From $110 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Quality Inn Miami South 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.
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.
Quality Inn Miami South sits in Kendall, the broad stretch of suburbs that fills the southwestern side of South Miami-Dade. This is the quieter, residential half of the county, well away from the cruise terminals on the water. Streets here run calm and low-rise, threading toward Pinecrest and Palmetto Bay, so a hotel address in this part of town gives you a settled base rather than a hectic waterfront one.
The surroundings are easy to obtain a feel for. Dadeland Mall anchors the district and marks the southern end of the Metrorail line, which makes the region a natural hub for shopping and for moving around greater Miami without a car. A short reach in any direction turns up more to do: Pinecrest Gardens for green space, the Deering Estate along the bay, and Baptist Hospital as a familiar landmark neighboring. Guests who land ashore with time to spare frequently fold a mall stop and a garden visit into the same afternoon.
Anything about the stay itself — the room, the front desk, the amenities — is the hotel’s own domain, and we leave that to them. Our part begins and ends at the curb. When your ride reaches Quality Inn Miami South, the chauffeur brings the vehicle to the entrance, unloads every bag at the door, and hands the day back to you at the point where the hotel takes over. After a long journey day, arriving to a suburban address like this one means the last leg is a seamless, unhurried one.
The trip covers roughly 20.1 miles from PortMiami out to Quality Inn Miami South, following the Palmetto Expressway and SR-826 as one direct leg. It normally runs 37 to 54 minutes, with traffic on those highways being the only real variable. Rather than a slot cut to the minute, the pickup is timed around your ship’s actual arrival, with room to spare for customs and the luggage hall.
When you clear the terminal, the chauffeur is already staged at your ship’s berth on Dodge Island and meets your group right at the curb — no parking-lot walk with bags in tow. Every case goes into the vehicle before you settle in, and the fuel and typical tolls are already built into the flat rate, so nothing is added along the way. From the pier it is a single, door-to-door run out to the hotel entrance in Kendall.
Quality Inn Miami South in Palmetto Bay is 21.6 miles from the Port of Miami by road, about 42 minutes without heavy traffic via the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) and the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826). The fare is per vehicle: $110 for the Black SUV, $170 for the Van and $200 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 21.6 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $110 |
| Drop-off address | 14501 S Dixie Hwy US 1, Palmetto Bay |
| Drive time | 42 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $170 |
| Main roads | Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $200 |
| Back from Quality Inn Miami South | $110 / $170 / $200 |
The return covers the same 21.6 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the inn (14501 S Dixie Hwy US 1), drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 42 minutes. From Quality Inn Miami South the Black SUV costs $110, the Van $170 and the Van XL $200. Open the booking box with the points swapped and choose the date and time. Book the return
Plan on about 42 minutes for the 21.6 miles from the Port of Miami to Quality Inn Miami South via the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) and the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) 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.
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 Quality Inn Miami South then takes about 42 minutes.
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 Quality Inn Miami South.
The Black SUV holds up to 5 passengers, with passengers plus big suitcases up to 10; on this route it costs $110. Six to nine travelers with their cases take the Van ($170), ten to fourteen the Van XL ($200). All three go door to door to Quality Inn Miami South.
On sailing day the ride from Quality Inn Miami South to your terminal is $110 for the Black SUV, $170 for the Van and $200 for the Van XL. The 21.6 miles take about 42 minutes in light traffic, so leave early enough for boarding.
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The two of us cruised from PortMiami and having a private car waiting curbside for the ride over to Quality Inn Miami South made the morning easy. Honestly the most stress-free part of the whole trip — the port end was completely handled.
My husband and I had a great sailing and capped it off with a private car waiting right at the terminal to take us to Quality Inn Miami South — no fuss at the port. We were dropped at the entrance of Quality Inn Miami South, not down the block. Booking was quick, we got a solid confirmation, and everything matched what we were told.
Tras el crucero, mi esposo y yo no queríamos arriesgar un transporte en la terminal, así que coordinamos un auto privado a Quality Inn Miami South. El conductor nos dejó justo en la puerta de Quality Inn Miami South, y no a media cuadra. Un traspaso fácil y tranquilo para los dos — del barco a Quality Inn Miami South sin nada que resolver.