed before we run them. Two cars for a bigger group — send an inquiry. Or text (650) 456-9999 and say “Monterey & Carmel”.
One car, one price
Your driver stays with you for the whole block — no re-booking between stops, no waiting for a car in a parking lot, no meter running while you decide.
- Private vehicle and driver for the hours you book
- Door pickup — SFO curb, hotel, or home
- Fuel, tolls, parking and driver hours
- Bottled water; child seats on request
- Itinerary changes en route, at no charge
- Meals for your party
- Tasting fees, entry and attraction tickets
- Guided commentary inside venues
- Hours past the listed day — $50–$110 each
- Gratuity, appreciated but never assumed
The drive is the destination
First-time visitors doing the coast in a day, couples on a slow anniversary, and business travellers with a Friday to spare. Also families using the aquarium as the anchor and the coast as the reward.
Big Sur is a natural extension — Bixby Bridge is forty minutes past Carmel. Add two hours at the extra-hour rate and we run the coast to Bixby and back before dark, road conditions permitting.
Staying the night in Monterey?
Then you want a flat one-way transfer down and a car only for the day you tour. The day rate makes sense from the city; from a Monterey hotel, hourly service is the cheaper way to see the same coast. The block prices are on the hourly car service page.
Is the 17-Mile Drive fee included?
Yes — the per-car gate fee at Pebble Beach is in the day rate. Aquarium and Point Lobos tickets are not; we can hold timed entries for you.
Can we add Big Sur?
Two extra hours gets you Bixby Bridge and back. Further down the coast — Pfeiffer Beach, Nepenthe — is a twelve-hour day; we quote it as one.
Whale watching?
Boats leave from Fisherman's Wharf and run three to four hours. Tell us when you book and we shape the day around the sailing time.
Golf clubs?
They ride fine in the SUV, and the driver will wait or come back for you. If you are actually playing Pebble, ask us about a half-day drop instead.
Ready when you are
Tell us the date and the party size and we come back with a plan and a fixed price for the car — usually within the hour, any day of the week.
Ten languages by phone, text or WeChat (yakaainc) — and ask for a driver who speaks yours when you book.