Suwi's Life: October 2019

Anyone who knows me knows I never go on holiday without a few 'incidents' as this year was no exception.
Holiday destination Miami.....
So we set off the day before to stay overnight at an airport hotel (I just can't chance being late for anything) Mum the girls and I where going and my dad drove us to the hotel.
Booked in just fine then had lunch before dad went back home. It was a Sunday so not very busy we ordered our food and waited...and waited. Amy's pizza turned up, while later Sophie's pasta and my food turned up.The food was very bland and lacked any sort of seasoning. After a while dad's pizza arrived. Then eventuality mum's turned up minus her potatoes??? She shared Amy and dad's chips. When in the end the potatoes did turn up they were not cooked!!!! I complained naturally and did not pay for the drinks but still think the meal should have been free and it was so poor!
Anyway that was that and the next day we set off for Miami. Strangely the flight went by without incident. Wheelchairs awaited us on arrival at Miami airport and we whizzed through customs and collected our bags. Soon we were on our way to the hotel.
We were staying at a hotel we had not been to before in South Beach called The Palms, first impression was very good

At reception we booked in, I asked if the roll away bed was in the room? I was informed that the room had two double beds and was not big enough for a roll away? Mum and Sophie are OK sleeping in a double bed and neither fidget that much but Amy and I? Well we both rotate in our sleep and Amy has sleep apnea and is better sleeping alone. I was cross and I had requested the bed through Virgin and no one had said it was not possible! I was told all they could offer was a two bedroom suite which would cost me another $3000 for two weeks!!!!!!

After travelling all day we were all tired so I said I would take the room and Amy would have to sleep on the floor, I then requested some extra bedding to enable us to make up a bed for her. We was speaking with a young women and a male receptionist was listening to our conversation. He suggested that we tried another hotel?!?!?! I can tell you I was NOT amused!

It was after this that things changed..... I said again I would take the room offered and backhandedly said I hope it did not have a view of a wall? Now in this I'm adamant I did not fly all the way to America just so I could look at a bloody WALL! Plus, I had visited the virgin office TWICE just to make sure this information was sent through to the hotel. I lost it!BIG BIG BIG lost it! I even frighted ME!

The guy on the desk called the manager, I calmed down a little and apologised as this mess up was not the girls fault. The manager arrived and it was explained what had happened. She offed us a suite at no extra charge. I excepted and we went up to our room.

The suite was wonderful with bedrooms and bathrooms on either side and views looking out to sea or along Ocean Drive with a view of Loews hotel on the other.

Was planning to walk along Ocean Drive and shop on Lincoln Rd but Miami had decided to keep it's HOT and VERY humid summer weather, even a walk to Walgreens (two blocks) was to far!

So we stayed around to pool most of the time, we did in the end manage Lincoln but never did get down Ocean Drive.

Any outings we did do we went by taxi!

Added interest as there was a fire in a store just around the corner

Lunch in Lincoln Rd

Another day we managed to get to Bayside Market but again the heat got to us and Amy became unwell so it was back to the air-con of the hotel and the swimming pool.