Family-friendly Hotels in Galveston County

With a stay at this vacation home in Galveston (Jamaica Beach), you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Galveston Island Beaches and Galveston Island State Park Beach. This vacation home is 11.9 mi (19.2 km) from Moody Gardens and 11.7 mi (18.9 km) from Galveston Schlitterbahn Waterpark.Make yourself comfortable in this individually decorated vacation home, featuring a kitchen with a refrigerator and an oven. There's a private balcony or patio. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include a microwave and a coffee/tea maker.

The $40 plus tax park and cruise, and round trip shuttle to the cruise port sounded like an amazing deal after comparing parking at the port. Shuttle from the hotel to the port went smooth. Returning was terrible. On disembark day, I called the hotel at 7:30 AM to make sure we knew where pickup was and the shuttle bus number. We arrived at the pickup place at 9:45 am and confirmed with port staff we were in the right location. At 10:19, I called the hotel to check on the shuttle’s route. I was told the driver was at the hotel picking up passengers and headed our way in about 10 minutes. At 11:00, I called the hotel again to check on the shuttle as we had seen several other shuttles come and go repeatedly. She said we had been waiting way too long and he should be there shortly and if he didn’t arrive in a few minutes to call back. I called back around 11:30- was told they would personally talk to the driver and they would call me back. I missed the call but called back promptly and was told a driver was on the way. Just before noon, a Mercedes’ shuttle #405 van pulled into the designated parking spot. He said he would take us to Holiday Inn Express and I told him we needed the resort and he said he would take us. He was not a charter bus that had dropped us off and he definitely was not bus number 803 as the hotel had told us . He said he was normally a private shuttle but he was filling in and helping out and would take us. He was confused as how we had waited so long but overall was apologetic and friendly given we had sat in the sun waiting for a ride for over 2 hours at that point. We arrived back at the hotel and I stopped at the front desk. The staff apologized and said that this driver wasn’t even their driver and was just a nice driver to bring us back and was not affiliated with the hotel. The manager I believe apologized and thanked me for the feedback and said she would get with the shuttle company to improve their service. She also said they would get us taken care of at check in and all set up for our stay. When I told her we were only there to pick up our vehicle and head out on our 7 hour drive, she just said oh ok I thought y’all were staying not leaving. She made no attempt to compensate us for the trouble or the terrible experience of sitting out in the sun for two hours. Won’t stay here again or recommend it. If you’re cruising, just pay the extra money and park at the port so you can leave in a timely manner!

With a stay at this vacation home in Galveston (West End), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Moody Gardens and Galveston Seawall. This vacation home is 10.8 mi (17.4 km) from Port of Galveston and 11.1 mi (17.8 km) from Port of Galveston Cruise Terminal.Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and barbecue grills.Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself comfortable in this individually decorated vacation home, featuring a kitchen with a refrigerator and an oven. There's a private balcony or patio. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include a microwave and a coffee/tea maker.

With a stay at this vacation home in Galveston (West End), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Galveston Island Beaches and Moody Gardens. This vacation home is 11 mi (17.7 km) from Port of Galveston Cruise Terminal and 10.8 mi (17.4 km) from Port of Galveston.Make yourself comfortable in this individually decorated vacation home, featuring a kitchen with a refrigerator and an oven. There's a private balcony or patio. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include a microwave and a coffee/tea maker.

You don’t have to haul the family to Florida for a beautiful beach getaway. Texas offers its own Gulf Coast paradise right in Galveston, with its soft-sanded beaches, historic charm and the largest collection of Victorian-era architecture in the country. Located near gorgeous Galveston Beach, Galveston Seaside Resort is a quiet escape that offers oceanfront views and an infinity-edge pool for our Signature Collection villas, and direct beachfront access just across the street from our standard villas. At our beach resort, you can also take on the kids in a game of mini golf, enjoy our swim-up poolside bar and shoot pool in the arcade.Outside the resort, take a scenic drive along the Galveston Seawall to stop in at charming shops, art galleries, seafood spots and more. Then follow the Galveston Seawall downtown to read up on the history of this seaport island at the Strand Historic District and the 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA.Our beach resort is also located near exciting hot spots, like Galveston Beach, local marinas, the rainforest at Moody Gardens® and the towering waterslides at Schlitterbahn® Waterpark. Galveston Seaside Resort offers spacious two- and three-bedroom villas that come with a fully equipped kitchen, dining room/living room area with a sleeper sofa, balcony and more. For added luxury, upgrade to a Signature Collection villa featuring enhanced amenities.Please note there is a resort fee that includes a variety of onsite amenities

Big THANKS to Yen Major for helping us check in during our recent visit to Moody Gardens. She upgraded us to a suite and helped us track down a cart for our luggage to get all checked in. She made sure we received bracelets for all the attractions and Yen made our stay one that we will never forget. The room was huge with all the amenities we could have thought of. We visited all 3 pyramid exhibits plus the water park area. We ended our last evening by dining at Shearn's. My wife and son were both impressed with such a great experience. Thank you to Yen and all the staff at Moody Gardens. We look forward to returning soon!

We stayed at this hotel because they offered a park & ride for our Journey Cruise. For their cheapest room, the shuttle service & after tax we paid almost $183.00. If we would of parked at the Galveston Port of parking it would of been about $150.00 for the two weeks of parking. Now this hotel uses Moody Gardens for their shuttle service because somehow these two companies are linked together. Here is the down fall to this deal. Since Moody Gardens Hotel is the shuttle service their guest come first & are high priority. So the shuttle picked us up first then went to Moody Gardens to pick up their people. After sitting their for 20 minutes the driver came back & said they didn't have anybody to pick up at that time so we went to the port. He told us the pick up times where 9:00 am, 10:30 am & 12:30 pm when we return & where to find them. So when we returned we found the driver & got loaded to be returned. Now since Moody Gardens in priority they got dropped off first. The driver called in all their valet numbers so their vehicles were waiting for them up front when we arrived. Then he went into the hotel to get their keys & then unloaded their luggage. This whole process took us a half hour of messing around & we didn't get dropped off until almost 10:00 am. If I was to ever do this again I'd just stay at Moody Gardens or park at the port which is much faster.

With a stay at this vacation home in Galveston (West End), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Galveston Island Beaches and Sea Isle Beach. This vacation home is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from Terramar Beach and 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from Half Moon Beach.Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself comfortable in this individually decorated vacation home, featuring a kitchen with a refrigerator and an oven. There's a private furnished balcony/patio. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include a separate sitting area and a microwave.

With a stay at this vacation home in Galveston (Kempner Park), you'll be within a 5-minute walk of Galveston Seawall and Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. This vacation home is 1.2 mi (2 km) from Port of Galveston and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Port of Galveston Cruise Terminal.This smoke-free vacation home offers games.Limited parking is available onsite.Make yourself comfortable in your individually decorated vacation home. There's a private balcony or patio. The bathroom has a bathtub.Conveniences include a coffee/tea maker and a washer/dryer.