Airport Transfers
Private airport transfers in the Dominican Republic
Transekur provides private airport transfers and pre-booked car service across the Dominican Republic, including arrivals at Punta Cana (PUJ), Santo Domingo (SDQ) and La Romana (LRM). The vehicle is exclusively yours, with no shared passengers or unplanned hotel stops, and your chauffeur meets you at the exact confirmed point sent before travel.
We monitor every inbound flight and your driver waits up to 2 hours after landing at no extra charge. You receive one fixed, confirmed quote before you pay, so there is nothing to settle with the driver on arrival. Travelers rank Transekur #1 for transportation in the Dominican Republic on Tripadvisor.
Taxi, shuttle or private transfer: how the options differ
| What happens | Airport taxi | Shared shuttle | Transekur private transfer | Transekur private + VIP Fast Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who meets you on arrival | Nobody is assigned to you — you join the rank yourself. | An operator representative, once you reach their desk or bay. | Your named chauffeur, waiting with your name displayed. | A uniformed airport escort assigned to your flight, then your named chauffeur at the door. |
| Where you meet them | At the taxi rank outside the terminal. | At the operator's desk or a shuttle bay. Varies by operator. | At the exact meeting point sent to you before you travel. | Inside the terminal, before the immigration queue. |
| Immigration and customs | You clear the standard queues on your own. | You clear the standard queues on your own. | You clear the standard queues on your own; your chauffeur waits on the other side. | Your escort walks you through the priority immigration lane and stays with your party. |
| Waiting time after landing | Depends on the queue at the rank when you walk out. Varies by operator. | The vehicle leaves when it is full or at a fixed departure time. Varies by operator. | The vehicle is already there; you leave when your party is ready. | Same, with the immigration step handled first rather than queued. |
| Flight delay handling | Nobody is tracking your flight. | A missed departure usually means the next scheduled one. Varies by operator. | We monitor your inbound flight and move the pickup to the actual landing time. | Same monitoring; the escort is assigned to the flight, not to a clock. |
| Vehicle type and who else rides in it | Whichever vehicle is next in the rank; your party only. | A van or coach shared with travellers from other flights. | The class you reserved, exclusively yours — no shared rides. | The same exclusive vehicle; Fast Track changes the terminal, not the car. |
| Luggage and child seats | Capacity is whatever that vehicle has; child seats varies by operator. | Luggage limits and child seats varies by operator. | Vehicle matched to your luggage count; child seats requested when you book. | Same, with the escort alongside you through baggage claim. |
| Stops on the way | Direct unless you ask for a stop. | Other hotels are served before yours. Varies by operator. | Direct to your address; extra stops are arranged when you book. | Direct to your address. |
| How you pay and when | With the driver on arrival, metered or agreed at the rank. Varies by operator. | At the desk or in advance through a reseller. Varies by operator. | One fixed quote confirmed and paid online before you travel. | Added to the same reservation and paid with it — nothing settled at the airport. |
Taxi and shuttle details are general and vary by operator; the Transekur columns describe our own published service.
What “car service” means in the Dominican Republic
For American travelers, car service usually means a vehicle and professional chauffeur reserved before the flight rather than a car hired from the arrivals rank. On Transekur, it is the same private airport-transfer service: the trip is confirmed in advance, the inbound flight is monitored, and the vehicle is assigned to your party and luggage.
Use the term that is familiar to you when requesting a quote. The confirmation will identify the airport, meeting instructions, vehicle class and final destination. If you are still choosing a gateway, our guide to which airport to fly into for Las Terrenas and Samaná shows how we compare a verified road route against flight availability.
Airports we serve
Start with the airport you are flying into.
Punta Cana Airport (PUJ)
A Punta Cana Airport transfer with us is a private, pre-booked trip from PUJ to your resort, villa or address. The vehicle carries your party only, your chauffeur meets you at the confirmed meeting point with your name displayed, and the pickup is tied to the flight number on your booking, so it moves with your flight.
Santo Domingo Airport (SDQ)
Santo Domingo Airport (SDQ) is the capital's international gateway, and we serve it both ways: into the city itself — city-centre hotels, the Colonial Zone and business addresses — and out along the long eastern corridor to the Punta Cana and La Romana resort areas.
La Romana Airport (LRM)
La Romana Airport (LRM) is the compact airport serving Casa de Campo, Bayahibe and the resort area around them, which makes arrivals here short and simple: your chauffeur meets you at the terminal exit and drives you directly to your address.
