I booked a 3* hotel on Hotwire for late November/early December at $54 night. It is the Holiday Inn on Fort Lauderdale Beach -- with features listed as: near beach, food, pool, fitness center, business center. I stayed there at a similar time in 2004 and the main problem, as some have stated, is noise. Paper thin walls allow an intrusion of noise from adjacent rooms and the location, on a busy intersection, is the beneficiary of obnoxious street sounds. Otherwise, the view is excellent and Primanti's Pizza is right there. :)