From $100 per vehicle — a private one-way ride from Port of Miami to Hialeah in a black SUV or van.
Each price covers the whole vehicle rather than a single seat, and the figure is locked the moment the booking is made, so heavier traffic or a busy sailing weekend never changes it.
Pickup happens right at the PortMiami cruise terminal. Once your ship is cleared and you step out with your bags, the driver is waiting curbside, holding a name sign whenever that is requested over WhatsApp beforehand. There is room in every vehicle for a full load of cruise luggage, and the driver helps lift the bags in and out. The evening before disembarkation you receive a text with the driver’s name, the vehicle, and the plate, so there is no guessing about which car is yours at a crowded terminal.
From the cruise terminal the route turns away from the water and heads inland on Miami’s expressways toward Hialeah, which sits northwest of downtown. The one slow stretch is the exit from the port itself: when several ships empty on the same morning, the terminal roads and the ramps feeding the expressway back up before the drive opens out. Because the driver follows your ship’s real arrival and disembarkation timing, the pickup is matched to the moment you actually clear the building rather than a guessed hour. None of that congestion touches the fare, which stays fixed per vehicle whatever the roads do.
Hialeah is one of Miami-Dade’s largest cities and its most thoroughly Latin — a dense, working community where Spanish is the language of the bakeries, cafés, and corner shops. This is a residential and commercial city rather than a beach town: family blocks, busy avenues, panaderías and cafeterías pouring Cuban coffee, plus long-standing parks and neighborhood markets. Most cruise travelers who ride here are visiting relatives, reaching a home base after the ship, or handling business, and the private transfer sets them down at the exact door. Background on the city sits on the City of Hialeah’s official website, and its centennial history traces how the community grew.
Hialeah numbers many of its streets on its own grid, separate from the county’s, so the same numbered street and avenue can exist both inside the city and outside it in two different spots. Always send the full city name and the ZIP code, never the street alone. Many blocks also run two or three homes on a single lot, told apart by a letter or a rear entrance, so note which unit is yours and where its door faces — on an early disembarkation morning, that one detail decides whether the bags land at your door or a neighbor’s.
Payment goes through Venmo, Zelle, or a secure link sent over WhatsApp. A 50% deposit confirms the booking, and the remaining half is handed to the driver on the day of the trip. The rate is charged per vehicle for the whole group, never per head. Pricing is one-way, so a round journey is simply that one-way fare doubled for the same vehicle, and both legs can be locked in a single booking.
Daytime hours run from 7 AM to 9 PM with no surcharge. A pickup that falls outside that window adds a small after-hours fee on the black SUV — $20 within Miami-Dade and Broward, and $50 once a trip runs past those counties, which keeps a Hialeah drop at the lower figure. A curbside meet-and-greet is already part of the ride, while a name sign held at the terminal is $20 when arranged ahead. A child seat is $15, and any extra stop worked into the route is $45 for each 30 minutes.
A late dock changes nothing on your side. The driver tracks the ship’s scheduled and actual arrival, so if customs and disembarkation drag on, the pickup simply shifts and the car keeps waiting. You hold the same vehicle and the same flat rate, with no rebooking and no scramble for a ride at the curb.
Every booking is fully private. The SUV or van carries only your party — no pooling, no strangers, and no detours to collect other passengers. From the terminal curb to your doorstep, the vehicle is reserved for your group the whole way.
Yes — disembarkation day is exactly what this ride is built for. Book at least 24 hours ahead, share the ship name and your Hialeah address, and the driver is in position curbside as you clear the terminal. Because the ship’s timing is tracked, a slow morning off the vessel just re-times the pickup instead of losing it.
Hialeah is a heavily Spanish-speaking community, and the driver is bilingual — English plus Spanish or Portuguese. Confirming an address, arranging a name-sign meet, or adjusting a stop stays clear and simple from the moment you leave the terminal.
Lock the pickup before you sail so the vehicle and driver are set for your dock date. Send the ship name, disembark date, group size, and Hialeah address on WhatsApp at wa.me/17866828748 or call 786-682-8748, and the vehicle, fare, and driver details are confirmed the night before.
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.
My partner and I weren’t up for the port chaos at PortMiami, so we reserved a private ride to Hialeah.
La forma fácil de manejar el desembarque en PortMiami. Lo reservaría de nuevo sin dudar.
Viajando por mi cuenta tras el crucero, no quería estrés en el puerto, así que un auto privado directo a Hialeah me hizo la mañana fácil. Bajando del barco por mi cuenta, me sentí en buenas manos desde la terminal hasta Hialeah. Sin fila que hacer — caminé de la terminal a un auto que ya estaba ahí.
Nós dois saímos de cruzeiro de PortMiami e ter um carro privativo esperando no terminal para a viagem até Hialeah deixou a manhã fácil. Havia um bom período de tolerância a partir do horário combinado, então nunca precisamos correr para juntar as malas. Reservar foi rápido, recebemos os detalhes de busca claros, e tudo bateu com o que nos disseram.
There were seven of us stepping off at PortMiami, and one private transfer to Hialeah was far simpler than splitting into cars. It was only us in the car — no one else’s stops — which was so much nicer than piling in with strangers.