<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Florida</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/unitedstates/fl?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><description>Florida</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[A Day at the Beach]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45570-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45570-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The combination of Internet fare shopping and low-price airlines have ushered in a new era -- the age of the day trip to South Florida.]]></description><author> Robert Bassman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Jacksonville, Chicken on the Fry]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44817-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44817-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  <br>   WHAT : Beach Road Chicken Dinners. <br>   WHERE:  Jacksonville, Fla., just across the St. Johns River from Alltel Stadium, site of Super Bowl XXXIX.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanibel Island, Under Cover No More]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62712-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62712-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Periwinkle Way, the main drag on  Sanibel Island, is drenched in an ocher wash as day-trippers and residents shop, jockey for primo sunset seats at waterside bars or head for home. It's early November in the Sunshine State, and nowhere seems sunnier than this sand-flecked boulevard a few blocks from the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description><author> John Deiner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southeast Florida: An Open and Shut Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62709-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62709-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["There's not a hotel room within 60 miles of here," said Jackie Ducketts, manager of the Vero Beach Inn in Vero Beach, Fla. Although the hotel was up and running -- barely -- during a late-October visit, it was housing emergency workers only.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sifting Through the White Sand]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62716-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62716-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A lively bar on Okaloosa Island, Fla., serves cocktails named after tropical breezes, bayous and randy activities on the beach. But the bartenders will never mix up a Hurricane Ivan.]]></description><author> Andrea Sachs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Orlando Bedtime Story]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28201-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28201-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When it comes to Orlando area hotels, it's not such a small world after all.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orlando by the Numbers: 25 Good Budget Bets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28213-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28213-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[1     AMERIHOST RESORT <br><em>  7491 W. Irlo Bronson Hwy.</em><br>   Price We Found:  $53 (SideStep).]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tired of Hotels? B&amp;Bs, Campsites and Rentals Await]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28216-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28216-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>If  staying in a standard hotel along a standard Orlando strip mall sounds so, well, standard, then consider alternative accommodations that go beyond the usual lodging fare. Here are some options, ranging from a chalet with an on-site soup cannery to camping with chipmunks:</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where to Spend The Big Bucks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28220-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28220-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>Sometimes you just want to be treated like Cinderella and stay in a hotel where the rooms are opulent, the service is doting and the rates are, well, more than a pauper could pay. Here are some big splurges in Orlando (with prices listed for early December): </em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 Park, 2 Perspectives: Staying On Campus vs. Off]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28219-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28219-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BOOKING:  One of the easiest ways to book a Disney room is through Disney, so we headed to the Web. And because we've reserved through the company's site (<a href="http://www.disneyworld.com">www.disneyworld.com</a>) before, we know it's one of the quirkier booking systems -- sometimes it'll show only a few hotels available for your dates when you just know there must be more with openings (calling 407-939-6244, the Disney reservation number, has solved that problem in the past). True to form, though we asked for all resorts with availability, the only one the site proffered was Disney's Pop Century -- one of its cheapo Value properties.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tips to Help  Stretch Your Lodging  Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28217-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28217-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>The average leisure visitor to Orlando spends about $534 per trip and stays 4 1/2 days, according to the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau. That's a lot of Grumpy mugs and plush Shamus. You can cut costs by trimming your lodging expenses. Here are some ways to do that:</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scare Tactics in Florida: Surviving Universal's Fright Fest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17912-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17912-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[RESEARCH QUESTION:  Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando in Florida has been scaring the Mickey out of parkgoers for 14 years -- and this season it's expanded, encompassing both the Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida parks. We wondered: Will fright fans spend more time shrieking from sheer terror -- or from frustration over long lines? And, at almost $55 a pop, do you get enough boos for your bucks?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking a Ride on the Autotrain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34430-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34430-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  RESEARCH QUESTION:  There's only one rail service in the United States that lets you include the family car in your checked luggage, and it just happens to shuttle back and forth between Washington and Orlando. Amtrak's Autotrain leaves every afternoon and, with the exception of a midnight crew change, doesn't stop until it hits central Florida the next morning. Is this leapfrog over 817 miles of I-95 traffic too good to be true?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney World: The Kids' Choice]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27309-2004May14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27309-2004May14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["We've got a bear in a floppy hat at 1 o'clock!" I cry, scrambling the calm of our  Frontierland stroll.]]></description><author> Steve Hendrix</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Orlando, Having Some Fun Off the Rides]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45367-2004Apr2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45367-2004Apr2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The week after Easter is one of the busiest on the Orlando theme park calendar. Lines are long, tempers short. If you're heading into central Florida to be part of the mayhem, you're bound to detour into one of the amusement resorts' more sedate retail-entertainment-dining complexes.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Taste of Cuba . . . in Florida]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33729-2004Mar5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33729-2004Mar5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cuban Americans love their food so much they let it run through the streets. In southern Florida communities such as Miami's Little Havana and Key West, chickens are everywhere. On sidewalks and driveways, roosters chase after hens, crowing and trilling and flashing lustrous orange-red plumes. Roosters have even been memorialized in whimsical six-foot statues in the cultural heart of Little Havana, along Calle Ocho -- that's SW Eighth Street to you -- between 12th and 27th avenues.]]></description><author> Nicole Cotroneo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarasota by  Segway]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3987-2004Jan9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3987-2004Jan9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eight inches off the ground, and with a helmet perched atop my head, I am taller than any of the people who stop to gawk at me gliding by the chic shops of Sarasota, Fla. With a twitch of my body, I speed up to about 8 mph when I reach the broad promenade along the shores of Sarasota Bay.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding Court on Key Biscayne]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42058-2003Oct17.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42058-2003Oct17.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I felt like a tennis goddess.<br> When I stepped onto the same 14,000-seat stadium court where Serena Williams pulverizes her prey, it seemed like I whacked my own forehands faster.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're a Good Sport, Mickey Mouse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32481-2003Aug22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32481-2003Aug22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Most  traffic driving north on Osceola Parkway on this simmering summer morning is heading to Magic Kingdom, MGM Studios or the other nearby Disney parks. We take the less-traveled left at the first light onto Victory Way -- along with just four other cars.]]></description><author> Don Oldenburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boca Raton, Fla., via Site59]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11662-2003Jul18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11662-2003Jul18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/fl</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WHAT : Two nights at the Radisson Suite Hotel Boca Raton and round-trip airfare on Delta, booked two days before departure through Site59.com.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>