Warning: Today I was looking to book a hotel in the Miami downtown area for Friday & Saturday nights, March 23 and 24 (our first choice was Holiday Inn Port). There was no availability...huh, 11 months away?

I called the hotel directly and was told there's a BIG Ultra Musical Festival going on in Miami the weekend of March 24-26 and many of the downtown hotels are sold out. The Intercontinental was also sold out. Tenaciously, two hours later I had two reservations (one at Hampton Inn and another at Crowne Plaza) and will decide as it gets closer. Prices are jacked up !

Perhaps some hotels haven't loaded all their rooms yet ? and others are requiring a 3 night minimum stay.


You may want to start looking into making your hotel reservation.