From $395 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Carefree Clubhouse Resort in a chauffeured SUV or van.
One number per vehicle covers the full journey one way. Select 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 curbside greeting there is included in the fare; the Meet & Greet at the terminal is a $40 add-on. From the port the ride is direct, with no other passengers.
Carefree Clubhouse Resort is your home base in Fort Myers, the city waiting at the far end of this ride from the cruise terminals. After several days aboard ship, it is the kind of place where the pace finally eases — you reach the door, the bags come in with you, and the crowds of the port are well behind you. Think of this as the destination half of the journey: the resort is where the drive ends, and Fort Myers is the setting that surrounds it.
Fort Myers carries a good deal of character for a place this easygoing. The Edison and Ford winter estates offer the city its history, with grounds once kept by two American inventors. Downtown has been revived along the riverfront, so an evening out means walking blocks that have been brought back to life. And on the edges of town sit the spring-training ballparks, a reminder that this corner of Florida fills up when the baseball season warms up.
For your arrival, that mix is the payoff of the long drive across the state. The transfer reaches every address in Fort Myers, so Carefree Clubhouse Resort is a straight endpoint rather than a handoff to something else. You are set down at the door with your luggage, ready to check in and let the rest of the day be yours — the estates, the riverfront, or merely the quiet of the resort after the port. Whatever draws you to Fort Myers, the resort is where the journey settles into place.
From the terminal, the ride is one clean run. Your chauffeur is already staged at the exact terminal your cruise line uses, so once you clear the ship and the luggage hall, the vehicle is there. Bags go straight into the SUV or van — full luggage assist at the pier — and you settle in for the drive out of the port and onto I-595, pointed toward Fort Myers.
Plan on roughly 167 to 176 minutes from terminal curb to the door of Carefree Clubhouse Resort, covering about 155 miles depending on the hour. There are no stops for other passengers and no meter running; the vehicle is yours alone from the Port of Miami all the way to the resort. When you step out, the driver helps with the bags again, and the cruise is properly behind you.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 2 hours 46 minutes and 163.3 miles to reach Carefree Clubhouse Resort in North Fort Myers via I-595. Prices are per vehicle, not per seat: $395 for the Black SUV, $520 for the Van, $640 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 163.3 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $395 |
| Drive time | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $520 |
| Main roads | I-595 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $640 |
| Back from Carefree Clubhouse Resort | $395 / $520 / $640 |
The return covers the same 163.3 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the resort, drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 2 hours 46 minutes. From Carefree Clubhouse Resort the Black SUV costs $395, the Van $520 and the Van XL $640. Open the booking box with the points swapped and choose the date and time. Book the return
Plan on about 2 hours 46 minutes for the 163.3 miles from the Port of Miami to Carefree Clubhouse Resort via I-595 when the roads are clear. Peak hours can stretch the trip; it is a fixed fare per vehicle, no traffic or surge charges: $395 for the Black SUV.
Book the time you expect to walk out of the terminal with your bags, not the docking time. The waiting rules for slow disembarkation days are on the FAQ page linked below. The drive to Carefree Clubhouse Resort then takes about 2 hours 46 minutes.
Curbside at the terminal your ship uses. Leave the building with your luggage, send a message, and the driver comes to that curb. From there it is 163.3 miles to Carefree Clubhouse Resort.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $395. Larger groups going to Carefree Clubhouse Resort take the Van at $520, for 9 passengers and 9 cases, or the Van XL at $640, for 14 and 14. One carry-on each is included.
On sailing day the ride from Carefree Clubhouse Resort to your terminal is $395 for the Black SUV, $520 for the Van and $640 for the Van XL. The 163.3 miles take about 2 hours 46 minutes in light traffic, so leave early enough for boarding.
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Después de una semana en el mar, lo único que quería era no pensar en nada, así que un auto privado desde la terminal hasta Carefree Clubhouse Resort valió mucho la pena. La tarifa estaba acordada de antemano, exactamente lo acordado.
Mi pareja y yo tuvimos una travesía genial y lo rematamos con un auto privado esperando en la terminal para llevarnos a Carefree Clubhouse Resort — sin líos en el puerto. Reservar fue fácil, recibimos una confirmación sólida, y todo salió tal cual.
We reserved one van for the whole group from the terminal to Carefree Clubhouse Resort so we all checked in together. There was space to spare for the whole group and everyone’s bags in one van to Carefree Clubhouse Resort. The SUV was spotless, and the AC was perfect after the ship.
My husband and I finished a wonderful cruise and capped it off with a private car ready at the curb to take us to Carefree Clubhouse Resort — no fuss at the port. We got a clear confirmation, so there was nothing to worry about at the terminal. It was a private car for our party alone — no side pickups — a relief after a week aboard.
Our group of friends booked one van straight from the port to Carefree Clubhouse Resort, and it worked out great. We’ve already saved them for our next cruise out of PortMiami. There was space to spare for the whole group and all our cruise luggage in one van to Carefree Clubhouse Resort. Would book again for the next cruise.