Okay I need to get some good info on where to stay and not blast out the budget....Our Road Trip Plans may change an take us down to Charleston S.C. - Cocoa Beach - Florida Key's

Got the first two covered but, need some suggestions on the Key's....riding two wheels and can't afford a bunch of buck's on the resorts..just looking for a nice/safe/close accomodations.
Where is a good place to stay???
In - Key Largo
In - Marathon
IN - Other
Got BEACH ACCESS or on the beach???

I have learnt not to trust some of the web suggestions and you really don't know unless you have been there.....some do not have web pages so it's hard to check on them....so help me out with this.

BH
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Should have been for BH not from DUH!!!! Hey maybe one of the Mods can fix it????

Done BH, will ask one of our part timers when he gets here for his suggestions. C'mon folks, help the brother out

Now where is Kathy when you need her. IN BONAIRE where else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My luck.....but, someone will come through for me..I got got faith in this group.

BH - I just stay at the Holiday Inn... MM 100 on Key Largo, nothing fancy but clean and right next to the dive boat I use... price is about $179.00 a night. There are cheaper places and Kathy posted links to them a while back when we were talking Keys Mini Meet!

Timmmmy....got some let say cheaper types making the trip i.e. more for hotel less means less for fun/beer/shots/etc looking on line now...found some on Islamorada for $119....but, I will take any and all suggestions.

I totally understand !! Unfortunately the days of rooms for under a hundred dollars a nite are long gone!

Hey BH what about that place that Kathy & Pegi Sue stayed.... wasn't it in the Keys and I thought she said it was only like 80/nite????
Could just be the cold meds clouding my memory but do a search or email PegiSue.... I'd do it for you but I'm waaaaaaaaay behind
and you don't even want to see that behind

My goodness women...behave yourself.

Thanks I'll check reading reviews right now...think some of the owners have been on line trying to get their rating better.

Looking at the 100-200 now Timmmmy....I think about 150 is going to be as low as you can go and still get a nice room & beach.

BH, I've been diving there twice and stayed in Marathon. It's the best of all worlds "key wise". Largo has Walmarts and is much more developed and touristy. Key west is way cool and very Buffet like and a little trendy too. If you want to see six toed cats, Hemingway's is there. Marathon is a good mix of nice restaurants and hotels. We stayed at Faro Blanco, which is a little expensive. If you plan to dive in Marathon we used Halls diving. They also have cottages they rent out and they looked pretty nice and fairly cheap, but that was ten years ago so.... Also Loo key is pretty nice and laid back too. Best of luck.

I stayed in Ft. Lauderdale w/ Kathy. I'll look and see where she stayed in the keys....

I lived in Cocoa Beach 'til January. The Sea Aire Motel, right on the beach, was the nicest/cheapest place. I loved it there! I know you had CB covered, but thought you may want to check it out.

AH ha!!! She stayed at The Hungry Pelican in Key Largo. It has to be the best deal around, you know Kathy. She's her own travel agent.

Good job PegiSue!!

I would look on Expedia. In Key Largo, we got good deal at Ocean Pointe Suites a few years ago & I see it's still pops up (showing $129/night in August; full kitchen too, so you save on breakfast & lunch).

For restaurants, I would recommend the Fish House in Key Largo (MM102) and Herbies in Marathon (MM50.6). Both were not expensive & great food.

Thanks folks...will look inn to them see what comes around...but, your right..seems like 150 is going to be about it for a good place to stay and still have a good time close to Key West.

Thanks for the suggestions.

First of all, if you're going during the off season....DO NOT MAKE RESERVATIONS!! Trust me on this....you will get much better rates this way. Stop at the tourist info center right by the first Shell Man place you get to. It's on the right side of the road just before Pennekamp Park. (if memory serves me) Ask the guy in there what he's got in room rates. Honestly, you won't find better rates than he can get you. He hooked me up last year at The Sheraton for $99 a night. Very nice place with a small beach at MM 97 I think. You could also try Marina Del Mar right behind the Holiday Inn. Nice place and very close to Ocean Divers. I wouldnt stay at the Holiday Inn...way overpriced and pretty darned noisy too. Like I said....check with the guy at the tourist info place....you cant beat the rates that he will get you. P.S........make sure you leave him a tip in his jar....he wont forget you if you need his help again on the trip back up through the Keys.

Almost forgot....the same guy at the tourist info center in Key Largo hooked me up with a room in Key West too. Stayed at The Casa Marina which is one of the nicer places to stay in KW. Keep in mind that the beaches in Key West arent really very good, but Casa Marina has one of the nicer ones. This place is very expensive to stay at during tourist season, and even during off season, it aint cheap. I got an ocean front room there for $149 per night. Can't beat that !!!

I must be getting old because I totally forgot to add this in my last post. For a cold one on your way down....take Card Sound Road into Key Largo...not the main road. You'll go past a bar called Alabama Jacks. You gotta stop there for a cold one....lots of bikes do. Another biker stop is The Caribbean Club in Key Largo. I've only been there once, but that was enough. Can be a pretty rough place at times. For good eats at a good price in Key Largo you have to try Hobo's and The Pilot House. Make sure you get a table outside on the deck there, and not one inside. Inside is very expensive and kind of "uppitty" but outside is very cool.....good food and pretty cheap. Lots of locals hang out there. Live music a couple of nights per week too.If you like Cuban food, you have to hit El Siboney (sp) in Key West. It's down by the Southern Most Point on a side street. Really good food.

Wow! Don you're a real treasure trove!!! Thanks for all of the information... I'm going to print it out and put it in my "Wanna go Here" files