One chauffeured sedan, reserved for a specific time, with the price agreed in writing before you ride. Downtown hotels, restaurants, residences, King Street Station and the Alaskan Way ferry terminal.
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TEN YEARS ON SEATTLE STREETS
A single transfer has no slack in it. There is no second vehicle behind you, no second attempt at the 7:15 reservation, no way to un-miss a train. So the work happens before the day: the exact door, the exact street, and the number that reaches a staffed desk if anything moves.
You see the number before you commit, not after the ride. It covers the quoted route including the SR 520 toll if we use it. The only things that change it are things you ask for, and those are re-quoted in writing before they are applied.
Your booking is allocated a sedan class and a chauffeur ahead of the day, so nothing depends on a driver accepting a ping at 6:40 a.m. on a wet Tuesday. Dispatch also settles the approach — which avenue, which door — before the chauffeur is assigned.
A person answers (206) 333-9605 at 2 a.m. as well as 2 p.m. That matters most on the late return home, when a dinner runs two hours past the booking or a train arrives at an hour when most offices are shut.
ABOUT KAMO LIMO
Kamo Limo has been driving Seattle for ten years and holds 500+ five-star Google reviews. Most of that work is not glamorous. It is one person or one couple, one sedan, one scheduled trip across a city that is harder to drive well than it looks from the back seat.
This page is about that single transfer. A downtown hotel to a Belltown dinner reservation. A Queen Anne house to King Street Station for the morning train. A South Lake Union office to a Bellevue meeting and back. The walk-on ferry at Colman Dock. The late return home when the restaurant has run two hours past the booking.
There is no account to open and no minimum to meet. You tell dispatch where and when, you get a written price, and one car is held for you. If the trip is really an airport run — where standard pickup is curbside and meet-and-greet inside the terminal is a paid add-on — or a sailing, or a group that will not fit a sedan, dispatch will say so and point you at the right page rather than sell you the wrong vehicle.
Alex G
Manager of Kamo Limo
Town car service in Seattle is a pre-booked chauffeured sedan for one scheduled trip, quoted before you ride. Kamo Limo fills that role with the Mercedes-Benz S560, Lexus LS, Lincoln Continental and Cadillac XTS, seating up to three. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours on (206) 333-9605, and the price is confirmed in writing.
Town car service in Seattle is a chauffeured sedan booked in advance for one specific trip at one specific time. You agree the pickup address, the destination and the price before the day. The vehicle is held for you alone, and it comes to the door you nominated rather than the nearest point a map pin can find.
It is the plainest product in chauffeured transport. One car, one route, one number. The rest of this page explains what that number covers, which sedan turns up, and why the last thirty feet of a downtown Seattle pickup is the part that decides whether the booking felt worth it.
Every chauffeur website in Washington says licensed and insured. Almost none says what that means. Here is what to check — with us, or with whoever else you are considering.
Ask any operator to put all four in an email before you book. One that is set up this way will do it in one reply. We will.
The phrase comes from a car that is no longer built. Lincoln ended the Town Car after the 2011 model year. Anything advertised as a Town Car today is either fifteen years old or, far more often, a name kept alive because customers still search for it.
So “town car” now describes a class of service rather than a model: a full-size sedan, black, chauffeured, booked ahead at a fixed price. In our fleet that role is filled by the Mercedes-Benz S560, Lexus LS, Lincoln Continental and Cadillac XTS. If a company still lists a Town Car on its fleet page, the useful question is not whether the name is nostalgic. It is what will pull up outside your hotel.
“Black car” came out of the dispatch offices that ran fleets of dark sedans on standing corporate work. It described the fleet, not the vehicle. In Seattle the two terms now mean the same thing. The confusion is recent and imported: ride-hailing apps borrowed “black” as a premium tier name, so a search for black car service in Seattle returns two very different products in one results page.
