Thanks for the responses everyone! I booked the Hotel Casci for 2 nights in Florence, for 180 Euros/night for a triple with 3 beds. I had to change my reservation 3 times within a span of 2 hours and they were very helpful and quickly responded to my emails. I'm still working on Venice so if anyone has any additional recommendations, please respond. I did take a look at the Best Western a couple posts above, and I think it was 294/night. That's still a little high for us.