$0 fares if your chain hotel includes a CRW shuttle
Corporate bookings at Charleston chain hotels often bundle free airport shuttles, so your ride from Yeager Airport’s Main Terminal curb can cost $0 out of pocket. Check your confirmation email for “complimentary airport transportation” or similar wording; many properties within roughly 5–10 miles of CRW include it but don’t advertise it loudly.
Pickups happen at the Main Terminal arrivals curb, usually in the same general lane used for taxis and Uber/Lyft, so you don’t need a separate shuttle lot. Most hotel vans run on a 15–30 minute loop during daytime and evening hours, with some cutting back after about 23:00. Call the front desk from baggage claim if you don’t see your hotel’s logo on a van in the first 20 minutes.
Standard pattern: downtown Charleston business hotels and airport-adjacent chains send shuttles to CRW from early morning departures through late-evening arrivals, often covering flights from around 05:00 to 23:00. If you land on one of the last flights of the night, confirm by phone that the shuttle is still running before you walk out to the curb.
Most hotel shuttles at CRW carry 6–14 passengers and have limited luggage space, so a big group with multiple checked bags may need to wait for a second loop. If your hotel is farther out than about a 10–15 minute drive, expect pick-ups only on request rather than a fixed loop; call once you’re at the baggage carousel, not while you’re still on the aircraft.
Unlike taxis or rideshare, you usually can’t tip by app in a CRW hotel shuttle; bring a few $1 bills if your company is covering the room but not incidentals and you still want to tip the driver for a 10-minute ride. If your hotel front desk seems unsure about timing, ask specifically, “What minutes past the hour is the van at Yeager?” and plan your curbside wait around that answer.
One tip: before landing at CRW, save your hotel’s direct front-desk number and confirm the shuttle pickup point on the Main Terminal curb so you can walk straight there once you exit baggage claim.