| What you are comparing | Pre-booked town car (Kamo Limo) | App “black” tier | Standard on-demand rideshare |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the vehicle is assigned | Allocated to your booking in advance by a staffed dispatch desk | Matched to a driver in the area at the moment you request it | Matched to the nearest available driver at that moment |
| When the price is set | Before you book, in writing, on the quoted route | At request time, subject to demand pricing | At request time, subject to demand pricing |
| What you know beforehand | Vehicle class, pickup door, time, total price | Vehicle class only | Very little until a driver accepts |
| Who the driver answers to | The operator you booked with, reachable on one number | The platform | The platform |
| Pickup point | A door and street agreed at booking and confirmed in writing | Wherever the map pin lands | Wherever the map pin lands |
| If your plans move | Call dispatch; the booking is amended and re-quoted in writing | Cancel and re-request | Cancel and re-request |
| Best for | A time you cannot miss, or a trip you want settled days ahead | Unplanned trips in dense areas | Short, low-stakes hops |
None of this makes the app wrong. For an unplanned hop across downtown it is the sensible tool. The pre-booked sedan earns its place when the time is fixed and being late has a cost: the 6:05 departure from King Street Station, the table that will not be held, the meeting you flew in for. Compared with a taxi or an app, what you are buying is that the arrangement was made yesterday, in writing, by someone who already knows which door you are standing at.
Most chauffeur pages stop at “we know the city”. Here is the working knowledge, because it is what decides whether the car is at your elbow or two blocks away.
Third Avenue through the downtown core is posted transit-only from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with general traffic allowed a block at a time to reach a garage or driveway. A sedan cannot stand on Third and wait for you, and a driver who does not know that gets moved on mid-pickup. Second Avenue runs one-way southbound and Fourth Avenue one-way northbound, so the direction we arrive from is set by which avenue your door faces, not by the shortest line on a map. Dispatch settles that approach before a chauffeur is assigned to the booking.
Some downtown hotels have a driveway or a covered entrance where a car can legitimately stand. Others open straight onto a sidewalk on a restricted street, and the working pickup point is a side entrance around the corner. Residences are harder again: a Queen Anne or Capitol Hill address can have a short, steep driveway that a low sedan should not attempt, when a flat kerb thirty feet away is the better plan. We ask which entrance at booking and put it back to you in the written confirmation, so nothing is being worked out at 6:40 a.m.
King Street Station’s passenger entrance sits on South Jackson Street under the clock tower, just south of the transit-only stretch of Third Avenue and inside the streets that clog when the stadiums empty. For departures we use the Jackson Street side or the Fourth Avenue South approach; for arrivals we agree a fixed corner in advance rather than hold a kerb in Pioneer Square. Colman Dock on Alaskan Way has a short passenger loading kerb that turns over fast, so we set walk-on passengers down and clear, then stage nearby for collections. North of the canal — Ballard, Fremont, the University District — the bridges open for marine traffic. Openings are restricted in the weekday commute hours but not eliminated, so a northbound run is planned with one in it rather than treated as bad luck.
The I-5 express lanes reverse through the day, southbound in the morning and northbound in the afternoon, which changes how a north-end run is routed depending on the hour. The SR 99 tunnel is quick precisely because it has no downtown exits: excellent for getting past downtown, useless for getting into it. Cross-lake, SR 520 is tolled in both directions and I-90 is not. Whichever we use, the toll sits inside your written price instead of arriving at the end.
Seattle rain is rarely heavy and usually constant, so the practical question is how far you walk between a doorway and a door handle. We would rather reposition twice than park neatly and make you cross a street. On a hill we take the uphill side for the step-in, because stepping out of a sedan onto a steep downhill kerb is awkward in a suit or in heels.
After a game at Lumen Field or T-Mobile Park, or a show at Climate Pledge Arena, streets around the venue close or reverse and a very large number of people request cars in the same few minutes. A live map pin is useless in that. What works is a meeting point agreed before you go in, several blocks out on a street that stays open, with the chauffeur texting the vehicle, colour and exact corner as you are leaving.
All four are full-size chauffeur sedans and all four are ours. You can ask for one by name and dispatch will tell you whether it is free for your time, rather than confirming it and substituting on the day.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Typical luggage | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz S560 | Up to 3 | 2 large checked cases plus 2 carry-ons | When the car is part of the impression: a client dinner, a first meeting, an evening out |
| Lexus LS | Up to 3 | 2 large checked cases plus 2 carry-ons | Our pick when the passenger wants to work or take calls on a longer or cross-lake run |
| Lincoln Continental | Up to 3 | 2 large checked cases plus 2 carry-ons | A wide rear bench and an easy step-in height, which matters on a wet kerb |
| Cadillac XTS | Up to 3 | 2 large checked cases plus 2 carry-ons | The everyday workhorse, with a deep square trunk for awkward shapes |
How to size this honestly. Three is the seat count; two is the comfortable number once real luggage is involved. The front passenger seat stays clear as the chauffeur’s working space, so plan the trunk as the whole answer. Three large cases fit only if nothing rides in the passenger area. Golf clubs, ski bags, instrument cases, and a stroller plus a suitcase are the four things that regularly do not fit and are almost never mentioned at booking.
