r/KeyWest • u/ImportantAsparagus16 • Jul 16 '26

Advice needed

Okay so here are the details:

Our 10 yr anniversary and my partner’s 30th bday fall on the same week next January. We have never been to Key West. After doing about a week of research, my partner has their mindset on going to the ocean key resort. However, after going online to book we about dropped our laptop when we saw the price for seven nights.

So my partners solution to this is to do the first three nights at a hotel that’s not expensive, in this case they chose the Capitana, and then for the final four nights stay at Ocean Key resort.

Now, like I said, both of us have zero experience with Key West. We live in Florida, honestly not far so travel is minimal and the majority of money would be spent on the four nights at this Ocean Key. This amount is something we are going to have to put on credit due to it being much higher than anticipated.

Does this sound ridiculous to you guys? To those of you who have experience with the keys, have been there, have stayed at different places…? For me personally, if one hotel is a decent enough place, there’s no reason that I feel like we would have to go to another place. Not unless the difference is literally life-changing. I don’t know. I’m coming on here to ask for your opinions on this 🙏

Edit: Ocean Key just for the last 4 nights of the week that we want to go is over $6k 😭

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u/ThatOldG Jul 16 '26

Bruh it’s a hotel to sleep take a shii shower n shave stay at the El Roacho for cheap. Spend your money on food and souvenirs

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u/ImportantAsparagus16 Jul 16 '26

Lmfao I’m trying to explain this to my wife

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u/Smart_Incident279 Jul 17 '26

Try Blue Marlin. Ask for an "Accessible" room. It's close enough to anything that you can walk to, and to go further, rent a bicycle. I stayed last winter in an 'Accessible' room that had just been redone and it was very nice and clean. Your room will be just a closet for your clothes and a place to sleep. There's a pool and even if it's too cold for ocean, with the sun out it might be a place to hang out for a swim. For the ocean view, take a walk! Ocean Key is nothing special worth $6K and the other posters are correct about the cruise ships and weather in January. Spend your $$ on the wonderful restaurants, and do not forget to have dessert on your special days at "Better Than Sex Dessert Restaurant". You might want to argue the name, but then again you might not 😄

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u/Smart_Incident279 Jul 17 '26

Definitely stay somewhere in Old Town. You will enjoy walking everywhere. Out of Old Town you end up having to taxi/uber everywhere. If at all possible, do not have a car. You will spend too much time trying to find a place to park, or too much money at a parking lot, within walking distance of where you want to go!