A private black-car transfer to or from Port of Miami and Kendale Lakes rides in a chauffeured black SUV or a private Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van at a flat rate from $120 per vehicle, typically routed west from the cruise terminal on the Dolphin Expressway (SR-836). Your bilingual driver meets the group curbside at the PortMiami terminal, loads the cruise luggage, and drives door-to-door to your Kendale Lakes address.
Fares are flat and per vehicle, set the moment you book — the price never moves for traffic, demand, or the number of bags.
Book a private black-car transfer and skip the terminal taxi line entirely. Choose the vehicle that matches your group: a black SUV seats up to five cruise passengers with their bags, a private Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van holds six to nine, and a larger Sprinter carries ten to fourteen. After you reserve on WhatsApp or the website, your driver’s name, vehicle, and plate are texted the day before. On arrival, the driver waits curbside right outside the PortMiami cruise terminal — with a name sign if you ask in advance — helps load every suitcase, and drives straight to your Kendale Lakes door. There is no meeting point to hunt for and no second leg to arrange. One reservation covers the whole group, from the moment you step off the gangway to the moment you reach your street in southwest Miami-Dade.
Send your ship, terminal, date, passenger count, and bag count by WhatsApp or email. We confirm the right vehicle and the flat fare, then text the driver’s name, vehicle, and plate the day before. Book at least twenty-four hours ahead; shorter-notice requests are still reviewed by hand.
Every ride is fully private — the vehicle is reserved for your group alone, never shared or pooled with strangers. Your bilingual driver speaks English plus Spanish or Portuguese, which smooths the cruise-day rush for international travelers. The flat rate is locked the moment you book, so it never surges for peak demand or heavy traffic the way metered curbside options do. Drivers help lift and load heavy cruise suitcases, and you reach us directly on WhatsApp rather than waiting in an app queue — real people, one conversation, from first quote to final drop-off. After five-plus years running PortMiami transfers around the clock, a cruise turnaround day is routine for our drivers, whether you sail on a quiet weekday morning or a packed weekend when several ships empty at once.
Fully private, every time. The SUV or Sprinter van is booked for your group only — no other passengers, no extra stops to pick up strangers, no scheduled pooling. You keep the whole vehicle and every seat, which is why a single flat fare covers the entire party rather than charging by the head.
The drive from PortMiami to Kendale Lakes crosses the width of the city, heading from the downtown waterfront out to the southwestern suburbs. Because both the roads and traffic shift by the hour, we describe the trip qualitatively rather than with a fixed clock: expect a smooth, uninterrupted run in the quieter mid-morning and midday windows, and a noticeably slower crawl during weekday rush hours and on busy disembarkation mornings when several ships release passengers together. Your driver watches live traffic and picks the fastest open path west at the time you actually roll out, so a backup on one artery simply reroutes to another. Whatever the road throws at the trip, the fare does not change — it was locked when you booked. Building in a little buffer on a tight connection day is always the safer play, and your driver will suggest a sensible pickup time when you reserve.
Yes. When three or more ships dock on the same morning, the roads leaving PortMiami fill quickly and the run west takes longer than a quiet weekday. Your driver monitors live conditions and reroutes around the heaviest stretches, and the flat fare stays the same no matter how long the traffic holds.
Kendale Lakes is a residential neighborhood in southwest Miami-Dade County, west of Kendall and well inland from the cruise port and the beaches. Its character is quiet and suburban: tree-lined streets, the man-made lakes that give the area its name, family homes, and shopping plazas strung along the main commercial corridors. You will find everyday conveniences here — supermarkets, casual and international restaurants, pharmacies, and community services — rather than tourist attractions. Families and returning residents make up most of the traffic, so the pace is calm compared with downtown Miami. Green space anchors the community at Kendale Lakes Park, and the area is served by neighborhood schools such as Kendale Lakes Elementary. For a cruise passenger, it is the comfortable, unhurried end of the trip after a week at sea.
