Tigger007 Posted August 4, 2004 #1 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Since there is 8 of us and time to kill before the cruise/Spirit, leaving at 8 pm, so we thought about renting a vehicle from Ft. Lauderdale airport and drive to Port of Miami. However the car rental places are telling me I would have to return the vehicle to Miami airport and then get a taxi to get to the port as there are not rentals near the port. This just does not sound right. Can anyone me with this? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matisse05 Posted August 5, 2004 #2 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Sorry, but it’s true.:( No rentals at the port, however there are some very close to the port. Budget is located in the Sheraton Hotel about ½ mile from the port (I believe they offer a shuttle) Enterprise is on Biscayne Blvd. (short taxi ride) Hertz is on SE 1st (they offer a shuttle but if it’s not available they used to reimburse part of your cab fare) Hope this helps.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judyzoo Posted August 6, 2004 #3 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Why not just take a cab or a limo from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami and forget the hassle of renting? It's not terribly far. Maybe take a cab/limo to Bayside Marketplace, which is just over the bridge from the Port of Miami, hang out there for a while, then grab a cab to the ship. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterafri Posted August 28, 2004 #4 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Having lived in Miami and Fort Lauderdale the last couple of years, it is absolutely no problem to do that. Yes you will have to take a Hertz or other rental bus to get to the car rental place and yes it will take you about 10 minutes to get there and get your car. And yes you will have to drop it off at Miami and take a bus from the rental place to the airport but both of these shouldn't take you more than 30 to 45 minutes total and that is for both of them. The main drive itself is a piece of cake, get on I-95 and go south to 112 which is clearly marked to the airport. The entire route is clearly marked and on a Saturday or Sunday there is no traffic and should be no problem. Good Luck, Vic 73 Rembrandt 79 Starwind 80 Norway 80 Nordic Prince 84 Iceland 85 Germany 86 Sweden 87 Norway, Holland, Denmark 88 Germany 89 England, France 90 Brazil, Peru, Argentina 91 Columbia 92 Venezuela 96 Zimbabwe 97 South Africa 97 Peru 98 Argentina 98 Kenya, Tanzania 99 South Africa 00 Zimbabwe, South Africa 03 Noordam 04 Royal Princess 05 Jewel of the Seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNYTRPS2GO2 Posted August 29, 2004 #5 Share Posted August 29, 2004 We dropped off our rental at Alamo near the airport and there was a shuttle that then dropped us off at the pier. Alamo's location is not on airport property but close by. At the time the directions were a little confusing so we followed the signs to the airport and once in the airport we followed the signs to the rental car dropoff. It was not that complicated and the traffic was not bad on a Tuesday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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