Rodriguez Luxury Cars serves all of Queens with chauffeured sedans, SUVs and Sprinter vans. Because both JFK and LaGuardia sit inside the borough, our Queens airport rates are the lowest we publish. Hourly hire starts at $95 per hour.
Neighbourhoods we cover
We serve the whole of this area, not only the best-connected parts of it:
- Long Island City
- Astoria
- Sunnyside
- Woodside
- Jackson Heights
- Elmhurst
- Forest Hills
- Kew Gardens
- Flushing
- Bayside
- Jamaica
- Howard Beach
- Rego Park
- The Rockaways
Airport flat rates from here
| Airport | Business Sedan | Luxury SUV | Sprinter Van |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK | $115 | $150 | $235 |
| LGA | $105 | $140 | $220 |
| EWR | $205 | $255 | $365 |
Hourly chauffeur hire
| Vehicle | Capacity | Luggage | Hourly rate | Minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Sedan | 3 passengers | 2 large bags | $95/hr | 3 hr |
| Luxury SUV | 6 passengers | 5 large bags | $125/hr | 3 hr |
| Sprinter Van | 14 passengers | 14 large bags | $185/hr | 4 hr |
What to know about this area
Queens holds both JFK and LaGuardia, which makes it the cheapest borough to fly out of with a booked car — and the one where rideshare drivers most often decline short runs.
Long Island City and Astoria are closer to LaGuardia than to JFK. If your itinerary is flexible, check both rates.
Flushing and Bayside are far enough east that a metered fare to Newark becomes genuinely expensive. The flat rate is worth checking.
Two airports inside the borough changes the arithmetic
Queens is the only borough holding two major airports, and it makes flying from here cheaper on the ground than from anywhere else in the city. Our Queens airport rates are the lowest we publish, because the distances genuinely are the shortest.
It also means the choice between JFK and LaGuardia is often a real one rather than dictated by geography. From Long Island City or Astoria, LaGuardia is materially closer; from Jamaica or Howard Beach, JFK is almost next door.
Newark from Queens is the outlier and it is expensive — the trip crosses the entire city and a river. If you have a choice of departure airport, price the ground leg before booking the flight.
Short runs are exactly where rideshare declines
The irony of living close to an airport is that it makes you harder to serve. A fifteen-minute run from Forest Hills to JFK is not attractive work for a rideshare driver at five in the morning, and cancellations on short airport runs are common.
We price and dispatch these the same way we dispatch anything else. A short booking is still a booking against a reservation, and the car turns up.
For residents of the eastern neighbourhoods — Bayside, Flushing, Douglaston — the distances start to grow again and the flat rate becomes straightforwardly better value than a meter.
What is included in every booking
- All tolls and airport fees
- Standard gratuity
- Meet-and-greet inside the terminal
- Flight tracking with automatic pickup adjustment
- 60 minutes complimentary airport wait (90 for Sprinter)
- Bottled water and phone chargers
Optional extras
| Extra | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Child / booster seat | $25 each | Requested at booking; installed before pickup. |
| Additional stop | $15 per stop | Within the same borough. |
| NYC Congestion Relief Zone | $0.75 per trip | Statutory per-trip surcharge on for-hire trips into Manhattan below 60th Street. |
| New Jersey / Connecticut pickup | $20 | Applies to hourly bookings originating out of state. |
| Overnight pickup (11pm – 5am) | $25 | Applies to point-to-point transfers. |
Free cancellation up to 4 hours before a point-to-point pickup, or 24 hours before an hourly or event booking.
Rates shown are all-inclusive. New York State sales tax of 8.875% applies to hourly charters and is shown separately on your confirmation.
For vehicle choice see the vehicle guide, for the booking process see how booking works, and for account billing see corporate travel.
Frequently asked questions
Hourly hire from $95 per hour, and our lowest published airport rates — $115 to JFK and $105 to LaGuardia, since both airports sit inside the borough.
It depends on the neighbourhood. Long Island City and Astoria are closer to LaGuardia; Jamaica, Howard Beach and southern Queens are closer to JFK. Check both rates if your itinerary is flexible.
Yes — Bayside, Flushing, Douglaston, Whitestone and the Rockaways included. The distances there are longer, which is where a flat rate is clearly better than a meter.
Yes. A fifteen-minute run to JFK is dispatched against a reservation the same as any other booking. Short airport runs are exactly where rideshare cancellations happen most.
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