How Our Flat Fee Pricing Works

Designated Driver is a pickup and drop-off (paratransit) service serving the Pittsburgh area using 8 and 10 passenger stretch Lincoln Towncars
Call 412-563-2559 for reservations
Reservations must be made 2 hours in advance

The Designated Driver does not rent its vehicles out by the hour, but instead on a per trip basis, saving our customers, in many instances, hundreds of dollars. We are a pickup and drop-off service only and we operate in specific territories in the Pittsburgh area.

The cost per trip is $5 per person in our primary territories and $10 per person in our secondary territories. The territories listed below for details on what areas we cover. There is also a minimum charge for each separate trip of $25 for the primary and $50 for the secondary territories. Due to recent gas price increases trips are subject to a $2 gas fee.

There is no minimum number of people that you need to have, there is only a minimum price. For example, if you have 1-4 passengers in our primary territory, the price is $25 + gratuity + $2 gas fee. For every extra person beyond four, add $5. In our secondary territory if you have 1-5 passengers the price is $50 + gratuity + $2 gas fee. For every extra person beyond five, add $10 per person.

The fee covers one pickup and drop-off only. When you make a reservation we'll ask you where you want to be picked up and where you want to be dropped off (subject to our covered territories). If you want to make a return trip then it will cost another $5 or $10 per person and is subject to the minimum charge. You may schedule as many pickups and drop-offs as you would like throughout the evening.

All trips throughout the evening must be pre-scheduled at least two hours in advance by the customer with a dispatcher. Each reservation scheduled is considered a one-way trip only.

If you have more than 10 passengers, we will send you multiple vehicles if we have the availability. There is no extra charge for the additional vehicles. However, there will be a charge of $40 if we send an extra car to your group and there are 10 or fewer passengers. This is done to discourage groups from ordering extra vehicles that are not necessary.