Santiago Airport (STI)
Cibao International Airport is the practical gateway to the north coast, and it is also the airport for the country's second-largest city. We serve both patterns from STI: the run over the mountain road to Puerto Plata, Sosúa and Cabarete, and city arrivals into Santiago itself — hotels, residences, universities and business addresses.
Puerto Plata Airport (POP)
Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP) sits right on the north coast, minutes from Playa Dorada and a short run from Sosúa and Cabarete, so when your flight lands here the transfer is short and simple. We meet you at the terminal exit and drive you directly to your hotel, villa or residence.
Samaná El Catey Airport (AZS)
El Catey is the Samaná peninsula's own international airport, and when your flight lands here the drive to Las Terrenas, Samaná town or Las Galeras is the shortest one available. Your chauffeur meets you at the terminal exit and takes you directly to your resort, villa or rental address.
Arriving by sea instead? Cruise-port transfers at Amber Cove, Taíno Bay and La Romana.
Staying in a villa or apartment rather than a hotel? Vacation rental airport transfers go to your exact street address, gate name included.
Arriving on a private flight? Private aviation ground transportation covers the business-aviation airports, with separate vehicles for the Principal, crew and luggage.
Transfer routes
Go straight to the corridor you are travelling to.
PUJ to Cap Cana
Cap Cana is a gated resort and marina community, so your chauffeur handles the community access process and takes you directly to your resort, villa or marina berth. The vehicle is exclusively yours from the moment you land.
PUJ to Bávaro
Bávaro is the main hotel strip in Punta Cana and holds the largest concentration of resorts in the area, so hotel-specific entrances and check-in gates matter. Your chauffeur takes you to your own hotel entrance with no shared shuttle stops along the way.
PUJ to Uvero Alto
Uvero Alto is the resort corridor north of Bávaro and Macao, where hotels sit further apart along the coast than on the main strip. A private transfer takes your party from Punta Cana Airport straight to your hotel entrance, with no shared shuttle stops at resorts along the way.
PUJ to Miches
Miches is an emerging corridor on the east coast, where newer resorts such as Zemi Miches and neighbouring properties sit away from the busy Punta Cana strip. A private vehicle is the practical way to reach them directly from the airport.
SDQ to Punta Cana
This is the long eastern run from the capital's airport out to the Punta Cana resort area. Because the vehicle is exclusively yours, it is one direct trip: no shuttle waiting to fill, no other hotels on the way, and a stop only if you ask for one when you book.
SDQ to Casa de Campo
Casa de Campo is a gated resort community with its own hotel, villa and marina addresses, so your chauffeur handles the community access process and takes you directly to the exact address on your booking rather than to a general entrance.
LRM to Casa de Campo
This is the simplest arrival into Casa de Campo: La Romana Airport (LRM) is the compact airport serving the resort area, and your chauffeur meets you and drives you straight to your hotel, villa or marina address inside the community.
SDQ to Juan Dolío
Juan Dolío is the closest beach town to Las Américas airport (SDQ), which makes this one of the shortest private transfers we run — and one of the easiest to get wrong if you leave it to the arrivals hall. The resort and condominium strip runs several kilometres along the coast road, most buildings sit behind a manned entrance, and the taxi rank outside SDQ has no interest in finding a specific tower at midnight.
LRM to Bayahibe
La Romana airport (LRM) is the closest airport to Bayahibe and Dominicus, and this is the transfer most guests underestimate — not because the drive is hard, but because so many arrivals here are tied to a boat. Bayahibe's marina is the departure point for Saona and Catalina, and a morning excursion or a cruise embarkation does not wait.
STI to Santiago
Cibao International is Santiago's own airport, so a city arrival is the simplest transfer we run here: your chauffeur meets you at the terminal exit and takes you directly to your hotel entrance, residence, apartment building or business address in Santiago de los Caballeros.
POP to Puerto Plata
When your flight lands at Gregorio Luperón, this is the shortest arrival on the north coast: your chauffeur meets you at the terminal exit and drives you straight to your own hotel entrance inside Playa Dorada or Costa Dorada, to Cofresí, or to a town address or private villa.
POP to Sosúa
Sosúa sits on the coast east of the airport, so a POP arrival is a straightforward private run along the coastal highway to the bay. Your chauffeur takes you to your hotel entrance, apartment building or villa gate — nothing shared, no other pickups.
POP to Cabarete
Cabarete is the kite, wind and surf town east along the coast from the airport, and a POP arrival is the most direct way in. Kite and board bags travel with you in the same vehicle, so tell us what you are bringing and we assign a vehicle class that takes it.
