Brickell & Downtown Miami

Brickell is the part of Miami that surprises Australians most: a proper vertical city of glass towers, rooftop bars and finance offices that feels more like Sydney's Barangaroo than the beach town you were expecting. It is also home turf for us; the Aus Limo desk sits at 1221 Brickell Avenue, so consider this the local knowledge page.

From Miami International you are looking at seven to eight miles and 15 to 25 minutes, the shortest of all the major airport runs. That convenience is why so many business travellers and pre-cruise guests stay here: PortMiami is ten minutes away over the bridge, South Beach fifteen across the causeway, and the Brightline station connects you north to Fort Lauderdale and West Palm if you want a train day.

Downtown proper, just north of the Miami River, brings Bayside Marketplace, the Kaseya Center, home of the Miami Heat, and the museums at Maurice A. Ferre Park. Catching a game or a concert? Pre-book both directions; the arena precinct is a rideshare scrum at full-time and a pre-arranged pickup point is worth its weight in gold.

City rides start at $75 and airport transfers at $89, fixed. For corporate guests we run scheduled cars for roadshows and meetings up and down Brickell Avenue with a single invoice at the end, and for everyone else the two-minute online booking does the job. Same rules as ever: tolls in, waiting time in, no surge, no nonsense.

What to expect

• Shortest airport run in Miami, 15-25 minutes
• Tower and hotel drop-offs on Brickell Avenue
• Pre-arranged Kaseya Center event pickups
• Corporate accounts with monthly invoicing
• Ten minutes to PortMiami on cruise morning