From $120 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Villa Caprice Hotel in a chauffeured SUV or van.
Every fare below is per vehicle, one way, with the driver, fuel and tolls inside the number. Pick the row that fits your group and luggage.
Walk off, clear the terminal, and the private vehicle is already outside. The driver knows which terminal the ship uses and times the pickup to the real disembarkation, with the curbside greeting included in the fare and the Meet & Greet at the terminal available for $40 if you want it. Bags in, and the car heads out of the port.
Villa Caprice Hotel stands in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, the small beach town just up the coast, at 4110 El Mar Drive. Step out the door and the shoreline is right there — a few paces of sidewalk and you are on real sand. It is the kind of address where the ocean, not a parking lot, is the first thing you see when you wake up.
The town itself is built around the water. A living reef sits just offshore, close enough that divers wade in straight from the beach rather than boarding a boat. Behind the shore runs a low-key main street of ice-cream shops, and the old wooden fishing pier — Anglin’s Fishing Pier — reaches out over the surf at the end of it. Datura Avenue and the green space of El Prado Park are both within an easy walk of the hotel, so an afternoon here can be as full or as slow as you want it.
For travelers coming off a cruise, that closeness to the water is the whole point. Plenty of guests drop their bags at Villa Caprice Hotel and are back in the ocean the same day they disembark, trading the ship’s crowded pool deck for open sand and the reef just past the break. The pier, the shops, and the shoreline are all steps from the room, which makes the hotel an easy base for a few unhurried days after the ports and shore excursions are behind you.
The ride is a single door-to-door leg from the cruise terminal to the front of Villa Caprice Hotel. Your chauffeur tracks your ship’s arrival and is staged at the terminal when you walk off, so there is no line to join and no car to search for. Tell us your cruise line ahead of time and the driver meets your group at the curb of your ship’s own terminal on Dodge Island, coordinated by message as you clear the hall.
Once the bags are loaded at the curb, the vehicle is reserved for your group alone and heads straight north to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea — no extra stops, no shared seats. Your luggage stays with you in the same vehicle from the terminal to the hotel entrance, and the driver handles it at both ends. Weekend cruise mornings are the port’s busiest stretch, so the pickup is timed to your actual disembarkation rather than a fixed clock.
Rideshare lines and shared shuttles add waiting and extra stops; a private vehicle leaves when you are ready and goes only where you are going. The fare covers the whole car, the tolls and the fuel.
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.
The regular window is 7 AM to 9 PM; night pickups in the SUV add $20 in Miami-Dade and Broward and $50 elsewhere. A child seat is $15 on request, and any added stop is $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.
Passenger count, child seat or pickup detail changes are fine up to 12 hours ahead. The travel date cannot be moved to another day, so confirm it carefully.
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.
At MIA your driver meets you at the arrivals level at the curb, and that greeting is included in the fare. If you would rather be met inside the terminal with a name sign, add the Meet & Greet for $40 when you book. At the cruise port the curbside greeting is always included.
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, the Meet & Greet at MIA, child seats, extra stops or the night fee, each shown in the quote before you pay. Tipping is at your discretion.
We reserved one van for the whole group from the terminal to Villa Caprice Hotel so nobody got left behind. We knew the plan before the ship even docked, so there was nothing to worry about at the terminal. There was space to spare for the whole group and all our cruise luggage in one van to Villa Caprice Hotel.
Meu marido e eu tivemos uma viagem incrível e rematamos com um carro privativo esperando no terminal para nos levar até Villa Caprice Hotel — sem confusão no porto. Já guardamos o contato para o nosso próximo cruzeiro saindo do PortMiami. Chegar a Villa Caprice Hotel logo cedo significou que pudemos fazer o check-in e enfim tomar um banho depois da semana no mar. Sem estresse nenhum.
Just as easy as it sounded — a driver waiting, bags loaded, and a comfortable ride over to Villa Caprice Hotel. For a reliable way to get from the ship to Villa Caprice Hotel, it was money well spent.
Cruising with the kids, we wanted the port end handled, so a private van straight over to Villa Caprice Hotel made the day. The car seat was already installed, which was a real help that morning.
Clean car, easy pickup, and a driver who handled the terminal like a pro. Recommend.