Stayed at this hotel for three nights post cruise for a little R and R and shopping with my son.

Accomodations not fancy, but adequate for the price. Breakfast included, business centre with internet access and fridge in room for water etc. Also has laundry facilities (got laundry detergent from Big Lots across the street for little $$ compared to what the hotel was selling it for).

Shopping and restaurants are across the street (is a busy street to cross) and bank machines also within the vicinity.

Very easy to navigate the public transit system ($6 for a day pass as opposed to $30 one way to the outlet mall via shuttle). Takes a little longer, but definately worth the savings. I printed the necessary maps via Broward County Transit website before we got there.

Front desk staff very helpful and courteous. Close to the cruiseport and the airport.

Would stay again.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express the night before an early morning flight out of Fort Lauderdale airport. It was a convenient location. The hotel was very clean and neat, and quite quiet. They had a nice pool in which to relax, with chairs and tables around it. There is a woodsy area right behind the hotel, so we could hear a lot of birds out by the pool, which made it feel like we weren't right in the city. There was an arrest made on the road right behind the pool though while we were out there, reminding us that this is a crime-prone area.

I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express on May 23rd and May 25th of 2008. My flight was delayed so I got there at 12:45 a.m. I was greeted by a gentlemen named Jaime, he was so sweet and helpful. I was able to get a great rate if you prepurchase the room. I got it for 103.00 plus tax not bad. The breakfast was very good and plenty of variety. Such as eggs, bacon, cinnamon buns, cereal, oatmeal to name a few. You also receive 2 free snacks (beverage & snack) if you become a member of the priority club. I highly suggest it. It really came in handy when I arrived and felt too tired to go out for a snack. The room was very clean and I especially liked the bed linens and comforters they seemed new. It was very nicely decorated. There is also internet access and a very nice outdoor pool. As for the location, it was great just 5 minutes away from the airport and there is a mc donalds and mall across the street and a raceway gas and snack station just a block away. I loved it!

I don't get it. The place is fine, but it's no better than your generic mediocre chain hotel with a pool. A step below a Marriott or maybe two. Normally I don't complain about this kind of hotel but:

1. It's $180 a night.
2. It's rated #4 in all of Fort Lauderdale?

If that's really true, that's a pitiful statement for Fort Lauderdale! At $100 a night I'd be saying that this is a good deal, probably giving it 4 "stars". But I think it's time to break some misapprehensions.

There's nothing nice about anything you can walk to from here. There is a decent looking German restaurant, so maybe that's an exception. Other than that you've got a grocery store, 7-11, McD's, Wendy's, Subway, thai hole-in-the-wall, chinese hole-in-the-wall, liquor store, laundromat, etc. There's a Walgreens not too far away.

The breakfast is exactly what you'd find if you roamed the corridors of Costco and purchased the cheapest things you could find. Their hot food is nasty greasy sausages, cheese omeletes, and such, that clearly went from freezer to microwave to counter. Stick with the cinnamon buns which aren't exactly high-quality but at least are tasty. And for the coffee, no whole milk let alone cream, just 2% or fat-free for the cereal or CoffeeMate, and not a Starbucks in sight! 8-)

Their Internet connection doesn't seem very reliable. Both evenings of my two-night stay were painfully slow. I called the front desk who explained that they have to reset it occasionally, and that does seem to have helped, so if you stay here and it's a problem don't hesitate to call down.

They do offer a shuttle from the airport. They wouldn't send the driver until I had my bags (reasonable for a busy airport since they can't park), and then told me it would be 15 minutes. It was 35 minutes. If they'd told me I would have just taken a cab for $10 - $15.

And other minor things, like only one elevator seems to be in service, and the hot water tap takes a full minute to get hot (5th floor of 5), and until then is colder than the cold water tap, and the glasses are just plastic cups.

I don't want it to sound like I'm horribly particular. I stay in worse and don't complain. it's just for the #4 hotel in the entire town and for $180 per night (plus tax) I expected something more. Mind you, if all you need is a no-brainer hotel for one night between flight and cruise, the hotel is fine if overpriced. But I spent an extra night and probably would've been happier somewhere walking distance from downtown / Las Osas, or the A1A beach area.