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Fodor's Miami and Miami Beach, 5th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)

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This is such a helpful book! We used it for everything from looking for places for brunch, to the nightlife of South Beach, to finding out why there is 15% gratuity added to every restaurant tab in this area! Any question we had about Miami and the customs there was answered! I highly recommend this book - it was like a portable concierge that we took with us everywhere we went!!! : )

Overall, I thought this Fodor's Miami guide was helpful for my trip. It highlights many of the important/interesting sights, restaurants and things to do. However, I was disappointed in their lack of coverage of the public transport (more specifically, bus) system on Miami Beach. When I was there, I took the buses a lot and it would have been helpful if a map of the bus routes were added in the book instead of just saying that Miami public transport isn't good, go rent a car. (I didn't have a driver's license) Also, most of the restaurant recommendations are very generic in the sense that I could have easily pulled out the information from websites such as Citysearch. It totally misses out on the smaller, unique and delicious eateries around town (even on Miami Beach). However, the book is still helpful in my overall trip planning though it could have been better.