Title: Golf clubs and sports gear on an STI transfer 2026 — which vehicle fits your equipment Locale: en Canonical HTML URL: https://stivip.com/en/guides/sports-equipment-golf-clubs-sti-transfer Updated: August 2026 Author: STI dispatch desk, Santiago de los Caballeros Operator: STI VIP — A&M Caribbean Group SRL # Golf clubs and sports gear on an STI transfer 2026 — which vehicle fits your equipment Answer first · updated September 2026 · written by the dispatch desk ## Direct answer A standard golf travel bag fits in the SUV alongside two passengers and their suitcases — that is the everyday case, and it needs no special arrangement. The moment a group carries three or more golf bags, hard travel cases, or a kitesurf board bag heading to Cabarete, the right answer is the van, and the way to get it is one line in the booking: how many bags, and the longest case you are bringing. Equipment never adds a surcharge — the price is the fixed per-vehicle zone rate, and the only difference is VIP versus VIP or van, all on the same fixed price list. Tell the desk when you book, and the vehicle waiting at STI is the one your gear actually fits in. Prices are one-way, per vehicle, taxes included, 1–6 passengers. 7–14 passengers move to a van: VIP +40 on local zones. Private only — no shared seats, no night surcharge, no prepayment to hold. Rate list updated August 2026. ## The short answer — car, SUV or van A VIP vehicle takes two passengers, their suitcases, and a golf travel bag without any creative packing. That covers the couple golfing at Playa Dorada, the traveller with one bag of dive or hiking gear, and the fisherman with a rod tube. If that is you, book VIP and mention the gear in the booking notes so the driver loads for it. The van is the answer for groups and for long or hard cases: three or more golf bags, hard-shell travel cases that cannot bend, or kitesurf board bags. In the van the gear rides upright or flat without touching anyone's knees, and the suitcases stack separately. Count the gear bags like suitcases, and if the longest case is longer than a set of golf clubs, tell the desk its length when you book. ## Golf clubs at STI — Playa Dorada Golf and Los Mangos Golf bags are the single most common piece of sports equipment our drivers load, mainly heading to Playa Dorada Golf Course near Puerto Plata (60–80 minutes from STI) or Los Mangos, the Santiago-area course closer to the airport. A typical travel bag with a full set of clubs runs about 125 to 135 centimetres; two of those fit in a VIP vehicle's rear with the suitcases of two passengers. Soft travel covers versus hard cases is the detail that changes the loading plan. Soft covers flex and slide between suitcases; hard cases protect better on the flight but take their full footprint in the vehicle. Two golfers with hard cases plus four suitcases is already van territory. The practical routine: book for the group size, write the bag count and case type in the notes, and the desk assigns the vehicle that fits. Golf groups of four with clubs almost always ride the van, which is a routine assignment, not an upgrade request. ## Kitesurf gear for Cabarete Kite bags with twin-tip boards run 140 to 150 centimetres, a length that no longer fits diagonally in an SUV next to luggage — relevant on the 85-to-105-minute run to Cabarete. One kite bag with a light packer can work in a VIP vehicle with the seats adjusted; two or more bags means the van. Tell the desk the bag length and the decision is made before you land. Rafting and hiking gear for Jarabacoa is easier: a duffel of wetsuits, helmets or hiking boots loads like a suitcase and rarely changes the vehicle class. ## Baseball equipment and Estadio Cibao Santiago is home to the Águilas Cibaeñas and Estadio Cibao, and travelling teams or fans sometimes carry bat bags, catcher's gear or team equipment bags to and from games. A single bat bag rides like a golf bag; a full team's equipment is a van booking, the same logic as a group of golfers with hard cases. Tell the desk if you are travelling as a team with shared equipment, and mention the game date if timing around it matters — the driver can be booked for the stadium run the same way as any transfer. ## Packing and labelling — the five-minute version Put a name tag with your phone number on the outside of every gear bag, and take a photo of each bag before you check it. Gear bags look alike — a black golf travel cover is indistinguishable from fifty others on the same carousel — and the photo is what makes a lost-baggage report work fast. Inside the bag, the rule is the same one airlines use: nothing fragile, nothing valuable, nothing lithium. Rangefinders, GPS watches and camera housings ride in your carry-on. Clothes wrapped around club heads do the padding job for free. At STI's small terminal, oversized items sometimes come off at a separate point from the regular carousel. If a bag did not make the flight, file the report with the airline desk before you walk out, then come find the driver. We wait. ## Booking with gear — the one line to add Everything the desk needs fits in one sentence: the number of gear bags and the longest case. 'Four passengers, four suitcases, four golf bags in soft covers' is a complete booking note. 'Two passengers, one kite bag 145 cm' is a complete booking note. With that line, the right vehicle is assigned before you fly. The same applies on WhatsApp +1 849 377 5889 if you book by message or add gear after booking. What causes problems at the curb is the gear nobody mentioned: a VIP car cannot become a van at midnight in the arrivals lane, so the earlier we know, the smoother the pickup. ## What it costs — gear never changes the zone price This is the section people check first, so plainly: sports equipment adds no surcharge. There is no golf-bag fee, no oversized-item fee, no per-bag charge. The price is the fixed per-vehicle rate for your zone in US dollars, exactly as it appears on the price list. The only number that can change is the vehicle class, and only when the gear genuinely needs the van, which adds $40 VIP on local zones. Both rates are fixed per zone on the same price list, so you can check the difference yourself before you book. ## FAQ ### Do golf clubs fit in a VIP vehicle to Playa Dorada Golf? Yes. A standard golf travel bag fits with two passengers and their suitcases, and two soft-cover bags still work. Once a group carries three or more bags, or hard travel cases, the van is the right vehicle — mention the bag count when you book. ### Is there an extra charge for sports equipment? No. There is no gear fee or oversized-item surcharge. The price is the fixed per-vehicle zone rate in US dollars. The only difference is the van surcharge ($40 VIP) when the gear needs the larger vehicle. ### Can I bring a kiteboard bag on the transfer to Cabarete? Yes. Kite bags around 140 to 150 centimetres are the point where the van becomes the right answer, especially with more than one. Tell the desk the bag length at booking and the vehicle will be waiting with the space. ### Can a baseball team travel with equipment to Estadio Cibao? Yes. A single bat bag rides like a golf bag in a VIP vehicle; a full team's shared equipment needs the van, the same as a group of golfers with hard cases. Tell the desk the equipment volume when booking. ### Where do oversized bags come out at STI? Sometimes at a separate point rather than the main carousel in the small terminal. If a bag did not arrive, file the report with the airline desk before leaving — the driver waits while you do. ### Does the return pickup change when we have gear? No. The driver already knows the gear count from the booking and brings the same class of vehicle back. If your gear changes during the trip, one WhatsApp message the day before keeps everything right. ## Related pages - [Full price list](https://stivip.com/en/prices) - [How pickup works](https://stivip.com/en/how-it-works) - [FAQ](https://stivip.com/en/faq) - [Uber at STI airport](https://stivip.com/en/guides/uber-at-sti-airport) - [Taxi vs private transfer](https://stivip.com/en/guides/taxi-vs-private-transfer) - [Shared shuttle vs private](https://stivip.com/en/guides/shared-shuttle-vs-private) - [Transfer times by destination](https://stivip.com/en/guides/transfer-times-from-sti) ## Contact WhatsApp +1 849 377 5889 · info@cana.tours · STI VIP (A&M Caribbean Group SRL), Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.