By Jan Engoren and Yours Truly
It’s season in Miami, when friends and family are in town and the humidity levels have dropped. What better time to spend with visitors than to snag a Miami hotel day pass?
These passes let you slip into the city’s chic-est hotels and resorts without booking an overnight stay. Think sparkling pools, chic cabanas, and tropical cocktails delivered right to your chaise lounge.
We’ve rounded up luxurious hotels, Miami pools offering day passes and beach passes for non-guests. And, if you want to take things up a notch or two or three, some offer a combo with spa, cabana rental, and even guest room rental for the day and massage add on. There’s even one with a water park! Here’s what you need to know about hotel pool day passes in Miami.
Important Note : Rates quoted are starting prices which vary according to occupancy and day of the week. Some of the Miami hotel day passes can be booked on Resort Pass, indicated with an asterisk. You can also book with a call to the hotel. All of the information was checked this month.
- Note: Non-registered, overnight resort guests must book through Resort Pass. Non-registered, overnight resort guests who book with registered, overnight resort guest pricing will pay full amount on the day of the rental. Guest(s) must arrive by 12pm to confirm and hold their cabana or daybed reservation
Fontainebleau Hotel*
Play or relax at Fontainebleau’s poolscape offering 8 distinctive pool experiences surrounded by luxurious, full-service cabanas, premium amenities, and spectacular views. Spend time as a family in multiple small dipping pools or the interactive children’s waterscape, relax at the bowtie inspired free-form pool, frolic at the Island Cabana, or mingle at the adults-only Arkadia pool.
Day beds and cabanas start at $325 (maximum four people) and go up to $1,150 with choices for two to 12. Amenities range from beach access and use of multiple pools, to discounts on restaurants, food and beverage credit, dedicated server, live DJ entertainment and sofa seating to discounted valet. There’s also an adults only ultra cabana option. Reservations are recommended.
Ame Spa and Wellness Collective*
Note: Miami pools day passes are not offered at this time.
Discover the possibilities of modern wellness at this premier facility for health and wellness located at JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa. Treat your mind, body, and soul with spa services, a Holistic Rejuvenation Center, and a 3,600-square-foot fitness center. To complete your day, relax in a lounge chair at the Cascata pool while indulging in your favorite cocktails and cuisine. âme Spa & Wellness Collective is ready to welcome you to your perfect day.
Services include a Wellness Circuit, Personal Training, Skin Care and Holistic and Wellness Spa Treatments, Massages and Body Therapy Treatments and Hair and Nail Care.
Looking for a special day out with your significant other? Try their couples massages.
Couples massage includes a relax, rebalance and renew Spa Escape for $380 per person, a therapeutic thermal therapy massage designed to release fatigued muscles and joints for 80 minutes for $240 per person or an 80-minute Exfoliation Couples Massaage. Try their ultimate Fijian Massage Treatment complete with a milk bath followed by a sugar scrub exfoliation, and a nourishing massage. The relaxation continues with a scalp or foot treatment for $335 per person. Choose from coconut, mango, or guava. Look for their monthly specials.
Advance reservations are recommended.
Tidal Cove Waterpark at JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Point*
Tidal Cove Waterpark features a 60-foot tower with seven water slides, a 4,000-square-foot kids pool with an aquatic play structure, the first-ever FlowRider Triple in the nation, 25 private cabanas and an additional VIP pool, Oasis Pool.
Note: Teachers, Active Military, and First Responders (Police / Fire / Doctors / Nurses / EMT) can enjoy 20% off Waterpark entry Monday – Friday.
Now here’s an exciting option for a day pass — enjoy the pools and a full scale waterpark! We’re talking:
- Lazy River
- 2 outdoor pools
- 7 slides (48″ or taller)
- Kids Cove pool and splash pad
- FlowRider triple (fees apply)
- Poolside Dining Options: Surf House Bar & Grill and Freestyle
- changing room with locker rentals
- Complimentary wifi
- self parking available for $36 a day
All of this is priced starting at $49 for both adults and child (weekday rate). There’s also $850 (starting price) premium lazy river cabana for a maximum of 10 people with day passes, shaded luxury cabana, 4 chaise loungers with large sun umbrella. mini fridge stocked with soda, water and tropical fruit, dedicated server, flat screen TV, towels, validated parking (2 per booking) and safe for valuables. Other options include VIP loungers and daybeds, a surf house loft rental package, and a Tidal Cove kids pool cabana for up to 10 people. 19999 W. Country Club Drive, Aventura.
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The Sagamore Hotel South Beach*
The oceanfront Sagamore, well known for its rotating art collection, also has a very good day Miami Beach pool day pass offering starting at $80 for adults and $45 for children . It includes use of their outdoor heated swimming pool with lounge chair (first come, first served) and food and drink service from the pool bar, comp two hour bicycle rentals upon availability, use of the fitness center and valet parking for a fee. Grab a combo pool and beach pass that includes all of the above plus beach access and one reserved beach chair starting at $50 for adults and $45 for kids . Want to upgrade? Grab a shaded poolside cabana with passes for up to six people, all amenities in the day pass, and a complimentary bottle of prosecco and more for $400. Other options include a day room, family pool day pass and poolside daybed. 1671 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. T. 305-535-8088.
Moxy Miami South Beach*
Miami’s got Moxy! The Moxy Miami is one of the newer offerings of day passes. Buy a day pass and take a dip in their 72-foot pool. Make sure to wave to those in the lobby below when swimming over the pool floor window. Relax in a private shaded daybed, and enjoy poolside service from Serena – the hotel’s Mexican restaurant offering hand-crafted cocktails and shareable dishes overlooking South Beach.
The rooftop lounge pool has submerged chaises, daybeds, swings, and the Upside bar cocktails and panoramic views of Miami Beach.
Day pass prices begin at $40 for adults and $15 which includes lounge chairs, towel service; 15% food and beverage discount at Serena; complimentary wifi; complimentary outdoor activities; and valet parking for a fee.
The Biltmore Hotel
The world-famous Biltmore Hotel pool is one of the largest hotel pools in the U.S. measuring approximately 23,000 square feet and holding 600,000 gallons of water.
In its heyday, it was known for its Esther Williams water shows, diving exhibitions, fashion shows and celebrity parties.
With a limited number of private cabanas and daybeds, the pool area provides an elegant setting for soaking up the sun, relaxation, and casual dining.
However, the only way you can get into the pool if you’re not a hotel guest is by being a member or booking a poolside cabana. Nestled alongside the world-famous Biltmore pool, considered another one of the best hotel pools in Miami, each private cabana is elegantly furnished with teak wood chaises and love seats, banana leaf ceiling fans, lounge chairs for sunbathing, outdoor rain showers and a flatscreen TV. Amenities include chips and salsa, sunscreen lotion, safety box, stocked fridge with sodas, tropical fruit platter, water and a dedicated server. A deluxe cabana (small) starts at $300 for up to 4 guests . A Cabana Suite (large) with flatscreen TV, four chaise lounges, love seat, table, dining table and pool bed is priced from $500 for up to 8 people . Prices vary according to the time of the week and season. 1200 Anastasia Ave, Coral Gables T.
To make a reservation, call: 1-866-911-6578.
More Miami Pools, Top Ones Offering Day, Beach Passes
Dua Hotel (formerly SLS Brickell)
An urban oasis with two pools, ample chaise lounges, and a full-service luxury spa, the Dua Hotel Miami offers a full day of play and relaxation. Enjoy a poolside cocktail, swim in the infinity pool, and lounge in a shaded cabana while taking in the views of downtown Miami and the bay.
Select from a variety of daycation packages starting at $50 and at $15 for children. The package includes use of the rooftop pool, hot and cold plunge pools, lounge chairs (first come, first served), towel service, valet parking for a fee and WIFI.
There is also an altitude cabana starting at $125 for up to 8 people with all amenities in the day pass plus private shaded cabana with premium sofa seating, dedicated server, ceiling fan, comp bottle of prosecco or rose and bottled water. Note that a $500 minimum food and beverage spend Monday through Thursday and $800 Friday through Sunday is required per party. Daybeds start at $100 for up to 4 people with food and beverage requirements. Other offerings include family pass and massage and spa passes. Valet parking is offered for a fee.
Ritz Carlton, South Beach*
Inspired by its 1950s Art Deco building, The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach offers an elevated experience of Miami glamour and refined style. Splurge on a daycation at their outdoor pool with premium lounge chairs, plush daybeds, and private shaded cabanas overlooking South Beach.
Here find premium plush pool chairs, day beds, cabanas in the heart of South Beach. Included in the day pass is a reserved poolside lounge chair, Wifi, use of the outdoor heated pool and amenities . Beach access is not included. Starting price is Adults, $150; children, $50 . There’s also a spa pass with access to facilities of the spa, amenities, and use of the fitness center but no beach or pool access for $89.. A private den with privacy curtains, California king size bed, two lounge chairs, dining table for four and all the features of the day pass are offered starting at $375 for up to 6 people . The poolside platform bed includes day passes for 4, semi private pool deck platform, mini fridge, and valet parking for a fee starting at $375. For up to 8 people there’s a complete platform with a daybed and two chaises, mini fridge and valet parking for a fee. Price starts at $450. Also offered are massage and facial options.
