Or you could stay at the Ritz Carlton in Coconut Grove for $219 (which is pretty much a business hotel - although it has a nice pool). Use what you save to rent a limo for the night and go dining and clubbing.

Many Florida resorts used to be inexpensive in the summer. And they were nice - somewhat quiet but nice (although I lived in Miami - so I never stayed on south Beach). Now resorts everywhere cater to both family groups and groups of younger people (they stay 3-4 in a room) who simply want to go to the beach on the weekend. The prices went up - and I don't find the atmosphere anywhere as pleasant.

BTW - I am 60 and my grandparents used to stay at the Victor - and I can never think of it as anything but a hotel designed for low income seniors who wanted to get warm in the winter. The rooms haven't changed a whole lot from the time when my grandparents used to stay there. Robyn