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W Hotel Ft Lauderdale (FLL) – Another Visit

W Hotel Ft Lauderdale (FLL) – Another Visit Overview: A decent beachfront hotel – good for a quick holiday or a business stay Strengths: Dining (Steak 954), pool options, location Drawbacks: Parking service, corridor cleanliness   Earlier this fall, I decided it would be good to give my wife a reverse get-away.  So, over Veterans [...]

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Next Seven Days – Two Trips: Ft Lauderdale and Seattle

I have two trips coming up over the next seven days: I’m giving my wife a reverse get-away – I’m taking the kids down to Ft Lauderdale this weekend for the long weekend, leaving my wife to relax home alone.  I’ll be staying at the W Fort Lauderdale and dining at 954 again.  I reviewed [...]

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Sheraton Trial Program? 24-hour block stays

I needed to fly out to Seattle earlier this week for a quick personal meeting.  I decided I’d try and do this trip on the cheap – economy tickets hoping for upgrades (which all cleared), using mass transit from the airport (saved $80+ round trip versus cabs) and staying at a more modest property than [...]

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Quick Review: W Hotel Ft Lauderdale (FLL) – Better than you’d expect!

I had a quick business trip to a number of parts of Flordia earlier this week and spent a night at the W Hotel at Ft Lauderdale beach.  The property – and the overall area – are quite a bit better than you would expect. The Area For many people, Ft Lauderdale conjures images of drunken [...]

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