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The 407 and your fare: who pays, and when it is worth it
Tolls are inside our quoted price, which means the routing decision costs you nothing — and on a weekday morning it often saves a flight.
Highway 407 is the tolled express route across the top of the Greater Toronto Area. It is frequently much faster than the 401 at peak times, and it is billed by distance and time of day. Whether a car uses it should be a routing decision, not a financial negotiation with the passenger.
How we handle it
Tolls are included in the quoted fare where we use the route. You are not asked to approve a toll mid-journey and it does not appear afterwards as a surcharge. That matters because it removes the perverse incentive — a chauffeur worried about who pays will sit on the 401 to be safe, and you will miss a flight.
When it genuinely earns its cost
- Weekday mornings from York Region or Durham heading to Pearson.
- Any airport run during the peak in either direction.
- When the 401 has an incident — and the 407 is the only realistic alternative across the top of the region.
- Anything from the east end where the 401 through Scarborough is the failure point.
When it does not
Off-peak, on weekends, and for short trips where you would join and leave almost immediately. Paying a toll to save two minutes at nine in the evening is pointless, and our chauffeurs will not do it.
Who decides
The chauffeur, based on live conditions at the moment of travel, unless you have told us you prefer one route or the other. If you would rather stay off the 407 for any reason, say so at booking and we will plan the timing around it.
Why we mention it at all
Because "plus tolls" on a quote is one of the most common ways a fixed price turns out not to be fixed. See what an all-inclusive fare includes.
