ihrtcruise Posted March 16, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Recommendations on Miami hotels with free shuttles to the cruise port? Will even consider paying for the shuttle if the hotel is amazing. :) If they have a shuttle from the airport TO the hotel the day before embarkation that'd be fabulous too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted March 16, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 16, 2018 My recommendation is not to limit yourself to hotels with free shuttles since there are very few. Taxis and Uber or Lyft are relatively inexpensive. I would look at a downtown hotel including: Intercontinental Marriott Marquis Hampton Inn There are many more but this is a start. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flymia Posted March 16, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Don't worry about shuttles. Don't understand why this is such a preoccupation of many. Look at hotels in Downtown Miami or Brickell area. Hampton Inn Brickell is a very popular one. If you are in Downtown or Brickell there is no need for a shuttle. A taxi will be around $12 an Uber even cheaper. And the ride should be between 5 and 15 minutes to the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueHerons Posted March 16, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Agree with Keith. In Miami, hotels with shuttles are rarely worth it and you are paying for the shuttle in the price and will pay extra. Usually only airport hotels (a few in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and South Beach have shuttles) have shuttles and the airport is in a crappy area. Stay downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninDC Posted March 16, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Budget and dates would help - the $300+ room in Feb can go for under $100 in August heat & humidity. Doubletree and next door Marriott, plus a couple of others, offers some rooms with a view of the port - a great way to start your cruise. Taxi from MIA to downtown hotels will run about $25-30 or you can Uber for about half that fare. The port is just a short ride from downtown the morning of your cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Noxequifans Posted March 16, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Agree with Keith. In Miami, hotels with shuttles are rarely worth it and you are paying for the shuttle in the price and will pay extra. Usually only airport hotels (a few in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and South Beach have shuttles) have shuttles and the airport is in a crappy area. Stay downtown. I am glad BlueHerons pointed out that free shuttles are not free. Such use of the word free is just a marketing gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sereed51 Posted June 5, 2018 #7 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Don't worry about shuttles. Don't understand why this is such a preoccupation of many. Look at hotels in Downtown Miami or Brickell area. Hampton Inn Brickell is a very popular one. If you are in Downtown or Brickell there is no need for a shuttle. A taxi will be around $12 an Uber even cheaper. And the ride should be between 5 and 15 minutes to the port. THank you for that information I have found several area hotels even looking at possibility of AIRBNB, was already planning on Uber?lyft to the port on cruise day! :D:D:D:D Any thoughts on AIRBNB in the area?:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninDC Posted June 5, 2018 #8 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Any thoughts on AIRBNB in the area?:) Be very careful, Blue Herons and other locals often point out that AirBnB is illegal in many buildings in Miami and Miami Beach. Do lots of homework before booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdad59 Posted June 9, 2018 #9 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Hotels shuttles aren't worth the time. Consider that you'll be jammed into a van with many others. It will be very likely that there will be stops at several port locations, and if yours is the last its a long ride. As others have said, an UBER or taxi is inexpensive...and its personal. Just you and takes you exactly to where you are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpa70 Posted June 10, 2018 #10 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Agree with Keith. In Miami, hotels with shuttles are rarely worth it and you are paying for the shuttle in the price and will pay extra. Usually only airport hotels (a few in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and South Beach have shuttles) have shuttles and the airport is in a crappy area. Stay downtown. We have a hotel booked by the hotel and after reading this I'm a little concerned. We booked La Quinta inn North and am now wondering if this is a safe place to stay or not. We don't get into FLL till 9:00 pm and have to travel to this hotel. If it isn't going to be safe then I will have to rethink this stay. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninDC Posted June 10, 2018 #11 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Arriving late you are better off staying near the FLL airport and making your way from there to POM in the morning - there is no good reason to travel from FLL to a hotel near MIA late at night for a quick, one-night pre-cruise stay. http://www.sunny.org has lots of FLL area hotel info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Dave Posted June 10, 2018 #12 Share Posted June 10, 2018 We booked Marriott Biscayne Bay for night before and night after our cruise. Cab is $12 to port with tip. Hotel looks awesome and we got a King w/ water view for $139 on my corporate discount. Looking forward to seeing our ship come in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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