Groupon Getaway: The Hotel









Exterior of the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, hotel, street view
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 After our two-hour spa retreat and our delicious lunch, we drive to the hotel.

We already had our Groupon to stay for one night.* 

We arrive at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort and the valet, Kathy, let’s us know that parking is available as valet only and costs $39 plus tax per night, but that we can go in and out as we please(The cost of parking was mentioned in the e-mail when we booked the hotel, but who reads emails anymore?). We give Kathy our car, and head for the lobby.

Smoking Oasis, Four Diamond Award, my husband, pizza shirt
We didn’t get a chance to check out the “‘smoking oasis,’” but it did pique our interest.

 It’s not a huge lobby, but it looks clean and smells fancy. We wait for our turn to check in. The pleasant woman checking us in at the front desk explains that our room isn’t ready yet, but that she’s upgrading us two tiers — to a suite. My husband and I smile at one another.

We’re even more pleased when she hands us a voucher for two free drinks at the bar inside the restaurant of the hotel.

Yay!! An upgrade and free booze?

My husband and I begin giggling like excited schoolchildren.

She walks us through the rest of the benefits we get with our stay and hands us a card that explains everything:
20% off at the spa
10% off at the shop
2 free bottles of water per day
at the cafe
2 hrs of bike riding per day (they provide the helmets)
2 Beach chairs and towels per day

 We stow our bags for free in the lobby until our room is ready.

 It’s raining out, so we decide to get our free drinks while we wait for our room to become available.
The outdoor pool of the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach with Ocean View in the background, palm trees, pool lounging chairs, hotel patrons in the pool, raining outside
At the beautiful pool with a view to the beach. I brightened the pic up a bit before posting it, but the sky was gray and overcast. See how the floor is wet? It was raining a little.





The outdoor pool of the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach with Ocean View in the background, palm trees, pool lounging chairs, hotel patrons in the pool, raining outside
Hubby at the pool.

My husband and I at the bar with our drinks, pizza shirt, drinks, pina colada with some strawberry flavor
With our delicious drinks. Cheers!



Pina colada with some strawberry flavor, strawberry garnish on the rim of the glass
Yum!

Shout out to our bartender (who moonlights as a DJ) for being fun and making us some delicious drinks!
We’re almost done with our drinks when my husband gets a call that our room is ready.
We are very pleasantly surprised by our room.

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Location: 505 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, USA

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