From $380 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Fountain Cottages Inn in a chauffeured SUV or van.
Pricing is by vehicle, not by seat: a solo traveler and a full car pay the same flat one-way rate.
On disembarkation morning the driver plans around the ship’s arrival and waits at the curb outside your terminal at PortMiami. The curbside greeting at the terminal is included; the Meet & Greet at the terminal, your driver holding a name sign, is available for $40. Luggage goes straight from the terminal into the vehicle and the ride leaves private and direct.
Fountain Cottages Inn sits in Fort Myers, on Florida’s southwest Gulf coast, a good distance up from the cruise piers and well away from the bustle of the port you left behind that morning. It is a small, low-key place to land after a sailing, and the neighborhood around it carries the simple pace that has drawn winter visitors to this stretch of Florida for well over a century. For the specifics of your room, parking, and check-in timing, the inn’s own front desk is the place to confirm the details.
What gives Fort Myers its character is close at hand. The Edison & Ford Winter Estates, the riverside homes and gardens of two of America’s most famous inventors, are one of the city’s signatures, and a revived downtown along the water gives the area a walkable heart of shops and tables. The Caloosahatchee River runs right through it, so the water is never far once you have settled in.
If your cruise is the start of a longer stay rather than the end of the trip, the area rewards it. Baseball fans have two spring-training parks on the edges of town, with JetBlue Park and Hammond Stadium both nearby, and the ballparks fill the calendar when the season swings around. Between the estates, the riverfront, and the diamonds, Fountain Cottages Inn puts you within reach of the parts of Fort Myers people actually come to see, without dropping you into the middle of the crowds.
This is one clean run from the pier to Fountain Cottages Inn, no stops along the way and no vehicle shared with anyone outside your group. Once your party clears the terminal exit, your chauffeur is staged at the curb, ready to load the bags and get you moving. The route heads up I-595 and covers roughly 155 miles, with about 159 to 170 minutes on the road depending on the traffic that day. You are picked up right at the terminal curb, not sent off to hunt for a car in a distant lot.
The pickup is timed to your actual disembarkation rather than a guessed clock, so the long weekend mornings when thousands of passengers step off at once are already built into the plan. Your luggage rides in the vehicle with you, the driver handles it at both ends, and there is courtesy wait time held for you at the port so no one is rushing while your group comes together.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 2 hours 41 minutes and 155.3 miles to reach Fountain Cottages Inn in Fort Myers via I-595. Prices are per vehicle, not per seat: $380 for the Black SUV, $500 for the Van, $610 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 155.3 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $380 |
| Drive time | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $500 |
| Main roads | I-595 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $610 |
| Back from Fountain Cottages Inn | $380 / $500 / $610 |
Going back works the same way. The driver meets you at the main entrance of the inn and takes you to your cruise terminal at PortMiami, 155.3 miles away, in about 2 hours 41 minutes with light traffic. Fares for the return from Fountain Cottages Inn are $380 (Black SUV), $500 (Van) and $610 (Van XL). The booking box below opens with the two points swapped. Book the return
Fountain Cottages Inn is 155.3 miles by road from the Port of Miami. In light traffic the drive takes about 2 hours 41 minutes via I-595; rush hour can add time, but it is a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $380 for the Black SUV.
Choose the moment you will be on the curb with your luggage. The driver is at your terminal at the agreed time, then covers the 155.3 miles to Fountain Cottages Inn.
At the curb outside your own cruise terminal (the terminals are listed below). Before the pickup you get the driver’s name, car and plate; when you are outside with your bags, message us and the car pulls up for the ride to Fountain Cottages Inn.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $380. Larger groups going to Fountain Cottages Inn take the Van at $500, for 9 passengers and 9 cases, or the Van XL at $610, for 14 and 14. One carry-on each is included.
Yes. The return from Fountain Cottages Inn to the Port of Miami costs $380 in the Black SUV, $500 in the Van and $610 in the Van XL. Allow about 2 hours 41 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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No app hassle — we walked off the ship and the car was waiting, then straight to Fountain Cottages Inn. Would book again. The driver took care of every bag so we didn’t have to juggle it all.
We came off the ship ready for a real bed and a driver already waiting to take us to Fountain Cottages Inn set the tone for the rest of the trip. We’ve already earmarked them for our next cruise out of PortMiami. There was a board with our name on it at the curb, so we didn’t have to look around.
Getting all of us off the ship and over to Fountain Cottages Inn is usually a headache, but one pre-booked private van made it effortless. For a no-hassle way to get from the ship to Fountain Cottages Inn, it was well worth it. There was space to spare for the whole group and everyone’s bags in one van to Fountain Cottages Inn.
Private, on time, and we didn’t have to worry about anything between the ship and Fountain Cottages Inn. We had the driver’s details ahead of time, so there was nothing to worry about at the terminal.
The two of us cruised from PortMiami and having a private car meet us at the terminal for the ride over to Fountain Cottages Inn made the morning easy. The driver took care of every bag so we didn’t have to juggle it all.