A few girlfriends and I drove up to Swim Week this year and made it into a girls trip to Miami. Truthfully, it’s my first time staying in South Beach (I usually stay in Brickell or Key Biscayne) but it’s where all the shows were at.

If you’re traveling to Miami here are a few tips and recommendations:

Stay

• Loews Miami Beach Hotel
• Gale South Beach
• The W Hotel
• Faena Hotel
• 1 Hotel South Beach

Miami Parking: you might as well split the valet between your friends because driving gets so hectic around there and prices go up on the weekends!

Eat

• Peruvian Bites – FoodTruck owned by my cousin and her hubby!
• Bacon Bitch
• Janette and Co Macarons
• La Mar by Gaston
• The Salty Donut
• Zuma

Drink

• Happy Hour at South Point Tavern
• Drunk Bitch
• The Butcher Shop

Do

• Wynwood Walls
• Beach Picnic – check out my last post
• Beach, Beach, Beach!!
• Shopping on Lincoln
• Check out Nikki’s round up of Instragrammable spots!
• Dancing – El Patio, La Victoria, Eleven

What I Packed for Miami:

I am a freak when it comes to packing. I hate overpacking and I also hate having to take any more than just a carry on! It’s my pet-peeve! So you can understand why my favorite thing about traveling in the summer is how light I get to pack! I packed 2 outfits for all 4 days and a few extras just in case. It all fit in my Away Carry-on and a large Longchamp duffle bag!

Tips: Get packing cubes!! Fit all your purses inside your biggest purse and stuff your purse and all your shoes inside the duffle bag.

Packing list:

• 4 dresses
• 1 romper
• 1 bikini
• 1 cover up
• 2 flats
• 4 heels
• 4 purses
• Linen pants
• Jeans
• 2 crop tops
• PJs
• scarves, earrings, necklaces
• curling wand
• Make up

Total = 10+ outfits! Scroll down to shop my packing list!

Shop my Miami packing list: