From $525 per vehicle, a private one-way ride from the Port of Miami to St. James City, met at the cruise terminal and driven to your door.
Each fare below is the price for the whole vehicle, fixed the moment you book and unchanged by traffic, demand, or the hour your ship clears — no per-person charge for anyone in your cruise party.
On disembarkation morning at the Port of Miami, your driver is already in position as you step off the ship. Once you clear customs and collect your bags, the pickup happens curbside at your assigned cruise terminal, with no rideshare lot to hunt through and no app to refresh. Request a name sign over WhatsApp beforehand and the driver holds it where you exit the building. Every piece of cruise luggage is loaded for you, and then the ride heads straight out of the port toward St. James City with no shared stops along the way.
Pine Island’s southern tip is a quiet, largely residential corner rather than a crowded tourist strip. Independent eateries, a handful of small shops, and open community spaces set the pace, and the streets stay calm enough that unloading a week of cruise luggage after a long sailing feels unhurried. Your driver goes door to door to the exact address you give — a private home, a short-term rental, or a local business — so there is no second leg to arrange once you arrive.
Everything reaching St. James City by road crosses the water on the single connecting route through Matlacha, and there is no other way onto the island. If that crossing closes for weather or roadwork, the result is a wait rather than a quick detour, so pass along anything you hear about a local closure before your sailing ends and the pickup is planned around it. Because the ride runs straight to your address, the route stays as direct as the day’s traffic allows, and your driver reads conditions in real time to keep it moving.
Payment is split so nothing is due all at once. A deposit of 50% locks the booking in, and the balance is handed to the driver on the day of the ride. The fare covers the whole vehicle rather than each seat, so the group rides for one price, and a round trip is that one-way figure doubled, booked as a single reservation with the return set for your travel day. Payment goes through Venmo, Zelle, or a secure WhatsApp link, and nothing past the agreed balance is collected at the curb.
Daytime pickups sit inside a 7 AM to 9 PM window with no premium. A ride in the SUV scheduled outside those hours adds a $20 night fee when the pickup falls inside Miami-Dade or Broward, and $50 when it sits beyond those counties. Since disembarkation waves at the Port of Miami usually land well within the daytime window, most cruise arrivals never touch the after-hours rate at all.
Meet and greet at the terminal is part of the ride, along with a bilingual driver who loads and unloads your bags. A name sign held at the exit is a $20 add-on when you want one, and a child seat runs $15 with advance notice — message your child’s age over WhatsApp and it is fitted before you board. If the plan calls for a quick detour along the way, extra stops are billed at $45 per 30 minutes. Anything outside this list is confirmed over WhatsApp before your travel day, so the number you agree to is the number you pay for the private ride.
A late dock simply re-times your pickup at no added cost. The driver follows the ship’s scheduled and actual arrival, so a slow walk through customs and baggage never leaves you paying for the delay or scrambling for another ride. The reserved vehicle waits, and the rate you booked holds.
Yes. The return rides on the same reservation: the driver collects your group from your St. James City address and brings you back to the Port of Miami in time to board, priced one-way in each direction. Name both dates when you book and a single plan covers the whole trip.
There is room for a cruise party’s worth of bags in both the SUV and the vans. If the group is carrying extra or oversized pieces, send a note over WhatsApp before the day so the right vehicle is confirmed, or the booking is moved up to a larger van to keep everyone and their luggage together.
Child seats are available at $15 each. Request them over WhatsApp ahead of time with your child’s age, and the driver has every seat installed before the group climbs in, so there is nothing to fit at the curb after a long sailing.
Lock in your Port of Miami to St. James City transfer before you sail. Message your ship, cruise terminal, travel date, passenger count, and drop-off address, and the vehicle and driver are confirmed for your group — reserve at least 24 hours ahead for the smoothest arrangement. Reach the booking on WhatsApp at wa.me/17866828748 or by phone at 786-682-8748.
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.
The two of us cruised from PortMiami and getting a private car waiting curbside for the ride to St. James City made the morning easy. The driver got the whole pile of luggage in so we didn’t have to lift a thing. No line to stand in — we just went straight from the curb to the car.
We got off the ship with the little ones worn out after the cruise, and a private van waiting at the port made the run to St. James City so easy. The driver got the whole pile of luggage in so we didn’t have to juggle it all.
Our whole group booked one van straight from the terminal to St. James City, and it was so easy. The driver took care of every bag so we didn’t have to juggle it all. The fare was set up front, nothing added at the curb.
We got off the ship with the kids ready to be home, and a private van waiting at the port made the run to St. James City so easy. There was a thirty-minute cushion from the agreed time, so we never had to rush to gather the bags.
We weren’t about to wrangle kids and luggage looking for a ride at the port, so we booked a private van to St. James City. The van was fresh and comfortable, a relief in the Miami heat.