 Key West
- Bobb - wrote:
> "Frank F. Matthews" <frankfmatthews@houston.> wrote in message
> news:HEVjg.25610$0v4.12460@tornado.texas....
> >
> >>>Reasonable is pretty open. On my income I'd consider that something
> >>>under $100 a night. Probably not much worth staying in at that price
> >>>range in Key West. We stayed at the Key Lime Inn a year ago and I
> >>>recall it was under $150/might.
> >>
> >>
> >> Think about lodging a few minutes up the keys (e.g. Marathon).
> >> It will be much cheaper.
> >>
> > Only if you consider an hour commute a few minutes.
> >
> My reply would say that there's 2 things to keep in mind ... If you
> want to hang around the hotel / B&B that's one thing - if you are there
> to " see the sites" / have lunch ,dinner/ party all night etc that's
> another.
>
> In the " visitors area" of Key West , not much is happening very early
> in the morning anyway so being 30-60 minutes away doesn't matter - BUT -
> a ~ 40 minute ride in can be a 2 hr ride back especially on a Sunday
> evening when are the Floridians are heading home for work the next day
> up thru the keys. Other than that, heading north to a hotel at 7/8/9/10
> pm wouldn't be bad.
[snip]
My usual take on this is that if you want to visit Key West (or any place
else for that matter) then visit there, don't just "pass through". Staying one
place, and visiting another is basically passing through. Trying to save
money by staying well away from there seems to be trading time, and
for that matter opportunities, for money, and often not as much as one
might think. You'll leave earlier than you otherwise might, you'll arrive
later, you'll see less, do less, and ultimately may miss the very thing
you were hoping to visit. A thousand dollar trip to Key West might save
$100 staying up the chain abit. I'm not sure that is really the ideal
swap. | 