Tell dispatch the actual items, not the headcount. If a sedan is wrong we would rather say so a week out than at your door — the full fleet and service overview covers the larger vehicles, including the Chevrolet Suburban, Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon and the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
The figures below are indicative one-way ranges for a single chauffeured sedan on a scheduled point-to-point transfer, derived from rates other Seattle operators publish. They are a starting point for the conversation, not a Kamo Limo rate card.
| Transfer | Vehicle | Indicative one-way |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown hotel to a downtown or Belltown restaurant | Sedan | $70 – $90 |
| Downtown to Capitol Hill, South Lake Union or Seattle Center | Sedan | $90 – $115 |
| Downtown to King Street Station or the Alaskan Way ferry terminal | Sedan | $85 – $110 |
| Downtown to Queen Anne, Fremont or Ballard | Sedan | $95 – $125 |
| Downtown to the University District or Wallingford | Sedan | $105 – $135 |
| Downtown to West Seattle or Magnolia | Sedan | $105 – $140 |
| Seattle residence to a Seattle address, inside the city limits | Sedan | $85 – $130 |
| Downtown Seattle across the lake to a Bellevue address | Sedan | $125 – $165 |
Every figure above is an estimate – final price confirmed in writing before you book.
Military personnel receive 5% off base fares of $75 or more. Mention it when you request the quote so it appears in the written price. It applies to the base fare, not to the $66 surcharge and not to gratuity.
If your evening might run past midnight, say so at booking and dispatch will quote both versions, so the surcharge is a decision you made rather than a line you discover.
We are not going to invent a customer quote to sit here. What we can point at is checkable in about twenty seconds: Kamo Limo has been operating for ten years and holds 500+ five-star Google reviews. Read them rather than our summary of them.
What a review count is evidence of is consistency across a lot of ordinary trips — the 6:15 a.m. pickups, the rainy Tuesdays, the late returns. What it cannot tell you is whether we are right for your particular trip. That is a two-minute phone call. Alex manages dispatch, and if your booking has something unusual in it — a fixed meeting corner after an event, a stroller and a suitcase, a driveway a sedan should not attempt — ask for him when you call (206) 333-9605. The answer is sometimes that a sedan is the wrong vehicle, and you are better off hearing that now.
This page is the single pre-booked sedan transfer inside Seattle. If that is not your trip, one of these is closer.
THE POWER OF KAMO LIMO
Downtown and Belltown hotels · Capitol Hill and South Lake Union · Queen Anne and Seattle Center · Ballard, Fremont and Wallingford · West Seattle and Magnolia · King Street Station · Colman Dock · cross-lake to a Bellevue meeting
Quoted before you book and confirmed in writing. What we quote is what you pay, barring changes you ask for on the day.
Every booking is matched to your flight number and monitored from three hours out, so a delay moves the car, not your fare.
Red-eye landings and 5am departures are normal here. Someone always answers.
Town car service in Seattle is a chauffeured sedan booked in advance for one specific trip at one specific time. You agree the pickup address, the destination and the price before the day. The car is held for you rather than shared, and it comes to the door you nominated. Kamo Limo runs the Mercedes-Benz S560, Lexus LS, Lincoln Continental and Cadillac XTS in that role, and dispatch is staffed 24 hours on (206) 333-9605.
Yes. In Seattle the two terms describe the same product: a pre-booked chauffeured sedan, usually black, quoted ahead of time. “Town car” came from the vehicle, “black car” from the way dispatch offices described their fleets. Ride-hailing apps later borrowed “black” as a tier name, which is where most of the confusion started. Ask any operator the same three questions — which vehicle, dispatched by whom, at what price in writing — and the label stops mattering.
