cruzingduo Posted April 23, 2007 #1 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Has anyone booked a hotel in Miami for Feb 2008? I called a few places and they are requiring a 3 night min. We are looking for a reasonably priced room for 1 night pre cruise (the Quest) on Feb 16th. Can anyone suggest a hotel? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeccalouise Posted April 23, 2007 #2 Share Posted April 23, 2007 We stayed at the Intercontinental which is at the port. You can see the ship from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingduo Posted April 23, 2007 Author #3 Share Posted April 23, 2007 rebeccalouise, thanks but they want over $450 for the 1 night which is out of our range. It's Valentine's weekend, which we didn't realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie007 Posted April 23, 2007 #4 Share Posted April 23, 2007 All of the Marriots will take a one night stay and also the Hyatt. Go on to expedia and do a search on there, we came up with a few choices. Celebrity will also book one night stays I think from UK, the marriot was around £159 thats about $320 and that was booking with celebrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swigso Posted April 23, 2007 #5 Share Posted April 23, 2007 You just alerted me to why the price of hotels is so high and why there is little availability. The Intercont. on priceline /hotwire is usually about $125 per night but there is nothing available for that date under $300. Even Ft Lauderdale hotels are expensive, I originally thought it was Superbowl or Boat show week-end but now realise Valentines week-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusin' Posted April 23, 2007 #6 Share Posted April 23, 2007 :) Have a look at the Sofitel (near the airport). Go to their website and check the getaway rate which is $ 99 - $ 119 instread of usual $ 430.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niborHS Posted December 21, 2007 #7 Share Posted December 21, 2007 The reason has nothing to do with Valentine's weekend, it is because it is President's Week, when most schools in the NYC area have the week off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negc Posted December 21, 2007 #8 Share Posted December 21, 2007 You can also try Priceline, although because of the date, you may have to bid more than usual to get what you want. We have gotten three and four star hotels in downtown Miami (Hyatt, Marriott Biscayne Bay, and Radisson Miami) for as little as $40 a night and as much as $115 a night) but not for dates in February. Check out biddingfortravel.com and you may be able to determine what type of bid is necessary to be successful, but whatever the amount is, it is likely to be much less expensive than booking directly with the hotel, and you most likely will be more than satisfied whichever hotel you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade13 Posted December 21, 2007 #9 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Has anyone booked a hotel in Miami for Feb 2008? I called a few places and they are requiring a 3 night min. We are looking for a reasonably priced room for 1 night pre cruise (the Quest) on Feb 16th. Can anyone suggest a hotel? Thanks! We are staying at the Embassy Suites for 1 night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embellish Posted December 21, 2007 #10 Share Posted December 21, 2007 That weekend is when both the Miami International Boat Show and the Coconut Grove Arts Festival occur. It's a very bad weekend for hotels, both availability and price. It might be worth it to stay a bit further afield and take a taxi to the Port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbarah33 Posted December 21, 2007 #11 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I am sailing on the Century on January 31st and ran into a similar problem trying to get a hotel for one-night before the cruise. Usually I stay at the Hyatt or Intercontinental but they are both sold out already. (And I was looking into this a couple of months ago.) For any decent hotel the rate was $400 or above. I called my TA to see if she could do any better and she found a few options but none of them appealed to me. We ended up booking a one-night pre cruise hotel through Celebrity. It's not my first choice of hotels but it's clean and decent and I was focused more on location - it is only for one night after all. Maybe you could see what the cruise line has to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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