Can anyone suggest an inexpensive place to park your car?

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Zef H

Can you have someone drive you to the port and then come back and pick you up? If you are driving a long way, what about stopping a short ways from the pier and seeing if there are any long term parking garages that you can stay at (or a hotel that will allow you to park if you stay one night) and taking a shuttle to the pier. A taxi from Miami Airport to the pier is $24 plus tip (at least it was in June 2007 and February 29, 2008).

There is also a free Metromover that might be helpful ...

http://www.metro-dade.com/transit/metromover.asp
http://www.metro-dade.com/transit/moverstations.asp

Bonnie L

If you are staying at a hotel for one night prior to the cruise, some hotels will let you leave your car there for a small daily rate. May want to check out that avenue....

Patrick S

My suggestion is to look for a hotel nearby that offers park and fly service. You go and stay at the hotel the night before and then leave your vehicle there and take a shuttle to the dock.
Granted, we were flying from Pitttsburgh, PA to Miami, but for the cost of the hotel room, we parked free for the entire week.

Just a suggestion.

Tina T

If you stay at a hotel the night before departure, some let you stay in their parking lots for free for the duration of the cruise...check into it.

MCLS

i wouldn't know where you could park your car overnight in downtown miami either way what you would be saving from the rate you would need to pay a taxi service to take you to the port. you can't walk there. so while 20 a day is heavy you really don't have a choice other then to to ahve someone drive you if you live in or near miami

Well, unfortunately Miami is not a cheap place to park. I've stayed at hotels near the pier that charged $30 a night for parking.

And I'd be careful with anything very cheap, because there are parts of Miami that aren't so safe to keep a car. (And not just inner-city: I've heard of people having their cars broken into or stolen from the LaQuinta on Le June, for example.)

I think your best option is one of the City of Miami Beach parking lots. It's $8 per day at a surface lot (less secure than a garage), $15 per day at a garage, or the monthly pass is $75. Call in advance, though, to check availability and that they won't tow a car left for several days in a row. (I can't swear they're secure, but I've parked at the 13th street garage for a few days without incident.)
http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/NEWCITY/depts/parking/geninfo.asp
And expect to pay about $20-$30 for a cab each way.

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