I did call the Hyatt on Front Street and they will let two 18 year olds check in and that is where I would stay.

They'll pay but they will not get turned away and the hotel is safe.

Thank you so much for all your help! These girls are very responsible but also very inexperienced. I think we will find something easier and less expensive. I really appreciate all the help! The amount that everyone helps each other is amazing! Thank you.

GoTravel and SusanCS...

we can't always be right in our posts and we certainly shouldn't be judgemental if wrong... how dare you insinuate that I'm less of a quality parent because my daughter went to and stayed in less than a five star in KW.... its the higher end properties that don't allow the kids.... you are both wrong....

I'm sorry, but it was important to let the poster know that Key West is not the entrance to Hell that you perceive it, and that two kids can enjoy it...

message to haleyjoy... Try the Intercontinental on Duval Street... rates are reasonable, its in the safest part of Hell and they should let your kids in...

Thank you!

gary, with all due respect I'm not judging your parenting.

My parents do live in Key West from the day after New Years until around the end of April. I do have a good idea of what goes on in Key West and there is a lot of homeless and vagrants.

Personally, I will not let me two stepdaughters go to Key West and stay in my parents home without me and their father and they are 19 and 24.

Go to www.KeysNews.com and read the daily crime report. Mostly hilarious but often downright scary.

BTW, I did call the Hyatt on Front Street and they will allow 18 year olds to check in without a chaparone.

I thought your description of what the teenagers would do at night, "See the sunset and the people in the evening at the pier. Then go to dinner and walk around the shops at night," sounded remarkably similar to what my parents in their 70s like to do when they are in Key West. I certainly don't know your kids, so maybe this is what they would really enjoy, but most 18 year olds I know would have a hard time staying focused on the sunset when there is drinking and partying going on all around them. I'm just offering this for your information, becasue it sounds like you've never been to KW.

Thanks! We have decided that there are probably other places they will enjoy more at this stage in their lives. My daughter doesn't drink probably because I do. I have been there and love it.