Kendale Lakes is mainly residential, so most visitors stay with family or across the broader southwest Miami-Dade area. If you want to be closer to the port before or after a sailing, the Downtown and Brickell districts near PortMiami are the practical base, and your driver can run you between either area and Kendale Lakes.
The neighborhood leans local rather than touristy. Expect shopping plazas, casual and international eateries, and open community parks for a relaxed afternoon. It is an easy place to unwind, run errands, or visit relatives, with downtown Miami’s museums, nightlife, and waterfront a straightforward drive back toward the coast.
The flat fare covers the parts of a transfer that often carry hidden add-ons. Tolls, SunPass charges, and fuel are all built into the price, so nothing extra is collected on the road. Each ride includes onboard WiFi through a mobile hotspot, and your driver helps load and unload cruise luggage at both ends. The first child seat for a child under five is free, with any additional seat a small fee confirmed at booking. Small pets are welcome with advance notice on WhatsApp, riding in a pet carrier. Not included are food and drinks, driver gratuity, parking fees, and unscheduled stops — though a short, pre-arranged stop can usually be arranged. In short, the price you lock in is close to the price you pay, with only a few optional extras left open.
Courtesy waiting comes standard: thirty minutes at the cruise terminal, counted from your agreed pickup time, and fifteen minutes at hotel pickups. That window comfortably covers clearing the ship and gathering luggage. If your group needs longer, additional waiting is billed in thirty-minute blocks.
Beyond the flat fare, a few things can add cost: a second or third child seat, waiting past the free courtesy window, a pre-arranged extra stop, or sizing up to a larger van for oversized bags. Gratuity is optional and always appreciated. Everything on a standard door-to-door transfer is already inside the flat rate.
Three private vehicle tiers cover cruise groups of every size, each reserved exclusively for you. The black SUV, or SUV XL, is the go-to for couples, small families, and up to five passengers with cruise bags. For a mid-size group, a private Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van seats six to nine with easy room for luggage. Larger parties — extended families or travel groups of ten to fourteen — ride together in the bigger private Sprinter van, so no one splits off into a second car. Every tier is a private booking: your group only, no strangers, no shared seats. Tell us your headcount and bag count on WhatsApp and we will match the right vehicle before your sailing.
Up to fourteen passengers travel together in one private booking. Groups of five or fewer take the black SUV, six to nine take a private Sprinter van, and ten to fourteen take the larger Sprinter. For a party bigger than fourteen, message us and we will arrange additional vehicles for the same trip.
Payment is simple and split, so you are never asked for a lump sum at an awkward moment. We accept Venmo, Zelle, or a secure payment link sent by WhatsApp or through the website; card and link payments carry a four percent bank fee. Full cash-only payment at pickup is not accepted, though cash is fine for the driver’s balance on nearby, close-in pickups. A round trip is simply double the one-way price. For a trip starting at PortMiami or elsewhere on the Miami side, a fifty percent deposit confirms the booking, and the remaining fifty percent can go to the driver on the day, cash accepted for that balance. Reverse-direction pickups from farther out — in Broward, Palm Beach, and beyond — are paid in full ahead of time. You will always know the full price before you commit.
For a pickup at PortMiami or anywhere on the Miami side, half the fare confirms your booking and the other half is paid to the driver on trip day, cash included. Pickups starting farther out in Broward or Palm Beach are settled in full before the day. The total never changes once locked.
Yes. A round trip is priced as two one-way transfers — exactly double the single fare shown above, with the same flat, per-vehicle rate in each direction. Booking both legs together also locks your return driver and timing, which is worth doing before a fixed embarkation deadline.
Per vehicle, always. The flat price covers the whole group and every bag in the car, not each seat — so five passengers in the SUV pay the same single fare as one. That is why a private transfer often beats per-seat options once you add up a family or a group.
Daytime pickups between 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM carry no surcharge. Trips that start outside that window — very early pre-dawn departures or late-night arrivals — add a small after-hours charge, so overnight cruise schedules are still fully covered.
