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What Is Not Included in a Lahore Car Rental?
The six charges that turn a quoted rate into a bigger bill, why they are almost never published, and how to get all of them before you book.
Six charges commonly sit outside a Lahore rental quote: fuel, overtime after the duty day, a per kilometre charge above a distance cap, the driver allowance, tolls and parking, and tax added on top. With us, three of those do not exist at all, and the other three are published as figures before you book rather than added after the car returns.
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The six
What sits outside a quoted rate
A daily rate in Lahore typically covers the car and the driver. Everything below is what it typically does not cover, in the order they are most likely to appear on your bill.
1. Fuel
Almost universally the customer's, by one of three mechanisms: you return the tank full, you pay a per kilometre fuel charge, or you pay at cost for what was used. The first two are where money quietly leaks. A full to full policy on a car that arrived at three quarters means you have bought a quarter tank for the next customer. A per kilometre fuel rate is a fuel price with a margin inside it. Ours is at cost, against the fuel actually used.
2. Overtime
The hour after the duty day. This is the charge that most often turns a cheap rate into an expensive day, and it is the one least likely to be published. Ours is PKR 500 an hour on cars and PKR 2,000 an hour on the larger vehicles, printed against every vehicle in the rate table.
3. A per kilometre charge above a cap
Where a daily rate includes a distance allowance and charges for every kilometre beyond it. Combined with a fuel charge, this bills the same distance twice. We do not cap kilometres inside Lahore and we do not charge per kilometre, on any vehicle.
4. Driver allowance
Food and, on an overnight trip, a bed. Legitimate and universal. The problem is that it is usually named without a figure, or asked for by the driver on the day. Ours is PKR 500 for a full day in Lahore and PKR 2,000 a night out of the city, quoted with the booking.
5. Tolls and parking
Real costs that depend on where you go. On a hire inside Lahore we add them at cost, which mostly means parking and the Ring Road toll. On an out of city route fare the motorway toll is already inside the fare, so the M2 to Islamabad is not a line you pay later.
6. Tax
The one that can move a bill by a fifth. A Lahore operator's own published terms instruct the customer to add 16 per cent service tax and 2 per cent income tax to every rate on their website, while the rate pages themselves say nothing. Any tax that applies is inside our quoted figure, and there is a full explanation on the tax page.
A worked comparison
How a cheaper rate becomes a dearer day
Two sedans, both advertised in Lahore, one PKR 1,000 a day cheaper than the other. Same journey: a normal working day, 13 hours from pickup to drop, 220 kilometres covered.
The cheaper advertised rate, on terms that are common in this market
- Advertised daily rate
- 4,500
- Duty day of 10 hours, so 3 hours overtime at 600
- 1,800
- 200 km included, 20 km over at 10 per km
- 200
- Driver allowance
- 500
- Fuel, 22 litres, customer returns a full tank
- about 8,300
- Tax at 16 per cent on the rental element
- 1,120
- Total
- about 16,420
The same day with us, at PKR 5,500
- Daily rate
- 5,500
- Duty day of 12 hours, so 1 hour overtime at 500
- 500
- Kilometre charge
- 0
- Driver allowance
- 500
- Fuel, about 22 litres at cost
- about 8,300
- Tax added on top
- 0
- Total
- about 14,800
What is assumed here. The fuel figure is 22 litres at the petrol price in the OGRA notification effective 12 September 2026, PKR 375.82 a litre. The terms in the first table are not invented: a 10 hour day, PKR 600 an hour overtime, 200 kilometres included and PKR 10 a kilometre above it are all currently published by Lahore operators, as is the instruction to add 16 per cent tax. They are combined here to show what a common set of terms does to a cheap rate, not to describe any one firm.
The advertised gap was PKR 1,000 in the cheaper car's favour. The real gap is about PKR 1,600 the other way. Nothing dishonest happened in the first column. Every charge in it is a normal charge. They were simply not on the page you compared.
Before you book
The eight questions that complete any quote
Put these to any Lahore operator, including us. Write the answers down. A firm that answers all eight in figures is a firm whose bill you can predict.
- How many hours is the day, and when does it start? At dispatch or at my address.
