Where does the car drop you at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale, and what does the resort say about valet?

At The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale, 1 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, the car drops you at the hotel; its own page prints valet at $65 a day, check-in at 4 p.m. and check-out at 11 a.m., says the hotel provides no shuttle, and names a car company for the airports with a reservation required (The Ritz-Carlton, n.d.).

The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale is at 1 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. The hotel page prints valet parking at $65 daily under long-term parking, and $35 day parking and $69 overnight parking under additional parking information, and names no self-parking. Check-in is at 4 p.m. and check-out at 11 a.m. It says the hotel does not provide shuttle service to Fort Lauderdale, Miami or the Palm Beach airport, and lists a transportation company with a reservation required, at $147 one way from FLL and $211 from MIA. (The Ritz-Carlton, n.d.).

Not on the pages I read: self-parking; the drop-off point or entrance; a house car. Resorts change valet rates and house-car hours without notice, so the page's own words are checked by a daily watch, and the desk confirms the door with the resort's bell desk the day before an arrival.

What the car does: from FLL, or any airport or private terminal, the captain meets you where the airport's rules allow, watches the flight, and drops you at the resort's porte-cochère or the entrance the bell desk names, with waiting after landing included; the resort's own concierge can arrange a transfer too, and its page says so, so compare the two on price and on what each includes. The fare here is agreed before the car moves, and you see it before you book.