My daughter and her friends are planning a graduation (High School) trip to Key West. They have a package staying at the Beachside Holiday Inn. Does anyone know anything about this hotel or the general area? Dad is concerned about the safety of his "little" girl.

Thanks

Ok, so no one seems to know? Does anyone know where I can get some independent information about this area?

Found this while searching in http://www.google.com/

HOLIDAY INN BEACHSIDE
3841 NORTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD
KEY WEST, FL 33040
KEY WEST BEACHSIDE

The Holiday Inn - Beachside is a first class hotel located directly on the Gulf of Mexico. The full service, onsite watersport facility offers jet sky rentals, snorkel and dive trips, boat rentals, sunset cruises and more. The hotel boasts 222 tropically appointed guest rooms with balconies over- looking the beach and Gulf of Mexico.

Guests will find the rooms to be spacious and comfortable, with appointments that mirror the tropical style of South Florida. The hotel staff is always available to assist guests with any needs that they may have. The hotel has ADA rooms available on request. The hotel is minutes to fine dining, shopping and entertainment. If business is your pleasure, our conference center boasts over 6,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, with a private lobby and entrance way, plus on-site meeting specialists to assist with your details.

Area Attractions
The hotel is near area attractions, such as: the Conch Tour Train, the Cayo Hueso y Habana, the Flagler Station Over-Sea Railway, the Hemingway House, the Key West Aquarium, the Key West Cemetery, the Key West Shipwreck Museum, the Little White House Museum, Mel Fisher's Maritime Museum, Old Town Trolley Tours and the Mallory Square Sunset Celebration.

Thanks USAFan. I had seen that information and have talked with the hotel, but I was hoping that some FT had some more independent knowledge of the area. Sounds safe so far.

I've been there 3x (2000, and 2x in the early 90s). Key West is generally very safe for visitors. Basically, the only risk you run into is if you lose control of yourself such as excessive alcohol/drug intoxication and losing control of the situation as a result, or stupidity in other acitivities such as diving into water, driving jet skis at unsafe speeds, etc. As long as your daughter is sensible, she should be quite safe.

Where her Holiday Inn is located is a rather strip mall-ish area. Nothing sinister. The only thing I'd worry about is traffic as it's situated on the main road to the more-popular part of KW.

Second this as there seems to be a drinking mix of rednecks and tourists after 10pm. But then your daughter is only of high school age and does not drink anyway.