Is gratuity included in an airport limo fare?

Yes — the quote already carries the chauffeur's gratuity

When you price a trip at /ride/, the total on screen has the gratuity already counted. It's assembled alongside the base fare, fuel where applicable, 13% HST and the card fee — one finished number rather than a base with asterisks.

That's a deliberate design choice, not an accounting quirk. Tipping norms around chauffeured cars are genuinely confusing — is it 10%? 20%? on the pre-tax figure? — and the end of an airport run, luggage in hand at your front door, is the worst possible moment for arithmetic.

So the fare does the arithmetic in advance. A Pearson pickup to Vaughan quoting $132.91 all-in means exactly that: ride completed, chauffeur thanked, nothing further owed.

Contrast the alternatives: a metered cab ends with a tip decision made under pressure at the curb, and rideshare apps present a tip screen after every trip — the question follows you home. A gratuity-included fare answers it before the car is even dispatched.

• Gratuity is inside every instant quote — not added at the end
• Joined by 13% HST, the card fee and fuel where applicable
• Airport pickups also include the $15.27 pickup fee
• The number you accept is the number you pay

So should you tip anything extra?

Only if you want to. Because gratuity is already in the fare, an extra tip is a genuine gift rather than a social obligation — appropriate when a chauffeur has gone beyond the job, and completely unnecessary otherwise.

Moments that move passengers to add something: a chauffeur wrangling a family's worth of oversized luggage, an unflappable pickup after a flight that landed four hours late, help with an elderly parent's arrival, or a spotless early-morning run that saved a meeting. Cash handed directly to the chauffeur is the simplest way to do it.

What you should never feel is pressure. There's no tip prompt in the booking flow, no suggested percentages, and no expectant pause at drop-off. The service was priced honestly at the start; anything beyond it belongs entirely to you.

Why gratuity-included pricing is better for everyone

For passengers, it makes quotes comparable and final. When one operator quotes a bare base fare and another quotes all-in, the bare number looks cheaper right up until tax, tip and fees land on it. An included-gratuity quote can be compared honestly against any competitor's true final cost.

For business travellers, it makes expenses clean: one figure, one email receipt, no separate tip line to explain to accounting. US-inbound visitors — a large share of airport limo traffic — particularly appreciate landing in a new country without having to decode local tipping customs from the back seat.

And for the ride itself, it removes the strangest dynamic in ground transport: the silent, mutual awareness of an unresolved tip. With the fare settled before the car ever moved, the chauffeur's attention is on the road and your luggage — not the endgame.

How to see your gratuity-included total

Enter your route and vehicle at /ride/ and the instant quote returns the finished figure — gratuity, HST, card fee and any airport pickup fee inside. Current examples: a Pearson pickup runs from $132.91 all-in by sedan to Vaughan, Brampton or Mississauga, and from $194.01 by SUV. The /fleet/ page helps with the vehicle choice.

Payment works either way you prefer: a card saved securely at booking and charged only once the ride is confirmed — Apple Pay and Google Pay supported — or cash directly to the chauffeur on the day. The quoted total is the price on both paths.

Book online three or more hours ahead; closer than that, call (416) 200-5070 or toll-free 1-877-200-5070. After 15+ years of airport runs, the pricing philosophy hasn't changed: finish the counting before the ride, not after.