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Favorite thing: Well lived there for 18 glorious years,and still family all over the place.
Hard decision on South Beach or Key West, depends on your interests,both are happening places with south beach a bit more glittery, key west is more laidback style, generally speaking.

I dont stay in hotels normally there ::) but the Holiday Inn is a nice chain, the hotel is a nice location, but not south beach ,is what we call mid beach as anything above 17 is not south beach area. The hotel is at 43rd.street, so more families there.

Transportation there car is king and queen, public transport is very limited. YOu have the monorail in Miami to city center ,and then the bus system. Car has plenty of parking everywhere as it is a car setup structure there.

Taxi fare will be minimum you are just a few blocks down to south beach. But never taken it.
cheap car rentals companies are Dollar, Budget,Entreprise,Alamo, Holiday, Thrifty, and then all the majors.

you can look at their tourist pages for additinal info and on Destinations above right here at VT.
http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/
http://www.fla-keys.com/keywest/

Hope it helps your planning

Fondest memory: beach at south beach and walking lincoln road,and mallory square star gazing at key west plus boating in the keys

Favorite thing: I lived in the area for several years before my jump to France several years back.

the cruise is big there and once away from it, the best is the beach area and shopping restos of Las Olas blvd, very nice.
http://www.lasolasboulevard.com/

you can have another type of cruise on the intra coastal waterways aboard jungle queen riverboat
http://www.junglequeen.com/

the water taxi is nice too, and takes you to the nice homes in the canals
http://www.watertaxi.com/

shopping close to the area try Galleria
http://www.galleriamall-fl.com/directions.php

without a car is difficult because its a car society there, very little public transport. For a hotel in the area above tips given is the Yankee Clipper an institution there and now renovated under the Starwood Ft Lauderdale name
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=664&language=en_US&localeCode=en_US

you can get lots of ideas on your interests by looking at destinations above right and see tips by posters like us or the tourist org in Ft Lauderdale at
http://www.sunny.org/

hope it helps your planning

Fondest memory: taken the jungle queen boat ride and the water taxis was sublime, something to look forward when back visiting family.

Favorite thing: nice area, live for many years down from there in Ormond by the Sea and spent many weekends there with family.

There is accommodation B&B that are very nice there, this site will tell you all lovely places
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/fr/saint-augustine-florida.html

be known the best beach or St Augustine Beach is a bit south over the bridge of lions. there is many interesting places to see like Ripley's,and oldest house, oldest school, Lighter and villa zorayda museums.

St George ave is full of shops lovely, and the Columbia Spanish resto is the outlet of the oldest Spanish resto in Florida (Tampa).
Casa Alcazar inside the lighter museum is great resto as it is Old Town Wine Cellar on St George,and for inexpensive stuff try Der Pretzel Haus off Hypolita.

Hope it helps your planning

Fondest memory: walking st George st and go over the bridge of lions into the castle Fort Matanzas ,and eating at Columbia restaurant

Favorite thing: hey I used to live off there for many years. Great town. there are water canals and taxi service is limited to the inner canals, however you can catch a boat on the intracoastal like the jungle queen boat.
http://www.fortlauderdaletours.net/?event=offer.detail&offerId=5697&startDate=05/01/2012&endDate=05/31/2012

you can see for shopping,restos,bar, las Olas blvd cant be beaten,and
further up in Sunrise the Sawgrass Mills Mall,
http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=1262
http://www.lasolasboulevard.com

the official tourist board there is sunny
http://www.sunny.org/

then if you need specifics let me know;cheers

Fondest memory: hanging out on the beach and then stepping over to las Olas at night, best 1 2 combination ever!!!

Favorite thing: My favourite cousin Attila Presser lives somewhere in Florida, but I do not know correctly his address ! So I could not meet him! I am very sorry about that! If somebody can help me, I would be very grateful to him! A photo of him is enclosed!

Fondest memory: He write from himself as follows:
was born in city of Pécs in Hungary, Pécs is love, Bring Texas to Tom and Judith!
, Male vs. Female, Which will be sooner 10,000 a fan page? Men **! **
Hungarian musician Base, Embassy of Hungary in Washington DC, Yahoo!,
Baranya County, one million in the Hungarian press freedom, Economic Daily,
Ingatlanok.hu MON - Hungarians in the United States, MagyarOnline.net,
Acura RL, Are You smarter Than A 5th Grader Community, Help Murphy, the
Dog beaten with a hammer, quiz games, windows - giraffe, SDC Photography,
Help Make the Pledge of Allegiance mandatory in all schools!,
September 11th Awareness, Boyce Jane Fonda, American Traitor,
Circle Rehearsal Studioand 7

Favorite thing: well when I lived nearby we purchase same day , you can look at these sites all official

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/tickets-passes/

http://www.orlandofuntickets.com/

http://www.greatorlandodiscounts.com/mappage.htm

http://www.officialticketcenter.com/

Hope it helps

Fondest memory: lived for 11 years nearby so memories of the park and concerts are many, lovely area.

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Favorite thing: The Gulf Coast is really the best part of Florida..or else we wouldn't live here! There are some great places to stay on the beach from St. Pete down to Sarasota with lots of little communities you'll love shopping in. You can check out Gulf Port, Safety Harbor in the Northern part or Long Boat Key and Siesta Key around Sarasota. Either way, you're still 30 minutes or so from the great restaurants, museums and nightlife in Tampa.

You might stay at the Don Cesar for a nice art deco, upscale experience and shop in Gulf Port or St. Pete's Baywalk.

You're welcome to contact me directly for specific advice or just head for the site referenced in my profile.

Fondest memory: The best part of the Tampa Bay area is the variety of things to do and how it distills the best of other parts of the state into one spot.

We've got Ybor City to represent the Cuban Flair of South Florida.

Clearwater Beach and Ft. Desoto represent the best in Florida Beaches without the hubbub of Miami or Lauderdale.

Busch Gardens and Adventure Island for those searching for the Amusement Park experience.

Lots of eco-oriented activities that get you out on the Gulf, lakes and rivers and into the natural environment that makes Florida unique.

Favorite thing: great if you have two weeks, there is plenty to see n the Kissimmee, Orlando, Lake Buena Vista area. You need to said what are you looking for in your stay?
to start you can look above right destination tab for orlando to see tips by posters like us, than look at the area tourist board
http://www.visitorlando.com/
http://www.visitflorida.com/

hope it helps your planning.

Fondest memory: visiting disney and universal, and sea world, wet n wild,medieval times, international drive, kissimmee, gator bowl, concerts n the parks, and many more while living not too far from there ::) for several years.