Awards season · January · Barker Hangar, Santa Monica
The Critics Choice Awards celebrate film and television in one show, staged at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport. We run chauffeured sedans, SUVs and Sprinters to Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave, Santa Monica for nominees, presenters, publicists, guests and crews — with an arrival slotted to your call time, a chauffeur who stays on call through the ceremony and after-parties, and a flat rate quoted from your exact addresses before you book.
Reserve online in under a minute: enter your pickup and drop-off, choose a vehicle and see the flat total before you confirm. Nothing is charged when you book — a card is held securely on file — and cancellation is free up to 2 hours before pickup. Awards nights need at least 2 hours' notice, and we recommend booking weeks ahead because the whole L.A. fleet market is committed during season.
Barker Hangar sits inside Santa Monica Airport, so arrivals funnel through Airport Avenue and Bundy with a single controlled entrance. Your chauffeur watches the approach routes on the day, texts you the confirmed drop-off point before pickup, and builds in buffer so an early call time or a slow arrivals line never turns into a rushed walk-up.
Awards nights don't end when the show does — there's a governors ball, an after-party, a late dinner, a hotel drop. Hourly as-directed keeps the same vehicle and chauffeur with you from getting-ready through the last stop, with garment bags, changes of shoes and gift bags staying in the car. Each booked hour includes 28 miles.
We regularly run multi-car nights for studios, networks, labels, PR agencies and management firms: a sedan for talent, an SUV for the team, a Sprinter for the crew, dispatched together with one point of contact and one consolidated invoice. Chauffeurs are discreet, suited, NDA-friendly and used to closed perimeters and credentialed access.
LAX, Burbank, Long Beach, John Wayne, Ontario and the private terminals at Van Nuys, with flight tracking on every arrival so a delay never costs you the car. Meet & greet inside the terminal with a name sign is a $25 add-on, and airport parking is billed after the trip up to $30.
Beverly Hills hotels → Barker Hangar
The most common awards-night transfer; return on your text
West Hollywood → Barker Hangar
Sunset and Melrose pickups, chauffeur on call after the show
LAX → Santa Monica
Flight tracking included; meet & greet available
Van Nuys / private terminals → Santa Monica
Ramp-side pickup for private arrivals
Malibu & Pacific Palisades → Barker Hangar
Long coastal run, one flat rate
Hourly as-directed
Getting-ready, carpet, ceremony, after-parties, hotel
Premium Sedan
Up to 3 passengers · 2 bags
Mercedes E-Class, Lexus ES, Cadillac CT6, or similar.
Luxury SUV
Up to 6 passengers · 5 bags
Suburban, Yukon or similar Full size SUV.
First Class SUV
Up to 6 passengers · 5 bags
Cadillac Escalade ESV
Passenger Sprinter
Up to 14 passengers · 14 bags
Mercedes Sprinter Passenger, Ford Transit Passenger, or similar.
Executive Sprinter
Up to 13 passengers · 12 bags
Mercedes Sprinter Executive, Ford Transit Lux, or similar.
Yes. We run chauffeured sedans, SUVs, executive Sprinters and stretch limousines to Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave, Santa Monica for the Critics Choice Awards, plus the parties and dinners around it. Book a point-to-point transfer or hold a vehicle hourly for the whole night. Official schedule details are published by the organiser at https://www.criticschoice.com/.
Rates are flat and quoted from your actual pickup and drop-off addresses, starting at $161 in a Premium Sedan and $179 in a Luxury SUV, which includes the first 10 miles. Hourly as-directed starts at $89/hour for a sedan, and each booked hour includes 28 miles. Enter your trip on this page to see the exact total for every vehicle class before you reserve.
Point-to-point works if you only need the drop-off and a return later that night. Hourly is better for awards nights with multiple stops — glam appointment, carpet arrival, ceremony, after-party, hotel — because the same chauffeur and vehicle stay with you, your things stay in the car, and there is no re-dispatch or surge between stops.
As early as possible. During awards season the entire Los Angeles black-car fleet is committed weeks out, and the best vehicles go first. Reserving costs nothing up front — your card is only held on file, and cancellation is free up to 2 hours before pickup. We need a minimum of 2 hours' notice on any pickup.
Yes. Executive Sprinters seat 12 in captain's chairs and passenger Sprinters seat up to 14 with luggage, so a full team travels together instead of in four separate cars. Multi-car nights are dispatched under one account with a single invoice.
Yes. Chauffeurs are professionally suited, background-checked and experienced with talent, executives and credentialed venue access. They don't photograph passengers, don't discuss trips, and work quietly with security details and publicists when one is involved.
