Tis The Season For Holiday Lights Tours!

In the spirit of the holidays, we're excited to be able to offer a Holiday Lights Tour with discounts off of our typical rates: 10% off if booked for a night from Monday - Thursday

These numbers are off of our hourly rate and are only good through December 30th, so take advantage of them while you can. Our Holiday Lights Tour shows off some of the best Christmas light displays in Austin and starts with a stop at the Austin Trail of Lights at Zilker Park followed by a tour through some of the most festive neighborhoods in town. If you've got somewhere you'd like to check out, just let us know - we'd be happy to take you there.

Our limousines require a three hour minimum, have room for 8-10 people and come stocked with hot chocolate, peppermint bark and holiday cheer to help make your evening as enjoyable as possible.

Contact Us below to reserve your spot today,

Happy Holidays from Uptown Valet and Transportation!

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Let Uptown Valet Help With Your Holiday Party

It may not feel like winter outside, but the holiday party season is coming into full swing. You may live in a house that doesn't have ample street parking for your guests, at the top of a steep hill, or you may just want to extend an extra courtesy towards your attendees - either way, Uptown Valet can help your holiday party run as smoothly as possible.

We put our years of experience and expertise behind every service we perform, and we're confident that you'll be satisfied with how we run our valet parking.  We're a local company that's been working in Austin and the surrounding hill country for over four years now, and we'd be happy to help you with your event this holiday season. To learn more about how we can work with you, please Contact Us or Request a Quote today.

Ferrari Berlinetta Auctioned for Sandy Relief

We worked with Ferrari of Austin several month ago, but recently we provided valet services for a much larger Ferrari event. Ferrari was one of multiple car manufacturers hosting parties in Austin for the F1 Circuit of the Americas weekend and they had a large party where the centerpiece was a 2013 Ferrari Berlinetta auctioned off to help with Hurricane Sandy relief.

The car itself was a red 2013 Berlinetta, one of just four in North America, and came with some added bonuses that kept in line with Ferrari's decades of racing experience. Yahoo! had an article on it in their auto section that we read up on, since we weren't able to see that end of the party, aswe were busy working and ensuring the people who entrusted their cars to us were properly taken care of and that we did everything possible to assist the event planners on hand.

We provided plenty of staff for the event and had people there in the days and hours leading up the event to help coordinate staff parking, manage deliveries and unloading, and ensure that when the rest of our staff arrived for the party that we would know everything we needed to get to work. It was a busy and rapidly-changing environment, and our presence prior to the official start of the event allowed us to valet vehicles for some VIP guests when they came early and some changes were thrown our way.

The event ran smoothly, and we were able to handle valeting all the cars, dealing with chauffeur dropoffs, and managing traffic on a one-way drive very well throughout the night. When it was realized that cell phone reception was spotty and that most chauffeurs wouldn't be able to hear from their clients, we got them together and were able to find them quickly when their clients came to us.

It was our largest event of a busy Formula One weekend and were happy to have it in the books and run smoothly. We enjoyed working with Ferrari and were happy to helped them out as they celebrated the weekend and raised money for charity.

If you're interested in our valet services, please contact us or request a quote today.

Uptown Valet at Lexus of Austin

Uptown Valet and Transportation recently provided valet services for a large event at Lexus of Austin.

It was a busy night for us, and one of our larger events of the fall, with around 150 cars parked and most all of our staff working the event. Lexus of Austin kindly moved some cars around to open up space for us in their parking lot and we were able to keep all the cars on their property with room to spare.

A fun facet of working at car dealerships is that not only are nice cars arriving at the event, but they're also on the showroom floor. The Lexus LFA, seen below, is always an eye-catcher and gets envious looks from party attendees and valets alike.

It was enjoyable working with Lexus of Austin; they always put on top-notch events, and we were happy to be able to help their night run as smoothly as possible. Check out some photos from our last event at Lexus of Austin. We always enjoy working with them and we look forward to working with them in future. If you're interested in our valet services for your event, please do not hesitate to contact us or request a quote today.

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Busy Event at Mercury Hall

Mercury Hall is a lovely venue in south Austin that succeeds in offering seclusion in a busy part of town. Complete with 100+ year old church brought in from a small town, Mercury Hall has serene ambiance in a convenient location. It's a venue where we've worked multiple times and where our years of experience help us do our job as excellently as possible. I had planned on writing a venue overview of Mercury Hall complete with some excellent (eh, mediocre) cell phone photos, but the event proved to be one of our busiest of the season and so I've decided to write on that instead.

In short, we were told that there'd be around 100 guests attending the party, but we wound up parking around 120 cars. This meant that we had about half of the valets that would have been optimal for that amount of cars. We were kept busy utilizing all the space available to us to keep cars moving as our valets got them parked. The available parking at Mercury Hall filled up rapidly, a gravel lot nearby also filled up and we parked a lot of cars on nearby streets.

There wasn't too much room for relaxation, as guests started trickling out shortly  after all the cars were parked. Fortunately though, there was time enough to call in some extra valets to ensure that guests weren't left waiting too long for their cars. After that initial rush of visitors, some help was called in to ensure that everything would run as smoothly as possible when guests left.

We don't often have events where we receive far more cars than we expected, but in this case we handled the increased traffic as well as possible to ensure that guests and planners were happy with our service. If you'd like to use Uptown Valet for your next event, request a quote or contact us today.

Uptown Valet at Ferrari of Austin

Uptown Valet provided valet services for Ferrari of Austin recently.

A smaller event on a gorgeous evening, cars were parked in a lot behind the venue, on a nearby building's lot where we had gained permission, and some were parked on a nearby street. We kept the Ferraris out front though; nearby for their owners and creating quite the nice display outside the dealer. It was a smaller event on a gorgeous evening.

It was a good, well-run event and were happy to be able to help Ferrari of Austin's night run smoothly.

Up next this week is ACL weekend. We've got valet events throughout the day Thursday and plenty on the weekend along with lots of chauffeur events as well. Please contact us if you'd like more information.

ACL Transportation

Contact us via email or give us a call at 512-394-6210. Uptown Valet and Transportation is a first-class transportation company that is proud to call Austin its home. We enjoy our active city and are happy to be a part of its many festivals and events throughout the year and the one that's coming up the soonest is the Austin City Limits Music Festival

One of our most requested services for the weekend will be chauffeur work. If you're looking for a ride around town please let us know. You may also want to read more about our chauffeur services or check out further details on our available cars.

Here’s our most recent review about chauffeur work we did for a wedding:

“We used Uptown Valet for our transportation after our Wedding on 9/15. The service was great and very professional. We had a last minute address change that our driver was able to accomodate without any hesitation. Very good prices and car was nice and clean. Will definitely recommend them in future”

- See our Press and Reviews page for more.   If you’re in town for ACL, and need a ride to the airport, a chauffeur around town, or valet services for a private party then please let us know. We’re excited for ACL weekend and want to help as many people’s experience run as smoothly as possible. Don't hesitate to contact us today.