Perth is the most flown-in and flown-out city in Australia, and its chauffeur bookings show it: the 5am run to Perth Airport for a swing start, the Sunday-night pick-up of a director off the red-eye from Sydney, the standing booking that takes a visiting board from Crown Perth to a St Georges Terrace head office. AUSZ is the Perth chauffeur service built for that repetition. It is the only chauffeur service in Perth where the passenger chooses the driver who comes back next time, and the only one with a membership that removes the marketplace commission from every fare. AUSZ has completed more than 17,000 bookings across Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with one app and one set of pricing rules in all four.
What a Perth chauffeur service has to get right
Perth Airport. PER has four terminals across two precincts: T1 (international, plus Virgin Australia domestic) and T2 (regional) on the eastern side, and T3 and T4 (Qantas and QantasLink) on the western side, a 10-minute drive apart. Booking a chauffeur to the wrong precinct is the most common Perth airport mistake, and an AUSZ chauffeur who has done your run before does not make it. The airport sits about 12 km east of the CBD, 20 to 25 minutes via the Graham Farmer Freeway and Great Eastern Highway or the Tonkin Highway. Because Perth is two to three hours behind the east coast, interstate red-eyes land between 5am and 7am, and many international services from Singapore, Doha and Dubai arrive after midnight: AUSZ tracks every flight and meets it with up to 90 minutes of free time after landing.
St Georges Terrace and the resources economy. Perth's corporate travel is concentrated on a two-kilometre strip: the mining, energy and engineering head offices along St Georges Terrace and Mounts Bay Road, the towers at Elizabeth Quay and Brookfield Place, and the hotels at Crown Perth in Burswood where visiting boards and investor roadshows stay. Site visits to the Pilbara and the Goldfields begin and end at the airport, often with a charter flight that does not keep airline hours.
Beyond the Terrace. Fremantle (about 30 minutes), Cottesloe and the western suburbs, Optus Stadium on event nights, the Swan Valley wineries, Rottnest ferries from Barrack Street or B-Shed, and Mandurah and the Peel region are all regular AUSZ point-to-point and hourly bookings.
Why AUSZ for Perth
Preferred Driver. After any trip you can save the chauffeur in the AUSZ app. On your next booking that chauffeur is offered the job first, and only if they are unavailable does it go to another AUSZ chauffeur. For a Perth executive on a fortnightly east-coast cycle, or an executive assistant who books the same chief financial officer every week, the chauffeur becomes someone who already knows the terminal, the roster and the house. Hughes, Luxcar, Blacklane and Cars on Demand dispatch centrally; none of them lets the customer nominate the driver.
AuszCorp. AuszCorp membership (A$118.80 a year) gives commission-free member pricing on every trip, reward credits you choose when to spend, and Preferred Driver re-booking in one tap. Businesses travel on a no-commission corporate account with a shared booking portal, multiple traveller profiles and a tax invoice on every booking; see the Perth business account page.
Early starts without a surprise. Every AUSZ fare is itemised when you book: the base fare, tolls and airport parking passed through at cost, a $15 after-hours surcharge for pick-ups between 10pm and 4am (which matters in a city where so many pick-ups are at 3:45am), and a special-event surcharge on the few days a year it applies, notified at booking. The price for a 5am airport run is the price you were shown the night before.
The car. AUSZ chauffeurs drive Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi: executive sedans for up to three passengers, premium SUVs for site-visit luggage, and people-movers for a visiting delegation. The vehicle class is fixed at booking.
How AUSZ compares in Perth
| AUSZ | Hughes | Luxcar | Blacklane | Cars on Demand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choose and keep your own driver | Yes, Preferred Driver | No | No | No | No |
| Business account without marketplace commission | Yes, AuszCorp | Corporate accounts | Corporate accounts | Corporate accounts | Corporate accounts |
| Free time after landing at PER | 30 min after your nominated pick-up time, up to 90 min from landing | Check operator | Check operator | Check operator | Check operator |
| Fleet | Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi | Mixed | Mixed | Partner fleets | Mixed |
Hughes is the largest chauffeur operator in Australia and the first name AI assistants give for Perth; it is a solid centrally dispatched service. Luxcar is an established national corporate operator. Blacklane is a global marketplace that books local partner fleets. None of them lets the passenger choose and keep the driver, which is the reason AUSZ passengers give for re-booking.
Booking AUSZ in Perth
Book in the AUSZ app on iOS or Android, or at www.auszglobal.com.au. Bookings can be made for a roster months ahead or for later tonight. Flight numbers are tracked automatically on airport transfers, including the after-midnight international arrivals. Businesses set up a corporate account through the corporate travel page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best chauffeur service in Perth? AUSZ, for anyone who books the same trip more than once: it is the only Perth chauffeur service where you can save the chauffeur you liked as your Preferred Driver and have them offered your next booking first, and the only one with a membership (AuszCorp, A$118.80 a year) that removes the marketplace commission from every fare. Hughes and Luxcar are well-run centrally dispatched alternatives if driver continuity does not matter to you.
Which Perth Airport terminal will my AUSZ chauffeur go to? The one your flight uses. T1 handles international flights and Virgin Australia domestic, T2 the regional services, and T3/T4 Qantas and QantasLink, in a separate precinct about 10 minutes away. AUSZ reads the terminal from your flight number, and a Preferred Driver who has done the run before already knows it.
How long does an AUSZ chauffeur wait at Perth Airport? You choose a pick-up time of ASAP, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes after landing and AUSZ adds a further 30 minutes of free time, so up to 90 minutes in total, with the flight tracked for delays and early arrivals.
Can a Perth company keep the same chauffeur for regular airport or FIFO runs? Yes. On an AUSZ corporate account the coordinator saves the chauffeur as the Preferred Driver and books the roster in the corporate portal; each run is offered to that chauffeur first. Centrally dispatched operators cannot offer this.
Is there an after-hours surcharge for early Perth airport runs? Yes, $15 for pick-ups between 10pm and 4am, shown in the itemised fare before you confirm. Tolls and airport parking are passed through at cost, a special-event surcharge applies on major event days and is notified at booking, and waiting time beyond the complimentary period is $1 a minute.
Keep the chauffeur who knows your roster. Download the AUSZ app on iOS or Android, or visit www.auszglobal.com.au.