Miami Trip Emergencies Hub
Last reviewed: October 26, 2026. Sources for this page are listed in its fact sheet.
Trips go sideways in predictable ways: someone gets sick, a phone dies, a rental car locks its keys inside, a storm moves a flight. This hub is the index for those moments. Each guide below covers one problem properly: what to do first, who to call, what it should cost in effort if not in money, and which scams and dead ends to skip. Save this page before you travel, the way you save your hotel address.
If it is an emergency, it is 911
If anyone is seriously ill or injured, in danger, or you witness a crime in progress, call 911 before you read anything else on this page. Everything else here is for the problems that feel urgent but are not dangerous: those have orderly fixes, and the guides below give you the order.
The fix for each problem
Urgent Care in Miami for Visitors
Urgent care logistics for visitors: how walk in care works in the US, what to bring, and when it is a 911 call instead.
Mobility Scooter and Wheelchair Rental in Miami
Renting a mobility scooter or wheelchair in Miami: delivery to hotels, cruise terminals, and beach access.
Baby Gear Rental in Miami
Renting cribs, strollers, and car seats in Miami instead of flying with them.
Phone Died in Miami: Charging, eSIM, and Getting Data Back
Charging, repair, replacement, and eSIM options when your phone dies or goes missing in Miami.
Locked Out of Your Car in Miami
Locked out of a rental car: the order of calls to make, and the roadside scams to avoid.
Storm problems
If the problem is weather, start with the hurricane season planning guide for how storms are forecast and announced, and the flight and cruise disruption guide for rebooking, refunds, and hotel nights when a storm moves your travel. For storm facts during the event, the only sources that matter are the National Hurricane Center and local officials.
Lost something?
For items lost at the airport, the airport's lost and found is linked from the official MIA homepage; contact it before you assume the item is gone. For a lost phone, the Phone Died in Miami guide covers tracking, locking, and replacing it. For anything left in a rideshare or taxi, contact the operator through the app or receipt first; speed matters more than procedure.
Keep planning
Prevention beats repair: the Miami Packing List covers the document copies and chargers that prevent half of these problems, and the MIA Airport Guide covers the arrival hour where most trips wobble first.