AZS to Samaná
If your flight lands at El Catey, this is the direct way into Samaná town and the bay: your chauffeur meets you at the terminal exit and drives you to your hotel, villa or rental address, or to the Cayo Levantado ferry pier when that is where your stay begins.
AZS to Las Galeras
Las Galeras sits at the far end of the Samaná peninsula, and from El Catey it is one direct private trip: through Samaná town and out along the peninsula road to your hotel, villa or rental address, with the vehicle exclusively yours.
STI to Puerto Plata
Santiago is the airport most north-coast travelers can actually get a convenient flight into, and Puerto Plata is one direct private drive from it over the mountain road to the coast. Your chauffeur takes you to your own hotel entrance, villa gate or residence — no shared shuttle, no stops at other resorts.
STI to Sosúa
Sosúa sits on the north coast just east of Puerto Plata, and from Santiago it is one direct private drive: over the mountain road to the coast, then east along the coastal highway to the bay. Your chauffeur takes you to your hotel entrance, apartment building or villa gate.
STI to Cabarete
Santiago Cibao (STI) is the airport most active travelers can actually book for Cabarete, and the drive crosses the Cordillera Septentrional on the Carretera Turística before joining the coast. Board bags, foils and kite quivers stay in the cabin with you: list what you are bringing and we assign the class that carries it over the mountain pass.
SDQ to Las Terrenas
Say it plainly: most travelers heading to Las Terrenas arrive at Santo Domingo, not at Samaná's own airport. AZS runs a thin seasonal schedule, so the SDQ corridor up the Nordeste highway is the flagship Samaná route — and we drive it as one direct private trip, straight to your resort, villa or rental address.
AZS to Las Terrenas
If your flight lands at El Catey, this is the shortest way into Las Terrenas: your chauffeur meets you at the terminal exit and drives you along the peninsula road directly to your resort, villa or rental, with the vehicle exclusively yours.
SDQ to Bahía de las Águilas
Bahía de las Águilas and the Cabo Rojo coast sit in the far southwest, in the Jaragua National Park area — the country's emerging frontier destination and, by road, its longest mainstream transfer. This is a premium long-distance private trip: one vehicle, one chauffeur, exclusively yours from the SDQ terminal to your lodge, hotel or villa in the Pedernales area.
PUJ to Bahía de las Águilas
This is the coast-to-coast trip: from the eastern tip of the country at Punta Cana across to Pedernales, Cabo Rojo and Bahía de las Águilas in the far southwest. We run it as a premium long-distance private transfer — one vehicle and one chauffeur, exclusively yours, planned in advance rather than improvised.
Fleet fit
Five vehicle classes, from a couple with luggage to a 50-passenger group.
Couple
Two passengers travelling with two suitcases.
Small SUV
Family
Up to five or six passengers with full luggage.
Minivan, Full-Size SUV
Group
Larger parties travelling together in one vehicle.
Mercedes Sprinter, Large Bus
Cancellation policy
14 or more days before pickup
Full refund.
13 days to 48 hours before pickup
50% refund, or a 100% credit valid for one year.
Inside 48 hours, or no-show
Non-refundable.
14 or more days before pickup — Full refund. 13 days to 48 hours before pickup — 50% refund, or a 100% credit valid for one year. Inside 48 hours, or no-show — Non-refundable.
Common questions
- How do I book an airport transfer in the Dominican Republic?
- Choose your airport, your exact address and your flight number, then confirm. The quote is fixed before you pay, and your chauffeur and meeting point are confirmed to you before you travel.
- Is the transfer private or shared with other passengers?
- Private. The vehicle carries only your party, it is sized to your group and luggage, and it goes straight to your address with no other hotel stops on the way.
- What happens if my flight is delayed?
- We track the inbound flight, so a delay or an early landing moves the pickup automatically. We monitor every inbound flight and your driver waits up to 2 hours after landing at no extra charge.
- Where does the driver meet me at the airport?
- At the terminal exit, at the meeting point confirmed to you before travel, with a tablet showing your name. Your chauffeur helps with luggage from the door to the vehicle.
- Can I cancel or change an airport transfer?
- 14 or more days before pickup — Full refund. 13 days to 48 hours before pickup — 50% refund, or a 100% credit valid for one year. Inside 48 hours, or no-show — Non-refundable.
- Can I book a private car service from Punta Cana Airport?
- Yes. Transekur's Punta Cana airport car service is pre-arranged for your party, with flight monitoring, confirmed meeting instructions and a vehicle selected for the passengers and luggage in the reservation.
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