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Holiday Inn & Suites New Smyrna Beach Delivers

November 8, 2011

I spent two days last week exploring New Smyrna Beach and Daytona Beach to finish up a new book I’ll be announcing shortly. So stay tuned. I had planned to grab a hotel room off International Speedway Blvd and I-95, but it was getting late and I remembered that I’d once stayed at this Holiday [...]

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7 Great Places to Stay on the Florida Coast

October 29, 2011

Most of the traveling I do involves Florida beaches and islands. In addition to suffering at some lousy accommodations, I’ve also had some outstanding experiences, so I thought I’d share a few of them here. This isn’t a complete list, and there are other places I’ve stayed that were quite good, but perhaps not good [...]

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Beach Hotels From Hell, or You Can’t Always Get What You Want

October 23, 2011

We’ve been traveling quite a bit recently, mostly weekend getaway trips to various Florida beaches, and we’re beginning to wonder whether hotels are the best option for us. This past weekend we booked two nights on Cocoa Beach in a small “mom and pop”style motel. It had mostly great reviews on TripAdvisor. For $85 per [...]

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Visiting Indialantic Beach? Check out the Crowne Plaza Melbourne Beach

November 29, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com I was visiting the Indialantic / Melbourne Beach area over the summer and spent several nights at the Crowne Plaza, courtesy of General Manager Tom Poehailos.  It’s a beautiful hotel right on the Atlantic Ocean and was the perfect place for me to base my beachhunting operations. I went [...]

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New Florida Keys Pages on BeachHunter.net

August 11, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com During my trip to Key West and the Dry Tortugas I stayed in three separate accommodations. I’ve published photos and reviews on my website BeachHunter.net: Review of Atlantic Bay Resort on Key Largo Review of the Blackfin Resort & Marina in Marathon Review of the Albury Court in Key [...]

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Hotel WiFi? Give Me a Break!

May 6, 2009

I just spent four nights in the Florida Keys.  I like to blog when I’m traveling. It’s in line with the timeliness component that sets a blog apart from other media. Allow me to vent my frustration with hotel internet connections. First night: Key Largo — I had a great connection. Managed to upload some [...]

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