Can anyone suggest either an upscale private rental or a hotel in Key West that offers two bedroom suites? Based on research thus far I think a private rental would be much more affordable, but I am having trouble even getting people to respond on VRBO, my usual source. Rental will be in November for four nights and we have a child, so the rental must accept children. Budget is around $300 per night. Any suggestions would be great!

Try the Santa Maria Suites - we stayed there with our teen son - we all loved it - great space, good location if you want to stay a few blocks away from the Duval St. crowds. There were a few families with younger kids and teens, but it wasn't crazy.http://www.santamariasuites.com/

Wow, that looks great, thanks MP!

We've stayed here. Very nice and great pool. It is a bit far from Duval St. tho.
http://1800atlantic.com/index.htm

Island City House has some 2 bedroom suites. We enjoyed our stay there with friends a couple of years ago.

http://www.islandcityhouse.com/

Oops, got so excited about Santa Maria that I forgot to come back here to check in again. Thanks Crusin, those look nice but I agree they are a bit far from Duval and we want to be easy walking distance from everything. And thanks notbob, I have heard great things about ICH. I would stay there but their 2br units only have one bath so I think SMS will work out better (there are five of us!). Thanks again to all and I will try to remember to report back on how SMS is, I can't wait and only wish my vacation was sooner