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I can't imagine staying at the Hampton Inn for 3 nights without a car, but with a car it would be fine. There are fast food restaurants and one German restaurant there. You should be able to get the Bahia Mar or Courtyard Marriott for less than the resorts that you mentioned and would be across from the beach and walking distance to lots of restaurants, and on the water taxi and suntrolley route. What do you think?

Thank you royalcruz,

are you talking about this hotel: "Bahia Mar Beach Resort and Yachting Center"?

I have done a research for it and i could book it for an affordable price. The "Courtyard Marriott" is too axpensive (at the moment).

Also the "Atlantic"... There was an offer last month for 190 $/room/night, but I have thought about it too long and now it costs 500$. Seems that end of April is high season in FLL.

I think your idea of staying nearer to beach and/or Las Olas Boulevard is right.

This is what I thought we'd like to do in FLL:

Walk at the beach, downtown, River Walk,

Relax some hours at a pool

Visit some shops

Maybe visit Sawgrass Mills

Go out eat (italian, asian, seafood, but one evening we would also like to enjoy a perfect hamburger, as we never get this here in Germany in our "American Fast Foods".)

Maybe go on the 'Jungle Queen'.

Also we prefer the possibility to go back to the hotel two, three times a day to refresh, and then go sightseeing again.

I have no idea about the distances and the time we need to get from one interesting place to another... (OK, I have seen it on the maps but I have to realize it).

I understand that we have to plan time for that and that we cannot walk from one place to the other, as the area is large. So we have to move by car, bus or water taxi.

Because of that I think it's better if we are closer to the public transports like busses or water taxi.

What do you think?

Thanks again

Eberhard

Hello royalcruz,

thanks for the lot of hints and tipps in this thread. We're from Europe and looking forward for our first visit in the U.S. next year. We are planning to spend some days in NYC, then on friday fly to FLL, and spend the weekend there, before on monday we embark on the Navigator of the Seas to sail back to Europe.

I wanted to book the hotel as early as possible, and have booked for safety the Hampton Inn Airport/Cruise-Port. This seems a good offer for me with complimentary breakfast, internet and shuttle service from the airport, to the cruise port and to downtown FLL.

I'm doing a lot of research these days and would like to ask you for your opinion:

What do you think about the hotel?

Should we look for another one? Is it worth to spend 100 Euros more per night for staying nearer to the ocean, like in the Lago Mar or the Hyatt Pier 66?

Should we rent a car to stay mobile?

Thanks in advance,

Eberhard