From $570 per vehicle, a private one-way ride from the Port of Miami to Buenaventura Lakes, driven door to door in a black SUV or van.
Each fare below covers the entire vehicle for a one-way trip between the Port of Miami and Buenaventura Lakes. The price is set the moment you book, so a busy cruise-turnaround Saturday costs no more than a quiet weekday.
Once your ship clears customs, the driver is already positioned at the PortMiami cruise terminal, waiting at the curb as your group walks out with the bags. Meet & greet comes with every booking, so a real person is there rather than a curbside scramble. Ask on WhatsApp beforehand and the driver will hold a name sign for your party, a $20 add-on that keeps the meeting simple in a crowded terminal. Because the pickup is timed to your actual disembarkation, the driver follows the ship’s arrival and adjusts if the morning runs long, so several vessels emptying at once will not leave you stranded.
Buenaventura Lakes sits well north of the port, and the trip is a genuine long-distance run rather than a quick cross-town hop. Plan on three and a half to four hours on the road, heading up Florida’s Turnpike toward Osceola County, just east of Kissimmee. Departure time shapes the clock: an early, off-peak start moves steadily, while a pickup that lands in Miami rush hour or a heavy disembarkation window slows the first stretch. On a journey this long, one short comfort stop can be arranged when you mention it ahead of time.
Buenaventura Lakes is a large residential community in Osceola County, set just east of Kissimmee inside the wider Orlando region. It grew as a master-planned suburb and now reads as a lived-in neighborhood of single-family homes, local shopping plazas, parks, and a golf course, with a strong Hispanic community and family-run restaurants along its main roads. For cruise travelers it works as a calm home base away from the tourist crush, yet still within reach of the region’s theme-park corridor and outlet shopping. You can read the county’s overview on Osceola County’s Buenaventura Lakes page before you arrive.
Buenaventura Lakes is unincorporated, so mail carriers and mapping apps often print the address with a Kissimmee city line even though the neighborhood carries its own name. Copy the street address exactly as your host or rental agreement writes it, and add a nearby cross street if the house sits along one of the curving interior loops. That small step keeps the drop-off precise at the end of a long drive.
Booking a private car to Buenaventura Lakes holds the whole vehicle for your group alone, with no pooled seats and no stops to gather other riders. A 50% deposit confirms the reservation, and the remaining half goes straight to the driver on the day of travel. Everything is quoted as one flat, per-vehicle fare, so the price you sign off on is exactly what you pay. A round trip back to the Port of Miami is simply double the one-way rate, booked as a single reservation so the same driver and vehicle handle both legs.
The fare already absorbs the costs that tend to surprise people. Highway tolls, SunPass, and fuel for the long haul north are folded into the price, and meet & greet at the terminal is included. A few extras sit outside the base fare. A name sign at pickup adds $20, and a child seat is $15, so mention how many little ones travel and the vehicle is ready. An added stop beyond the route runs $45 for each 30 minutes. Daytime pickups between 7 AM and 9 PM carry no surcharge; outside that window an SUV adds a $20 night fee for pickups within Miami-Dade or Broward and $50 for those beyond the two counties.
Yes — disembarkation morning is the most common pickup on this route. Reserve at least a day ahead with the ship name and sail date, and the driver tracks the arrival so the car is in place when your group clears the terminal. A busy morning with several ships in port does not change that.
A late arrival simply shifts your pickup at no added cost. The driver follows the ship’s real arrival and disembarkation timing rather than a fixed clock, so nobody has to re-book or hunt for a ride at the curb. You keep the same vehicle and the same flat fare.
A round trip is priced as double the one-way fare, booked under a single reservation. Putting both legs together means the same driver and vehicle return your group to the Port of Miami for the next sailing or a connecting flight, with the pickup time set in advance.
Each driver is bilingual, speaking English alongside Spanish or Portuguese, which helps arriving international cruise passengers settle the details of the drive. You can message ahead on WhatsApp in either language to confirm the pickup before your sail date.
Reserve your private transfer to Buenaventura Lakes well before sail day. Send the ship name, sail date, passenger count, and the full drop-off address over WhatsApp, and the vehicle, driver, and pickup time come back confirmed. Message on WhatsApp at wa.me/17866828748 or call 786-682-8748 to lock in the ride.
Reserving a few days ahead is ideal, and in peak season (holidays, spring break, big cruise weekends) a week or more keeps your first-choice vehicle available. Requests inside 24 hours are welcome but depend on availability, and those bookings are non-refundable once confirmed.
We run on reservations rather than on-demand pickups. A same-day request may still work if a driver is free: message us on WhatsApp with the pickup time and we will confirm quickly. Keep in mind that a ride booked within 24 hours of pickup cannot be refunded.
No. A 50% deposit holds the vehicle when you book online, and the other half goes to your driver on the day of the ride, in cash or by card. If you prefer to settle everything at once, choose Pay in full at checkout.
Yes. After the deposit, the remaining half is paid directly to your driver when the ride is done, cash or card, whichever you prefer. There is nothing else to pay unless you added an extra service.
