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We always wanted to go to Key West. Been to the Bahamas and Caymans and Mexico beach destinations. The Caribbean still shut down and couldn't pay me to go to Mexico right now.....Florida wide open(generally)....off we went.
Hotel: Fairfield Inn and Suites. I'd say a $90 a night around home for $300 in KW. 4 days $1200. Free hot breakfast and drink tickets at the hotel pool. Now, if you haven't been to Key West.....chickens.....lot's of free range chickens. Seems, 30-40 years ago all fighting roosters owned by apparently Cubans, were ordered released and protected. Why a big deal? They are everywhere and are not contained.....literally. Usually start crowing at about 1 a.m. and crap anywhere they want....and you can't touch em.
Traffic....lots of it. This is a very busy city....forget a layed back vibe in the streets. Very busy. Parking very pricey. Our hotel offered $24 per day. We flew in and Ubered to avoid parking fees. This town is tough to get around....inevitably your destination was on the opposite side of town. Now, the town is only 1x4 miles....you'll see. Keep in mind each Uber was about $15....you might need 3-4 a day. There was a hotel shuttle every hour but fills up and only goes downtown....you'll see and not all night. Scooters and bicycles everywhere....
Airfare: $800 for 2 roundtrip.
We lost Monday and Friday to travel. Tuesday snorkeling trip canceled due to storms but got done on Thursday. So ,Tuesday lost basically to weather for things like that....Wednesday we kayaked half day. So half days for recreation....rest, eat. So, we did 2 things in 4 days. The boat crews....shrugged. Our flight got delayed going home 5 hours for weather....get the vibe? With no place to hang out really...as it got delayed a couple hours here a couple there. Just the way it goes....all good.
Key West: Best comparison would be New Orleans as far as night life, restaurants streets....one continuous Bourban street....lots of tats and ponytails and ear rings. Hundreds of tourist crap shops. But then some pretty good food.
But not the hustlers like New Orleans. There is plenty of riff raff but they keep moving. On bicycles...not the constant weed smell like NO. Seems so expensive and the cops keep em moving. Seems all the Uber people sleep in their cars and live in Miami. Heard most blue collar folks have 5 roommates to get by. Not a lot of beach there. Not like mainland Florida.
Heard Key Largo was very laid back. Just a pretrip check looked like $1000 per day....for something nice.
Had a $100 lunch...couple drinks and nothing too special to eat. Drinks...$15 and $8 beers...$26 McDonald's for 2. Kinda like Hawaii price wise.
Clientele? Very cosmopolitan from Arkansas to Argentina.
Would I recommend? Pricey$$$$$
Nope. Wait for things to open up.
Hotel: Fairfield Inn and Suites. I'd say a $90 a night around home for $300 in KW. 4 days $1200. Free hot breakfast and drink tickets at the hotel pool. Now, if you haven't been to Key West.....chickens.....lot's of free range chickens. Seems, 30-40 years ago all fighting roosters owned by apparently Cubans, were ordered released and protected. Why a big deal? They are everywhere and are not contained.....literally. Usually start crowing at about 1 a.m. and crap anywhere they want....and you can't touch em.
Traffic....lots of it. This is a very busy city....forget a layed back vibe in the streets. Very busy. Parking very pricey. Our hotel offered $24 per day. We flew in and Ubered to avoid parking fees. This town is tough to get around....inevitably your destination was on the opposite side of town. Now, the town is only 1x4 miles....you'll see. Keep in mind each Uber was about $15....you might need 3-4 a day. There was a hotel shuttle every hour but fills up and only goes downtown....you'll see and not all night. Scooters and bicycles everywhere....
Airfare: $800 for 2 roundtrip.
We lost Monday and Friday to travel. Tuesday snorkeling trip canceled due to storms but got done on Thursday. So ,Tuesday lost basically to weather for things like that....Wednesday we kayaked half day. So half days for recreation....rest, eat. So, we did 2 things in 4 days. The boat crews....shrugged. Our flight got delayed going home 5 hours for weather....get the vibe? With no place to hang out really...as it got delayed a couple hours here a couple there. Just the way it goes....all good.
Key West: Best comparison would be New Orleans as far as night life, restaurants streets....one continuous Bourban street....lots of tats and ponytails and ear rings. Hundreds of tourist crap shops. But then some pretty good food.
But not the hustlers like New Orleans. There is plenty of riff raff but they keep moving. On bicycles...not the constant weed smell like NO. Seems so expensive and the cops keep em moving. Seems all the Uber people sleep in their cars and live in Miami. Heard most blue collar folks have 5 roommates to get by. Not a lot of beach there. Not like mainland Florida.
Heard Key Largo was very laid back. Just a pretrip check looked like $1000 per day....for something nice.
Had a $100 lunch...couple drinks and nothing too special to eat. Drinks...$15 and $8 beers...$26 McDonald's for 2. Kinda like Hawaii price wise.
Clientele? Very cosmopolitan from Arkansas to Argentina.
Would I recommend? Pricey$$$$$
Nope. Wait for things to open up.