No. Lincoln ended the Town Car after the 2011 model year, so the name now describes a class of service rather than a car anyone can buy new. Kamo Limo fills that role with the Mercedes-Benz S560, Lexus LS, Lincoln Continental and Cadillac XTS. All four are full-size sedans seating up to three passengers with a proper trunk. If a company still advertises a Town Car on its fleet page, ask what will actually turn up at your door.
Most single point-to-point sedan transfers inside Seattle sit roughly between $70 and $115 one way, depending on distance, hour and traffic, with a cross-lake run to Bellevue higher. Every figure we publish is an estimate – final price confirmed in writing before you book. Trips between midnight and 5:00 a.m. and on certain public holidays carry a $66 surcharge. Gratuity is not included; 20% is recommended and entirely at your discretion.
Book as soon as the time is fixed. A day or two ahead is comfortable for a single sedan transfer, and a week is sensible for a Friday or Saturday evening. Because dispatch is staffed 24 hours, a short-notice request is worth a call on (206) 333-9605 rather than an assumption that nothing is available. Availability is tightest on summer weekends, graduation weekends and through December.
Three is the maximum in any of our sedans, and two is the comfortable number once real luggage is involved. The rear bench seats three adults across, while the front passenger seat stays clear as the chauffeur’s working space. If you are four or more, or three people with full-size cases, an SUV is the right answer instead. Tell dispatch what you are carrying and they will size the vehicle before you commit, not at the kerb.
Plan on two large checked cases plus two carry-ons per sedan, or three large cases if nothing rides in the passenger area. Golf clubs, ski bags, instrument cases and a stroller-plus-suitcase combination are the ones that catch people out, and they are almost never mentioned at booking. Tell dispatch the actual items rather than the headcount. If it will not fit, we would rather move you up a vehicle in advance than discover it on the sidewalk.
No, gratuity is not included in a Kamo Limo quote. Twenty percent is the customary recommendation and it is entirely at your discretion — nothing is added automatically to the written price. If you would rather have it settled in advance so that nothing needs handling at the door, say so when you book and dispatch will include it on the confirmation.
Yes. Trips between midnight and 5:00 a.m., and trips on certain public holidays, carry a $66 surcharge. It applies to the transfer rather than per passenger, and it appears on your written confirmation before you book rather than on the invoice afterwards. If a dinner or an evening out is likely to run past midnight, mention it when you book and dispatch will quote both versions so there is no surprise.
Yes. Military personnel receive 5% off base fares of $75 or more. Mention it when you request the quote so it is reflected in the written price rather than adjusted afterwards. The discount applies to the base fare only — not to the $66 midnight-to-5:00 a.m. or holiday surcharge, and not to gratuity, which stays at your discretion.
Yes, and the detail that matters is which entrance. Some downtown hotels have a driveway where a car can legitimately stand; others open straight onto a sidewalk on a restricted street. Third Avenue through the core is posted transit-only from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., so a sedan cannot stand there at all. Tell dispatch the hotel when you book and the exact door and street go on your written confirmation.
Yes, King Street Station is a routine sedan run for us. The passenger entrance is on South Jackson Street under the clock tower, so departures usually work best from the Jackson Street side or the Fourth Avenue South approach. For arrivals we agree a fixed meeting corner in advance rather than chase a moving map pin through Pioneer Square traffic. Send dispatch your train number and the timing is built around it.
Yes. Colman Dock on Alaskan Way is a short run from anywhere downtown. The passenger loading kerb there is small and turns over quickly, so we set walk-on passengers down and pull away rather than idle in the queue. For collections we agree a staging point on Alaskan Way in advance and the chauffeur texts you the vehicle and colour, which beats scanning the crowd coming off the boat.
Call dispatch on (206) 333-9605, which is staffed 24 hours, including the hours most offices are closed. A later pickup, an extra stop or a changed destination is usually workable, and anything that changes the price is re-quoted in writing before it is applied rather than added quietly afterwards. The one approach that does not work is telling the chauffeur and assuming the office already knows.
Send dispatch the pickup address, the destination and the time, and you get back a written price with the vehicle class and the exact door confirmed. Call (206) 333-9605 — staffed 24 hours — or use the quote form on this page. Ten years in Seattle, 500+ five-star Google reviews, and no number on your booking that you have not seen first.
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