Thanks Erik! That helps me too. I think Plantation is to far west. In Florida (East coat) I always like to be East of the turnpike and the closer to A1A the better. I am slammed right now working on a RFP until tomorrow at 5 (when its due) :-). I hope to be able to start making some progress Thursday/Friday. Larry --- On Tue, 11/3/09, Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> > Subject: [AGA-mcm] Hotels on a map > To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com> > Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 12:13 PM > I have enclosed a graphic showing the > four hotels in relation to FAN on a map. It helped me > visualize things. > > You must ignore the "how far away from FAN" quotes from the > rep, as they are not accurate. > > The one in Plantation is 5 miles away by freeway. > THe two in Ft. Lauderdale proper are about 18-19 miles by > freeway. > The one near the airport is 15 miles by freeway. > > But what I basically see is that all the hotels will > require some form of transportation. I don't see much > of a point with going with Plantation in that case. > > The Westin is cheaper. It is also 13 miles from the > International Airport, not 3 miles. If they have a > comp shuttle, it seems like a no-brainer to me. > > - Erik > > -- Erik Olson > > > Sent from my > crusty old Linux box > erik at thekrib dot com > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm