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    Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:12 am

    Where do you stay before and after the cruise?

    I would like a hotel on the beach, but the prices are a bit high compared to the airport hotels and sketchy motels. I won't be driving, so I want to reduce walking/cab-fare as much as possible. What has your experience been?
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:55 am

    Also, I would consider sharing a room with other ladies, if we can work something out.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by klons » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:53 am

    Unfortunately, this is year one in FLL, so the majority of us won't be much help.

    The Riptide is ground zero (fully booked) and we have most of the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort booked out, so check the places around those two.
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    by Jaimie38 » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:08 am

    http://www.mapquest.ca/#c51ae851fae0bfd7865a70fc

    This a Mapquest link from the airport to where most of the people are staying in Hollywood on the beach. it's only 15-20 kms away from the airport, and it's about 10 to the port--so pretty close. The hotels along the beach strip are boutique style, but tons of beaches, bars, restaurants etc and lots of peopel to share cabs with.

    Good Luck!! PLaces near the airports are usually pretty ghetto, and not many people stay there, plus ask if the hotel has a shuttle service--these places are constantly catering to the cruise industry, so it should be easy.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:15 am

    Jaimie38 wrote:http://www.mapquest.ca/#c51ae851fae0bfd7865a70fc

    This a Mapquest link from the airport to where most of the people are staying in Hollywood on the beach. it's only 15-20 kms away from the airport, and it's about 10 to the port--so pretty close. The hotels along the beach strip are boutique style, but tons of beaches, bars, restaurants etc and lots of peopel to share cabs with.
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    The link doesn't show any place-markers for me.

    And it looks like both the Riptide and HHBR are fully booked on the 21st. I'll see what else I can find around there. Guess I waited too long to look into accommodations; now I know for next time.

    Update: some rooms available on third-party sites, like Booking.com. I'll see if I can join you guys after all. ;)
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Jaimie38 » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:21 am

    http://www.mapquest.ca/#c51ae851fae0bfd7865a70fc

    This is a MapQuest link for directions from the Airport to Hollywood where most of us are staying. It's only about 15-20kms from the airport.

    The hotels along the beach are mostly boutique, but there are lots of bars,beaches,restaurants and lots of cruisers to share cabs etc.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Jaimie38 » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:22 am

    Oops double post! You must have posted the same time I did
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:27 am

    All right. I got a booking for the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort through a third-party site. Now how do I go about hanging out with you all the night before the cruise? :viking:
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Jaimie38 » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:33 am

    PARTY WILL FIND YOU!!!



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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:41 am

    Jaimie38 wrote:PARTY WILL FIND YOU!!!



    :pound:


    :lol: :lol: :lol:


    Dress in black and wander? :D
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Speedy » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:44 am

    manamachine wrote:
    Jaimie38 wrote:PARTY WILL FIND YOU!!!



    :pound:


    :lol: :lol: :lol:


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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by mooyagi » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:45 pm

    manamachine wrote:
    Jaimie38 wrote:PARTY WILL FIND YOU!!!



    :pound:


    :lol: :lol: :lol:


    Dress in black and wander? :D


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    by Razor Ramon » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:50 pm

    For some reason the Riptide will show a room available on some sites but it's not really available. I booked and got a call saying there was a mistake. I ended up getting a room at the Spring Hill Suites instead.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by onenight » Tue Dec 09, 2014 3:53 pm

    I just booked a room at Dolphin Hollywood last week, about a block from Riptide, There were still more rooms available when I booked. $150 per night though.
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    by MikeB » Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:01 pm

    manamachine wrote:All right. I got a booking for the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort through a third-party site.


    Nice ! I'll see you there. When do you arrive ? My plane should arrive at 14:50 (Air Canada) on January 21.
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    by manamachine » Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:02 pm

    MikeB wrote:
    manamachine wrote:All right. I got a booking for the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort through a third-party site.


    Nice ! I'll see you there. When do you arrive ? My plane should arrive at 14:50 (Air Canada) on January 21.


    Dude, we're on the same flight!
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    by MikeB » Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:41 pm

    manamachine wrote:
    MikeB wrote:
    manamachine wrote:All right. I got a booking for the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort through a third-party site.


    Nice ! I'll see you there. When do you arrive ? My plane should arrive at 14:50 (Air Canada) on January 21.


    Dude, we're on the same flight!


    That's awesome ! I'll keep an eye out for you at the airport.

    By the way, me and a few new friends from the cruise will be going to a show in Montreal on January 16 (Claim The Throne, Distoriam, Nordheim, Sacrificed Alliance, Primalfrost), you should join us. It's like $15
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:45 pm

    MikeB wrote:That's awesome ! I'll keep an eye out for you at the airport.


    Sure thing. Although I will warn you: when it comes to traveling, I tend to be a lot less "metal", and a lot more "I'm in a hoodie and sweat pants with headphones on; leave me the eff alone". But I can get over that for the sake of camaraderie. ;)

    Edit: missed your comment about the show. I'll see what my schedule is like; that sounds awesome.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Gandalf » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:37 pm

    manamachine wrote:
    MikeB wrote:
    manamachine wrote:All right. I got a booking for the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort through a third-party site.


    Nice ! I'll see you there. When do you arrive ? My plane should arrive at 14:50 (Air Canada) on January 21.


    Dude, we're on the same flight!


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    by doomguy » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:28 am

    It might be a good idea to contact the hotel directly to confirm your reservation. Third party sites are sketchy and can overbook, and not all properties will contact you to tell you that. I've had this problem recently.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:23 am

    Conrad wrote:It might be a good idea to contact the hotel directly to confirm your reservation. Third party sites are sketchy and can overbook, and not all properties will contact you to tell you that. I've had this problem recently.

    Thanks for the heads-up. I've booked before with them without incident, but better safe than sorry.
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    by doomguy » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:00 am

    Yeah. Unless a booking is made directly through a property's official website, I don't think it's ever 100% confirmed. I'm staying at Hollywood Beach Hostel, I looked at their website but it was about $20 cheaper through Hostelworld, so I went with that option, but emailed them to confirm. I've used them numerous times before without incident, but that one incident makes me not trust them now. I'd hate to arrive there only to be told they can't accommodate me and have nowhere to stay because everywhere else is full!
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    by taketheday » Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:41 am

    I have booked at the Bahia Mar Fort Lauderdale Beach hotel, for 3 nights before and 3 nights after the cruise :cool:

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    by CaptOblivious » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:34 am

    Conrad wrote:Yeah. Unless a booking is made directly through a property's official website, I don't think it's ever 100% confirmed. I'm staying at Hollywood Beach Hostel, I looked at their website but it was about $20 cheaper through Hostelworld, so I went with that option, but emailed them to confirm. I've used them numerous times before without incident, but that one incident makes me not trust them now. I'd hate to arrive there only to be told they can't accommodate me and have nowhere to stay because everywhere else is full!

    the theory is even if you book through a reputable 3rd party site i.e. Expedia, Booking.com and travelocity and the hotel oversells it sort of becomes the hotels problem as they have to preform what we call walking a guest and what that is, is the hotel is supposed to find you another reservation at a comparable hotel and some but not all pay for your reservation at the new hotel as compensation for the hassle of having to move you ( this part is in no way shape or form a law). but if you can avoid it do not book through 3rd party sites for 2 major reasons 1) hotels get fucked sideways by 3rd party sites depending on the hotel and the 3rd party company hotels lose 10-50% of the reservation amount 2) when you come into a hotel and say have a ocean view room there are only 2 available in the hotel one being quiet and peaceful the other being right over the loading dock which starting at 5:30 am has trucks and carts moving around banging and crashing till 1am who do you think is going to get assigned each room when you have a guest paying full rate and you have a 3rd party booking which is costing the hotel 25% of its possible revenue ???
    so whats the point of this wall of text ? call the hotel book directly or use their website to book if you see a cheaper rate online mention it hotels will try their best to price match cause even if you find a 10% discount thats still 15-40% more money than we would have gotten. i may or may not have worked front desk in a hotel for the past 6.5 years ( kill me now please )
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    by GregoryOfTheNorth » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:53 pm

    manamachine wrote:
    MikeB wrote:That's awesome ! I'll keep an eye out for you at the airport.


    Sure thing. Although I will warn you: when it comes to traveling, I tend to be a lot less "metal", and a lot more "I'm in a hoodie and sweat pants with headphones on; leave me the eff alone". But I can get over that for the sake of camaraderie. ;)

    Edit: missed your comment about the show. I'll see what my schedule is like; that sounds awesome.


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    by doomguy » Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:28 am

    CaptOblivious wrote:the theory is even if you book through a reputable 3rd party site i.e. Expedia, Booking.com and travelocity and the hotel oversells it sort of becomes the hotels problem as they have to preform what we call walking a guest and what that is, is the hotel is supposed to find you another reservation at a comparable hotel and some but not all pay for your reservation at the new hotel as compensation for the hassle of having to move you ( this part is in no way shape or form a law). but if you can avoid it do not book through 3rd party sites for 2 major reasons 1) hotels get fucked sideways by 3rd party sites depending on the hotel and the 3rd party company hotels lose 10-50% of the reservation amount 2) when you come into a hotel and say have a ocean view room there are only 2 available in the hotel one being quiet and peaceful the other being right over the loading dock which starting at 5:30 am has trucks and carts moving around banging and crashing till 1am who do you think is going to get assigned each room when you have a guest paying full rate and you have a 3rd party booking which is costing the hotel 25% of its possible revenue ???
    so whats the point of this wall of text ? call the hotel book directly or use their website to book if you see a cheaper rate online mention it hotels will try their best to price match cause even if you find a 10% discount thats still 15-40% more money than we would have gotten. i may or may not have worked front desk in a hotel for the past 6.5 years ( kill me now please )

