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Guides to Miami

10 long-form guides to Miami, each one signed and dated so you can see how current it is. They answer the questions that do not fit on a listings page: how the place is laid out, what you will actually be charged for, and which trade-offs are worth making.

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Miami's expensive reputation is earned by hotels and by movement, not by admission. Three days costed line by line, with the charges nobody puts in the article.

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Miami on a Budget

Miami's expensive reputation is earned by hotels and by movement, not by admission. Three days costed line by line, with the charges nobody puts in the article.

Mar 18, 20268 min readElena Vasquez

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Miami Layover Guide
A six-hour layover is not six hours. Subtract the airport first, then decide. Below is the arithmetic, the transit that works, and the point at which leaving stops being worth it.
Feb 5, 20268 min readPriya Raman
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Getting Around Miami Without a Car
Miami has three separate free transit networks and they do not join up. Knowing where each one stops is the difference between a cheap week and four rideshares a day.
Jan 28, 20269 min readPriya Raman
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Miami in 48 Hours
The second day in Miami is not more of the first. It is the day you stop navigating and start choosing — if you spend the first one on the correct side of the bay.
Jan 16, 20269 min readPriya Raman
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What to Do in Miami in One Day
One day, three parallel columns: the hour, what you do if your bed is on the mainland, what you do if it is on the island, and what you swap in when the sky opens.
Jan 9, 202610 min readPriya Raman
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When to Visit Miami, Month by Month
Miami has two seasons and twelve quite different months. Here is what each one costs, what it is like, and the handful of weeks that change everything.
Jan 22, 20268 min readMarcus Delacroix

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Miami Nightlife: A Starter Guide
Turning up at nine in Miami means turning up early. Here is the night on its actual clock, across three districts that run three completely different evenings.
Apr 8, 20268 min readMarcus Delacroix
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A Rainy Day in Miami
A summer afternoon storm here lasts forty minutes and improves the evening. A winter front can take a whole day. Knowing which one you are looking at is the entire skill.
Mar 4, 20268 min readElena Vasquez

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Best Day Trips From Miami
The question is never whether a day trip from Miami is good. It is whether it fits. Here is each one in real door-to-door hours, and the trip length it belongs on.
Feb 12, 20269 min readMarcus Delacroix

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Miami With Kids: Day Plans That Survive the Afternoon
A Miami family day does not fail at bedtime. It fails at two in the afternoon, in a car park, with nobody having eaten. These plans are built backwards from that hour.
Feb 19, 20268 min readElena Vasquez