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edsan 01-18-2025 09:34 AM
Parking at Hotel in Fort Lauderdale For a 14Day Cruise
 
Hi, looking for suggestions to leave my vehicle at a hotel for 14 Day Cruise near the Port in Fort Lauderdale.

I'm sure that would be cheaper than parking at the Port.

OrangeBlossomBaby 01-18-2025 10:00 AM
Free parking at hotels in Ft. Lauderdale require that you book a room and stay at least one night. The parking is only free for the first 7 days, you usually pay a set fee for each day over that. I saw Courtyard by Marriott's is $25 per day after the first 7 days, and they charge $169 for the booked one-night stay. So for 14 days you'd pay $169, plus $175 for the additional 7 days parking, would come to $344 plus tax and whatever other fees.

Stu from NYC 01-18-2025 10:05 AM
We have used cheap park fly several times and much cheaper than port even factoring in taxi ride to and from port.

Lately we have used Yankee trails when in season so as to avoid parking charges and eliminating drive to port.

biker1 01-18-2025 10:37 AM
You may wish to consider taking the Cruise Express coach if your cruise is before May and you only need to go there and back (i.e. not taking any side trips before or after). Roundtrip is $135 per person and they drop you off/pick you up at your boat.

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Originally Posted by edsan (Post 2402410)
Hi, looking for suggestions to leave my vehicle at a hotel for 14 Day Cruise near the Port in Fort Lauderdale.

I'm sure that would be cheaper than parking at the Port.

edsan 01-20-2025 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2402432)
Free parking at hotels in Ft. Lauderdale require that you book a room and stay at least one night. The parking is only free for the first 7 days, you usually pay a set fee for each day over that. I saw Courtyard by Marriott's is $25 per day after the first 7 days, and they charge $169 for the booked one-night stay. So for 14 days you'd pay $169, plus $175 for the additional 7 days parking, would come to $344 plus tax and whatever other fees.


Thank you

Stu from NYC 01-20-2025 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2402432)
Free parking at hotels in Ft. Lauderdale require that you book a room and stay at least one night. The parking is only free for the first 7 days, you usually pay a set fee for each day over that. I saw Courtyard by Marriott's is $25 per day after the first 7 days, and they charge $169 for the booked one-night stay. So for 14 days you'd pay $169, plus $175 for the additional 7 days parking, would come to $344 plus tax and whatever other fees.
Which hotels will give you free parking for 7 days?

OrangeBlossomBaby 01-20-2025 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2402432)
Free parking at hotels in Ft. Lauderdale require that you book a room and stay at least one night. The parking is only free for the first 7 days, you usually pay a set fee for each day over that. I saw Courtyard by Marriott's is $25 per day after the first 7 days, and they charge $169 for the booked one-night stay. So for 14 days you'd pay $169, plus $175 for the additional 7 days parking, would come to $344 plus tax and whatever other fees.
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2403111)
Which hotels will give you free parking for 7 days?
You can do a google search, that's how I found it. Plug in "sleep park cruise Fort Lauderdale."

kkingston57 01-20-2025 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by edsan (Post 2402410)
Hi, looking for suggestions to leave my vehicle at a hotel for 14 Day Cruise near the Port in Fort Lauderdale.

I'm sure that would be cheaper than parking at the Port.
Looked into doing this. Hotels are very expensive in and around the port. Port charges $20 a day and was across the street from our ship.

Lottoguy 01-21-2025 10:17 AM
Try Embassy Suites right by the port.

OrangeBlossomBaby 01-21-2025 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Lottoguy (Post 2403309)
Try Embassy Suites right by the port.
Free for 7 days ONLY if you book a room. If you don't book a room, you have to pay for parking, AND you have to get you and your bags to the port on your own, shuttle service is not provided for people who don't book a room. Meanwhile, for a 14-day stay, you STILL have to pay for 7 days of parking, even if you do book a room.

This is typical for most hotels in the area.

Hilton Page Reference Code

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Book a 1-night stay at any participating hotel and get parking included for up to 7 nights, plus shuttle service to and from select airports or cruise ports.* Getting to where you need to go just got simpler. *Offer is limited to 1 vehicle per room. Shuttle service is for all registered guests.
Hilton Page Reference Code

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Parking

Self-parking: $33.00 per day
Valet parking: $38.00
EV charging: Nearby, 1 miles
Secured: Available
Covered: Not available
In/Out privileges: Available

WiseSpender 01-21-2025 01:40 PM
You consider possibly renting a car from around here?
 
I myself am renting a car from Budget Rental for one day from Leesburg location, then returning it to their Fort Lauderdale location the next day (for an April 2025 14-day Trans-Atlantic cruise). That Fort Lauderdale location has free shuttle service to Port Everglades cruise port.

My total cost for the rental, $65.70 (I think I used KAYAK or PRICELINE to do my search). I am not doing a roundtrip car rental because my Cruise ship trip ends in United Kingdom.

This was by far the cheapest choice I came up with in my research.

Perhaps you might want to consider two separate one-way rentals, so you don't need to worry about parking fees or hotel charges?

kkingston57 01-21-2025 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by WiseSpender (Post 2403359)
I myself am renting a car from Budget Rental for one day from Leesburg location, then returning it to their Fort Lauderdale location the next day (for an April 2025 14-day Trans-Atlantic cruise). That Fort Lauderdale location has free shuttle service to Port Everglades cruise port.

My total cost for the rental, $65.70 (I think I used KAYAK or PRICELINE to do my search). I am not doing a roundtrip car rental because my Cruise ship trip ends in United Kingdom.

This was by far the cheapest choice I came up with in my research.

Perhaps you might want to consider two separate one-way rentals, so you don't need to worry about parking fees or hotel charges?
We did this and it worked out. Only problem was that there was a long line of people at Avis who were getting on the free shuttle. We ended up using Lyft. It was a Saturday and met several people at Avis who did the same

FloridaGuy66 01-22-2025 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by edsan (Post 2402410)
Hi, looking for suggestions to leave my vehicle at a hotel for 14 Day Cruise near the Port in Fort Lauderdale.

I'm sure that would be cheaper than parking at the Port.
Lookup Rightway parking. Should be around $7.50/day through them. I've used them several times. They're not right at the port but they have extremely reliable and frequent shuttles to take you there and pick you up after the cruise.

Ritagoyer 01-22-2025 07:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by edsan (Post 2402410)
Hi, looking for suggestions to leave my vehicle at a hotel for 14 Day Cruise near the Port in Fort Lauderdale.

I'm sure that would be cheaper than parking at the Port.
We use Park & Go close to cruise port and they drop you off at your ship and pick you up at end of cruise.

gatorbill1 01-22-2025 10:19 AM
Try BuyReservations.com - they have hotels with parking before or after cruise


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