Krazyfuntimes Posted April 24, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Is there any hotel that is walkable to the port or that offers free shuttle service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted April 24, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Krazyfuntimes said: Is there any hotel that is walkable to the port or that offers free shuttle service? Which terminal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazyfuntimes Posted April 24, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted April 24, 2023 7 minutes ago, c-leg5 said: Which terminal? Is there more than one at Galveston? We will be on Harmony next year. Sorry, didn't know there was more than one, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galveston Cruiser Posted April 25, 2023 #4 Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 9:56 PM, Krazyfuntimes said: Is there more than one at Galveston? We will be on Harmony next year. Sorry, didn't know there was more than one, lol No hotels within walking distance. Nothing is very far on the island. Lots of hotels on Seawall Blvd, 2 downtown; Harbor House and The Tremont. Thousands of vacation rentals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazyfuntimes Posted April 25, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Galveston Cruiser said: No hotels within walking distance. Nothing is very far on the island. Lots of hotels on Seawall Blvd, 2 downtown; Harbor House and The Tremont. Thousands of vacation rentals. Thank you. I have been hearing of horror stories about trying to get a Lyft ride and the traffic to get to the port, so I wasn't sure if there was somewhere we could just stay at and walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted April 25, 2023 #6 Share Posted April 25, 2023 35 minutes ago, Krazyfuntimes said: Thank you. I have been hearing of horror stories about trying to get a Lyft ride and the traffic to get to the port, so I wasn't sure if there was somewhere we could just stay at and walk. The new terminal is not very convenient for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMan Posted April 25, 2023 #7 Share Posted April 25, 2023 I live downtown Galveston. Many hotel shuttles will take you to port. In addition Lift and Uber are in Galveston. Have not had many issues, latest I have waited is 15 minutes. If you have the $$ my recommendation is 1)Tremont (strand area), 2) Harbor House (Strand Area), 3)Grand Galvez (Seawall), 4)San Louis (Seawall), 4)Hilton (Seawall). All the above will be pricey. Go to Kayak to find other more reasonable options as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted April 26, 2023 #8 Share Posted April 26, 2023 We stayed at a hotel further down the seawall (about 20 minutes from the port terminal 10 - Allure and probably Harmony also). We just prebooked a taxi 2 days before and had no problems. Some of the local taxis would rather do a few runs between hotels and the port rather than go to one of the airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted April 26, 2023 #9 Share Posted April 26, 2023 2 hours ago, jbrinkm said: We stayed at a hotel further down the seawall (about 20 minutes from the port terminal 10 - Allure and probably Harmony also). We just prebooked a taxi 2 days before and had no problems. Some of the local taxis would rather do a few runs between hotels and the port rather than go to one of the airports. I don’t think taxis before are as big of a problem as taxis after cruise. I think the big concern to watch for is if it is an event weekend and if they have better things to do. Galveston has always been a problem for out of town guests regarding transport. The new terminal is even more difficult regarding hotels and even increased pricing of off-site parking because of further distance/time for shuttle and parking at the port. We generally drive and park but transport for repositioning cruises is a problem. It is going to take some time to work out logistics of the new terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKSMIKE5 Posted May 26, 2023 #10 Share Posted May 26, 2023 What taxi company did you reserve? I called Ready Set Go Taxi and get a weird answering machine. I left a message and am waiting to hear back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted May 26, 2023 #11 Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, SKSMIKE5 said: What taxi company did you reserve? I called Ready Set Go Taxi and get a weird answering machine. I left a message and am waiting to hear back. We called 832-421-2666 but there is a gas station also called Ready Set Go phone # ending 2714. When we called the taxi service, Jim answered so I'm not sure what the voicemail sounds like... Edited May 26, 2023 by jbrinkm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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