Routes and Rates

7 days a week, 365 days a year!

Arrival at the Charlotte Airport

Upon your arrival at the Charlotte Airport please proceed to baggage claim. If your plane is late check your cell phone for a message from the Hickory Hop concerning your scheduled “Hop”. If you miss your scheduled shuttle you will be placed on the next available shuttle at no charge. We pick up in Charlotte on the baggage claim level.

Once you have your bags in baggage claim please give us a call at our dispatch number, 828-312-0488. We will let you know exactly when we will be there to pick you up!

If you have to wait for the shuttle please wait inside the terminal or outside the terminal if you please and weather permits.

NEW PROCEDURE !!!

We now pick up on the baggage claim level on the shuttle lane in between Zones 1 and Zones 2! All other zones are no longer available for shuttle services. Please exit through door # 1and you will be at the teal blue columns with the number “1” on them labeled Off Airport Shuttles and watch for the green and blue van with the white bunny on the side!

Hickory / Charlotte Schedule

Plan one hour to Charlotte

LRU STUDENTS CALL ABOUT DISCOUNTS FOR SPRING BREAK/THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS

Departs Hickory Airport

Parking Lot (parking free)

Departs Hickory Airport

Parking Lot (parking free)

  • 4:00 am*
  • 5:00 am*
  • 6:00 am
  • 7:30 am
  • 9:00 am
  • 10:30 am
  • 12:00 noon
  • 1:30 pm
  • 3:00 pm
  • 4:30 pm
  • 6:00 pm
  • 7:30 pm
  • 9:00 pm

Departs Charlotte Airport

Arriving Passenger Shuttle Pickup Area

  • 7:30 am
  • 9:00 am
  • 10:30 am
  • 12:00 noon
  • 1:30 pm
  • 3:00 pm
  • 4:30 pm
  • 6:00 pm
  • 7:30 pm
  • 9:00 pm
  • 10:30 pm
  • 12:00 am midnight*

Current Rates:

  • $48 one way, $85 round trip
  • Additional Family Members ride $24 one way, $42.50 round trip
  • Parent accompanied children 12 and under ride free
  • Additional $15 Hickory Area Hotel drop off and pick up fee
  • *Additional $10 fee applies to 4:00 am, 5:00 am, and 12:00 midnight times

Boone / Blowing Rock Schedule

Plan two and a half hours to Charlotte
Plan three hours to Charlotte if leaving from the Art of Living
Blowing Rock Drop-Off and Pick-Up location at Tanger Outlets outside Suite 42.
ASU STUDENTS PLEASE CALL TO GET SPRING BREAK/THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS DISCOUNTS

Departs ASU Peacock Hall Circle in Boone or  Blowing Rock Tanger Outlets for Hickory Airport and then Charlotte Airport

  • 5:00 am *
  • 7:30 am
  • 10:30 am
  • 1:30 pm
  • 4:30 pm
  • 7:30 pm

Departs Charlotte Airport

Arriving Passenger Shuttle Area
For Boone and Blowing Rock

  • 7:30 am
  • 10:30 am
  • 1:30 pm
  • 4:30 pm
  • 7:30 pm

Current Rates:

  • $85 one way, $150 round trip
  • Additional Family Members ride $42.50 one way, $75 round trip
  • Parent accompanied children 12 and under ride free
  • *Additional $10 fee applies to 5:00 am trip
  • There will be a brief stop in Hickory to switch shuttles.
  • If departing from The Art of Living Center, the departure times are 30 minutes earlier. Please allow three hours to get to Charlotte.
  • If departing from The Art of Living Center, the earliest departure time is 7:00am
  • The is an additional $30 fee for pick up or drop off at The Art of Living Center
  • All reservations made for The Art of Living Retreat Center are non-refundable

The Art of Living Center

  • If departing from The Art of Living Center, the departure times are 30 minutes earlier. Please allow three hours to get to Charlotte.
  • If departing from The Art of Living Center, the earliest departure time is 7:00am
  • The is an additional $30 fee for pick up or drop off at The Art of Living Center
  • All reservations made for The Art of Living Retreat Center are non-refundable