Minmounce Posted July 12, 2011 #1 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I am looking for a post cruise hotel near MIA. This will just be for 1 night before our flight home and would like to find something in the $200 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninDC Posted July 12, 2011 #2 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Embassy Suites near MIA may fit your needs. In the Blue Lagoon area near MIA there is also a Homewood Suites and a Hilton. Depending upon the time of the year $200 will get you into most of the nicer downtown Miami hotels (Hyatt, Intercontinental, Marriott, Doubletree), where you are just a 15 minute/$25+ cab ride away from the airport. Good luck! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl3 Posted July 12, 2011 #3 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I am looking for a post cruise hotel near MIA. This will just be for 1 night before our flight home and would like to find something in the $200 range. I would suggest Intercontinental Hotel downtown Miami. And Puntino's for dinner (fabulous Italian restaurant...authentic Italian, not Olive Garden stuff), prices very reasonable and one block from IC Hotel. I would suggest using http://www.lastminutetravel.com for the IC. It can generally be had for approx. $100/night. Just do a search for a downtown Miami 5 star hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAHAM Posted July 12, 2011 #4 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Two of the nicer MIA-area hotels are the Sofitel and the Doral Intercontinental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted July 13, 2011 #5 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Why not the hotel in MIA. Is it the nicest? No Is it better than a Motel 6 or Super 8? Much. Plus you don't have to worry about catching a shuttle. You wake up, order breakfast, shower, pack your bags, 1 person go down to check in and drop off checked luggage, go back up stairs to your room and relax until it's time to head to the TSA security line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmounce Posted July 13, 2011 Author #6 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Why not the hotel in MIA. Is it the nicest? No Is it better than a Motel 6 or Super 8? Much. Plus you don't have to worry about catching a shuttle. You wake up, order breakfast, shower, pack your bags, 1 person go down to check in and drop off checked luggage, go back up stairs to your room and relax until it's time to head to the TSA security line. Thanks for the suggestions. This is the first I have heard of a hotel in MIA. Do you have some more information so that I can research this? We are not really interested in staying downtown as we will be staying at the Marriott Marquis pre cruise unless there is really not anything nicer near the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAHAM Posted July 13, 2011 #7 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I do not recommend the hotel at MIA. It is simply not as nice as the average MIA-area hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalcruz Posted July 13, 2011 #8 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Embassy Suites near MIA may fit your needs. In the Blue Lagoon area near MIA there is also a Homewood Suites and a Hilton. Depending upon the time of the year $200 will get you into most of the nicer downtown Miami hotels (Hyatt, Intercontinental, Marriott, Doubletree), where you are just a 15 minute/$25+ cab ride away from the airport. Good luck! :) I stayed at Homewood Blue Lagoon last year. It was very clean and had an airport shuttle. The suites are a nice size. There is no restaurant in the hotel other than the free buffet (breakfast and weeknight light dinners) but there are 3 restaurants about 4-6 blocks away by Publix, including a very authentic Cuban restaurant, Casa Juan. They had a few junky frozen foods for purchase by the front desk. We visited the Hilton for drinks. It is an older hotel but seemed nice enough. We wanted to eat dinner there, but it didn't work out (I can't remember why...either it closed really early or it was buffet only), but were able to get some appetizers in the lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swigso Posted July 13, 2011 #9 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hi, Have you checked out the Sheraton Miami Airport, it looks really nice, and offers a free shuttle to the nearby areas and also for $5 a shuttle to South Beach. We have booked for our next cruise in Feb using SPG points but I think the rate is about $250 in February and that is the boat show weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted July 13, 2011 #10 Share Posted July 13, 2011 We always stay at the Embassy Suites Miami Airport. It's really close to the airport. Free shuttle to/from the airport. Nice big suites, free cocktails, great big breakfast. We usually get it for between $100-170 depending on the time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffinater Posted July 13, 2011 #11 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Use Priceline or Hotwire and bid 5 or 4 star downtown my experience is you will get something for much less than $200. We picked the Conrad for $89 plus $20 in fees on Hotwire and the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel And Marina for $60 plus $15.64 in fees on Priceline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngestof9 Posted July 14, 2011 #12 Share Posted July 14, 2011 we loved the Intercontinental. It was $167 in January (which is peak time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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