Hotel twix Ft Lauderdale & Miami

We are flying into Ft Lauderdale on 3/27 and leaving on a cruise ship
3/29 from the Port of Miami. We are trying to figure out if it is
cheaper to stay at a hotel near the Ft Lauderdale airport and take the
shuttle to Miami ($21 pp-2 people) or to find a hotel along the way
and rent a car ($100-150 for 2 days one way).

Any suggestions on which way to do this. What are reasonably price
hotels along the way (clean, safe). Are there any decently priced
hotels near the FLL airport or in town that offer shuttles to the
airport (to get the shuttle to the Port of Miami).

Also, we will be in FLL for 1.5 days both ways. What are some things
to do there and how is public transportation if we do not rent a car.

Thank you in advance for any and all help/friendly advice.

Deb

Debbiedo wrote:

We are flying into Ft Lauderdale on 3/27 and leaving on a cruise ship
3/29 from the Port of Miami. We are trying to figure out if it is
cheaper to stay at a hotel near the Ft Lauderdale airport and take the
shuttle to Miami ($21 pp-2 people) or to find a hotel along the way
and rent a car ($100-150 for 2 days one way).

Any suggestions on which way to do this. What are reasonably price
hotels along the way (clean, safe). Are there any decently priced
hotels near the FLL airport or in town that offer shuttles to the
airport (to get the shuttle to the Port of Miami).

Also, we will be in FLL for 1.5 days both ways. What are some things
to do there and how is public transportation if we do not rent a car.

Thank you in advance for any and all help/friendly advice.

You should be able to rent a car way cheaper than that. Try Royal or
Budget or Dollar. We rented a car in Tampa from Dollar, and when we
turned it in in Miami there was a free shuttle to the port. We
dropped the luggage off at the ship first and then turned the car in
so that we didn't have anything but our carryons with us for the
shuttle to the port.

I don't know if Royal does that or not, but we rented from Royal in Ft
Lauderdale and turned in the car in Miami. It was about $25.00/day
plus maybe an extra $15 for one way rental and the usual fees (10%
privilege fee, $2.40/Day state surcharge, $3.95 Day Center Facility
charge and 6% tax). Three days was $123.37. It would be less for you
because you only want 2 days.

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:29:55 -0800 (PST), Debbiedo
wrote:



Also, we will be in FLL for 1.5 days both ways. What are some things
to do there and how is public transportation if we do not rent a car.

Thank you in advance for any and all help/friendly advice.

Deb

What do you like to see and do? There is the beach. Shark Valley in
the Everglades isn't that far away. Bonnet House was interesting.
There is an art museum, Las Olas Blvd. has shopping. There is a
historical museum with buildings that are old, for Ft. Lauderdale, and
there is the Stranahan House.

There is a trolley which we haven't used and the water taxi which we
did. It was interesting but a cab or car would be a lot faster. We did
like the narration and learned a lot. There are other boat trips of
the area.