About four hours north-east, up through the Kasara ghat or along the Samruddhi Expressway, whichever is moving that morning. People go to Nashik for the vineyards, for Trimbakeshwar, on the way to Shirdi, or for a wedding. The house takes you for any of them, waits as long as the day needs, and the fare is one figure, written before you leave.
A day among the wine estates outside the city, with lunch on a terrace and nobody in your party at the wheel. The car waits at each estate; the waiting is inside the day.
An early start for darshan at Trimbakeshwar, or on to Shirdi and back. Your sarathi knows the queues and the hour, and keeps the car cool while you wait.
Guests carried to a wedding in Nashik and home again, or a car that stays for the weekend with the sarathi’s halt and meals inside the figure.
Inside every written figure: the car, your sarathi, fuel, every toll, parking at both ends and GST. Nothing is added on the day, and no meter runs.
Out of Mumbai by Thane, then either the old Agra road through the Kasara ghat, or the Samruddhi Expressway, which is wider and often quieter. Your sarathi picks the road on the morning. In the monsoon the ghat runs through cloud; he drives it slowly and you will not mind.
Reserve this journeyOne written figure for the whole road.