Hotwire Hotel: Identify 4* Miami Int'l Airport Hotel

[Donnajs]

Would anyone know which hotel this might be (saw this on the HOTWIRE link site)?

Miami Int'l Airport MIA Hotel - RATED 4 STARS

For February 13th check in (February 14th check out)

$105 per night

[AaronJB]

Welcome to the site. :)

What are the amenity icons showing?

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[Donnajs]

Hi Aaron, the price nows says $102. It shows Airport Shuttle, Fitness Center, Pool(s), Restaurant, Business Center, High Speed Internet Access.

[thereuare]

These ameniteis are common for a 4* 'city' hotel, but this is a match for the Inter-Continental West so that would be my best guess.

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Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[Donnajs]

Is Intercontinental West close to the Port of Miami?

[Donnajs]

I called Intercontinetal west to find out how far they are away from the Port of Miami. They said about 30 minutes. They said they have a service that would take you there, but it would be $50 to $60. That seems pretty high to me. Does anyone know of other transportation that would be cheaper?

[AaronJB]

I'm not entirely familiar with Miami, but I'm seeing that the Port of Miami is on Dodge Island (please correct me if I'm wrong), and if that's the case, then I would think downtown Miami would be a far better choice, as it appears much closer than the airport area.

[thereuare]

The InterContinental West is located at 2505 NW 87th Ave, Miami, FL 33172 and is about 3-4 miles west of the Airport... whereas the cruise port is east of the airport (not a big deal, but trying to explain that you're on the 'other' side of the airport from the cruise terminal)

A taxi from Miami Airport to the cruise terminal is a fixed rate of $24, so if you have 'managable' luggage, you could take the hotel's shuttle to the airport (limited service, only runs once per hour) and then take a fixed cost taxi to the cruise terminal for $24.

Downtown is closer to the port, but at the moment rates appear to be somewhat high for your dates.

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[Froufie]

I am in the same situation - trying to book 1 pre cruise night for the end of January. Would like ot stay downtown closer to port but hotels there are still running very high rates for that time period - there are some excellent deals in the airport area - free shutlle to and from airport - but getting to the cruise port can be costly. A shuttle can be arranged but a cab from there is 'metered' and could be expensive.

I think we are doing as suggested above - getting back on hotel airport shuttle and taking the flat rate cab ride to the port! Almost as cheap as a shuttle and you can go whenever you please without having to wait for anyone!

[thereuare]

Froufie,

Please don't forget to follow-up your current Hotiwre Miami thread with whatever you end up doing for this stay... and if you'd like further help with this trip please post there as well.

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Thanks!

[tess]

I am in the same situation - trying to book 1 pre cruise night for the end of January. Would like ot stay downtown closer to port but hotels there are still running very high rates for that time period - there are some excellent deals in the airport area - free shutlle to and from airport - but getting to the cruise port can be costly. A shuttle can be arranged but a cab from there is 'metered' and could be expensive.

I think we are doing as suggested above - getting back on hotel airport shuttle and taking the flat rate cab ride to the port! Almost as cheap as a shuttle and you can go whenever you please without having to wait for anyone!

If you want to save some bucks you can take a public bus from the airport or get the free shuttle to the Tri-rail station and catch that and get off at the Metro Rail station and take that to a downtown stop. The Government station connects with the free People Mover. I have no clue what a cab would cost from downtown to the port, but can't imagine it would be too much as the port is basically downtown.

Here is a link to Miami Dade Transport http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/faq.asp

and to Tri-Rail http://www.tri-rail.com/

And just discovered that there is a Seaport Connection bus that goes to the Port. http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/routes/route.asp?route=243

Hope this helps.