Miami Hotels - how far in advance

[SJNB]

Looking at rooms for Feb 7 2020 in Miami. Does anyone know if most hotels should be available now? When I look at some Hilton brand properties it is showing no availability in January/February

 

Thanks.

 

 

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[Ellaleah]

I sailed out of Port Everglades 2/16/19.  We booked a hotel after final payment.  Prices were sky high.  It is a very busy time there.

[CruiserBruce]

Hotels should be available to book for the most part. But you are just after Super Bowl, and there are many discussions here about the costs associated with that event. 

[OCruisers]

Best to go ahead and book to be sure you get what you want!  

[JohninDC]

Book something now that you can live with and cancel without any penalty, then keep shopping.

[cruisegirl1976]

Book now.. 

[riffatsea]

I had the same issue with Hilton hotels for my November cruise.

They are not full but some don't book this far out. You can call the hotel to ask but I am pretty sure that booking will open soon. I finally booked at 10months out.

[SJNB]

I had the same issue with Hilton hotels for my November cruise.
They are not full but some don't book this far out. You can call the hotel to ask but I am pretty sure that booking will open soon. I finally booked at 10months out.

Thanks. I called the hotel I was looking at and they said they will be posted in April.


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[megr1125]

Normally about 330 days out.  BUT the Superbowl is in Miami on 2/2/20 SO a LOT of people may well stay longer....it's peak cruise season anyway, PLUS all the football hoopla, expect things to still be crazy expensive....

[bouhunter]

Find something you can cancel then keep shopping.  A few days before and after superbowl are going to be both busy and expensive.

[breakiron]

Booked the Hyatt Regency for 3 nights starting Dec. 25 and the price has actually gone up since then. I have the option to cancel up until a few days before departure if I find something better. My advice is book something you can live with and can cancel if need be. Sometimes prices go down a few weeks before the cruise and in the past I have rebooked and canceled in a heartbeat.

[MistyRo76]

Another thing that they may be doing is requiring a longer stay for weekend dates. Instead of allowing booking just a Friday or Saturday night stay for pre-cruise, they may be requiring a minimum three night stay or more. That's what happened to us when trying to book the Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor City for our cruise earlier this month. I started trying to book it as soon as availability was showing for those dates. I could book dates all around the one I wanted but my date didn't show as available. When I looked at it under "flexible date" options, it showed availability but when I tried to book it that way is when I got the note about the minimum stay. I'm guessing because our stay overlapped some later Spring Break times they were trying to attract people staying for a week. I ended up booking something else with a cancellation option. Finally a month or two later, we were able to book the Hampton for just the night we needed. 

[George C]

Just booked Hilton doubletree Miami for 11/29 good price for a king grand suite 

[jjlen11]

I booked the Regency Hotel sail and stay package for early March 2020...……..