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Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / January 2008Fort Lauderdale to Miami...
I am debating between taking a flight into Miami or Fort Lauderdale. The ticket to FLL is $120 cheaper. If I take a taxi I'd lose my savings on the extra fare. What is the cheapest way to get from the FLL airport to South Beach? I have read multiple threads on this but the problem is that I'm traveling alone so I wouldn't be able to split a shuttle with anyone. Are there any public shuttles that go back and fourth taking whoever is there? What other options do I have and worst case, how much more would it cost to take a taxi from FLL instead of Miami? >I am debating between taking a flight into Miami or Fort Lauderdale. >The ticket to FLL is $120 cheaper. If I take a taxi I'd lose my [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >worst case, how much more would it cost to take a taxi from FLL >instead of Miami? You can take a cab to the Fort Lauderdale train station and take TriRail to the Miami Airport Station, which isn't really near the airport, but there's a shuttle. I've done this in reverse and it'll come out less than the $120, but I'm not sure it's worth it. http://www.tri-rail.com/ From Miami airport you have to get to South Beach. That I'm not sure about. Check the MIA website: http://www.miami-airport.com/  Signature************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * > Are there any public shuttles that go back and forth taking whoever >is there? What other options do I have and worst case, how much more >would it cost to take a taxi from FLL instead of Miami? This company offers shared ride limos for a reasonable $18 to South Beach. http://www.floridalimo.com/Pages/sharedr.html >> Are there any public shuttles that go back and forth taking >> whoever>is there? What other options do I have and worst >> case, how much more would it cost to take a taxi from FLL >> instead of Miami? > This company offers shared ride limos for a reasonable $18 > to South Beach. www.floridalimo.com/Pages/sharedr.html I like that option. Another would be to rent a car and drop it at a local lot. Commonly, drops between FLL and Miami do not incur a surcharge. I've done that with National before. I checked that out, seems like a really good deal. I'm just wondering how long their rides really are with all the other drop offs. It estimates 2 hours on their site for what should be a 45 min drive. They said that is just an estimate, but that would be my only concern is if it actually took 2 hours to south beach. > > Are there any public shuttles that go back and forth taking whoever > >is there? What other options do I have and worst case, how much more [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.floridalimo.com/Pages/sharedr.html On Jan 16, 12:53 pm, hurricane_number_...@yahoo.com wrote: > > > Are there any public shuttles that go back and forth taking whoever > > >is there? What other options do I have and worst case, how much more [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > They said that is just an estimate, but that would be my only concern > is if it actually took 2 hours to south beach. You're talking about taking an additional hour to save $100. Do you make $100/hr? > On Jan 16, 12:53 pm, hurricane_number_...@yahoo.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > you > make $100/hr? It would be a round trip, wouldn't it? So, that would be $50 per hour. >I am debating between taking a flight into Miami or Fort Lauderdale. > The ticket to FLL is $120 cheaper. If I take a taxi I'd lose my > savings on the extra fare. What is the cheapest way to get from the > FLL airport to South Beach? I have read multiple threads on this but Rent a car and drive. Its the fastest and easiet. Where would I drop it off in south beach, the airport? It would be too expensive to keep it for the weekend + they charge for parking. > <hurricane_number_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Rent a car and drive. Its the fastest and easiet. >Where would I drop it off in south beach, the airport? It would be too >expensive to keep it for the weekend + they charge for parking. There's no airport in Miami Beach (well, I suppose maybe the seaplane base but it's tiny.) A quick check on Orbitz says that you can rent a car from Dollar or Thrifty at FLL and drop it off at their city offices in Miami Beach for $69. That's not particularly cheap. I'd do the shared limo. >> >I am debating between taking a flight into Miami or Fort Lauderdale. >> > The ticket to FLL is $120 cheaper. If I take a taxi I'd lose my >> > savings on the extra fare. What is the cheapest way to get from the >> > FLL airport to South Beach? I have read multiple threads on this but >> >> Rent a car and drive. Its the fastest and easiet. >>Where would I drop it off in south beach, the airport? It would be too >>expensive to keep it for the weekend + they charge for parking. