Galveston park and cruise hotels

Park and cruise means you stay a night at the hotel, leave your car in its lot while you're at sea, and get to the ship by the hotel's shuttle, on foot or by a ride you arrange. Fifteen of the hotels we checked offer some version of it. Thirteen are on Galveston Island or on the mainland on the way there. The other two are Hobby airport Hiltons with Hilton's Park, Stay & Go, which is covered at the end.

Prices and terms are each hotel's own, as its website read on October 28, 2026, and several publish no price at all. Add tax where the hotel says so. Before you book, count the nights your car will be parked: a 7-night cruise plus the night before is 8.

Which hotel has the cheapest cruise parking?

Avenue O Bed and Breakfast, if you book with the inn directly. Its cruise parking is free for up to 7 days, then $20 a night, and the inn drives you to the terminal and picks you up afterwards. The inn says this isn't available through third-party booking sites, so the button in our table won't get you the deal. It has to approve the parking in advance, and it doesn't take RVs or oversized vehicles.

Otherwise, the lowest published rate is $10 a day, at two hotels next door to each other on the Seawall. Beachfront Palms Resort charges $10 a day a car for up to 14 days, with a voucher from the front desk, and doesn't take trailers, boats or large trucks. Hyatt Select Galveston - Beachfront charges $10 a day a vehicle. They are 10 and 11 minutes from Terminal 25 by car. Neither lists a shuttle: Beachfront Palms suggests a rideshare or a taxi, and Hyatt Select says Uber and Lyft are easy to get on the island.

Courtyard by Marriott Galveston Island and TownePlace Suites by Marriott Galveston Island, also next door to each other, list the same long-term cruise parking: $80 for up to 7 days and $120 for more. They are 14 and 15 minutes from Terminal 25, and neither lists a cruise shuttle.

Which park and cruise hotels include a ride to the ship?

Harbor House Hotel & Marina at Pier 21, downtown. Parking is $15 a night for the length of your cruise, and the hotel's Cruises page says the round trip to the terminal is then free. Its FAQ says the hotel doesn't offer transportation, so confirm the ride when you book.

The Tremont House, downtown. Its cruise parking is $160 plus tax, arranged at check-in. The FAQ says that covers the first night of valet and up to 8 days of long-term parking, with each extra day at $18. The shuttle is separate, $25 a person for the round trip. The hotel also sells a package with the parking and a round trip for up to 4 guests. The FAQ says it covers up to 8 days, while the home page and the hotel's Port of Galveston page say 7. Ask which applies before you book.

Holiday Inn Resort Galveston - On the Beach, on the Seawall. Its Park Stay & Go 8-Day package includes the ride to and from the port for up to 4 people and parking for one car while you're aboard. Nights before or after the cruise are $15 a day for parking. The package is sold as a room rate, which we don't print.

Moody Gardens Hotel sells a Stay, Park and Sail package: a night's stay, parking, and the round trip to the port for up to four guests. Its FAQ says covered parking for up to 8 days, and its packages page says valet parking. Rates are by phone while the hotel changes reservation systems.

Avenue O Bed and Breakfast, covered above, also includes the ride.

Which hotels sell parking but no ride?

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Galveston Beach, on the Seawall 7 minutes from Terminal 25, sells a Park And Cruise package: book one night and leave the car in its garage for up to 10 nights. A separate rate covers up to 7 nights. The hotel says transport to and from the cruise terminal is not included.

Three more offer cruise parking without publishing a price. At Candlewood Suites Galveston, 9 minutes from Terminals 25 and 28, you ask the front desk. Motel 6 Galveston, 10 minutes from Terminal 28, offers cruise parking according to Motel 6's Galveston page, which gives no price, length or terms. Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston Space Ctr - Clear Lake, in Webster on the mainland, says you can park there until you get back from your cruise. It lists no shuttle, and the terminals are 34 to 36 minutes away by car.

Beachfront Palms, Hyatt Select, Courtyard and TownePlace, covered above, also sell parking without a ride.

Is Park, Stay & Go at Hobby airport a park and cruise deal?

Not for Galveston, as far as the hotels' pages go. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Houston Hobby Airport and Hilton Garden Inn Houston Hobby Airport list Hilton's Park, Stay & Go: book one night and park for up to 7, with a shuttle to and from select airports. Hilton adds that some hotels may also serve nearby cruise ports and to check with the hotel. Neither hotel's own page mentions Galveston or a port shuttle, and they are 47 and 45 minutes from the nearest terminal by car. The Hobby airport hotels guide covers them.

Is hotel parking cheaper than the port's lots?

It depends on your dates. The port doesn't print its parking prices; it quotes them in its booking engine and says prepaying online is usually cheaper than paying at the gate. Get the port's quote for your sailing, then compare it with a hotel's parking plus the night's stay you'd book anyway. The parking guide has the port's lots and sample prices from the private lots, and the hub compares every hotel we checked. For hotels that drive you to the ship without parking, see the cruise shuttle guide.