Bed And Breakfasts - Better Than Those High-priced Resorts!

by Trip Wend

Miami has a huge annual electronic music festival, which I attended last year. When planning to attend such an event, the first thing you need to do is to check out flight prices and decide if you can afford to go. When I began looking this year, I didnat know what a great place I would find to stay at, even better than those really expensive places!

After you get your flight booked, while youare still putting off paying for your event tickets (which you should get during the presale so you donat end up kicking yourself for having to pay $30 extra), you need to figure out where youare going to stay.

So I investigated finding a place outside the downtown area, the agent booked me in Hialeah, which I thought I could walk to, but when I came to the cross streets where I thought it would be, I was literally in some ghetto, I had to call a cab - it turned out the hotel was 30 minutes drive from downtown!

So this time, I decided not to wait until the last minute (I stilled missed buying my tickets on presale however), especially since my girlfriend was going to go with me. I began looking with two full months left before the event, since I didnat think my girlfriend really needed to see the part of Miami that looked more like Cuba than the well-known resort city.

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Even with so much lead time, I was having trouble finding something affordable. An online search of aHotel Miamia kept coming up with rooms that were a minimum of $250 per night, and although I would have loved to treat my girlfriend to a $500/night room, it really wasnat an affordable option.

Then a brainstorm hit me, and I searched with the keywords, aBed and Breakfast Miami.a My search return several results, and one even had a link to the official B and B website. I dialed the office number listed and listened as they described how their set up worked. I immediately reserved a room, and the weekend was settled. The place I booked was fairly inexpensive, and it was also within walking distance to downtown and the train station that took us back to the airport.

The best thing I found about going with a nice bed and breakfast place is the flexibility the owners have. Just two weeks shy of my trip, I decided to invite my brother to join us. Knowing we would need more sleeping space, I emailed the B and B to let them know what was going on and that we would have an additional person staying with us.

About a week later, I got a return email from the owner saying, aSince your brother will be coming with you, we have upgraded you to an apartment suite.a Although we were expecting to receive an enormous charge for this fantastic upgrade, the B and B only charged us $10 extra for a full-size apartment, complete with kitchen and living room. That kind of service is practically unheard of at any hotel chain Iave ever been to!

And so, after a long travel day and a night out dancing, we slept great and the next morning ate cereal, fruit, and banana bread under the palm trees before heading off to another 24-hour straight celebration. In my opinion, this so-called Bed and Breakfast was at the caliber of high-end resorts, with an unforgettable personal touch and at an awesome price!

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