Daytrip is a private car service platform that connects you with local drivers who will transport you door-to-door. We also give you the opportunity to explore sights/attractions along the way. We drive, you discover.
Daytrip offers private door-to-door transfers with optional sightseeing stops, hourly driver hire, and curated day trips ā all with local English-speaking drivers and operating across 130+ countries.
For private trips, you can cancel for a full refund up to 24 hours before departure. For the Daytrip Pool shared shuttle, we offer 3 ticket options when booking: Non-refundable, Flexible with cancellations 24 hours before departure, and Super-flexible with cancellations up to 15 minutes before departure.
Yes! Book a private, door-to-door airport transfer with a local English-speaking driver. Enjoy fixed and transparent pricing, no hidden fees, and the option to pay in advance without the hassle of exchanging cash at a foreign airport.
You will receive the vehicle that best fits the number of travelers in your group, ranging from a sedan to a van for groups of up to 7. Depending where you travel, you can book anything from a sedan comparable to a Toyota Corolla to a Mercedes V-Class to a Classic Cuban Car. While the exact model may vary, we always ensure that the vehicle provided meets your needs in terms of safety, reliability, and comfort. You may be upgraded to a larger vehicle class free of charge depending on availability. Since our largest vehicle seats 7, for groups larger a combination of vehicles will be used. We will send you the exact vehicle details a few days before your trip.
Everywhere except the USA, drivers will supply appropriate child seats (just let us know during booking). In the USA, certain states require you to supply your own child seats.
Know more about traveling from ElblÄ g
ElblÄ g sits roughly 55 km (34 miles) east of GdaÅsk and around 80 km (50 miles) west of Kaliningrad's border region, making it a natural stop when traveling through the southern Baltic coast. GdaÅsk to ElblÄ g takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes by private transfer depending on traffic. A Daytrip private transfer means door-to-door pickup at your hotel or rental, no changing trains or hunting for buses, and a local driver who can point you toward the canal highlights before you even arrive.
Four to six hours is enough to cover the main highlights comfortably. The reconstructed old town, St. Nicholas Cathedral, and the Museum of ElblÄ g fit naturally into a morning, leaving the afternoon for a walk along the canal embankment or a visit to the Gate of the Market. If you want to include a short boat excursion on the ElblÄ g Canal, plan for a full day. The city is compact and navigable on foot, so you won't lose time to complicated logistics.
Yes, and it is one of the more underrated day trip options in the region. Most visitors to GdaÅsk focus on Sopot, Gdynia, or the nearby Malbork Castle, which means ElblÄ g sees a fraction of the tourist traffic despite being similarly accessible. The result is a city where the main sights are rarely crowded, restaurants and cafes cater primarily to locals, and the pace is noticeably calmer. For travelers who want to see something genuinely off the standard itinerary, ElblÄ g delivers without requiring much extra travel time.
The ElblÄ g Canal, built in the mid-19th century, solves an unusual engineering problem: it connects a series of lakes across terrain with significant elevation changes using inclined planes instead of conventional locks. Boats are physically transferred out of the water onto wheeled cradles and hauled up or down grass-covered slopes on rails. It is a functioning piece of 19th-century engineering that still operates today, and it remains one of the few examples of this technology anywhere in the world. Seeing a boat climb a hillside through farmland is genuinely memorable.
ElblÄ g is a city with a striking contrast at its core: a meticulously reconstructed medieval old town rising alongside a post-industrial port canal that dates back to Teutonic Knight rule. The reconstructed tenement houses along the Stary Rynek give the city a distinctive character unlike anywhere else in Poland, built from scratch after wartime destruction using historical records and deliberate modern interpretation. Add to that the nearby ElblÄ g Canal ā one of the most unusual waterway systems in Europe, where boats are carried overland on rail-mounted slipways rather than through traditional locks ā and you have a destination that genuinely surprises visitors.
Start with the Stary Rynek (Old Market Square) to understand what makes the city's reconstruction so architecturally distinctive ā buildings that reference historical facades while being openly contemporary in detail. St. Nicholas Cathedral is one of the larger Gothic brick churches in the region and worth stepping inside. If time is short, skip a full canal boat tour and instead walk the canal embankment near the Old Town, where you get a clear sense of the waterway without committing to several hours on the water.
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So, so happy I stumbled upon this website to book two private transports while visiting Lima, Peru. They were both one-way trips approximately 3 hours in length. Great communication as soon as everything was booked via email and I then downloaded their app. I had a few issues with the app and the customer service was awesome trying to assist me in getting it corrected. Honestly impressive customer service which gave you a positive feeling that you made the right choice. Both drivers were right on time - No issues whatsoever! Can't say enough about the service and ease of everything when travelling so far away. Great job to the daytrip team! Would strongly recommend.