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thrifty at FLL and drop it off at their city offices in Miami Beach > for $69. That's not particularly cheap. I'd do the shared limo. what about other companies? Also, with some corporate or organizational plans, with some car rental coompanies, you don't pay drop charges. >> A quick check on Orbitz says that you can rent a car from Dollar or >> Thrifty at FLL and drop it off at their city offices in Miami Beach >> for $69. That's not particularly cheap. I'd do the shared limo. > >what about other companies? They weren't interestingly cheaper. Even with my corp number Avis is $54. >Also, with some corporate or organizational plans, with some car >rental coompanies, you don't pay drop charges. There's no drop charge. Rentals in Florida have gotten a lot more expensive than they used to be. >>> A quick check on Orbitz says that you can rent a car from Dollar or >>> Thrifty at FLL and drop it off at their city offices in Miami Beach [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > There's no drop charge. Rentals in Florida have gotten a lot more > expensive than they used to be. This depends on the season. During peak season (XMAS to Easter) it's expensive to rent a car. During the rest of the year it's pretty cheap. >>>> A quick check on Orbitz says that you can rent a car from Dollar or >>>> Thrifty at FLL and drop it off at their city offices in Miami Beach [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > This depends on the season. During peak season (XMAS to Easter) it's > expensive to rent a car. During the rest of the year it's pretty cheap. Yes, for back in November, I had a "Special" from Thrifty, my regular supplier, a "Full Size" (which turned out to be a "Linkum" Town Car due to availability for a midnight arrival) from FLL to MCO, no drop charge, 7 days for $210 which included all the fees and taxes...(a sale rate plus a discount for payment with AMEX) TMO Where would I drop it off in south beach, the airport? It would be too expensive to keep it for the weekend + they charge for parking. All the agencies have multiple drop off points in Miami Beach. check the web sites On Jan 16, 5:00 pm, "Chilly8" <chil...@hotmail.com> wrote: > <hurricane_number_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Rent a car and drive. Its the fastest and easiet. http://www.tri-rail.com/ > I am debating between taking a flight into Miami or Fort Lauderdale. > The ticket to FLL is $120 cheaper. If I take a taxi I'd lose my [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > worst case, how much more would it cost to take a taxi from FLL > instead of Miami? > I am debating between taking a flight into Miami or Fort Lauderdale. > The ticket to FLL is $120 cheaper. If I take a taxi I'd lose my > savings on the extra fare. What is the cheapest way to get from the > FLL airport to South Beach? The cheapest would be the TriRail shuttle from the airport to the Tri-Rail station, then Broward County Transit Route 4 from the Fort Lauderdale Airport Tri-Rail station to North Miami Beach (or Golden Beach) and switch to Miami-Dade bus K to South Beach. I'm sure that this would take at least two and a half hours. On the plus side, most of the route is down A1A, so at least it's interesting (if you've not seen it all before). http://www.broward.org/bct/pdfs/rt4.pdf http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/transit/images/pdfs/routes/111.pdf Also see "http://www.floridalimo.com/Pages/sharedr.html" I've never used them, but it seems similar to Super Shuttle, and it's $18 not including tip. > Are there any public shuttles that go back and fourth taking whoever is there? What other options do I have and > worst case, how much more would it cost to take a taxi from FLL > instead of Miami? If you arrive early in the morning on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, you can take the water taxi from downtown Fort Lauderdale to South Beach for $22. See "http://watertaxi.com/Event/DisplayDetail.Asp?ID=250&EventID=250&TemplateID=1&Con tentEntityID=128" > how much more would it cost to take a taxi from FLL > instead of Miami? A lot. It's very far. $75 minimum. |
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