Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach

Steve’s take

If you want to break up the I-10 drive with a beach night, Pensacola Beach has the whitest sand in Florida. The Holiday Inn Resort is right on the beach — your kids walk out the back door and their feet are in the Gulf. It's a splurge compared to the Hampton Inns along the highway, but after two days of driving, the sound of waves and the sight of your kids running into the ocean makes you forget what gasoline costs. You're on vacation. Act like it.