    Because my main concern is hotels making money, right? When booking a hotel normally I would book directly with them, not because I care how much money they make, but because it makes me feel more at ease that my booking is confirmed. As for being assigned a noisy room, in this case I'm staying in a hostel dorm room with near a dozen random people, and with the hostel being full of metalheads I'd be lucky to have peace and quiet anyway.
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    by ShoreSlayer » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:20 am

    Pretty sure he wasn't suggesting anyone worry about making hotels money. More like knowing and understanding the impact this booking method has on them can help improve your experience with them.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by deathmetalpat » Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:49 pm

    Talking about Hotels with someone whose nickname is CaptOblivious is so close to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgb7W9VLkI4 it is funny.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by doomguy » Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:11 am

    ShoreSlayer wrote:Pretty sure he wasn't suggesting anyone worry about making hotels money. More like knowing and understanding the impact this booking method has on them can help improve your experience with them.

    I'm pretty sure the final paragraph does suggest it. May not be the intention, but the way it's worded does imply it. However, that's not important as like I said, I'm staying at a hostel where I'm fully aware and understand that my overall experience lies in part with whoever else happens to be staying in the dorm room.
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    by Memnoch » Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:23 am

    I use Booking.com or Hotels.com for a simple reason: they have to abide by the EU consumer laws, and the Finnish laws when they offer service in Finnish. When booking through these sites, even outside the EU, I can be sure that I get my money back if the hotel fails to accommodate me. And there can't be any extra charges (that weren't on the description before booking).
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Krys » Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:17 am

    I booked at Hotel Sheldon for now. It's honestly pretty far out of my price range, so I'm hoping to split it with a friend if I can. Or I'll find another, cheaper place.... it's really pricey in Ft. Lauderdale for some reason :oops: . I still need to find a room for after the cruise though.
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    by gundiesalvo » Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:40 am

    the Hollywood Beach Hostel had openings for all January when I checked a couple of days ago, at $20 - $30 a night.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Madkill » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:27 pm

    Ocean Drive Villas. Booked through Orbitz. Couple of blocks from Riptide. Looking forward to saying "Hi"
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by CaptOblivious » Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:01 pm

    Conrad wrote:
    ShoreSlayer wrote:Pretty sure he wasn't suggesting anyone worry about making hotels money. More like knowing and understanding the impact this booking method has on them can help improve your experience with them.

    I'm pretty sure the final paragraph does suggest it. May not be the intention, but the way it's worded does imply it. However, that's not important as like I said, I'm staying at a hostel where I'm fully aware and understand that my overall experience lies in part with whoever else happens to be staying in the dorm room.

    it really does sound like a sales pitch outta me in that final paragraph :? sorry what it was meant to say was book direct you tend to but not always get better treatment from the hotels imma gonna shut up now >.>
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by acidbasement » Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:26 pm

    Da wife and I are booked at the Chocolate Hostel, between the airport and the port. We'll try to drop in for visit at the Riptide.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by MikeB » Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:26 pm

    manamachine wrote:All right. I got a booking for the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort through a third-party site.


    I booked at the Historic Hollywood Beach Resort through Booking.com in march. The hotel didn't got my reservation ! All of you who booked the same thing should call the hotel directly and make sure everything is allright.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by Memnoch » Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:38 am

    I booked a room at HHBR in early April through booking.com too. Tried calling them a few times with no luck (guess a lot of us were worried) and emailed them with no answer. Decided to book some other shady hotel on the Hollywood Beach instead. I guess I'll give them a call one of these days, just to be sure.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by manamachine » Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:11 pm

    I called them a few days ago, and they said my booking was confirmed (after keeping me on hold for far too long). But the conversation was a bit weird.

    Me: I booked for the 21st and 26th; can you confirm those dates are in my name?
    Call Centre Lady: The 26th is good, but the 21st...let me check. /puts me on hold for forever
    Call Centre Lady: I have to print a thing to fix the 21st. /back on hold
    Call Centre Lady: Your dates are confirmed.
    Me: The 21st and 26th?
    Call Centre Lady: Yes.
    Me: K...cool.
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    Re: Hotels in FLL

    by MikeB » Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:36 pm

    I don't trust this hotel anymore. I have friends who had problem like me at this hotel. Booking.com fixed it and they were told that everything is confirmed. They called back the hotel to make sure, nope ! They still don't have a reservation.
    I know this place cancelled reservation of a few people because the hotel was overbooked (and they did not send any notification to those people). Since the hotel was sold-out, without my booking, and now they say it is fixed, does that mean someone just lost his reservation ?
    I cancelled everything at this place and booked at the Hollywood Beach Hotels instead, and it's 4 minutes walking to the Tiki Bar (Beach Party)
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