Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Rental car: $40-50
Top End:
More than $250
High-season beach hotel/resort: $250-400
Miami gourmet dinners (for two): $150-300
All-inclusive, four- to seven-day theme-park blowout: $1500-4000
Opening Hours
Standard business hours are as follows:
Banks
8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Thursday, to 5:30pm Friday; some 9am to 12:30pm
Saturday.
Bars
Most bars 5pm to midnight; to 2am Friday and Saturday.
Businesses
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Post Offices
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday; sometimes 9am to noon Saturday.
Restaurants
Breakfast 7am to 10:30am and lunch 11:30am to 2:30pm Monday to Friday;
dinner 5pm to 9:30pm, later Friday and Saturday.
Shops
10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, noon to 5pm Sunday; malls keep extended
hours.
Arriving in Florida
Miami International Airport (
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) Metrobus runs every 30 minutes 6am to 11pm;
Miami Beach 35 minutes. Shuttle vans cost $15 to $24. A taxi to South Beach is $32.
Orlando International Airport (
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)
Lynx buses ($2) run from 6am to 10pm. Public
bus #11 services downtown Orlando (40 minutes); #42 services International Dr (one hour)
and #111 services SeaWorld (45 minutes). Complimentary luggage handling and airport
transport for guests staying at a Walt Disney World resort (Disney's Magical Express).
Shuttle vans cost $20 to $30. Taxi costs: Disney area, $50 to $60; International Dr and
Universal Orlando Resort, $35 to $40; downtown Orlando, $35; Winter Park, $45.
