Located around 30 minutes from Tampa International Airport and 12 miles from downtown Tampa, the Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Brandon is popular with families staying before and after a Caribbean cruise from Tampa’s port. Specializing in suites that appeal to families, the hotel’s amenities include fully equipped kitchens and separate sleeping areas in the suites. And each suite has two rooms to offer traveling families extra privacy and space. Take advantage of the onsite laundry facilities, fitness center, heated outdoor swimming pool, hot tub and onsite restaurant. With free breakfast each morning and snacks at night, it’s easy to cut expenses here and there on dining out.

You’re close to Interstate-75 here, too, as well as a toll expressway to get you downtown in a hurry. Busch Gardens theme park is about 25 miles northwest of the hotel.