mguay wrote:
At Boyds on Stock Island, MM 5, you can get a inland site for $100 a night and discounted for weekly/monthly stays. We have only been going to Key West for the last 4 March's and absolutely fell in love with it. We have been to all the islands in the Caribbean and Love the Island feel and Climate. The biggest difference about Key West to us is that, I can drive there, I can sleep in my own bed and have all my belongings with me. Not living out of a suitcase.
The bed thing is probably the no 1 thing. I am a Pest Control Technician and with the rise in Bed Bugs over the last 10 yrs.....I like to sleep in my bed with just the wife and dog!!!!
I stayed at Boyds once, and will never do it again. Everything from staff treatment to size of sites was garbage. I made a reservation months in advance and was very clear about the size of my rig and its hight requirement. They stuck me in what appeared to be a tent site or maybe a site for a VW bug backseat camper. Half my truck was in the road. Several site changes in an hour later, during the summer with plenty of empty sites available , I was finally offered a site I could fit into. For more $$. At this point I pulled some new York attitude out of the bag , got the site for what the reservation cost. My frustration was that on the phone I was very clear of my hieght and length needs. Dont pull a bait and switch having me drive 1400 miles for a site that doesn't fit, especially with 2/3s of the park available. There are better choices than Boyds.
Rant over, I feel better :)
Ive done the Keys alot, but not in high season. Eventually I'll make it down during the winter. Its a beautiful place, fantastic scenery and fishing. I love it.
