How to Get to Revenna Italy from Venice

Have you considered taking the train? Pretty easy and inexpensive

It’s about a 2.5 hour drive each way so any driver will be pricey as you will basically be paying for both ways ( 500 euros?)

Does the cruise company offer any transfers to port?

Have you checked for recommendations on a cruise forum?

Check

www.mydaytrip.com
and
https://connectotransfers.com/

Oh I didn’t know the train went from Venice to Ravenna. Royal does have shuttle but it’s the next day and it’s $116 pp one way. We wanted to get to revenna the day before.
Thank you so much. I need to research on how to take the train and how many times it runs a day.

Airport bus or taxi to Venezia Mestre
Then fast train to Bologna or Ferrara and change to a regional to Ravenna ( almost hourly)
The change in Ferrara is easier than in Bologna

Trenitalia also has an easy to use app
https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html

Recommend not buying tickets til you arrive at Mestre or use the app when you arrive at VCE- there are many fast trains all day

Regionals can’t sell out, price never changes

Venezia Mestre is the name of the train station .....is that consider Centre City in Venice

No Mestre is not Venice center
It is before the causeway to the island

Venezia Mestre is the train station

No Mestre is not "City Center", it is Venezia Mestre. Where are you seeing this? You do not need to buy train tickets now. There is a regional train connection every hour at 53 past the hour and the price is always the same, 15.90 EUR pp.

The No 15 bus goes from the airport to Venezia Mestre Station every 30 minutes and costs 10 EUR pp. If you want a taxi, figure about 50 EUR.

What is your experience in using these two transportation companies that you suggested?. We would like to have a driver pick us up from the airport and drive us to Ravenna. The concern is if flights are delayed from what i have read they need 24 hour notice for changes; however flights can get delayed just a few hours before. So then we are stuck. The other option we don't go to Ravenna and get a taxi to a hotel near train station and then next morning take the Royal C Cruise shuttle ( that pick up is on the ground floor of the train station). Your thoughts?

www.mydaytrip.com
and
https://connectotransfers.com/

Well the Royal C Shuttle certainly cannot pick you up at Venezia Santa Lucia station as that is on the island and no motorized vehicles can get there, so it must be Venezia Mestre station. There are several nearby hotels.

You can go to those websites and get a quote
Drivers will usually monitor flights and pick up accordingly

Only you can decide if you want to spend the night in Venice or in Ravenna
Venice would be easy- you will need to sort out your transportation from VCE ( lots of threads here with that info)

The cruise shuttle pick up can’t be at Venezia S Lucia station - on the Grand Canal—which is different than Mestre
There is no “Centre City” station

Also note correct spelling RAVENNA

I'm going to second the suggestion that, unless you have large amounts of luggage, the train is the simplest and most reasonably priced option. I am open to correction, but I believe that Italo allows you to buy a flexible ticket which allows changes up to 3 minutes before scheduled departure - so you could book a later train, then modify the ticket if you get to the station early.

Trenitalia possibly has similar options.

Depending on the tickets you purchase from trenitalia the tickets can be changed depending on the fare rules. My daughters incoming flight was delayed 3 hours due to storms in the US this week and I had a flight from the US delayed an hour in January due to a medical emergency so delays can happen. You need to decide what is best for you.