From $110 per vehicle, a private one-way ride from Port of Miami to Kendall West, flat rate, door to door.
Each price below covers the whole vehicle for your group, not a single seat, and it is fixed the moment you reserve:
Once your ship clears and you step off with your bags, the driver is already waiting at the cruise-terminal curb — meet and greet is included with every booking. Send a quick WhatsApp message when you are through customs, and the car pulls up to load the luggage. Favor to be met by name? A driver holding a name sign at the arrivals point is available for $40 on top of the fare. From the terminal it is one private ride, reserved for your group alone, with no pooled seats and no second pickup along the way.
The drive leaves PortMiami, crosses onto the Dolphin Expressway (SR-836) heading west, then links to Florida’s Turnpike to reach the residential grid of southwest Miami-Dade. There is no fixed clock on this run: a quiet mid-morning moves quickly, while a hectic disembarkation — several ships emptying at once — can stack traffic on the expressway. That is why the pickup is timed to your real debark rather than a generic estimate, with a cushion built in so a slow morning at the port never rushes the rest of your day. Tell us your ship and pickup time when you book and the departure is planned around the conditions that day.
Kendall West sits in the southwest reaches of Miami-Dade County, Florida, and it reads as a lived-in neighborhood rather than a visitor district: houses, apartment blocks, supermarkets, parks and the everyday shops a community runs on. Most people riding here are seeing relatives, handling business, or basing themselves near a west-county workplace before or after a cruise. For a quick sense of the area, the Census Bureau profile for Kendall West lays out the numbers. Whatever the exact street, the driver takes you to the door and carries the cruise luggage in.
Yes. The transfer runs both directions, so the driver collects your group at the Kendall West address and brings you back to the cruise terminal or your next stop, timed so you reach the ship with room to board. Book both legs together as a round trip and one confirmed pickup covers each direction.
Between shipboard data, drained batteries and packed terminal networks, plenty of passengers step outside with no signal. Write the pickup details on paper before you leave the cabin — the terminal, the vehicle description and the meeting lane — so the handoff still works with a dead phone in your pocket. The driver knows the terminal and will be watching for your group.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 46 minutes and 24.2 miles to reach Kendall West via the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) and Southwest 137th Avenue. Prices are per vehicle, not per seat: $110 for the Black SUV, $170 for the Van, $200 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 24.2 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $110 |
| Drive time | 46 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $170 |
| Main roads | Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), Southwest 137th Avenue |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $200 |
| Back from Kendall West | $110 / $170 / $200 |
For the trip back, your driver picks you up at your address in Kendall West and drives the 24.2 miles to your cruise terminal at PortMiami in about 46 minutes. The return fare is $110 for the Black SUV, $170 for the Van and $200 for the Van XL. The booking box opens with Kendall West as the pickup; just add the date and time. Book the return
Plan on about 46 minutes for the 24.2 miles from the Port of Miami to Kendall West via the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) and Southwest 137th Avenue when the roads are clear. Peak hours can stretch the trip; it is a fixed fare per vehicle, no traffic or surge charges: $110 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 24.2 miles to Kendall West.
Outside the cruise terminal, at the curb. Driver, car and plate arrive by message ahead of the pickup, so you know who to look for; the drive to Kendall West starts as soon as the bags are loaded and takes about 46 minutes.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $110. Larger groups going to Kendall West take the Van at $170, for 9 passengers and 9 cases, or the Van XL at $200, for 14 and 14. One carry-on each is included.
Yes. The return from Kendall West to the Port of Miami costs $110 in the Black SUV, $170 in the Van and $200 in the Van XL. Allow about 46 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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Made our trip easier, no extra charges popped up.
Our whole crew came off the ship at once and it was so easy to have one private van ready at the curb for the ride to Kendall West — no splitting up. Booking was simple, we got clear pickup details, and everything matched what we were told. The van was roomy enough for all the cruise luggage, and there was space for everything.
Nuestra familia de cinco bajó del barco en PortMiami y el conductor tenía espacio para cada valija para el viaje a Kendall West. La tarifa estaba acordada de antemano, sin nada extra en la acera. En el auto íbamos solo nosotros — sin compartir con nadie — mucho mejor que ir con desconocidos.
With the little ones, pre-booking a private car from the terminal to Kendall West meant no stress the morning we disembarked.
Our family of four came off the ship at PortMiami and the driver loaded all the cruise bags for the ride to Kendall West. The fare was fixed when we booked, no surprise on a busy disembarkation morning.