Exhibit 23.1

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration 
Statements of Carey International, Inc. on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-66155, 
333-59631, 333-59629 and 333-32335) and on Forms S-4 (File No. 333-59599) of our
report dated August 28, 1998, except as to Note 9, for which the date is October
2, 1998, on our audit of the combined financial statements of Airport Limousine
Partners, Inc. (d/b/a American Airport Limousine Corporation) and its combined
companies as of December 31, 1997, and for the year then ended, which report is
included in this Report on Form 8-K.


                                                      PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Washington, D.C.
December 16, 1998