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Want to make a short mid week trip to Singer Island, the lowest rate is $139; I'm guessing $80 is the lowest, any ideas?

thanks, i just stayed at Tribeca Grand, pricey, but incredible service.

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I think you are living in a fantasy. Key West is a magical place, but tiny and jan 24 is highest season. There aren't even many dumps left things have gotten so expensive.

I think you have picked a tricky week to go, since October 23rd is the start of Fantasy Fest, the biggest event on the island all year. http://www.fantasyfest.net/ Folks come early to attend. you would be better off going the week before or the week after Halloween. I am sure rates are artificially inflated that specific week. If you like a lot of craziness, that's the week to go, but you won't experience much of Key West. That said, you would be better off using HOTWIRE, because you will be able to figure out the locations of which hotels are available. Also, the beaches are minimal at most hotels, the Navy has the good beaches. But Key West is a lot of fun and definitely go.

3/8/-11/09, clean hotel, nice rooms, but really large and a little difficult for my parents to navigate. Better for the spry than the young at heart.

Residence Inn has an inflated rate because it is at the MALL. You can do much better or you can go to the beach and she can come hang out with you. The causeway to the beach is right at the MALL. Aventura is around 210 street. only a few miles away are N. Miami Beach and Hollywood Beach. There are lots of reasonably priced hotels in the area and since it is on a mapped on a grid, it is easy to navigate and definitely use PRICELINE for a car, i have gotten rates as low as $70 a week. Spend some time investigating level 3 hotels in N. Miami Beach and Hollywood and you will find something reasonable. I just got an email from South Beach level 3 (blocks 1 - 14) for $99. I live there and prices are low. I don't know why she paid so much, she can do much better, unless she has business at the Mall and needs the convenience.

You are getting good advice to go up to Ft lauderdale or even Deerfield beach, which puts you closer to Orlando and is a more natural split of the drive. There are hundreds of hotels in MB, but that is a very crowded week. If you are under 30, stay in MB, if older, go on up to a more manageable area. Coral Gables is very far from the beach, about 10 miles away and is a business area. For your purposes, i think you would be unhappy there. Be mindful of the intense traffic, usually quite slow between Boca and Palm Beach. Take the turnpike and be sure to have some cash for it. Much better road.

I would suggest you try for the Intercontinental or Hyatt downtown. They can easily walk to the Bahamas Consulate from there (less than 6 blocks). The bridge to Miami Beach is about 7 miles long, so walking isn't likely, but there are lots of buses that pass by the Intercontinental and go to the beach. (Bayside is right next to the Intercontinental. I have walked around there at night, but not later than 9PM.) The next areas that are safe are Coconut Grove and Coral Gables, still accessible to the consulate but further south. There are lots of good PRICELINE prices on South Beach and they can take the bus over to Miami. Much more fun and lively than being downtown. Taxis are very expensive, a one-way ride to the consulate will be over $20.

go to their web site.

The rate today is $49.50.

I live there and that is South Beach, After all the Shore Club is 1901 Collins and that is the ultimate in South Beach and right in the middle of the area you describe. East of Washington is one one block, Collins Ave, and the Ocean-front hotels are there, Ocean Drive runs from 2nd to 14th, maybe that fact informs your mis-perception.

I would suggest you check out crystal City and other close VA suburban areas. DC is a major city and has very few hotels with pools. There is an excellent subway system, Metro that will get you easily to the public sites.

That event is called Art Basel and it is the most influential art event in the US if not the world. You are never going to get a deal in Miami during that week, if you can even get a room. The event seems to mainly impact Miami Beach/Design District, but it is impossible to get in the best restaurants etc. The rates change in Nov at the end of hurricane season, but the economy has definitely impacted Miami like other places. If you are flexible, i would track the Intercontinental on HOTWIRE and especially easyclicktravel.com because it is a great hotel and can be very reasonable.

I am interested in learning which hotel this is. I have reservations at Buena Vista Palace resort for a confeence and it is an outrageous $160 (since it isn't even on the Disney property but is near the shopping big whoop. I'd like to find something within 5 miles of there, for under $100

Got Marriott Key Largo resort for March for $145. I can't ever remember seeing anything in the Keys for under $100, no matter the season.

check out the Priceline Key West post for Nov. 22, it is not a bad place.

That is Thanksgiving weekend, Wednesday through Sunday, Thursday being the big day and Friday being the biggest shopping day of the year. I think the average rate for a medium hotel in Key West is $300 - 350 during high tourist time which starts November 1. Key West is lovely, but very small and getting more expensive at every turn. There are hardly even any dumps left there. You should book for those dates before you come because it is the highest travel time of the year as it is non-denominational. That's my 2 cents worth and i live very close to the Keys. You might find a lower price hotel on the ocean somewhere small like Ormond beach.

Do you have hostel membership? There is a nice hostel hotel that is less than $50 in Miami Beach (a French friend found it) called the Clay Hotel. It is nice and on a great street, Washington, a 10 minute walk from the beach. Other than that, nothing is that low in Miami beach. The whole state has great beaches. I would suggest you look at the State park system, which has much wildlife and no construction. Macarthur in Singer Island (80 miles N of Miami ) and John Pennycamp in Key Largo (50 miles S of Miami) Both have excellent snorkeling and both are beautiful. Both are day trips from Miami and you could use the Clay as your base. November is the time rates start going up. You should check out tripadvisor.com and other hotel/travel review sites before you book unseen places. roomsaver.com has some good discounts in out of the way areas, but you take your chances on location and quality. Good luck and keep planning and researching.

The train is called Tri-Rail. It will stop in West Palm Beach and is probably a $10 - $15 cab ride to the airport. They run pretty regularly during rush hour, but spotty in the middle of the day. Takes about 1.5 hrs from Ft. Lauderdale. You didn't say where you are starting from, but it isn't near the port. you'll have to get to the station to pick it up. You might do better to with the Super Shuttle, if it will take you to PBI. You got a good price for the hotel.

Just visited a friend at the new Hilton and it is exquisite. Restaurant isn't quite there yet, but it isn't season and Los Olas is so nearby.

cabs from Miami are $25+. you are better off finding a less desirable place in upper numbers (SoBe is 1st - 20th st)

You're stuck with the fee, it's like the resort fee. BUT you are getting a great deal and i think you can swim over to the 4 Seasons and have lunch, although the food is fine at the hotel.

I live in Miami Beach and i think tmost are all bad ideas, you don't want a car here AND the port is within sneezin distance of MB, whereas the Airport is really far away. Supershuttle will bring you right here and i don't know how pricey it is but (i know from Miami - $16.00 but that doesn't help you.) Tri rail works, but it requires a lot of changes and would be a big hassle at the end of a trip. and often it skips an hour between leaving so could add hours onto trip. I don't know about FL Limo, never seen or heard of that.

or N. Palm Beach. I got this price for this Friday and last Fri/Sat. I don't think they will go below $70 but still better that $169 - 219 without Priceline, yay.