Ft Lauderdale

Oasis of the Seas…Blog Entry #3
It’s 10pm EST, Tuesday Nov 17th as I am writing this. Jeff and I arrived into Ft Lauderdale from Denver on a delightful Southwest Airlines flight about 4pm. We gathered our bags and hailed a taxi for the 10-minute ($12.50) ride to our host hotel, the Embassy Suites. This Embassy is located adjacent to Terminal 18. Our room turned out to be # 922 which happens to overlook a good size shopping center, and of course, the Oasis of the Seas. This is the perfect hotel for clients arriving a day early for their cruise vacation. And, Wow! We couldn’t have asked for a better room.
We quickly changed into slacks and shirt and made our way down to the vendor tradeshow. There were representatives from all the major CLIA cruise lines; Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Holland America and many more. We picked up many brochures and business cards to take back to the office with us. But, our favorite booth was the one manned by the Ft Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. It was there we met Josh Winston. Josh is 32, works for the CVB, and he loves promoting tourism to his city. Of the many things he told us about Ft Lauderdale, Josh said in particular there are two sight-seeing tours everyone should take when they come to Ft Lauderdale. The first one is taking the guided tour at Sawgrass Recreation Park. This is an airboat tour in the Florida Everglades www.sawgrassrecreationpark.com. The second must-see tour is the Water Taxi www.watertaxi.com . The Water Taxi starts at 10am and runs to 13 different stops all day long. You can get off and get back on at any stop along the route, all day long for one price. It’s a great way to see the highlights and experience the history of Ft Lauderdale.
Well, off to bed. Tomorrow is a full day of seminars and classes.
Steve Lord and Jeff Gregory own and operate a travel agency in Denver Colorado, www.all-inclusivevacations.com