How do I plan an evening out in Miami Beach?
Plan it as dinner around South Beach, Sunset Harbour and Mid-Beach, then the night in South Beach and Mid-Beach, with one car and driver booked by the hour, so dinner, the next room and the ride home are one booking.
Ocean Drive and Collins get the postcards, but the tables locals keep are tucked into Sunset Harbour and Mid-Beach. A driver lets you cross the island for the right room without the parking tax.
Where dinner usually is
South Beach, Sunset Harbour, Mid-Beach and Bal Harbour.
South Beach is a late, walkable night, until you want to get home. A car on call means you never negotiate a surge or a taxi at closing.
Where the night tends to go after
South Beach and Mid-Beach.
Book the evening by the hour rather than as separate rides. Dinner, the next room and the ride home are one car and one driver, and nobody is waiting out a surge at closing. Four hours suits many evenings. If it runs longer, tell the concierge and they will extend it where the schedule allows.