Can I book a pickup for tonight?

Yes. Online booking covers anything three or more hours ahead; anything sooner is arranged by phone on (416) 200-5070, which is answered around the clock. Late-notice bookings carry no premium — the all-in fare is the same number it would have been a month ago.

Can I pay for my relatives' rides without being in the car?

Yes, and it is the most common way these are arranged. Put your card and your own mobile number on each booking; the confirmations and reminders come to you, and your relative simply gets in the car. Each traveller's flight number goes on their own booking so their pickup follows their own flight.

Can one car stay with us for the whole day of the service?

That is an hourly as-directed booking rather than a transfer. It holds one vehicle and one chauffeur for a block of hours — three-hour minimum on online hourly quotes — so the car waits outside each stop and moves when the family does, with no re-booking between locations.

What if a flight is badly delayed?

The flight number on the booking means the pickup is timed to the actual landing rather than the timetable. A delay moves the pickup with it and costs nothing extra; nobody needs to phone from the air. If a flight is cancelled outright, the self-serve link or a call to (416) 200-5070 rebooks it.

Booking & logistics

How do I arrange airport transfers for a funeral in Toronto?

Answered by the Toronto Airport Limo team · Last reviewed July 6, 2026

One person can arrange all of it from one phone, at any hour. Book each arrival separately with that traveller's flight number so every car tracks its own aircraft, pay for them all on one card, and put your own number on the bookings so the confirmations come to you. Online booking needs about three hours of lead time; closer than that — which is most of what this week looks like — call (416) 200-5070, which is answered 24 hours a day. For the day of the service itself, an hourly as-directed booking keeps one car and one chauffeur with the family instead of ordering rides between locations.

Booking at short notice, at whatever hour you are awake

Travel arranged for a funeral is almost always arranged late, and usually by somebody who has not slept much. The instant quote at /ride/ works for anything three or more hours ahead: enter the pickup, the destination, the flight number and the vehicle, and the flat all-in total appears before you commit to anything. Inside three hours, the phone line takes it directly, and the line is staffed overnight — 2 a.m. bookings for a 6 a.m. arrival are ordinary here.

Nothing about the fare changes because the booking is last-minute. The all-in number is built from the distance and the vehicle, with gratuity, fuel where the vehicle carries it, 13% HST and the card fee inside it, plus the $15.27 airport pickup fee on airport pickups. There is no urgency premium and no overnight rate.

If you are not certain of a flight yet, book what you know and adjust later. Every booking comes with a self-serve link that lets you change the time, the flight or the address up to 12 hours before pickup, without a phone call.

Online at /ride/ for anything 3+ hours out; phone for anything closer
(416) 200-5070 is answered 24/7, including overnight
Same flat all-in pricing whatever time the booking is made
Self-serve changes up to 12 hours before each pickup

One person, several arrivals, one card

The usual pattern is a dozen relatives landing across two or three days from four different cities. Resist the urge to build one giant itinerary. Make a separate booking per arrival, each carrying that traveller's own flight number, and every car then follows its own aircraft — an aunt delayed out of Vancouver does not move anybody else's pickup.

You can be the account on all of them without being in any of the cars. Put your card on each booking and your own mobile number in the contact field, and the SMS confirmation and the reminder about four hours before pickup arrive on your phone. Relatives who do not use apps, do not have Canadian data on landing, or simply should not be problem-solving that week never have to do anything but walk out of the terminal.

For anyone arriving who genuinely should not cross an arrivals hall alone — an elderly parent, a relative who has never flown into Pearson, someone travelling in a difficult state — add meet & greet at $65 per pickup. The chauffeur waits inside arrivals with a name sign and walks them to the car.

One booking per arrival, each with its own flight number
Your card and your phone number on every booking
SMS confirmation at booking and a reminder about four hours before pickup
Meet & greet $65 per pickup for relatives who should not arrive alone

The day itself

A service day rarely has one destination. There is a home, a funeral home or place of worship, often a cemetery some distance away, and then somewhere everyone gathers afterwards — and the times between them are approximate at best. Booking a sequence of separate transfers for that day means guessing four departure times you cannot actually know.

Hourly as-directed is the format that fits. It reserves one vehicle and one chauffeur for a block of time, with a three-hour minimum on online hourly quotes, and the car simply stays with the party: it waits outside while everyone is inside, and it moves when the family moves. For older relatives in particular, a car that is already at the kerb is worth a great deal more than a car that has to be summoned.

Vehicle choice is mostly about how many people should not be driving themselves. The SUV takes up to six with room for coats and flowers; the Sprinter Van moves a larger group in one vehicle so nobody is separated across a convoy. Everything is on /fleet/, and the quote shows each option side by side.

Hourly as-directed holds one car and chauffeur for the day's block
Three-hour minimum on online hourly quotes
SUV for up to six; Sprinter Van keeps a larger group in one vehicle
The car waits — no re-booking between locations

Getting everyone home again

Departures scatter more than arrivals do. People leave on different days, from different addresses, having stayed with different branches of the family, and the return legs are the ones most often left until the night before. They are also the cheaper direction: airport drop-offs carry no pickup fee, so a run to Pearson prices below the equivalent arrival — from $112.67 all-in by sedan across most of the GTA against $132.91 coming in.

Book each return as you learn it rather than waiting to collect them all. If a relative extends by a day, the self-serve link moves their booking without touching anyone else's. If someone leaves earlier than planned, the same link handles it up to 12 hours out, and the phone line handles anything closer.

Payment can stay centralised or not, as suits the family. Cards are saved securely at booking and charged once the ride is confirmed, cash to the chauffeur on the day is equally fine, and an emailed all-in receipt follows each trip — which is useful when the bills are eventually being divided among siblings.

Returns to Pearson from $112.67 all-in by sedan — no airport pickup fee
Book each departure as it is confirmed; edit any of them independently
Card charged once the ride is confirmed, or cash to the chauffeur
An all-in emailed receipt after every trip

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