From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Lord Inn Hotel in a chauffeured SUV or van.
One number per vehicle covers the full trip one way. Select by how many people ride and how many bags come along.
The driver is outside the PortMiami terminal when you come through, plans around the ship’s real arrival time, and loads the bags. The curbside greeting is covered by the fare and the Meet & Greet at the terminal is offered for $40. Then it is one private vehicle straight to the destination.
Lord Inn Hotel sits in Venice, over on Florida’s Gulf coast — a full cross-state trip from the cruise piers on the Atlantic side. It is the endpoint of this private ride, the place where a long journey day finally winds down. After a week at sea, most guests desire one simple thing on arrival: to reach the front door, hand off the bags, and stop moving. That is exactly how the ride is built, from your ship’s terminal straight to the hotel entrance.
Venice is a quiet, easygoing coastal town, a change of pace from the crowds and noise of a hectic port morning. Because it lies clear across the state, the drive is a genuine road trip rather than a swift hop — which is part of why a private vehicle, reserved for your group alone, makes the difference on this route. You keep your own space, your own climate, and a chauffeur who handles the whole leg for you.
When you pull in, your driver brings the vehicle right to the lobby door at the agreed hour and helps with every bag, cart to curb. There is no second stop and no shared seating — one group, one vehicle, door to door. Tell us your ship and arrival date and the pickup is staged around your actual disembarkation, so the ride to Lord Inn Hotel begins the moment you are through the terminal and ready to go.
Your chauffeur meets you after disembarkation, loads the luggage at the terminal curb, and drives a single direct leg to Lord Inn Hotel — no transfers, no waiting on app availability. Terminal pickups are timed to your ship’s arrival, with sixty minutes of free waiting built in, so customs and baggage lines never cost you the ride within that time. The bags stay in the vehicle the whole way; you merely settle in.
This is a long cross-state run of more than two hundred miles, so plan on roughly four hours behind the wheel depending on the hour and traffic. Weekend mornings are the port’s busiest stretch, and that is already priced into the plan. On the return leg, the same flat rate applies: the driver is at the lobby door at the agreed time and takes you back to the ship on embarkation day.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 3 hours 24 minutes and 213.6 miles to reach Lord Inn Hotel via I-595. Prices are per vehicle, not per seat: $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van, $1050 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 213.6 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drive time | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | I-595 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Lord Inn Hotel | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
The return covers the same 213.6 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the inn, drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 3 hours 24 minutes. From Lord Inn Hotel the Black SUV costs $600, the Van $850 and the Van XL $1050. Open the booking box with the points swapped and choose the date and time. Book the return
The 213.6 miles from the Port of Miami to Lord Inn Hotel take about 3 hours 24 minutes without heavy traffic via I-595. At busy hours, allow extra time. Each vehicle has a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van and $1050 for the Van XL.
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 Lord Inn Hotel then takes about 3 hours 24 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 213.6 miles to Lord Inn Hotel.
In the Black SUV ($600 to Lord Inn Hotel) passengers plus big suitcases can add up to 10, so five people with five cases fit. The Van ($850) carries 9 passengers and 9 big cases, the Van XL ($1050) 14 and 14, and everyone keeps a carry-on.
We do. The driver picks you up at Lord Inn Hotel and takes you to your cruise terminal for $600 (Black SUV), $850 (Van) or $1050 (Van XL). Plan on about 3 hours 24 minutes for the 213.6 miles, more at rush hour.
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With the whole crew, arranging a private car from the port to Lord Inn Hotel meant no scramble on disembarkation morning. We were dropped at the entrance of Lord Inn Hotel, not across the street. We went from the terminal to a real bed with no stress at all.
We got off the ship with the little ones ready for a nap, and a private van waiting at the port made the run to Lord Inn Hotel so easy.
The two of us sailed out of PortMiami and having a private car waiting curbside for the ride over to Lord Inn Hotel was the best part of the day.
Private, punctual, and stress-free — so much better than fighting for a ride outside the terminal. Getting to Lord Inn Hotel with no detours meant we could check in and finally shower after the week at sea.