Tampa hotels with a cruise shuttle

Most downtown Tampa hotels are within walking distance of the cruise terminals, so a hotel shuttle matters most if you stay further out: by the airport in Westshore, on Rocky Point or east of Ybor City, 11 to 20 minutes from the port by car. These are the 12 hotels whose own websites, as they read on October 28, 2026, say they run, sell or arrange a ride to the port.

None of them names a terminal; they say “the port” or “Port Tampa Bay”. The three terminals are close together on Channelside Drive and McKay Street, but give the driver the number on your cruise documents. The table lists the hotels closest to the port first.

Is there a free shuttle to Port Tampa Bay?

One runs without a package. The Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa/Ybor City/Downtown offers a free shuttle within three miles whose stops include the Port of Tampa, along with the convention center and the arena. It publishes no schedule and doesn’t say whether it collects you after the cruise, so ask about both. The hotel is a 19-minute walk from Terminal 6 anyway.

Several hotels include the ride in a package, with nothing extra to pay for the shuttle itself:

• Hotel Flor Tampa Downtown: the Cruise and Stay package includes a round trip to the port, with parking extra.
• The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk: the Ship & Shore Cruise Package includes the shuttle to and from the port and parking for up to 10 days. You show your cruise boarding passes at check-in.
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tampa East - Ybor City: the Park And Cruise package includes up to 14 days of parking and a round trip; call the hotel on the day you arrive to book the drop-off.
• Quality Inn & Suites Tampa near Fairgrounds and Casino: the Stay Park and Cruise package includes 14 days of parking and a round trip.
• Sailport Waterfront Suites, Rocky Point: the Snooze & Cruise package includes rides from the airport and to and from the port, and 7 nights of parking.

Which shuttles have a published price?

• Quality Inn Tampa Airport - Cruise Port, on South Dale Mabry Highway: $10 a person, one way, available from 6 AM to midnight. Its Stay & Cruise package takes two people to the terminal, with $8 for each extra person.
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tampa Stadium - Airport Area: $10 a person, on top of its Park Stay & Go package.
• Holiday Inn Tampa Westshore - Airport Area: a $10-a-person port transfer, also listed with its Park Stay & Go package.

Four more don’t publish a price: the Holiday Inn Express Tampa East outside its package (“charges apply”, at select times), the La Quinta Tampa Airport Stadium Westshore (“for an extra fee”), the Country Inn & Suites Tampa Airport North (“for a fee”), and Sailport, whose staff arrange the ride outside its package.

What about the Hampton Inn in the Channel District?

The Hampton Inn Tampa Downtown Channel District calls itself the closest hotel to Port Tampa Bay and says it offers cruise travelers a shuttle. It gives no price, times or direction, so ask. It is an 8-minute walk from Terminal 6 and 11 from Terminal 3. The Home2 Suites in the same building mentions no shuttle on its own page.

Can I get back to the hotel after the cruise?

The packages at Hotel Flor, The Barrymore, the Holiday Inn Express Tampa East, the Quality Inn near the Fairgrounds and Sailport all say round trip. The Quality Inn Tampa Airport’s $10 fare is one way to the port. The others don’t say, so ask when you book.

For every hotel we checked, see hotels near Port Tampa Bay. The Tampa park and cruise guide covers the parking side of these packages.