A holiday shopping trip with a chauffeur turns a stressful day into a treat: no parking lots, no carrying bags from store to store, and a car waiting at each stop. Popular options include Fifth Avenue and Midtown department stores, Woodbury Common Premium Outlets an hour north, American Dream and the Garden State Plaza area in New Jersey. Weekdays and early mornings beat the crowds, and an SUV or Sprinter holds the haul.

Destination Why go
Fifth Avenue & Midtown Flagship stores, holiday windows
Woodbury Common About 250 outlet stores
American Dream (East Rutherford) Shopping plus indoor attractions
Paramus malls Major shopping area (note Bergen County’s Sunday blue laws)
SoHo Boutiques and designer stores

Read Woodbury Common, NYC holiday windows and American Dream.

Blue laws

In Bergen County, New Jersey, most retail stores are closed on Sundays under local blue laws — including the big Paramus malls. Plan Paramus shopping for Monday to Saturday.

Tips

  • Start early — stores open, lots empty.
  • Plan stops geographically.
  • Leave bags in the car between stores.
  • Book hourly so the car waits. See our hourly service.

Groups

Friends’ shopping days or family outings work well in a Sprinter with room for bags. See our group transportation.

A sample shopping day

Start at Woodbury Common when the doors open, have lunch there, and head back via a stop in the Hudson Valley — or spend the morning on Fifth Avenue, lunch near Rockefeller Center, and finish at Bloomingdale’s or SoHo. With a car waiting, you can drop bags between stops and shop light.

International visitors

Many visitors plan a shopping day just before flying home. Keep receipts together for customs declarations, and tell your chauffeur about extra bags so the right vehicle is sent for the airport run the next day. Read luggage capacity by vehicle and the international travel checklist.