Thank you SSB and Talkorpi for your comments and suggestions. We will be there late Feb, after Mardi Gras. We saw that there are shuttles that will take us from Hobby to Galveston. We are torn between staying in Houston and Galveston. Our flight will likely arrive in the evening, too late to do anything but check in and go to bed. Houston seems to have more options for hotels. We are just concerned about getting a shuttle to the port early enough the next day. There are 6 of us traveling. I looked into rental car but need a minivan or SUV and could not find one of those. Plenty of time to keep looking though! I'm sure a lot of the difficulty is that I am still a little over a year out.