8 Best Maxicab Services in Singapore (October 2026)

In Singapore, a maxicab is a six or seven-seat vehicle, usually a Toyota Alphard or Noah, a Mercedes Vito or Viano, or a Toyota HiAce with fewer seats, hired as a whole at a fixed or metered fare. The word isn't defined in law. Under the Road Traffic Act a taxi seats up to 8 people including the driver and plies for hire on the road, while a private hire car is booked under a contract. So ComfortDelGro's MaxiCab is a 7 seater taxi, and a maxi cab booked from a maxicab company's website is almost always a private hire car.

A 13 seater minibus is a different vehicle in law. The Act calls anything that seats 9 or more passengers besides the driver a bus, so a chartered 13-seater is a private hire bus or an excursion bus, and its driver needs LTA's Bus Driver's Vocational Licence. In practice it's a high-roof Toyota HiAce that takes 13 people with no luggage, or about 9 people with 9 suitcases. Getting that trade-off right matters more than any other choice when you book.

These ranges come from the rate cards the companies above publish, checked on 28 October 2026. Prices are per vehicle, not per person.

Ask whether ERP and tolls are in the price. Platinum and ComfortDelGro include ERP, Book A Maxicab includes tolls and parking, Titanium includes tolls and parking on airport runs, Street 1 includes CBD charges and parking, and Maxicab Transfers charges ERP and tolls on top.

If you're looking to hire a maxicab or book a minibus charter in Singapore for the first time, these are the things I check before I pay.

• The right licence for the vehicle. The Road Traffic Act's Second Schedule sets the lines: a taxi seats up to 8 including the driver, and a bus seats 9 or more passengers besides the driver. A six or seven-seat maxicab needs a driver with a taxi or private hire licence. A 13-seater needs a driver with LTA's Bus Driver's Vocational Licence, which takes a Class 3 or 3A licence held for more than a year and a minimum age of 21.
• A minibus registered for hire. OneMotoring lists five kinds of bus, and a bus can only be used for what it's registered for. A private hire bus can be chartered for an event, and an excursion bus can carry tourists. A private bus can only carry the owner's staff or people connected with its business, at no profit, so it shouldn't be the one you charter.
• Seats and bags on the same line. A rate card that says 13 seats without saying how many suitcases is telling you half the story. Most say 13 people with no luggage, or 9 with 9 bags.
• Child seats, asked for when you book. LTA exempts taxis from the child-seat rule because they can be flagged down, and says families booking a private hire car can ask for a child seat or a bigger vehicle at the time of booking. Do that, and get the price in writing.
• The extras on the quote. Free waiting time on arrivals (60 minutes is normal here), the late-night surcharge, meet and greet, outlying-area fees and whether ERP is included.

One more check for a six or seven-seater: a chauffeured private hire car carries a pair of tamper-evident decals on its front and back windscreens (LTA's private hire car FAQ). And if you're heading to Sentosa in a 13-seater, LTA doesn't allow buses in the Sentosa Gateway Tunnel, so don't be surprised when the driver takes another way in.

I started from the maxicab and minibus companies that come up most in Google results and in the lists already ranking for this search. Most of those lists copy each other, so I read each company's own rate card instead on 28 October 2026, and checked every Google rating on Google Maps the same day. I only quote a rating where the profile clearly belongs to the company. Star ratings on a company's own site don't count.

I left out a site with no address and no Google profile I could find, a company with 9 reviews, a template site still showing "+65 XXXX XXXX" beside a different number from its Google listing, two businesses listed at the same office address under different names, and a domain that no longer loads. The rules in this guide come from the Road Traffic Act, LTA and OneMotoring, read the same day. I'll update the list when the rates change.

A maxicab in Singapore costs $65 to $75 one way for a six or seven-seater and $60 to $80 for a 13 seater minibus, per vehicle, at the companies in this guide. Airport arrivals run about $5 to $15 more, hourly charter is $50 to $80 an hour with a three or four-hour minimum, and most companies add $10 to $15 late at night.

A full day works out cheaper by the hour: Book A Maxicab charges $480 for eight hours in a 13-seater. Book early for the F1 weekend, the Airshow and Chinese New Year, when MyMaxiCabSGP adds 50% to 100%.

A maxicab in Singapore can be either. The Road Traffic Act defines a taxi as a car seating up to 8 people including the driver that plies for hire on the road, and a private hire car as one hired under a contract. ComfortDelGro's MaxiCab is a seven-seat taxi, while a maxi cab booked from a company's website is almost always a private hire car.

The difference matters for who can drive it and for child seats. LTA says a taxi driver's vocational licence covers both taxis and private hire cars, while a PDVL covers private hire cars only, and taxis are exempt from the child-seat rule.

Yes, to drive one for paying passengers. A 13 seater minibus counts as a bus under the Road Traffic Act, because it seats 9 or more passengers besides the driver, and LTA requires a Bus Driver's Vocational Licence for anyone driving a private hire, excursion or school bus. Applicants must be at least 21 and have held a Class 3 or 3A licence for more than a year.

LTA calls these small buses: 15 passenger seats or fewer and a laden weight up to 3,500 kg, registered as a school, excursion, private hire or private bus. It's fair to ask a minibus rental company which one yours is.

A 13 seater minibus in Singapore takes 13 passengers with no luggage, or about 9 passengers with 9 suitcases, by the rate cards of Maxicab Transfers, MyMaxiCabSGP and Book A Maxicab. Faaz Limo Maxicab puts it at 9 people with 12 bags, and Titanium Limousines lists 13 people with 10 suitcases, more than anyone else claims.

If you're 10 to 13 people with checked bags, book two vehicles or a bigger bus; my bus charter guide covers 19 seats and up. A six-seater full of people is tighter still: ComfortDelGro says it fits two or three cabin-size suitcases.

Yes. ComfortDelGro runs a Maxicab Wheelchair Service at a flat $70 a transfer, Book A Maxicab charges $75 one way for a maxicab that takes a wheelchair user and 3 companions, and Platinum Maxi Cab's van with a hydraulic or manual side ramp is $95 one way. Faaz Limo Maxicab and Maxicab Transfers also offer wheelchair transfers.

When you book, give the wheelchair's size and whether it's manual or motorised, and say how many people are coming along. If you're still choosing the chair itself, my mobility aids guide covers where to buy or rent one.

Not in a Singapore private hire car. LTA says paid cross-border trips between Singapore and Malaysia are limited to licensed Singapore-registered and Malaysia-registered taxis, and private hire cars aren't allowed to provide them.

Several maxicab and minibus companies still advertise JB, Legoland and Genting trips, so ask which vehicle and licence your trip runs on before you pay. A licensed cross-border taxi is the option LTA names.