My wife and I love to travel. Even though we live in Florida, we still enjoy a tropical destination.  Here are some hotel travel tips so that you can enjoy a beautiful ocean view by getting what you want.

You might have been browsing through magazines or online and find yourself drawn to a spectacular resort. Before booking, I suggest that you carefully read the description.

You must learn to read between the lines. In one national magazine, I saw an advertisement for a luxurious resort hotel in Weston, Florida. Well they don’t call it WESTon without a reason. The city was named Weston because it was so far west of the ocean. The resort described it’s location as ‘near the beaches’. They said it was only eighteen miles from the beach.

I don’t know about you, but I do not consider eighteen miles from the beach to be close enough. For me to consider a hotel to be near the beach, I must be able to walk to the beach…in my flip flops.

I would rather be ON the beach!

Any room with a view of the ocean will be the most popular in any hotel. There is nothing quite like seeing the beautiful water right outside your window.

If you, like me, enjoy a balcony, be sure to check to see if your hotel room will have one.  Many hotels don’t.  I’m really not sure why. I think it has to do with the fact that some are in hurricane areas. Others are in areas with large Spring Break parties and college students are known to jump from balcony to balcony, sometimes missing their target.

I like to sit on my balcony and unwind while I listen to the peaceful sound of the ocean crashing to the shore. It’s the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do before going to bed. I can’t imagine having a room without a balcony.

The better views will come with a premium.

City View

A city view will be the least expensive and it may really mean ‘parking lot view’ so be careful.

Ocean View

Ocean view means that you may get just a peek of the ocean. You might have to stand up and lean out a little bit.

Ocean Front

Ocean front is my absolute favorite view. Of course we want to be directly on the beach with a direct ocean front view.

Maybe that doesn’t matter so much to you because you will hardly even be in your room.  Is it more important to just pick up your towel and head to the beach with the kids?

Is it also important to be near shopping, restaurants and popular tourist attractions?

Maybe you just want a pool with lounge chairs and a hot tub.

In order to travel stress free, you’ll want to think about all these hotel travel tips before making your reservations.

That way you’ll get exactly what you want.

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