Whether you are heading surfside and to the beach or into the city, if you are on the hunt for a deal, a special offer, or a discount at a Four Seasons hotel, you’ve come to the right place.
Which is the best Four Seasons in Miami, Florida? The most luxurious hotels in Miami include the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club, right on Miami Beach, and the Four Seasons Hotel Miami in the Brickell neighborhood but not on the beach.
Is Four Seasons At The Surf Club On South Beach?
Four Seasons At The Surf Club is not on South Beach. It is around a 25-minute drive up the coastal road from the center of South Beach, but it does have its own patch of beach in front of the hotel and a beautiful pool.
Neither of these hotels has a club lounge (we review the best hotel club lounges in Miami separately) but don’t worry, book via our luxury travel concierge and you will get free benefits at all Four Seasons hotels including the Four Seasons Miami and The Surf Club, for the same price as their website.
1. Why Choose Four Seasons Surf Club?
The Surfside Four Seasons is beautiful and right on the beach. It is my favorite Four Seasons in Miami and is the best choice for the following reasons:
- Location just a few blocks south of the luxurious Bal Harbour shops and a 20-minute drive from South Beach
- The beach is just steps away
- The rooms have been beautifully and recently refurbished and offer stunning views
- Oceanfront views almost hang over the ocean with enormous floor-to-ceiling windows
- Glass-fronted balconies enable you to enjoy the sunshine in your own private space
- The pool is super stylish, and the gardens edge the beach with plenty of loungers
- The bar has a tropical feel with high ceilings
- The hotel oozes sophistication with photo opportunities at every corner
Whether you are a family, a couple, or with friends, this Four Seasons has it all.
2. Why Choose Four Seasons Miami?
Located in the Bricknell neighborhood, this is very much an urban hotel in Miami, so it doesn’t offer the resort feel of the Four Seasons Surfside resort.
Four Seasons Miami has a convenient location downtown Miami’s financial center, and it does have a two-acre rooftop pool terrace, surrounded by palm trees and seventh-floor views but it does feel like a city resort rather than a resort hotel or a place to take a vacation.
In our opinion, for a leisure stay, the Surf Club wins hands down, but if you aren’t sure, you could multi-center and try both and make your own judgment. It is also worth noting that the Four Seasons Miami is cheaper than the Four Seasons Surf Club, so makes an excellent luxury hotel choice for a business trip or a layover before a cruise if you don’t need to be next to the beach.
3. How To Get Free Benefits
Because both hotels are exquisite, you can’t make a bad choice. Don’t forget to also take advantage of free loyalty style benefits from your very first stay at Four Seasons hotels and resorts by merely booking with a luxury travel agent like our concierge. It really is that easy, and the rates you pay will be the same as those on the Four Seasons website.
And Four Seasons is not alone in this luxury offering. Most luxury hotels have luxury travel agent loyalty programs that give their clients complimentary benefits at no extra cost as long as they book with the right partner agent. These luxury hotel brands include Hilton’s Waldorf Astoria, Hyatt, Andaz, Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, InterContinental, and more.
If you want loyalty-style VIP benefits without paying more, it is worth contacting us for a free, no-obligation quote to see what you are missing. There is no cost associated with becoming a client of our concierge.
4. Can I Get Loyalty Points & Benefits Too?
Of course, there is no Four Seasons rewards program, but if you are a regular guest of the Four Seasons or even want to try this iconic brand for the first time, you can take advantage of loyalty style benefits at Four Seasons hotels for no extra cost and from your very first stay by booking your next stay via our concierge.
5. Check The Four Seasons Website For Special Offers
Check out the unique special offers pages for the Four Seasons hotels in Miami. Each individual hotel has a separate page that offers their discounts and the dates that the discounts are relevant.
Some of the best discounts offered by Four Seasons are the three nights for the price of two or the four nights for the price of three discount. Both of these discounts tend to be available outside the high season at some Four Seasons hotels, and they can save you a serious amount of money. Here are the relevant discount pages:
If you are very sure of your dates, you can sometimes take advantage of advance purchase discounted rates. You must be sure of your dates because once you have booked in, there are no refunds on advance purchase rates, so if you can’t make your stay, you won’t get your money back!
Once you have found the offer you want, book via a luxury travel agent like our concierge for extra benefits at your already discounted rate.
6. Book Early
Four Seasons hotels and resorts are so popular that they often sell out in the high season, which means that they don’t need to discount their rooms during these popular periods. Outside of the high season, it is possible to get discounts, and these discounts can be found on the Four Seasons website within each individual hotel’s mini-site under “offers.”
Booking in advance will not always get you a discount, but it will stop you from paying over the odds because you can book into the room you want.
7. Stay Shorter
It sounds obvious when you say it out loud, but I would prefer three nights at an expensive Four Seasons rather than a week at a bog-standard resort. Do one night at one of the Four Seasons hotels in Miami and take advantage of our early check-in / late check-out rather than spending two nights somewhere less exciting.
8. Pick The Cheapest Properties
It doesn’t matter how luxurious the Four Seasons brand is. Some parts of the world are cheaper than others. The Four Seasons Casablanca or Marrakech in Morocco will always be cheaper than the Four Seasons Geneva in Switzerland, whatever time of year you decide to visit. The cost of land and staff is not comparable between these two countries, so you can get a stay of the same caliber of Four Seasons hotel cheaper by choosing a Four Seasons hotel in a less expensive country. We have outlined the cheapest Four Seasons hotels in the world to help you choose where to stay. This is not a discount; this is simply using common sense to book your vacation in a cheaper area of the world.
9. Use Corporate Promo Codes
There are special corporate promo discount codes, so if you are an employee of a company like Goldman Sachs, Bank Of America, IBM, or the government, you might be able to take advantage of these discounts, but these codes are not widely available to the general public. Besides, the discount may not be as good as our luxury travel concierge’s complimentary benefits. We suggest asking for a free quote so you can compare prices and benefits and get the full picture before booking.
10. Don’t Book With Your Credit Card Travel Agency
Do you want to be at the front of the queue for your free room upgrade? Book your Four Seasons stay via our concierge, and we will put you first in line for your free upgrade. You will be placed in front of guests who book via booking services like American Express Finest Hotels & Resorts.
This is because our travel agency is an official partner of Four Seasons hotels, so room upgrades for clients that we book into Four Seasons hotels are put at the front of the queue! You can still use any credit card as payment when you book with our concierge, so you still get your usual loyalty points and rewards from your credit card when you book with us.
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