⏳Verification pending — confirm directly with the hotel
1The situation
You're driving to Miami, sailing for a week, and you need somewhere to leave the car. PortMiami's garages are among the most expensive in the country and pricier than this page used to say: $25 a day at the common-use garages and $35 at Garage AA and Norwegian's Garage B, so a 7-night cruise is roughly $200-280. They are on the island, so there is no cheap alternative next door, and downtown hotels charge $30-50 a night and will not hold a car for a week at any sane price. The hotels that will are out by the airport, where the lots are big and 'park and cruise' is a named product — and there the parking inside the package really is free: Holiday Inn Miami International Airport covers up to 14 days, Red Roof PLUS+ a full week, the Hampton up to seven nights. What is almost never free is the ride to the ship. Budget $12-15 a head each way and check whether the return leg exists at all.
2What you actually need
Parking for the full length of the cruise, not just your overnight
'Free parking' on a Miami listing almost always means free while you're a guest, and at the downtown hotels it doesn't even mean that. Cruise parking means the car stays 7-8 days after check-out and is a separate, named package. Ask for it by name and get the number of days in writing.
A confirmed ride to the port without the car
The airport cluster is 8-10 miles from Dodge Island. If the parking is free but the shuttle isn't included you're paying $25-40 each way for a rideshare with luggage, which eats most of the saving.
The return leg
Disembarkation at PortMiami is early and the taxi and rideshare queue is long. Know whether the hotel shuttle picks you up, at which terminal, and how you contact it — or budget for a rideshare back to the car.
Where the car actually sits
Some airport hotels hold cruise cars in an overflow or partner lot rather than the one by the lobby. Ask whether it is on-site, fenced and lit, and whether the package is capped per day — they do sell out on Saturday sailings.
3The shortlist5 hotels, cheapest first
Each hotel is here because it meets the requirements above — not because of its star rating. Prices are nightly rates before tax for the default dates; volatile facts (shuttles, parking terms) are stated as what to confirm, not as promises.
1.Red Roof PLUS+ Miami Airport
4.2 mi from Miami International Airport (MIA) · 3401 Northwest LeJeune Road, Miami, Florida 33142
Red Roof PLUS+2.5-starRenovated 2012
7.3/10325
The package includes **one week of free parking**; beyond that it is $16 a day, and without the package guests park at $5 a night. That is the cheapest way to hold a car by the airport, and well under the port's $25-35 a day. The lot is smaller than the full-service hotels', so confirm a space is held for your dates.
Parking
Free for guests; $5 per night per vehicle otherwise. The package includes one week free, then $16 per day. Confirm availability directly with the hotel.
Shuttle
Free MIA airport shuttle. PortMiami transfer $12 per person at 10:15, 11:15 and 12:15, one-way only, booked by check-in via Doral Transportation (305-406-2036). Confirm directly.
Check-in
from 03:00 PM (hotel-stated)
Check-out
by 11:00 AM (hotel-stated)
$92/nightbefore tax
⏳Verification pending — confirm directly with the hotel
1.7 mi from Miami International Airport (MIA) · 1111 So Royal Poinciana Blvd, Miami, Florida 33166
Holiday Inn3-star
7.7/10110
The most generous parking term at this port: **free parking for up to 14 days** with a park-and-stay booking, against $200-280 for a week in the port garages. The catch is the ride — the port shuttle is $15 per person, so a family of four pays $60 each way. Confirm the 14 days for your dates.
Parking
Free for guests, and free for up to 14 days with a park-and-stay package. Confirm directly.
Shuttle
Free MIA airport shuttle every 30 minutes, 24 hours. PortMiami shuttle is hourly at $15 per person, paid to the driver. Confirm times directly with the hotel.
Check-in
from 03:00 PM (hotel-stated)
Check-out
by 12:00 PM (hotel-stated)
$125/nightbefore tax
⏳Verification pending — confirm directly with the hotel
3.Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
1.7 mi from Miami International Airport (MIA) · 3900 NW 21st Street, Miami, Florida 33142
Sheraton3.5-starRenovated 2017
8.0/10227
Self-parking is $25 a night — the same as the cheaper port garages — and **no cruise-length package or rate could be sourced for this hotel**. Do not assume the car can stay; ask before booking, and if the answer is no there is no saving here at all.
Parking
Self-parking $25 per night. No cruise-length package or rate found — confirm directly with the hotel.
Shuttle
Complimentary 24-hour MIA airport shuttle every 15 minutes. No PortMiami shuttle documented — confirm directly; plan on a $20-35 rideshare.
Front desk
24 hours.
Check-out
Check-in 3pm, check-out 11am. Confirm directly with the hotel.
