From $100 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon in a chauffeured SUV or van.
One number per vehicle covers the full trip one way. Choose by how many people ride and how many bags come along.
Tell us the ship and the driver times the pickup to its arrival, then waits at your terminal’s curb at PortMiami. The meet-and-greet there is included in the fare; a name-sign welcome is a $20 add-on. From the port the ride is direct, with no other passengers.
Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon sits in the MIA Airport District, in the Blue Lagoon corridor just off the Dolphin Expressway. It is an all-suites stay built for the fly-in, sleep, and sail-the-next-morning rhythm that so many cruise travelers keep. The address is 5500 Waterford District Dr, tucked into a quiet pocket of hotels and office parks close to the water yet only minutes from the airport itself.
What makes this address so easy for a cruise trip is the location. Blue Lagoon and the Miami Springs Golf Course are both within easy reach, and NW 36th Street runs nearby for anything you need before or after the sailing. Because the Dolphin Expressway is right there, the run from the hotel door to your ship is a short, direct one rather than a long crawl across the city. That convenience is the whole point of staying here the night before a cruise.
Anything about the suites, the breakfast, or the amenities inside lives on the property’s own official page, and we leave that part to them. Our part is the road between the ship and your door. When you settle in the evening before, or step out with your bags on sailing morning, you find a spot that keeps everything close: the airport for the flight in, the expressway for the drive out, and a calm base in the Blue Lagoon area to start or end the trip without a scramble.
The trip runs about 8.1 miles and takes roughly 20 to 26 minutes, terminal curb to hotel door, depending on the traffic that day. Your chauffeur meets your group at the exact terminal your cruise line uses on Dodge Island, coordinated by message as you clear the hall, so there is no wandering the pickup lot looking for a car. The bags go straight into the vehicle at the curb, and the route takes SR-836 as a single direct leg to Blue Lagoon.
Saturday and Sunday mornings are the port’s busiest, with thousands of passengers walking off ships at once, so the pickup is timed to your actual disembarkation and that SR-836 traffic is already built into the plan. Terminal pickups include a half hour of complimentary wait time, so customs lines never cost you the ride. The fare is one flat, per-vehicle price locked at booking, with tolls and fuel already inside it, and your group rides alone in a private vehicle the entire way to the hotel.
One vehicle, one party, one fixed price: nobody else boards, the route runs straight to the door, and the driver handles the bags at both ends. It is the simplest way to start or end a trip without lines, apps or surprises.
Half of the fare is paid at booking as a deposit and the rest is settled with the driver on the day, cash or card. The price is per vehicle for the one-way trip.
Yes, outside 7 AM to 9 PM the SUV adds $20 inside Miami-Dade or Broward and $50 beyond those counties. Child seats can be added for $15, and stops on the way cost $45 per 30 minutes.
A full-size suitcase per passenger fits the SUV with five aboard; groups of six or more move to a van sized 6-9 or 10-14 with the cargo space to match.
Details such as an extra passenger or a child seat can be adjusted up to 12 hours before the pickup. The date itself is fixed once booked, so double-check it before you confirm.
Reach us on WhatsApp at wa.me/17866828748 or by phone at 786-682-8748; send the date, passengers and luggage and the reservation is confirmed the same day.
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.
Qué bueno que reservamos con anticipación — auto limpio, gran conductor, sin caos en el puerto, puerta a puerta. Sinceramente la parte más fácil del viaje — todo se acomodó solo en la terminal.
The painless way to get from the ship to Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon. Couldn’t recommend it more. For a reliable way to get from the ship to Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon, it was well worth it.
We came off the ship tired but happy and a driver already waiting to take us to Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon was exactly right. We were dropped right at the front door of Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon, not down the block. The night before, we got a text with the driver’s name and license plate, so there was no wondering which car was the right one on the way out.
Tras el crucero, mi esposo y yo no íbamos a jugárnosla con un transporte en la terminal, así que reservamos un auto privado a Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon. Teníamos todo el plan antes de que el barco atracara, así que no había que adivinar nada en el puerto. Lo último que quieres tras una semana en el mar es un viaje que falle, y este fue confiable y puntual.
Nuestra familia de cinco bajó del barco en PortMiami y el conductor tenía espacio para cada valija para el viaje a Homewood Suites Miami Airport Blue Lagoon. La tarifa estaba acordada de antemano, sin nada extra en la acera. Sinceramente la parte más fácil del viaje — del barco a la puerta del hotel sin estrés.