blue_water Posted April 29 #1 Share Posted April 29 Looking at the Best Western FLL Airport/Cruiseport for 1 night pre-cruise, looks fine for that. We plan to stay 2 - 3 nights post-cruise and I’ve been looking at recommendations here. We’d like a hotel with a nice pool in a more walkable area with restaurants and shops, and Renaissance and the RiverWalk looked great. But next April the rates are $300+ and I need to look for something closer to $200+ and sacrifice that ideal location. Value Trips for Hyatt will likely be more than our friends will want to pay as well. Our friends will have a car so we can at least drive to the RiverWalk area, if recommended, and stay further out. Any suggestions other than the Choice Hotels-type hotels? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhraformula00 Posted April 30 #2 Share Posted April 30 Highly doubt anything in April near the port will be $200. May 1st. is when all the rates go down considerably. $119 a night thru V.T. for Hyatt Place, I would check on Trivago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted April 30 #3 Share Posted April 30 We have Hyatt Place through ValueTrips for this May and got the $119.00 rate. With tax it comes to $134.47...a great price point for our post cruise night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted April 30 #4 Share Posted April 30 Since your friends will have a car to transport you to downtown, take a look at the hotels in Dania Beach just south of the airport. Further west and therefore less expensive is Plantation and most of the major chains have hotels there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie51 Posted April 30 #5 Share Posted April 30 16 hours ago, nhraformula00 said: Highly doubt anything in April near the port will be $200. May 1st. is when all the rates go down considerably. $119 a night thru V.T. for Hyatt Place, I would check on Trivago. I’ve been checking trivago for a hotel room that we will need an August. It seems they have less expensive rooms that are nonrefundable, but I would never get that in case something goes wrong. The prices for their rooms that are refundable seem to be the same prices you can get anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted April 30 #6 Share Posted April 30 5 hours ago, Marie51 said: I’ve been checking trivago for a hotel room that we will need an August. It seems they have less expensive rooms that are nonrefundable, but I would never get that in case something goes wrong. The prices for their rooms that are refundable seem to be the same prices you can get anywhere else. Personally the only time I use a 3rd party to book a hotel is for Hyatt Place with ValueTrips. Otherwise I book directly with the hotel as a member and opt for a refundable rate and an easy cancellation policy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhraformula00 Posted May 1 #7 Share Posted May 1 7 hours ago, Marie51 said: I’ve been checking trivago for a hotel room that we will need an August. It seems they have less expensive rooms that are nonrefundable, but I would never get that in case something goes wrong. The prices for their rooms that are refundable seem to be the same prices you can get anywhere else. Valutrips.com for Hyatt Place se 10th st, just off of 17 th. st. May- Nov rooms are 109 a night and 119 a night depending on day of the week. We are staying there this coming May 18, 19, 30, 31 for our 10 day Princess cruise. Have used VT many times in the past for great discounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted May 1 #8 Share Posted May 1 26 minutes ago, nhraformula00 said: Valutrips.com for Hyatt Place se 10th st, just off of 17 th. st. May- Nov rooms are 109 a night and 119 a night depending on day of the week. We are staying there this coming May 18, 19, 30, 31 for our 10 day Princess cruise. Have used VT many times in the past for great discounts. But @blue_wateris cruising next April which will still be high season especially if the cruise dates are just before or after Easter. Value Trips will publish their rates and black out dates for 2025 sometime late in 2024. OP - if you book something refundable soon you can keep an eye out for the 2025 VT prices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_water Posted May 1 Author #9 Share Posted May 1 (edited) Yes we’re probably looking at staying in the Edgewood or Danai Beach area for this lower price point. At the $300 - $400/night rate we would instead drive down to the Keys. But I think everyone would prefer a relaxing couple of days closer to the airport… Edited May 1 by blue_water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhraformula00 Posted May 2 #10 Share Posted May 2 On 4/30/2024 at 8:13 PM, capriccio said: But @blue_wateris cruising next April which will still be high season especially if the cruise dates are just before or after Easter. Value Trips will publish their rates and black out dates for 2025 sometime late in 2024. OP - if you book something refundable soon you can keep an eye out for the 2025 VT prices. This was for Marie51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie51 Posted May 2 #11 Share Posted May 2 11 hours ago, nhraformula00 said: This was for Marie51 Yes, thank you. We actually booked the Marriott at the senior rate so we’re all set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplelife Posted May 5 #12 Share Posted May 5 On 4/29/2024 at 11:00 PM, capriccio said: Since your friends will have a car to transport you to downtown, take a look at the hotels in Dania Beach just south of the airport. Further west and therefore less expensive is Plantation and most of the major chains have hotels there. Cambria Dania Beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_water Posted May 7 Author #13 Share Posted May 7 On 5/5/2024 at 6:11 PM, simplelife said: Cambria Dania Beach We looked at that for pre-cruise, mainly for the less expensive ($7/day) parking. But the rates are much higher than the Choice and other brands… For post-cruise, how is the area Cambria is in for walkability to stores/restaurants? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplelife Posted May 15 #14 Share Posted May 15 On 5/7/2024 at 11:02 AM, blue_water said: We looked at that for pre-cruise, mainly for the less expensive ($7/day) parking. But the rates are much higher than the Choice and other brands… For post-cruise, how is the area Cambria is in for walkability to stores/restaurants? This will be our first time staying there. The Hotel is right off I-95 in a suburban area. Our main objective is to get a decent meal and ,maybe a drink or two and a good night's sleep in clean safe hotel. According to the Choice Website, Cambria has an on-site restaurant and bar, so we probably won't even leave the hotel once we check in. We've decided that the reasonable cost of the hotel, which is just a 35 minute drive from POM, offsets the costs of parking at the port, which I believe is the easiest and safest option for cruising out of Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapcruiser Posted July 28 #15 Share Posted July 28 On 4/30/2024 at 8:41 PM, nhraformula00 said: Valutrips.com for Hyatt Place se 10th st, just off of 17 th. st. May- Nov rooms are 109 a night and 119 a night depending on day of the week. We are staying there this coming May 18, 19, 30, 31 for our 10 day Princess cruise. Have used VT many times in the past for great discounts. Do you know how much the no show penalty is just in case with VT? I just check the website and it is a very good rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhraformula00 Posted July 28 #16 Share Posted July 28 You do NOT pay Valuetrips, you pay once you stay at the hotel. If you have to cancel, you can call the hotel also. Yes, it is a great rate depending on time of year. We have never had an issue and love this hotel and location. If you get there early they will try their best to get you into a room as soon as possible, and will not charge you extra to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted July 29 #17 Share Posted July 29 4 hours ago, kapcruiser said: Do you know how much the no show penalty is just in case with VT? I just check the website and it is a very good rate. The no-show penalty is one night rate. But no reason to be a no show just call the hotel 24 hours before arrival if you need to cancel. Our most recent stay at HP (booked with VT) was this past March & May 2024 and will be there again in March 2025. Just waiting for the 2025 VT schedule to open which should be anytime between Oct & Dec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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