Delhi is about 1,400 kilometres from Mumbai by road — two long days even where the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is open. For almost every guest, the right way is to fly and be met. For a family moving to the capital with its luggage, or a car wanted for a tour of Rajasthan on the way, the road is two days or three.
I
Fly, and be met
A car to the terminal in Mumbai, and one waiting at Indira Gandhi International when you land — to Lutyens' Delhi, to Gurugram, to Noida, to a family home.
II
By road, over two or three days
North through Gujarat to Udaipur or Ahmedabad for the night, then Jaipur, then Delhi — a road that can be a journey in itself, with the car and your sarathi throughout.
III
One figure for both ends
The car in Mumbai and the car in Delhi written together, with each chauffeur's name sent the evening before.
Which car
In Delhi, a saloon for one or two, a seven-seater for a family, a Marque car for an occasion. For the road, the Innova Crysta, the Hycross or the Carnival.
How the house drives a long road
Ten hours, then restA sarathi's day at the wheel ends after about ten hours of driving. A longer road is two days, with a night on the way that the house arranges — or a second driver, written into the figure.
Not between midnight and fiveThe open highway is not driven in the small hours. The house plans the day so the miles fall in daylight and the evening.
Every state, licensedThe car carries a tourist permit for every state it enters, with its papers in the glovebox. Any state's charge at the border is inside the written figure.
One figure, written firstThe car, your sarathi, fuel, every toll, parking, the sarathi's stay and GST — written before you travel. Nothing is added on the road.
Or fly, and be met
When the road is longer than the day deserves, the house takes you to the terminal in Mumbai and has a car waiting at Indira Gandhi International when you land — a licensed partner the house has vetted, held to its standard, with the chauffeur's name and the car's number sent to you the evening before. The house answers for it as it answers for its own, and the car home from the Mumbai airport is waiting when you return. Ask for it when you reserve; it is written as one figure.
About 1,400 km. Even with the open stretches of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway it is two long days, which the house makes two or three, with nights at Udaipur or Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
Can Unlyra arrange a car at Delhi airport?
Yes — a licensed partner the house has vetted, waiting at Indira Gandhi International, with the chauffeur's name sent the evening before.
Can I keep the same car for a Rajasthan tour on the way?
Yes. The car and your sarathi stay with you for the days you name, his stay arranged by the house, written as one figure.