Check-in
from 03:00 PM (hotel-stated)
$127/nightbefore tax
⏳Verification pending — confirm directly with the hotel
1.0 mi from Miami International Airport (MIA) · 5101 Waterford District Dr, Miami, Florida 33126-2021
Hilton4-starRenovated 2014
7.8/10375
Self-parking is about $21 a night for guests, and cruise-length parking is a paid add-on rather than free — still under the port's $25-35 a day, but confirm the daily rate and how many days they will hold the car.
Parking
Self-parking about $21 per night for guests; cruise-length parking is a paid add-on with no published terms. Confirm directly with the hotel.
Shuttle
Free MIA shuttle every 30 minutes, 5:00am-1:00am. PortMiami shuttle for a fee, price unpublished, and one third-party listing says none. Confirm directly.
Check-in
from 03:00 PM (hotel-stated)
Check-out
by 11:00 AM (hotel-stated)
$147/nightbefore tax
⏳Verification pending — confirm directly with the hotel
5.Hampton Inn & Suites Miami-Airport South-Blue Lagoon
1.2 mi from Miami International Airport (MIA) · 777 NW 57th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33126
Hampton Inn & Suites3-starRenovated 2021
8.5/1059
Park, Snooze & Cruise holds the car for up to seven nights, one vehicle per room, on a large surface lot — and the parking itself is free inside the package. The transfer is where the cost sits: the port run is included for two guests per room, with each additional guest about $14. Confirm the night count for a longer sailing.
Parking
Free for guests. Park, Snooze & Cruise covers up to seven nights, one vehicle per room. Confirm days covered and lot capacity directly with the hotel.
Shuttle
Free MIA airport shuttle. PortMiami transfer included for two guests per room with the package, about $14 per extra guest; sign up at check-in. The hotel states it does not run a pier-to-hotel or pier-to-airport transfer. Confirm directly.
Front desk
Confirm directly with the hotel.
Check-out
Confirm directly with the hotel.
Check-in
from 03:00 PM (hotel-stated)
$246/nightbefore tax
⏳Verification pending — confirm directly with the hotel
It depends which terminal, and the spread is wide. PortMiami's published long-term rates are $25 per day at Garages C, D, F, G and Surface Lot E; $35 per day at Garage AA; and $35 per vehicle per space per day at Garage B (Norwegian), effective 1 January 2025. Garage A (Royal Caribbean) is bookable online only. So a 7-night cruise runs roughly $200 at the cheaper garages and about $280 at Garage AA or B — not the $150-175 this page used to claim. Oversized vehicles use Surface Lot E at $25 per space per day, or $50 if you take two spaces. Clearance heights run from 6'8" to 9'6" depending on garage and floor. **Debit cards are not accepted** — cash, Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover or a major US traveller's cheque only. A lost ticket costs up to $275. Confirm current rates with the port before you travel.
Airport-area hotels to PortMiami
8-10 miles via the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836); 15-20 minutes in normal traffic, 30+ at Saturday midday.
Downtown / Brickell hotel parking
Typically $30-50/night, and often valet-only — the downtown Holiday Inn charged $45 plus tax with no self-park option before it closed. None hold cruise cars. Use the port garage or an airport-cluster package instead.
Rideshare airport area to port
Typically $20-35 each way; surge is common on embarkation mornings.
What the airport hotels actually include
Sourced, and the parking really is free inside these packages — it is the transfer that costs. Holiday Inn Miami International Airport: free parking up to 14 days with a park-and-stay package, port shuttle $15 per person, hourly, paid to the driver. Red Roof PLUS+ Miami Airport: one week free with the package, $16 a day beyond it ($5 a night without the package), port transfer $12 per person at 10:15, 11:15 and 12:15, booked by check-in through Doral Transportation — one-way only. Hampton Inn & Suites Blue Lagoon: parking up to seven nights, one vehicle per room, port transfer included for two guests and about $14 for each extra, and the hotel does not run a pier-to-hotel or pier-to-airport leg at all. Hilton Blue Lagoon: self-parking about $21 a night, port shuttle for a fee. Sheraton Miami Airport: $25 a night self-park, and no package or port shuttle could be sourced. Confirm everything when you book.
Prices and schedules change. Treat figures as ranges and check before booking.
5What to avoid
⚠️The cheaper downtown room with no parking plan — a $40 saving on the room disappears against $30-50 overnight parking plus $150+ at the port garage.
⚠️Assuming 'free parking' on a listing page means cruise parking. Unless the package is named and priced for the cruise length, it isn't.
⚠️Leaving the car beyond the package's stated days without paying the extension — airport hotels charge a penalty daily rate or tow.
⚠️Booking the package through a third-party site. Park-and-cruise rates are direct-booking products; the OTA room is just a room.
6Book
Use the rate links on each hotel above. If a hotel's value depends on a named package (park & cruise, shuttle), confirm the package with the hotel before you pay — packages are usually direct-booking rate codes, not OTA rooms.
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