Hotwire Hotel: Need help identifying Fort Lauderdale hotels

[singapurasling]

I have never used Hotwire or Priceline before and find the thought of purchasing an unknown hotel a bit scary.

Has anyone here ever been given a hotel outside the requested area? I have heard of that happening. I want to avoid huge taxi costs in getting to hotel from FLL airport and from hotel to Port Everglages cruiseport.

Anyway, Hotwire has 2 hotels that interest me and i would appreciate help in identifying them.

First Location:Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood Intl Airport FLL Star rating: 2.5

hotels include:Holiday Inn Express, AmeriSuites,

Country Inns & Suites, and other

respected hotel brands.

$60

Travel information:

2.5 miles to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl. Airport (FLL), 18.5 miles to Miami Intl. (MIA)

Second Location:Fort Lauderdale Beach Area Star rating: 3

3-star hotels include:Holiday Inn, Radisson, DoubleTree,

and other respected hotel brands.

$106

Area details

An array of shops, restaurants, sidewalk cafes and entertainment

Travel information:

5.4 miles to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl. Airport (FLL), 26.4 miles to Miami Intl. (MIA)

[AaronJB]

Welcome to the site. :)

Please provided the amenity lists associated with each of the listings in question.

If there is an instance of a hotel outside the designated zone (which is very, very rare), then I recommend contacting PRICELINE or HOTWIRE to work out the issue and get compensation (I'd ask for a refund, since it wasn't in the zone.) Overall, I wouldn't worry about a hotel not being in the zone, but if one somehow is, you simply have to contact the service.

In terms of using PRICELINE or HOTWIRE, I thought the idea sounded ridiculous when I first heard about it in 2003. Who would ever want to buy a hotel without knowing what it was? After a few years of using both services, there's no way I will go back to paying full price.