Barb M Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Just booked a cruise on Allure for January. Plan on flying into Houston IAH the day before and just discovered Royal doesn’t have any options to get transportation from a hotel in Houston or Galveston. Has anyone solved this issue? Is there an economical way? We have the transfer for the end of the cruise from them. Does it make sense to go back to the airport on cruise day to use their shuttle? Appreciate any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Uber/Lyft, under $100 from IAH, probably a bit cheaper from Hobby Reserve one the night before. Piece of cake and no needing to lug your luggage back to the airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtentions Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Many Galveston hotels will transfer you from the Hotel to the terminal for free/cheap in exchange for staying the night. I've never needed to do it but have talked to people who have. If you can get a room Harbor House is the closest Hotel to the terminal and is a short walk away. It is located right on the dock and depending on room you can see cruise dock. It is a small hotel with not many rooms but is very nice. Cruiser58 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okgladgal Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Try Galveston Saltwater Mom's. I've never used them because I live in Houston, but I've seen them mentioned in Facebook groups. 1 hour ago, Barb M said: Just booked a cruise on Allure for January. Plan on flying into Houston Hobby the day before and just discovered Royal doesn’t have any options to get transportation from a hotel in Houston or Galveston. Has anyone solved this issue? Is there an economical way? We have the transfer for the end of the cruise from them. Does it make sense to go back to the airport on cruise day to use their shuttle? Appreciate any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Goddess Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 There is a shuttle called Galveston Express. Our friends have used to before and it was the most cost effective option they found. WAYNO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zurc Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Xtentions said: If you can get a room Harbor House is the closest Hotel to the terminal and is a short walk away. It is located right on the dock and depending on room you can see cruise dock. It is a small hotel with not many rooms but is very nice. It’s close to Terminal 2, but Allure will be at Pier 10 (new RC Terminal) by the time OP sails luv2sail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAYNO Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 We used Galveston Express. It was painless, and before the covid shutdowns, it was $30 per person. ChessE4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Yeah, unfortunately Houston is far enough away from the port in Galveston that no hotels there find it worth the gas/time to have a shuttle all the way out to the port. We ran into this as well and were fortunate enough to see it in advance and plan to fly into Hobby which has a more direct highway route to the city of Galveston. Uber/Lyft is going to be your best option to get from Houston to Galveston (cost us about $50 each way back in 2017) but once you're in Galveston there are plenty of hotels that will offer you a free shuttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 We’ve already booked with Galveston Express for our cruise in August. Hobby to our hotel the day before and terminal back to Hobby on the day the cruise ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihaoan Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 our experience in March... uber did a fantastic job taking us from our hotel near IAH to the cruise terminal on the morning of embarkation, including additional stops at Target and a coffee house, about $75 but they would not pick us up at the terminal after disembarkation; we used Galveston Limousine's airport shuttle from the terminal to IAH, twice the cost of uber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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