Cancellations are free up to 24 hours before the pickup. Inside that 24-hour window the ride is non-refundable, and no-shows are treated the same way. Booking details such as an extra passenger or a child seat can still be updated until 12 hours before pickup.
The pickup time and other details can be adjusted until 12 hours before the ride, subject to driver availability; write to us as soon as your plans change. The travel date itself is fixed once booked, so double-check it before you confirm.
Payments run through Stripe over an encrypted checkout; we never see your card number. Card payments carry a 3% processing fee that is shown before you pay. Zelle is also accepted for the deposit with no fee: ask us on WhatsApp.
Not at all. Travelers reserve from all over the world, international cards are accepted at checkout, and we answer on WhatsApp and email in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Yes. Give us the flight number when you book and your driver tracks it in real time, so the pickup follows the actual landing rather than the scheduled one, at no extra cost.
Message us the moment you know. We reschedule around the new arrival whenever a driver is available; because that counts as a change to the booking, the cancellation terms above still apply if the ride cannot be rebooked.
Your driver meets you at the MIA arrivals level at the curb, and that meet-and-greet is included in the fare. If you would rather be greeted inside the terminal with a name sign, add the name-sign welcome for $20 when you book.
You receive the meeting instructions in advance, and the driver contacts you the day before the ride to confirm every detail. On landing, head to the agreed curb; connect to the airport Wi-Fi and message us on WhatsApp if anything is unclear.
The day before the ride we send the driver’s name and phone number, and the vehicle details you need to spot the car. Vehicle photos on the site show the category booked; the exact model can vary.
Call or WhatsApp us at +1 (786) 682-8748 and we connect you right away. The pickup is always coordinated at the confirmed spot, and the courtesy waiting time keeps running from your landing or your scheduled pickup.
At the airport we wait up to 60 minutes after landing on domestic flights and up to 2 hours on international arrivals; at hotels, homes and the cruise port the courtesy wait is 15 minutes. Beyond that, waiting is billed like an extra stop, $45 per 30 minutes.
The distance and the usual driving time for this exact route are listed on this page. Real timing depends on traffic and the hour, which is why the driver plans the pickup around your actual landing or ship arrival rather than a fixed clock time.
Yes. Your driver loads and unloads every bag at the curb. Drivers do not go inside the hotel or terminal to collect luggage, so have it with you at the meeting point.
Each passenger can bring one large suitcase plus one carry-on. The black SUV carries up to 5 passengers as long as passengers plus large suitcases total 10 or fewer; larger groups or extra bags move to a van. Surfboards, bikes or many extra cases need a custom setup, so tell us before booking.
Yes. Add them when you book: a child seat for babies and toddlers up to about 3 years, or a booster for ages 3 to 5. Each seat is $20 and is fitted before the driver leaves for the pickup.
Planned stops are fine when you add them at booking, priced at $45 per 30 minutes with a 30-minute minimum, then $1.50 per extra minute. Unplanned detours on the day are not part of the fare.
Never. Every transfer is private: the vehicle carries only your group, door to door, with no other pickups and no waiting for strangers.
A black SUV for up to 5 passengers, a van for 6 to 9 and a larger van for 10 to 14. The fare table on this page shows the price for each. For groups above 14 we arrange several vehicles or a minibus on a custom quote.
No. We pick up and drop off at Miami International Airport, PortMiami and the other cruise terminals, hotels, private homes, offices and event venues across South Florida and beyond.
Yes. Wedding parties, corporate groups and private events get a tailored quote with the right mix of vehicles; message us with the date, head count and schedule.
Between 9 PM and 7 AM the black SUV adds a night fee of $20 inside Miami-Dade and Broward and $50 farther out. The fee is shown in the quote before you book, and daytime rides carry no surcharge.
The fare shown is for the exact route named on this page. For a different pickup or drop-off address, use the ride search on this site: it prices the real road distance instantly and lets you book on the spot.
The fare includes the driver, fuel and tolls, with no hidden fees. Only optional items add to it: the 3% card fee, a name-sign welcome, child seats, extra stops or the night fee, each shown in the quote before you pay. Tipping is at your discretion.
Couldn’t have been simpler — met at the curb, luggage handled, and a comfortable ride out to Buenaventura Lakes. The van was spotless, a relief in the Miami heat.
Traslado tranquilo, tarifa fija, cero complicación hasta Buenaventura Lakes. Lo reservaría de nuevo. El SUV estaba impecable, con el aire perfecto tras el barco.
Our crew booked one van straight from the port to Buenaventura Lakes, and nobody had to think about a thing. It was just our party in the car — no one else’s stops — which was so much nicer than piling in with strangers. There was a generous grace period from the agreed time, so we never had to rush off the ship. Highly recommend.
With kids in tow, arranging a private car from the port to Buenaventura Lakes meant nothing to sort out the morning we disembarked. It was only our group in the car — no one else’s stops — which was so much nicer than piling in with strangers. There was a thirty-minute cushion from the agreed time, so we never had to rush to gather the bags.
Coming off the ship solo, the last thing I wanted was to scramble for a car at the port, so I had a private transfer booked ahead to take me to Buenaventura Lakes. The fare was set up front, no surge because the port was slammed.