Nothing changes on your end and you pay no more. Your driver tracks the ship’s real-time arrival and disembarkation, so if the vessel docks behind schedule the pickup is simply re-timed at no extra cost. You never lose the ride or re-book — walk off when you clear customs and your driver is there waiting.
Your driver waits curbside right outside your PortMiami cruise terminal, at the passenger pickup area, and will hold a name sign if you request one on WhatsApp beforehand. The night before, you receive the driver’s name, vehicle make, and license plate by text, so you know exactly which car to look for as you exit.
Yes. Disembarkation-morning pickups are our core service. Book at least twenty-four hours ahead so your driver is assigned, and share your ship and terminal. Because arrivals are tracked live, an early or delayed release is handled automatically, and your driver meets you as soon as you finish clearing the terminal.
Each passenger travels with one checked bag and one carry-on, and every vehicle has real room for cruise luggage — the SUV for smaller parties, the Sprinter vans for larger ones. Have extra or oversized bags? Message us on WhatsApp in advance and we will confirm space or size you up to a larger van.
Yes. While this page covers Kendale Lakes, your driver can also take you from PortMiami straight to Miami International Airport, another airport, or an onward city as a private door-to-door transfer. Tell us the destination when you book and we will quote and schedule the run. Pickups begin at PortMiami or MIA.
A more coordinated, premium service — flat fare, named driver, cruise-terminal pickup — at a significantly lower total cost than Uber Black or Lyft Lux.
| Feature | Us | Uber | Lyft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Flat rate locked at booking | Surges 1.5×–4× at peak | Surges 1.5×–4× at peak |
| Vehicle | Black SUV reserved for your group | Driver’s own car | Driver’s own car |
| Cruise terminal meet-and-greet | Driver waits at the terminal with your name | Curbside only after you book | Curbside only after you book |
| Ship arrival tracking | Yes — free re-timing if your ship docks late | No — you re-book if delayed | No — you re-book if delayed |
One booking, one coordinated pickup, significantly lower cost than an Uber Black or Lyft Lux surge.
Uber, Uber Black, Lyft, and Lyft Lux are trademarks of their respective owners. We are not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by them. Comparison reflects publicly available pricing as of 2026.
Reserve your private black-car transfer to or from Port of Miami and Kendale Lakes and step off the ship into a waiting SUV or Sprinter van. Book at least twenty-four hours ahead for guaranteed availability; shorter-notice requests are reviewed by hand. Send your ship, terminal, date, headcount, and bag count by WhatsApp or email, and we will confirm your driver and flat fare. Cancel free with twenty-four hours’ notice.
Email: [email protected] | Phone/WhatsApp: +1 (786) 682-8748Updated on
Haz tu reserva con al menos 24 horas de anticipación; para días festivos y fines de semana concurridos, asegura tu lugar con tiempo para garantizar la disponibilidad.
Sí, aceptamos reservas de todo el mundo. Gestionamos pagos internacionales y mantenemos informados a los viajeros del extranjero a través de WhatsApp y correo electrónico.
No. Requerimos reservas anticipadas. Por favor, reserva con al menos 24 horas de anticipación; la disponibilidad el mismo día no está garantizada.
Claro. Para asegurar tu reserva, solicitamos un anticipo del 50 % en reservas y lo demas puedes pagar el dia del viaje.
No. Para asegurar tu vehículo, debes enviar un depósito del 50 % a través de nuestro enlace de pago o por Zelle. El saldo restante se paga en efectivo cuando llegue el conductor.
Operamos SUVs XL para grupos pequeños, vans de 12 y 14 pasajeros, además de autobuses de tamaño completo con capacidad para 40 a 54 personas para eventos grandes.
Por supuesto: nuestro equipo cubre bodas, conferencias corporativas, eventos VIP y otras ocasiones especiales. Contáctanos para recibir un precio personalizado.
