From $450 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel 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.
The driver is outside the PortMiami terminal when you come through, plans around the ship’s real arrival time, and loads the bags. The terminal greeting is covered by the fare and a name sign is offered for $20. Then it is one private vehicle straight to the destination.
Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel sits at 20371 Summerlin Road in Fort Myers, zip code 33908, along the length of Florida’s Gulf shore known as the Naples–Fort Myers coast. It stands on the mainland side of the region, on the road that carries travelers toward the barrier islands, so the address puts you close to the water while keeping you on the calm, low-key edge of Fort Myers rather than in the middle of it.
What you find on arrival is a straightforward, welcoming base for a stretch of days on the coast. Because the property serves its own entrance, your ride ends at the door on Summerlin Road, not at a corner nearby or a lot down the street. That matters most after a cruise, when the last thing anyone wants is to drag bags the final block. Here the vehicle pulls up to the property itself, and the trip is genuinely over the moment the doors open.
Everything about the stay itself, from the rooms to the details you plan around, lives on the property’s own official page, and that is where those questions belong. Our part is the road between the ship and this Fort Myers address: getting your group from the terminal to the entrance in one private, direct run. Book the ride and the coast is simply where you wake up, with the drive already handled and the arrival planned around your day rather than squeezed into it.
The trip is a single private run of about 156 miles, following I-595 from the cruise terminal to the door of Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel. Plan on roughly 162 to 172 minutes on the road, a little more in rush hour and a little less in quiet stretches. Your driver meets you at the exact terminal your cruise line uses, so there is no wandering the port to find the vehicle after you clear the hall.
Every bag rides inside your own vehicle, carried from the terminal curb and set down at the entrance on Summerlin Road, and the space stays yours alone from pickup to drop-off. The pickup is staged around your ship’s arrival, so the driver is waiting before you finish disembarking rather than the other way around. You walk out, the vehicle is there, and the coast is the next stop with no transfers and no shared stops along the way.
A reserved driver removes the guesswork after a long flight or a cruise morning: no queue at a taxi stand, no surge pricing, no shared stops. The group rides together and the price on this page is the price you pay.
You pay a 50% deposit online to hold the vehicle, then the balance directly to the driver on the day, in cash or by card. The one-way fare above is the whole amount.
Daytime service runs 7 AM to 9 PM; outside that window the SUV carries a night fee of $20 inside Miami-Dade and Broward and $50 beyond. A child seat is fitted on request for $15. Extra stops along the way are $45 per 30 minutes.
The SUV seats up to 5 with their luggage; the 6-9 and 10-14 passenger vans keep bigger groups together. Send the head count and bag count and the vehicle is matched to them.
Yes for the details: add a passenger, a child seat or a note up to 12 hours before the pickup time. No for the date, which stays as booked.
To book, WhatsApp wa.me/17866828748 or call 786-682-8748. Share the date, the number of travelers and bags, and we lock in the driver.
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 wife and I had a great sailing and capped it off with a private car ready at the curb to take us to Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel — no fuss at the port. We went from the terminal to a real bed with no stress at all.
My wife and I came down the gangway at PortMiami and a private car was right there for us to take us to Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel. It was a private car for our party alone — no side pickups — a relief after a week aboard.
Our crew booked one van straight from the port to Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel, and it was so easy. We were dropped straight at the door of Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel, not across the street. It was a private car for our party alone — no one else’s stops — exactly right for the morning.
I didn’t feel like chasing a ride the morning I got off the ship, so I booked a private car from the port to Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel. No line to stand in — I just went straight from the curb into the car.
For a smooth morning off the ship, my partner and I had a private driver meet us at the cruise terminal to run us over to Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel. We were dropped right at the front door of Residence Inn Fort Myers Sanibel, not down the block. The night before, we got a message with the driver’s name and plate number, so there was nothing to figure out on the way out.