The best way to travel around and stay in Tampa, Florida is to get yourself a rental car and then make sure you’re booked in to a reputable hotel. There is nothing that I know of that can ruin a nice vacation or business trip faster than getting stuck in a second rate hotel that looks like the only other residents there are the bugs… and that may not even be much of an exaggeration for some of them.
So the first thing you will need to do is decide whether you want to fly in and pick up a Tampa car rental at the airport or if you want to hire a vehicle where you are right now and then drive all the way there you can do that too. It won’t always be cheap but in my opinion it is better to have a car rental in Tampa which will allow you the freedom of moving around the city as you please rather than getting off the plane and having no other option than taking a taxi.
At the moment one of the highest rated hotels in Tampa, Florida for both cost and quality is the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites which is right near the I-75 (exit 270). It has often been called a 4 star hotel without the 4 star price tag, and with complimentary beer, ice cream, and breakfast, how can you go wrong? Just do some research on hotels before you decide, then get your Tampa car rental and you’re good to go.