I booked Princess Ruby in January, looked at booking air to Houston Hobby HOU and selected transfers to/from ship/airport. Ahhh, but Princess ONLY does bus to/from IAH Houston Bush International, which is MUCH farther from Galveston, and coincidentally goes down Interstate 45 within about a mile of Hobby airport. The bus, if it had open seats, could easily stop at Hobby airport. I called Princess but the agent said NO, ONLY FROM HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL, not Hobby. But EZAIR on Princess does give you Hobby airport as an option but they won't get you to/from the Galveston port. Clever!
So, I searched high and low for ways to/from Galveston port:
Amtrak Bus...NO, you can't book that bus without having arrived via Amtrak train. Now that makes a LOT of sense: can't pay to ride a bus unless you paid to get TO the bus by Amtrak train. Genius!
Shuttle by any private company: ridiculously expensive.
Taxi or Uber or Lyft: ridiculously expensive.
Then I finally came across the Galveston Express: what a deal and runs often every day, hourly or more, and is very inexpensive. And you can reserve 1 way or round trip online AND you can get a $5 discount if you book a senior 55+ round trip. They pickup just outside Hobby baggage claim.
https://galvestonexpress.com/
Booking: https://galvestonexpress.zaui.net/booking/web/#/default/p2p
Oh, they will also get you from/to IAH airport for only a few dollars more, an even better deal $$-wise, but much farther to travel than Hobby.
