Title: Wedding and large group transfers Santiago 2026 — 20+ guests from STI Locale: en Canonical HTML URL: https://stivip.com/en/guides/wedding-group-transfers-santiago Updated: August 2026 Author: STI dispatch desk, Santiago de los Caballeros Operator: STI VIP — A&M Caribbean Group SRL # Wedding and large group transfers from STI Answer first · updated September 2026 · written by the dispatch desk ## Direct answer Plan guest movements by flight, destination and luggage rather than dividing a guest list into an assumed vehicle count. Confirm separate arrival waves and any additional stops before treating one vehicle fare as a group itinerary. VIP prices are one-way, per vehicle for 1–6 passengers. Taxes included. Santiago $59; La Vega $89; Jarabacoa $149; Puerto Plata $145; Sosúa $159; Cabarete $169 USD. VIP 7–14: +$40 USD. 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. ## Why groups are booked as a list, not as one vehicle Wedding guests almost never land together. A group of 40 typically arrives on six or seven flights spread over two or three days, from different cities, with different delays. Booking one coach for the whole party sounds efficient and in practice means most of the group waits hours in arrivals for the last flight. What works is a vehicle per arrival window. Guests landing within roughly the same 45 minutes share a car or a van; everyone else gets their own pickup. Nobody waits for strangers, every group has a driver holding a sign with the family name, and the cost is usually lower than a single coach because you only pay for the vehicles you actually need. The person organising it sends one list. Dispatch does the grouping, because we can see which flight numbers realistically land close enough together to share. ## What the organiser needs to send One message with, for each party: guest name, flight number, arrival date and local arrival time, number of passengers, number of suitcases, and the hotel. If the group is spread across Santiago, Playa Dorada and Jarabacoa venues, note which destination for each party — they are different zones and different prices. Also tell us who the single point of contact is. During arrival days that person gets the driver updates, so guests do not have to co-ordinate anything themselves. Send it as a list, a spreadsheet or a photo of a spreadsheet — any of the three is fine. We return a confirmed sheet with the vehicle, the driver arrangement and the fixed price for each line, plus the total. ## Vehicle sizes and how the split works A standard car carries one to six passengers with normal luggage. A van carries seven to fourteen. Above that, we run multiple vans rather than a coach, because vans get closer to the hotel entrance and unload faster than a full-size bus. Luggage decides more than headcount at a wedding. Dress bags, suit carriers, welcome-bag boxes and photography or DJ equipment take real space, so tell dispatch what is coming. A wedding dress travels flat on a seat, not under a pile of suitcases, and drivers expect that request. ## What it costs for a group Plan guest movements by flight, destination and luggage rather than dividing a guest list into an assumed vehicle count. Confirm separate arrival waves and any additional stops before treating one vehicle fare as a group itinerary. VIP prices are one-way, per vehicle for 1–6 passengers. Taxes included. Santiago $59; La Vega $89; Jarabacoa $149; Puerto Plata $145; Sosúa $159; Cabarete $169 USD. VIP 7–14: +$40 USD. ## Arrival day: how it actually runs Every flight on the sheet is tracked. If a guest's flight is two hours late, that vehicle simply moves; the driver is there when the aircraft is, and the group contact is told. Delays inside the list do not disturb the other pickups. Drivers wait in the STI arrivals meeting area with a sign showing the surname or the wedding name — most couples use the same wording on every sign, which makes guests find their driver faster. STI's small terminal makes this easier than at larger airports. Immigration and baggage at STI typically take 15 to 30 minutes even on a busy afternoon. That is included in the wait; nothing is charged for it. ## The wedding day itself If ceremony and reception are at different venues — a Santiago hotel and a Gurabo hillside property, for example, or a Playa Dorada beach ceremony with a Santiago reception — we run shuttles between them for the evening: vehicles assigned for the window, quoted per vehicle in advance, drivers staying on site rather than being called back each time. The same applies to the rehearsal dinner, the welcome party, or a day trip to Jarabacoa. Tell dispatch the venue, the window and the number of guests, and it is priced like a day with a private driver. We do not organise the wedding, the venue or the photographer. We move people, on time, at a price agreed before the day. ## Departures after the wedding Departures are the part groups underestimate. Everyone leaves within 48 hours, often on flights an hour apart, and the hotel lobby becomes a queue. Book the returns with the arrivals, in the same list, so pickup times are already set before the celebration starts. We work backwards from each flight: three hours before departure for a normal STI flight, more in the December to April peak and around Carnival weekends. For a big block of same-morning departures we stagger the lobby times by 15 minutes so drivers and porters are not fighting for the same three metres of driveway. ## How far ahead to book For 20 to 40 guests, four to six weeks ahead is comfortable. For 60 or more, or for any wedding between December and April, three months is better — not because prices change, they do not, but because van availability on a specific Saturday is finite. Nothing is lost by booking early. Times can be edited as guests confirm flights, and lines can be added or removed from the sheet up to the day before. Message the dispatch desk on WhatsApp at +1 849 377 5889 with the list, and say it is a wedding group. You get one sheet back with every pickup, every vehicle and one total. ## FAQ ### Can you move 50 or 100 wedding guests from Santiago airport? Yes. Large parties are run as multiple cars and vans matched to arrival windows rather than one coach, so guests are not left waiting in arrivals for other people's flights. Send the guest list with flight numbers and dispatch returns a sheet with vehicles, times and one total. ### Is there a group discount? VIP prices are one-way, per vehicle for 1–6 passengers. Taxes included. Santiago $59; La Vega $89; Jarabacoa $149; Puerto Plata $145; Sosúa $159; Cabarete $169 USD. VIP 7–14: +$40 USD. ### What happens if some guests' flights are delayed? Every flight on the list is tracked separately, so a delayed arrival moves only that vehicle. The driver meets the aircraft whenever it lands, at no extra cost, and your group contact is updated by WhatsApp. ### Can you handle guests staying at different hotels or on the coast? Yes. Each line on the list has its own hotel and its own zone price, so a party split between Santiago and Playa Dorada is fine. Evening shuttles between hotels and venues can be added for the wedding day. ### Do you carry the wedding dress and welcome bags? Yes, and we plan for it. Tell dispatch about dress bags, suit carriers, boxes of welcome bags or DJ and photography equipment so the vehicle has room; a dress travels flat on a seat rather than in the luggage stack. ### How far in advance should a wedding group book transfers? Four to six weeks for 20 to 40 guests, and about three months for 60 or more or for any date between December and April. Prices do not change with lead time, but van availability on a specific date does, and the list can still be edited afterwards. ## 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.