Thrifty travelers seeking a Florida beach vacation might check out Fort Lauderdale, Sarasota/Bradenton and St. Petersburg/Clearwater if hotel prices from the latest data hold true.
Hoteliers in glitzy Fort Lauderdale, with a glut of splashy new hotels, reported the lowest average daily rate, excluding Florida's Panhandle, of $96.69 in August, the lowest among nine Florida beach destinations.
The average daily rate data reported by Tennessee-based Smith Travel Research reflects rooms that were sold during the month.
Pick Your Place
Here are the least-expensive and most-expensive average daily hotel room rates reported in August in areas outside the state's Panhandle.
Fort Lauderdale $96.69
Sarasota/Bradenton $100.87
St. Petersburg/Clearwater $101.09
Florida Keys $155.56
Naples (upscale) $154.63
Naples (standard) $130.48
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