From $89 per vehicle, a private one-way ride from the Port of Miami to North Bay Village, door to door.
Every fare here is the full price for the vehicle, locked the moment you reserve — the whole party rides for one number no matter what the roads do that morning.
The pickup begins the second you clear the cruise terminal. Your driver stages at the curb as your group steps out with the bags, and a message on WhatsApp when you leave the gangway brings the vehicle straight to the loading point. Meeting you in person is part of every booking, so there is no rideshare lot to hunt down and no queue to join. The fare also carries sixty minutes of courtesy waiting from the agreed time, enough of a cushion to clear customs and gather everyone without a rush.
North Bay Village is a small island community floating on Biscayne Bay, tucked between mainland Miami and the beach barrier just to the east. The feel is residential and low-key next to the busier tourist strips neighboring, with waterfront condos, a handful of casual seafood spots, and marina slips lining the causeway that threads through the middle of it. Boaters, anglers, and evening walkers watching the sun drop over the water create up much of the local movement. For a group that wants open water on every side yet a short reach into the wider city’s dining and nightlife, North Bay Village settles in as a calm home base after a week at sea.
Because the community sits on an island, one causeway carries you in, and the towers along it stand close enough that a building name matters more than a street number. Send the tower name with the unit, and note whether the lobby faces the water or the road. Many of the residential buildings log arriving cars at a gatehouse, so leaving your name with the desk a few days ahead clears that check in seconds. If the building handed you its own entry instructions, pass them along when you book.
The run from the port to North Bay Village is a short cross-town trip by Miami standards, and how long it actually takes leans mostly on when your ship releases you. A mid-morning exit, when several vessels empty within the same hour, pushes a wave of cars onto the causeways together, while a quieter mid-afternoon departure tends to roll cleaner. Weekday rush periods and downtown event days can add a few minutes as well. Your driver reads the roads on the day and takes the smoothest line off the port, and because the price is fixed per vehicle rather than run on a meter, a slow crawl through disembarkation traffic costs a little patience but never an extra dollar.
City bus lines such as the 79 and 100 cross the area, but they mean transfers, fixed stops, and no assist with cruise bags. A private door-to-door ride instead puts one vehicle at the terminal curb and drives straight to your North Bay Village address with the luggage loaded for you.
The ride from the Port of Miami to North Bay Village covers 10.0 miles and takes about 28 minutes in light traffic via I-95 and SR 934. Each vehicle has its own fare: Black SUV $89, Van $140, Van XL $200. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 10.0 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $89 |
| Drive time | 28 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $140 |
| Main roads | I-95, SR 934 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $200 |
| Back from North Bay Village | $89 / $140 / $200 |
The return covers the same 10.0 miles: pickup at your address in North Bay Village, drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 28 minutes. From North Bay Village the Black SUV costs $89, the Van $140 and the Van XL $200. Open the booking box with the points swapped and choose the date and time. Book the return
The 10.0 miles from the Port of Miami to North Bay Village take about 28 minutes without heavy traffic via I-95 and SR 934. At busy hours, allow extra time. Each vehicle has a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $89 for the Black SUV, $140 for the Van and $200 for the Van XL.
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 10.0 miles to North Bay Village.
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 North Bay Village.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $89. Larger groups going to North Bay Village take the Van at $140, 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 North Bay Village to the Port of Miami costs $89 in the Black SUV, $140 in the Van and $200 in the Van XL. Allow about 28 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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Reservé y llegaron. el vehículo estaba impecable por dentro, y encima el wifi funcionó, yo se entretuvieron en el camino.
My wife and I came down the gangway at PortMiami and had a private car there for us to take us to North Bay Village. It was just our party in the car — no side pickups — which was exactly what we wanted.
Mi pareja y yo salimos del barco en PortMiami y teníamos un auto privado listo en la terminal para llevarnos a North Bay Village. Lo último que quieres tras un crucero es un viaje que falle, y este fue justo cuando lo necesitamos.
Our whole group booked one van straight from the terminal to North Bay Village, and it was so easy. For a reliable way to get from the port to North Bay Village, it was absolutely worth booking.
The painless way to handle PortMiami disembarkation. Would book again in a heartbeat.