Miami- 1 night pre-cruise

[sigafoos]

What is a good hotel in Miami for 1 night before our cruise? Iam not at all familiar with Miami, a hoel with a shuttle from the airport and/or one to the port would be great.

[sqmajesty]

Try using Priceline.com. We were able to get in the Hyatt Regency downtown (very close to the pier) for $38.00/night!

[suekay]

And we got the Radisson Downtown for $35 (also near the pier).
We saved so much using Priceline that it's worth paying $25 for a taxi from the airport and $7 to the pier

[thereuare]

There a only a few hotels in the area that offer both shuttle from the airport and to the pier and tehy typically get horrible reviews... even from those that have said "it's just one nite and we arrive late."

Most of the airport area hotels offer shuttles to their properties, but you'll still need to get to the pier on your own the following day. Cab will cost about $25-$30 from your hotel to the pier.

The downtown area is closest to the pier and a cab will cost about $25-$30 from airport to hotel and then less then $10 the next day to get from hotel to the pier.

As the above posters mentioned, Priceline is great in the downtown Miami area with hotels typically going for well less than half of conventional rates. As well, all the 3* hotels in the area generally receive great reviews so it's a fairly 'safe' area to buy an opaque hotel.

[L.W.]

I am booked at the Days Inn Miami International Airport in November for $62.00....includes shuttle from airport and shuttle to port.