- What is the overtime rate per hour, on this vehicle? Not on your cheapest one.
- Is there a kilometre limit, and what is charged above it?
- Who buys the fuel, and on what basis? At cost, full to full, or per kilometre.
- What is the driver allowance, in rupees, for the day and for an overnight?
- Is tax inside this figure or added afterwards, and at what rate?
- Is a deposit or advance held, how much, and when do I get it back?
- If I cancel tomorrow morning, what do I owe?
Our answers, in one paragraph
Twelve hours, starting when the car reaches you. Overtime is PKR 500 an hour on cars and PKR 2,000 on the larger vehicles. No kilometre limit and no per kilometre charge. Fuel at cost, against what the car used. Driver allowance PKR 500 a day in Lahore, PKR 2,000 a night outside it. Tax is inside the quoted figure. No deposit and no advance. Cancel more than 24 hours ahead and you owe nothing; inside 24 hours, half of the first day is retained.
Tell us the dates and we will send the full price.
The rate, the duty hours, the overtime and every extra, in one message, before you commit to anything.
Questions
Asked and answered
The questions people actually put to us on this subject, with the figures rather than a promise to discuss them.
Are there hidden charges in Lahore car rental?
Rarely hidden in the sense of concealed. Almost always unpublished, which has the same effect. The six that matter are fuel, overtime, per kilometre charges, driver allowance, tolls and parking, and tax. Ask for all six as figures before you book.
What is the single most expensive surprise?
Overtime, because it compounds with the one charge nobody thinks about: an undefined start time. An 8 hour duty day that began when the car left the office rather than when it reached you can turn a normal day into four charged hours.
Do you charge a delivery fee?
No. The car comes to your address anywhere in Lahore at no charge, at any hour. Delivery is never a separate line on our bill.
Is a cleaning or smoking fee charged?
We do not publish one and we do not charge one. If a car comes back needing more than normal cleaning we would rather have the conversation than run a tariff.
How do I make sure a quote is complete?
Ask for the total, not the rate. The sentence that works is: what will I pay in total for one day, including fuel, the driver, tax and everything else, if I drive 150 kilometres and finish in 12 hours. A complete quote survives that question.
How it works
Booking a car in Lahore, start to finish
Four steps, and the price is settled at step two rather than at the kerb.
1
Send the dates
Message or call with the dates, the pick-up area and roughly what you need the car for. No account, no form to fill in.
2
We send the whole price
The daily rate, the duty hours, the overtime rate, the fuel rule and anything else that applies, in writing, before you agree to it.
3
The car comes to you
Delivered free to your address anywhere in Lahore, with the driver, at the hour you asked for. We confirm the model year and the registration before dispatch.
4
Pay at the end
Settle when the car goes back, against the figures you were quoted. No security deposit is held, and nothing is added afterwards.
What we do
Our car rental services in Lahore
Chauffeur driven in every case. Each of these has a page that states the rate and the rules rather than inviting you to enquire.
Weddings and events
Hours agreed in writing before the day, so the overtime is never a surprise at midnight.
Read the answerMonthly and corporate
The same car and the same driver month after month, billed on one figure.
Read the answerJourneys outside Lahore
Fuel and motorway tolls are inside the fare we quote, both ways, for every route we publish.
Read the answerVans and coasters
Hiace and Coaster with a driver, for families, tour parties and office movements.
Read the answerWhich car you actually need
Group size, luggage and the road you are driving, with the cheaper option named where it fits.
Read the answerCoverage
Where we deliver, and how far we drive
Delivery inside Lahore is free, at any hour. Out of city fares carry the fuel and the motorway tolls inside them.
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More on what it costs
Every page on this site answers one question completely and shows the date it was last checked.
- What it costsEvery vehicle, every charge, the whole bill
- The terms explainedDuty day, overtime, kilometres, fuel, allowance
- Is tax includedPunjab sales tax on rent-a-car, and who pays it
- Overtime and late returnWhat an hour past the duty day costs
- Who pays for fuelFuel at cost, and why that is cheaper than a package
- Is there a kilometre limitNo cap inside Lahore, and what that changes
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