Cross-border travel. By road, across the GCC.
Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman by road from Saudi Arabia, in the same car with the same chauffeur, and the permits arranged before the day.
The service, in detail
Cross-border chauffeur service across the GCC
A cross-border chauffeur from CHAUFFIQ takes you out of Saudi Arabia by road: one car, one chauffeur, and the same seat from your door to a door in Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait or Oman.
The route is planned before the day, the crossing's timings built into the schedule and the vehicle's paperwork completed in advance. You bring your passport; the rest is arranged.
Nothing is handed to a local operator at the frontier. It is city-to-city travel with a border in the middle, quoted the same way: one all-inclusive number before the car moves.
The road outBahrain over the King Fahd Causeway
Dammam to Bahrain by car is the short crossing: about 25 kilometres of causeway, open since 1986, usually quoted at around an hour and a half door to door. The Dammam to Bahrain route carries the crossing in full.
The King Fahd Causeway itself runs anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours. The distance is fixed; the border queue is not, so we build the wider window into the schedule rather than apologising later.
Timing helps. Thursday evenings and the ends of public holidays are the heavy hours in both directions, and a departure moved by ninety minutes is often the best decision on the trip. The crossing starts in Al Khobar or Dammam.
The causewayThe UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman
Saudi to UAE by road is a full day's drive taken in comfort rather than in stages: Riyadh to Dubai or Abu Dhabi in one car, with one chauffeur and one door-to-door price. Qatar, Kuwait and Oman are quoted the same way.
A GCC transfer for a delegation runs at fleet scale, SUVs and Sprinters moving the party together under one coordinator. That is the event transportation discipline applied to a border.
On the long crossings the cabin decides the trip. A Sprinter VVIP with majlis seating is a different day from a row of seats, and on a corporate account the crossing lands with everything else the company books.
A full day's roadPermits and paperwork, before the day
Cross-border chauffeur travel runs on permits and formalities, and none of them are yours to chase. We arrange the vehicle's documents before departure and manage the crossing itself from start to finish.
You carry your own passport and whatever visa your nationality needs for the destination country. That part cannot be delegated, so check it early rather than at the barrier.
A few days' notice keeps the permits comfortable; if the trip is sooner, ask anyway, the operations room answers around the clock. The car that crosses is inspected and stocked like every other, under the CHAUFFIQ Standard.
The seat, border to borderThe crossings Cross-border
Four borders, one seat.
Dammam to Bahrain
25 km · 45 mins to 2 hrs
Over the causeway. The short crossing, done between meetings, and the only one with a page of its own.
Riyadh to Dubai
The UAE
A full day's drive done in comfort, with the meeting running on board.
Riyadh to Doha
Qatar
The eastern route into Qatar, planned around the crossing's timings.
Riyadh to Kuwait City
Kuwait
North along the Gulf road, with the papers done before the day.
Riyadh to Muscat
Oman
The long Gulf run into Oman, quoted on request.
Every crossing quoted door to door, as one number. Inside the Kingdom the same journey is city-to-city travel.
Held daily The standard
Every journey, one standard.
Permits Arranged
The vehicle's paperwork completed before the day.
Door To Door
One seat from your door to a door in another country.
The GCC By Road
Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman from Saudi Arabia.
Transparent Pricing
The whole crossing priced as one number.
The seat that crossesThe cars For this work
The cars that cross the border.
Permits are arranged per vehicle, so the class is settled when you book. Tell us the party and the destination and the rest follows.
- SUVs
The standard crossing car for distance and desert road. Escalade, Yukon or Tahoe.
- Vans & Coaches
A delegation crossing together. Sprinter VVIP majlis cabin, Sprinter VIP or Coaster.
- Sedans
The causeway run between meetings. Mercedes S-Class, BMW 7 Series or Lexus ES.
Not sure which? Send the plan and we will say.
Before you ask Cross-Border
Asked, answered.
Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman, by road from Saudi Arabia. Tell us the two addresses and the date, and the route comes back with the quote.
The causeway is about 25 kilometres, and the crossing runs anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours. The distance is fixed; the border queue is not, and the queue is what decides it. Dammam to Bahrain end to end is usually quoted at around an hour and a half.
Yes. Nothing is handed over to a local operator at the frontier. The same vehicle and the same chauffeur take you from your door to the door you are going to.
That depends on your nationality and the destination country, and it is the one part we cannot arrange for you. We handle the vehicle's permits and documents; travellers carry their own passports and visas. Worth checking early rather than at the barrier.
We do, for the vehicle. Permits and the car's papers are completed before the day. Passengers carry their own passports and any visas their nationality needs.
A few days' notice is comfortable, since permits are arranged in advance. If the trip is sooner, ask anyway.
Yes. SUVs, Sprinters and coaches make the crossing as one convoy, with one coordinator and one schedule for the party.