For a Melbourne wine tour, a Sprinter (Mercedes Sprinter (11-seat or 16-seat)) stays with the booking all day: cellar-door collections, restaurant lunch, lookout stops, the run home before sundown. From $695. Driver returns you to the same Melbourne pickup point.
The brief sentence: TransfersX is a chauffeur service. The fuller version: every wine tour job in Melbourne is dispatched as a vetted driver in a held vehicle on a fixed fare from $695. Compared to a rideshare booking that's structurally the same job, you trade $40-ish for: certainty on the vehicle, certainty on the driver, certainty on the fare. That trade is the entire premium proposition.
The Sprinter fleet runs as Mercedes Sprinter (11-seat or 16-seat), seating 11 passengers and 11 bags. For wine tour bookings, this is the vehicle profile that handles the load correctly - not under-sized, not over-sized, not the closest car the rideshare algorithm happened to allocate.
The chauffeur doesn't ask ‘what do you do for work', doesn't run a chat radio, doesn't make eye contact in the rear-view unless you start a conversation. Silence is the default; conversation is on request.
When you book a Sprinter (Mercedes Sprinter (11-seat or 16-seat)), you get a Sprinter (Mercedes Sprinter (11-seat or 16-seat)) - not ‘whatever turned up'. The vehicle class is locked at booking and the driver is dispatched specifically to your job.
The fare from $695 doesn't change if it rains, if traffic snarls on CityLink, if your flight is delayed three hours. The price is the price; the variance is on our side, not yours.
"Booked TransfersX for a winery day for ten of us in two V-Classes. Both drivers were professional, both vehicles clean, both fares matched the booking. The day ran better than we'd hoped because nobody had to think about the driving. Recommended."
- Olivia, Malvern"Yarra Valley tour for four. V-Class for the day. Driver knew every cellar door we wanted, suggested two more we hadn't heard of, got us home before sundown. The fact that no one in the party had to be the designated driver was worth the price alone."
- Sandra, CBD"Booked a Great Ocean Road day for visiting in-laws. Range Rover, vetted chauffeur, eight hours on the road. Stops at Bells Beach, Lorne, the Twelve Apostles, Apollo Bay for lunch. Driver knew which lookout to stop at and when. They'll remember this trip."
- Greg, South YarraTransfersX runs wine tour jobs in Melbourne on the chauffeur model end-to-end. The booking is taken by the team, briefed to the chauffeur, allocated to a Sprinter (Mercedes Sprinter (11-seat or 16-seat)), dispatched 25 minutes ahead of the slot. The driver leaves with the address, the gate, the flight number, the special requests. The vehicle has been detailed that morning. The cabin is climate-controlled, stocked with bottled water and an umbrella, music off by default.
Drivers are vetted, presented, and on payroll. Background-checked, professionally licensed, jacket-and-tie standard. The chauffeur the customer sees is the chauffeur the company employs, not a marketplace allocation. Same chauffeur for the duration of the booking; no driver swaps mid-day. Briefed in advance on the day's run sheet on hourly and multi-stop bookings; briefed on the flight and arrival on airport runs.
Pricing is locked from $695 at booking and includes CityLink, EastLink, fuel, gratuity and GST. The fare doesn't move between booking and receipt; there is no surge in any condition. Corporate accounts settle monthly with a clean tax-invoice line per booking. Payment by Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa, Mastercard or AmEx at booking. There is nothing to pay at the end of the trip; the driver doesn't carry a card terminal.
Tell the chauffeur. Wine Tour days are extended at the hourly rate on request, same chauffeur, same vehicle. No surge applied. Most extensions are confirmed in under a minute.
Wine Tour starting in Melbourne is priced from $695 for the day in a Sprinter (Mercedes Sprinter (11-seat or 16-seat)). Includes vehicle, chauffeur, fuel and tolls. Tastings, vineyard fees, restaurant lunches and venue admissions are paid direct on the day.
Typical wine tour runs 8 hours from Melbourne. Common pattern: morning collection, 3-4 cellar door / lookout / venue stops, restaurant lunch, afternoon stops, evening return. Extended (10-hour) tours quoted on request.
Yes. The wine tour day is private - we suggest a 4-5 stop itinerary on request, but the day is yours to design. Tell us the venues you'd like and we'll plan the route. Changes on the day are fine if you'd rather extend a long lunch.
Yes. Our chauffeurs run the wine tour routes regularly and know the venues, the lunch options and the parking. We'll suggest stops on request and the driver makes intelligent calls on traffic and timing across the day.
A Sprinter (Mercedes Sprinter (11-seat or 16-seat)) comfortably seats 7 plus the chauffeur. For larger groups we run dual V-Classes or upgrade to a Mercedes Sprinter (11-16 seat). Both options quoted via WhatsApp +61 415 555 542 on request.