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florida hotels/stuff to do NEED HELP - 1/8/2008 1:44:31 PM

Lizbetbathory

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i am going to florida next week for vacation and need advice on cheap hotel/ things to do. i dont want to do the disney ting except maybe sea world. a few things i do want to do is ride a horse on the beach and swim with dolphins. area of florida doesnt matter just need advice on the area night life etc... this for me is the trip of a lifetime since end of january im having surgury that will disable me so drop some info people!!!!
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RE: florida hotels/stuff to do NEED HELP - 1/8/2008 2:04:56 PM

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You could camp for $16 a day. hosteal for 25-$27 a day. Motel 6 $42 a day.

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RE: florida hotels/stuff to do NEED HELP - 1/8/2008 2:18:42 PM

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The best people to ask are the folks in flordia when you get there. I've found the staff at hotels can makes lots of good recomendations. Doesn't matter if its the hotel you're staying in or not, just walk up to any hotel desk and ask.
I use Hotels.com for pricing and you can take advantage to any discounts available.

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RE: florida hotels/stuff to do NEED HELP - 1/8/2008 3:46:56 PM

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Try www.tripadvisor.com

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RE: florida hotels/stuff to do NEED HELP - 1/8/2008 6:28:19 PM

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ORIGINAL: Lizbetbathory

i am going to florida next week for vacation and need advice on cheap hotel/ things to do. i dont want to do the disney ting except maybe sea world. a few things i do want to do is ride a horse on the beach and swim with dolphins. area of florida doesnt matter just need advice on the area night life etc... this for me is the trip of a lifetime since end of january im having surgury that will disable me so drop some info people!!!!
Liz

I sent you a cmail... I live in FL, AND I work at a hotel ;)

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RE: florida hotels/stuff to do NEED HELP - 1/8/2008 6:45:52 PM

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I've hit 3 areas of Florida over the years- the East Coast- Ft. Laundrypail and Miami Beach, the West Coast (Tampa, St. Pete- know this area much better), and the panhandle- Ft. Walton Beach. I hit these places when I go sailing and I'm at a regatta- sometimes you get out more than others. I'll throw out some guesses.

The panhandle has amazing sand, and nice warm water- lots of thunderstorms in the summer. It's not far from Alabama, so it's also known as the Red Neck Riviera. I didn't see anything wonderful around there in terms of night life- just lots of strip malls etc. However, I'll lay long odds it will be easy to find cheap places to stay. I don't look for horseback riding, but I've never seen a horse on the beach, so it might be a little tough. Horses are at Palm Beach IIRC- and you might be able to find someplace cheap at West Palm- it's where all the servants and worker bees live.

Miami has probably the hottest night life going, very impressive when I was last there- which is like 10 years ago. Cheap it ain't unless you've got a local guide, and even then I wouldn't bank on it. I suspect it's also going to be hard to find anyplace cheap to stay within 2 hours.

Tampa St. Pete- St. Pete's come a long way in the last 2 decades, it's now kinda fun. Tampa's a much larger town, has some world famous strip clubs (according to a buddy of mine who went.) Good micro brewerys in Ybor City- places to go dancing etc. You can probably find someplace cheap to stay- but be a little careful around St. Pete- there's a lot of racial tension in that town, and the wrong side of the tracks is not the place to be if you're melanin challenged- you'll probably feel uncomfortable. However, it's probably pretty easy to go sailing there (good luck around Miami) and when I've gone sailing, we've had dolphins swimming around the boat. They do take off when you jump in though, and I'd be a little worried that in Jan. the water might be a bit nippy. Oh yeah- the locals in St. Pete go hit Clearwater.

Does this help?

Sam

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RE: florida hotels/stuff to do NEED HELP - 1/8/2008 6:50:45 PM

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thank you guys so much this is really helping! it means so much for me to do this i wont be able to travel for a long time after major surgury:(

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