Key West Vacation Rentals by Owner and Lodging

Key West Vacation Renatals and lodging

by Mikey West

Key West Vacation Rentals by Owner and Key West lodging has a few luxury resorts, a few relatively cheap places, and a lot of places priced between those. Since it is a very popular vacation city, you may find the room rates to be high compared to what you are used to paying. Rates are even higher in the winter.

The larger Key West hotels and resorts have at least a hundred rooms and suites, good beach frontage, good swimming pools and spas, and onsite dining facilities. These include the historic Casa Marina Resort, which is the largest with 300+ rooms and suites. Doubletree, Hyatt, Sheraton, Westin and others are in this category for you.

You will find a few hotels with under one hundred rooms. They provide several but not all of the things you would see at the larger properties. With two such properties, Hyatt is number one in that department.

You can find some pleasant surprises among the Key West hotels with less than fifty rooms. You probably are not familiar with the Gardens Hotel, the Santa Maria Suites, the Sunset Key Guest Cottages and the Marquesa Hotel. They are fabulous.

Almost all of the national brands are represented among the Key West hotels. You'll see lower prices at the Courtyard, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Days Inn, Travelodge, Best Western and the rest.

You'll find some discount rates at smaller non-franchise hotels and motels that don't carry a national name you know. Not being franchisees, they can set their own standards of service and cleanliness. Probably some of them are suitable. I have not stayed in any don't choose to name any. You could be a winner.

Bed and breakfast facilities are all over Key West. As the name says, your stay includes a daily breakfast, which usually is continental but could be a full one. The number of rooms is smaller than in the hotels and the rooms vary in styles. You might have to share a bathroom with others. An owner or manager will give you personal service.

There is one youth hostel in Key West. As you would expect, this is where you get the lowest prices in the city. There is a common room, a shared bathroom and a kitchen with a grill. You are not allowed to have any alcoholic beverages present.

Vacation Rentals by Owner are a popular choice for families and experienced vacationers. There are alot of Key West vacation rentals, villas or condos by Owner availble for rent many at or near hotel prices.

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