With no close by airport, most cruisers embarking from the Port of Galveston select to drive there — and after they get there, they should park someplace. Fortunately, parking on the Galveston port is simple and reasonably priced.
There are eight official parking heaps and one storage on the port, close to the terminals and/or with free shuttle service to the terminals. There are additionally no less than 4 close by, third-party parking heaps and garages that present shuttle service to the port.
Right here’s what you’ll have to know earlier than you arrive or make parking reservations.
Parking on the Port of Galveston
The closest business airport to the Port of Galveston is the William P. Pastime Airport (HOU) in Houston. The cruise port is a couple of 45-minute drive away from the airport.
As such, you’ll be able to’t simply fly into the Houston airport after which take an Uber or taxi to the port, such as you may in Fort Lauderdale (until, after all, you’ve a extremely huge journey price range).
Many cruisers who completely should fly into the airport (corresponding to in the event that they’re coming from a number of states away) to take a cruise decide to lease a automobile on the airport after which drive from the airport to the cruise port and park.
The airport presents a strong variety of automobile rental suppliers, on-site, together with Alamo, Avis, Funds, Greenback Automobile Rental, Easirent, Enterprise, Fox, Hertz, Nationwide, Payless, Sixt and Thrifty.
Port Galveston Parking Tons and Garages
There are myriad Galveston cruise parking zone and storage choices, and which you select to park in will depend upon what cruise terminal you’re departing from.
To make reserving the right, most handy parking possibility simple, if you pre-book your parking on the Galveston port web site, a type will ask you to pick out the ship you’re crusing on, corresponding to Carnival Jubilee or Carnival Dream, after which it’ll direct you to the right heaps or garages for reserving.
When you’re cruising out of Cruise Terminal 25 or 28, there are two parking heaps with a free shuttle, at 160 33rd Avenue and 224 33rd Avenue; a parking zone with no shuttle, at 2702 Harborside Drive; and a parking storage at 150 Rosenberg.
When you’re cruising out of Cruise Terminal 10, there are three parking heaps with a free shuttle, at 1152 Royal Caribbean Manner, 1201 Royal Caribbean Manner and 1390 Royal Caribbean Manner.
There’s a Pier 12 Parking Lot on Royal Caribbean Circle that doesn’t have its personal free shuttle pick-up spot, however it’s inside strolling distance of some. A coated, “premium” parking zone is on Royal Caribbean Circle, with no shuttle service.
Port of Galveston parking heaps are police-patrolled 24/7. ADA handicap-accessible parking is accessible in all heaps. As talked about, when you’ve parked, shuttle buses can be found to move you and your baggage to and from the cruise terminal.
Nonetheless, shuttle service isn’t out there on the parking storage or heaps which can be inside strolling distance of the terminal.
Port of Galveston parking zone and storage charges are based mostly on availability, but it surely’s not unattainable to seek out parking for $20–$30 per day, which might put your value at round $175–$230 whole, relying in your cruise size.
Unofficial Port of Galveston Parking Choices
You don’t should park straight on the port when you would like to buy round. Listed here are a number of different choices.
EZ Cruise Parking gives quite a lot of parking choices, together with lot parking, coated parking, handicap parking and electrical car parking, with shuttle service to and from the port. Nonetheless, the enterprise doesn’t present pricing on-line and it’s important to request a reservation with a purpose to obtain a quote.
Port Parking additionally presents parking choices in Galveston, with indoor and outside parking, and costs beginning at as little as $10 per day. This service supplier additionally presents RV parking, electrical car parking/charging and shuttle providers.
Low cost Cruise Parking gives shuttle service to the port that runs each quarter-hour or so. Useful workers can be found when you need assistance transferring your baggage. Relying on the cruise and size of time you’ll be gone, you’ll be able to anticipate charges beginning at below $100 whole.
Falstaff Cruise Parking gives indoor and gated parking amenities, with a 24/7 shuttle. On the time of publish, the net reservation system isn’t out there, although, so it’s possible you’ll have to name for quotes.
Whichever third-party parking supplier you ebook with, look out for added surcharges earlier than signing the underside line. Significantly have a look at data relating to cancellations and any cancellation charge.
Choices if You Don’t Wish to Park
It’s doable to seek out shuttles that can take you straight between the cruise port and the Houston airport.
Galveston Categorical is one such service. It presents round-trip shuttle service seven days every week beginning at $40 per particular person, with reductions for seniors and youngsters.
One other is Island Breeze Shuttle, with charges beginning at $105 a method, with costs rising based mostly in your variety of passengers, in addition to your time of arrival.
You might also be capable to discover transportation through your cruise line. For instance, Carnival Cruise Line presents airport-to-pier and vice versa transportation (however there are a while restrictions and your flight should arrive between sure time durations to make use of the shuttle).
You should buy this service by means of My Cruise Supervisor. Different cruise traces that present transport between the airport and the port embody Royal Caribbean and Disney.
I, nevertheless, don’t suggest this feature, as it might put you below a little bit of a time crunch, significantly in case your flight is delayed or canceled.
Parking at Close by Lodges
Lastly, many resorts in fashionable port cities supply free parking in the course of your cruise, when you’ve got a lodge reserving initially of your cruise, the evening earlier than your departure date.
I personally discover this feature very fascinating, significantly as a result of I all the time advise, when you’re flying right into a metropolis for a cruise, that you simply arrive a day earlier than the cruise embarks.
This ensures you really make the ship. (I’ve heard manner too many horror tales about cruisers not making their ship just because their flight was simply an hour or two delayed!)
Plus, I like having the ability to settle in and loosen up a bit earlier than the cruise leaves the subsequent day. You’ll be able to exit within the afternoon or night and expertise the port metropolis and its leisure and eating, and get your trip began a bit of earlier, and loosen up earlier than your cruise leaves (versus reaching the cruise ship in a completely pressured state, since you had been hurrying to get there).
Among the resorts in Galveston, Texas, that provide free parking throughout your cruise embody the Inn on the Waterpark and The Tremont Home.
