Dan, if I had to guess, the trip was planned for two Christmas breaks ago. :-)
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LOL. I didn't see that someone bumped an old thread.
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Next time you consider Mexico, try Merida for your cigar vacation. It is the capitol of the Yucatan, 15 minutes from the beach, close to Chichen Itza, and a world apart from the Riviera Maya. We have everything Cancun has to offer and so much more.

Cheers
Drew P
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Nah, its an adventure!
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Many? Every cigar I saw in Cancun, outside of the LCdH, was fake....laughable, they were so bad.
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Little Havana in Miami. Shop around and find a good hotel rate after the winter rush and have a great time. I have been several times and will take the trip many more I hope. There was a Thread a while back where several of us posted a lot of info on things to do there.:-)

I was not clear on this but as mentioned by another you don't want to get a hotel in the Little Havana area. Stay downtown or at the beach. I have gotten Enterprise Rental Cars there online very cheap but usually off site and not at the airport facility.
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The three or four cigar vacations I have taken have been for MOB Herfs and a non-herf.And no,"non-herf" was because that was the name of the gathering,not because it sucked :-)
Louisville Ky.,Pompano Beach, Chicago and lastly Marblehead Ohio :-)
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You can't go wrong in Key West. I spent sometime down there last year and loved every millisecond I was there. The cigar shops, bars & restaurants are top notch. A great cigar vacation IMO!


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Chris.....
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The Shack don't count?????

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I corrected it.
Strange because I had it in my mind :-)
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Much better. :-)
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Neat story about Key West and its cigar culture in the latest issue of Smoke magazine.
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We stayed at the Tropics Hotel which is the cheapest hotel on Ocean Drive I could find back then.

http://www.tropicshotel.com/rates.php
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I do believe I was at all 4 of those as well! :-)
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:-):-):-)
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Good times Brother! :-)
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Fun place with many cigar interests but in my experience it is not at all on the inexpensive side. With Miami you can go pretty reasonable (usually low air fares available there) and some nice hotels at decent prices if you shop but if you want to let your hair down you can spend as much as you want to also.

From Miami with a rent car you can always do an overnighter down to Key West and have a double vacation.
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Key west is definitely fun but far from cheap. I Guess you could make it cheap if you didn't drink and stayed in a scuzzy hotel! LOL

I saw lots of little cigar shop all making their own stuff. I never did see anyone rolling them. I only saw one actual cigar shop on duval. I guess I needed to venture a little further out.

Ybor is great, lots of little shops, a few places roll every day. Usually only one person in each shop rolling. Tampa mainly has the history. But there are a ton of great lounges in and around tampa to hang out at.
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I really like Key West and always enjoy a short** visit, but I found most of the cigar stores to be below average. I found one cigar store that also sold wine and they had a well-maintained, if very small humidor and I did buy some sticks.

I found three or four other stores that I walked into, turned around, and walked out. Maybe things have changed in the year since I was last there...

I would go back again (and plan to) but I would bring my own sticks.

** I have only been there as a port-of-call on a cruise -- it seems too expensive to stay there for any length of time
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We rented a house for 10 days for $1,300. The house was in walking distance to everything one could want or need while in Key West. And, there was a moped at the residence that the owner allowed us to use so we were able to explore a little bit.
I don't remember the name of the B&M just off of Duval St. but they had a older Cuban gentlemen rolling cigars from 9 to 11 Thursday & Fridays. Key West is my Shangri La for sure!


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Chris.....
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