Algunos de nuestros vehículos cuentan con Wi-Fi y puertos USB. Infórmanos con anticipación si esto es esencial y reservaremos un vehículo que se ajuste a tus necesidades.
Operamos únicamente traslados privados. Tu vehículo estará dedicado exclusivamente a ti y a tus acompañantes, sin compartir asientos con otros pasajeros.
El día antes de tu viaje, te enviaremos un mensaje de texto con el nombre de tu conductor, la marca del vehículo y la placa, además de instrucciones detalladas para la recogida en la acera.
No te preocupes: te enviaremos un mensaje de texto. Si no recibimos respuesta rápidamente, el conductor esperará allí, a menos que se considere una ausencia después de cierto tiempo sin respuesta.
Rara vez ocurre, ya que ya incluimos dos horas de espera gratuitas. Si aún estás dentro después de ese tiempo, el viaje puede marcarse como “no presentado”. Puedes solicitar tiempo de espera adicional: $30 USD por cada bloque extra de 30 minutos, pagaderos en efectivo al conductor.
Por supuesto: nuestros conductores te ayudarán con tu equipaje.
La franquicia estándar es de una maleta grande más un equipaje de mano por persona. ¿Planeas viajar con artículos más voluminosos o piezas adicionales (por ejemplo, más maletas, equipo musical, ayudas de movilidad o cochecitos)? Contáctanos con anticipación para poder acomodarte; puede haber un cargo adicional.
Sí—se permiten mascotas pequeñas, pero deben permanecer en un transportín seguro. Por favor, avísanos con anticipación.
Incluimos un asiento infantil gratuito para niños menores de cinco años. Si necesitas un asiento adicional, solicítalo con anticipación; cuesta $15 USD.
No se permite comer durante el viaje. El único consumo permitido es agua en botellas selladas.
Claro. Proporciona un aviso con al menos 24 horas de anticipación y, siempre que haya disponibilidad, ajustaremos la hora de tu recogida.
Lo que ves es lo que pagas—sin cargos ocultos. La propina para el conductor es opcional y siempre se agradece.
Vuelos nacionales: el conductor espera hasta 60 minutos después de la llegada.
Vuelos internacionales: 120 minutos de espera de cortesía.
Recogidas en hoteles: período de gracia de 15 minutos.
Recogidas en el puerto: el conductor espera hasta 60 minutos después de la hora acordada.
En la mayoría de los casos no hay problema, ya que incluimos un tiempo de espera de cortesía según el tipo de servicio. Para vuelos nacionales, el conductor espera hasta 60 minutos después de la llegada. Para vuelos internacionales, incluimos hasta 120 minutos de espera. En recogidas en hoteles, contamos con un período de gracia de 15 minutos, y en recogidas en el puerto, el conductor espera hasta 60 minutos después de la hora acordada.
Si el pasajero aún no está listo después de ese tiempo, el servicio puede marcarse como no-show. Si necesitas más tiempo, puedes solicitar espera adicional por $30 USD por cada bloque extra de 30 minutos, pagados en efectivo al conductor.
Las cancelaciones realizadas con más de 24 horas de anticipación a la hora programada del servicio serán elegibles para un reembolso completo de la totalidad del importe abonado. Lamentablemente, aquellas cancelaciones o modificaciones solicitadas con menos de 24 horas de antelación no serán objeto de reembolso ni devolución alguna.
La confirmación llegó más tarde de lo esperado, pero el chofer se disculpó y fue amable.
We asked for the bigger van for our group. Set up the kids’ seats without any rush. Really satisfied with how it went.
O pagamento no cartão demorou um pouco pra passar, mas o resto da viagem foi tranquilo.
El barco atracó temprano y avisamos al chofer. El viaje salió exactamente como lo pidieron. El chofer hablaba español e inglés sin problema. Mis padres quedaron encantados.
O motorista conhecia o caminho de cor. Assim dá gosto de viajar.