Combine a day walking around the shops and fun restaurants of the Grove with a daycation at the Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove.Enjoy an outdoor heated pool, lounge chairs (first come, first served), poolside service with food and beverage for purchase, free wifi and $10 valet parking with validation. Adults starting at $60 and children at $30. Or trade up with a private shaded lounge cabana for up to four people along with a dedicated server, day passes, VIP fruit platter and basket of healthy snacks, and 4 comp bottled waters and a bottle of prosecco. Prices start at $250 for max four people.
Note: Miami pools day passes are presently not being offered.
In the heart of Brickell Avenue the Four Seasons Hotel cabana day pass offers a private poolside cabana with plush seating and sun loungers, the use of a heated pool, palm grove pool with hammocks and children’s wading pool, whirlpool, wifi, bottleof rose and fruit platter and discount valet parking. The day rate for a cabana for up to 4 people starts at $500. A day pass is offered for adults and children starting at $100. 
Four Seasons Hotel Miami photo courtesy of Resortpass
Carillon Miami Wellness Resort*
If you want a massage with your day pass, this is the place. The spa day pass includes use of heated Cabana swimming pool, spa access with Thermal Experience, men’s and women’s locker rooms, complimentary valet parking, wifi, pool and beach lounge chairs (first come, first served), whirlpool and food and beverage service. There’s also a best life in private 60 minute wellness session package with all amenities in the day pass plus a choice of 11 wellness offerings at $222.
Choose from a variety of health modalities including yoga, Reiki, meditation or even acupuncture. Other offerings include a series of other Best Life experiences for a half day, starting at $495.
.The property’s hub of activity, Baia Beach Club, is a waterfront oasis on Miami’s Biscayne Bay, and offers an atmosphere of laid-back sophistication. The tropical pool features cozy loungers, large umbrellas, and feel-good music. Embodying a Mediterranean coastal flair, Baia Beach Club’s dining focuses on health and local ingredients with dishes such as, Oysters served with tangy Tangerine Chili Mignonette, Lemon, and spicy Tabasco. Day pass includes use of the outdoor heated waterfront pool, lounge chairs (first come, first served), towel service, poolside food and drink service, amenities and valet parking available for a fee. Price for adults start at $50. There are also day beds and premium cabanas for up to 8 people for $700. A day pass +spa pass and spa pass are offered starting at $85
The Standard Hotel*
On Belle Isle, close to the action in South Beach but also a kind of oasis, The Standard Spa, Miami Beach has an expansive infinity pool waterside and peaceful tropical gardens. There’s a bayside daybed for up to 4 adults with 2 reserved lounge chairs , outdoor heated infinity pool, hot tub, paddleboard rentals, cold plunge, and more. Price starts at $200 for four people with a minimum food and beverage spend (depending on the day of the week) . There’s also a day pass for $175 for adults that includes a pool chaise lounger, cold plunge, hot tub, outdoor therapeutic shower and paddleboard and kayak rentals for purchase. Spa access is not included.
Other Miami pools offering day passes include the Kimpton Epic* in Brickell, Eden Roc Miami Beach*, The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour*, the Loews Coral Gables* and the Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel* in Miami Beach.
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17 Responses
SLS is not free to to guests nor does it do day passes but there’s pool parties every weekend
I just called the hotel and they confirmed that day passes are sold though prices may vary.
Epic no longer offers day passes.
Thanks so much Cindy. I doublechecked and you’re absolutely right. And while I was checking, I checked them all so the post is updated. Also added a new one, the St. Regis Bal Harbour.
I just called the St Regis and they say they don’t offer day passes….Can someone confirm if they have been able to purchase them?
I didn’t mention them in my roundup so I don’t know. I do know as I mention in the post that many do not offer the deals on weekends. You can go to http://www.resortpass.com and see if they’re mentioned and what the restrictions are.
National Day Pass is 45 on weekends and they offer you a welcome drink, Chairs and towel service
Thanks so much for the update.
This post lists The National but under it includes the same information from the Mondrian’s post.
You’re right. I just corrected it. Thank you.
Any hotels near Port Miami that does day passes?
The four seasons hotel is about a 10 minute drive away and the Mondrian is about the same if you don’t go at rush hour.
Another great post! Nice “get away”!
Thank you so much for these awesome tips!
All the best,
Karl-Heinz
(German lifetyle and travel blogger)
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The problem is that most of these are essentially….a pool. Nothing special. But I guess they would appeal to people who have absolutely no access to a pool. I don’t agree with the Fountainbleau’s plan to add a waterpark to its pool scape, but it would be fun if even a lazy river were added somewhere a la the guitar hotel in Ft Lauderdale.
A lot of people live in buildings without a pool. It’s also about the service and pampering, food and beverage, etc you can get especially if you opt for a day bed or cabana. They’re good too for small groups of friends who rent one of the cabanas and hang out together — swimming, drinking, eating. And finally, some of them have beach passes which are a more comfortable way of spending the afternoon at the beach.The Tidal Park is special for families.