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1. Agreeing to these terms
By using beaconsouthbeach.com you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site. Making a reservation also brings in the booking terms in section 3 and the hotel policies in section 4.
The site and the hotel are operated by Beacon South Beach (“Beacon”, “we”, “us”), 720 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, a public lodging establishment licensed by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants.
2. Using this website
You may browse this site and make genuine reservations and enquiries. You may not:
- use the site for anything unlawful, or to make a fraudulent or speculative reservation;
- scrape, harvest, or systematically copy content or rate data;
- try to gain unauthorised access to the site or the systems behind it;
- interfere with the site’s operation, or introduce malicious code;
- reproduce any part of the site commercially without our written permission.
We may suspend access if the site is being misused.
3. Reservations and rates
How a booking is made
Reservations from this website are taken through third-party reservation systems (Selfbook and Sabre SynXis). A reservation is confirmed when you receive a written confirmation with a reservation number. A rate shown on screen before that point is a quotation, not a contract. The rate details and cancellation terms shown at checkout, and repeated in your confirmation, form part of your booking.
Rates, taxes, and fees
- Rates are per room, per night, in US dollars, and are subject to availability.
- Room rates exclude Florida sales tax, Miami-Dade County and City of Miami Beach resort taxes, and the hotel’s nightly resort fee. The total price for your stay, including all mandatory taxes and fees, is shown before you pay.
- The resort fee includes premium Wi-Fi, beach chairs and towels, in-room Nespresso, complimentary coffee and cold beverages at set hours.
- Rates can change at any time before a booking is confirmed. The rate on your written confirmation is the rate that applies.
- Up to two children aged 10 and under stay free in their parent’s or guardian’s room when using the existing beds.
Errors
We take care with the rates and descriptions on this site, but errors happen. If a rate is obviously wrong we may cancel the booking and refund you in full rather than honour it. We will tell you promptly if this occurs.
Deposits, cancellation, and no-shows
- Guarantee. A valid credit card is required to guarantee every reservation.
- Flexible rates. You can cancel or change without charge up to 72 hours before 4pm (Miami time) on your arrival date. Cancelling after that, or not arriving, is charged at one night’s room rate plus tax and fees.
- Advance purchase and non-refundable rates. Charged in full at the time of booking and cannot be cancelled, changed, or refunded.
- Early departure. If you leave before your booked departure date, the hotel may charge one additional night.
- Offers and groups. Special offers and bookings of more than five rooms can carry different deposit and cancellation terms. These are shown with the offer or set out in your group agreement.
To cancel or change a booking, use the link in your confirmation email or call (305) 763 8700 with your confirmation number.
Best rate when you book direct
If, within 24 hours of booking directly with us, you find a lower publicly available rate for the same hotel, room type, dates, number of guests, and booking conditions on another website, email [email protected] with your confirmation number and a screenshot of the lower rate. Claims must be made at least 48 hours before arrival. Once we verify it, we will match that rate. The guarantee does not apply to member-only, package, opaque, group, corporate, or loyalty rates, or to rates that are not bookable when we check.
4. Staying with us
- Check-in and check-out. Check-in is from 4pm and check-out is by 11am. Early check-in and late check-out are subject to availability and may carry a charge; ask the front desk.
- Minimum age. The guest checking in must be at least 21 years old.
- Identification and payment. A valid government-issued photo ID and a credit card in the guest’s name are required at check-in. A refundable damage deposit of $100 is authorised on that card at check-in and released within 7 days of check-out, subject to an inspection of the room.
- Occupancy. Rooms may not be occupied by more people than the room type allows.
- Smoking. The hotel is entirely non-smoking, including vaping, in rooms and on balconies. Smoking in a room carries a cleaning fee of $250.
- Pets. Dogs are welcome by prior arrangement, and a pet fee applies. Please call before you arrive. Service animals are always welcome at no charge; see our accessibility page.
- Parking. The hotel has no on-site garage. Valet parking is available for a nightly fee with in-and-out privileges, and municipal parking is a short walk away.
- Damage. Guests are responsible for damage they or their party cause to the room or hotel.
- Conduct. Quiet hours are 10pm to 8am. We may ask a guest to leave, without refund, for behaviour that endangers or seriously disturbs others, as permitted by Florida law.
- Belongings. Every room has an in-room safe. Under Florida law (section 509.111, Florida Statutes), the hotel’s liability for money, jewellery, and other valuables not deposited with the front desk is limited. We are not responsible for items left behind after check-out; lost property is held for 30 days.
5. Content and copyright
The text, photographs, layout, and design of this site are owned by us or used with permission, and are protected by copyright and trade mark law. The Beacon name and logo are ours. You may view and print pages for your own use in planning a stay. Any other use, such as republishing, redistributing, or using our photographs commercially, needs our written permission.
The 1936 archival photograph of the hotel is from the Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, and is in the public domain.
6. Links to other sites
This site links to and embeds services run by other companies, including our reservation systems and an embedded map. We do not control those services and are not responsible for their content, terms, or availability. Their own terms and privacy policies apply when you use them.
7. Disclaimers
We work to keep this site accurate and available, but we do not promise that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components. Photographs are representative: rooms of the same type vary in layout, outlook, and furnishing. Descriptions of the neighbourhood, nearby restaurants, and attractions are given for information and can change without notice.
Except where the law does not allow it to be excluded, the site is provided “as is”.
8. Limitation of liability
Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited.
Subject to that, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of this website, and our total liability in connection with the website itself is limited to US $100.
Liability relating to your actual stay is governed by your booking terms and by Florida law, not by this section.
9. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, and the state and federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida have jurisdiction over any dispute. Before starting any claim, please contact us so we can try to resolve the matter informally.
10. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The version published on this page when you make a reservation is the version that applies to that reservation. The date at the top of the page shows when it last changed.
11. Contact us
Beacon South Beach
720 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 763 8700
[email protected]
See also our privacy policy and accessibility statement.