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-I knew what you meant by Free...I was just being facitious. If you plan to have a vehicle, hotels are probably available in Bradenton and Tampa. Both cities are only within, at most, a 30 minute drive. There's a ton of the standard franchise motels (Holiday INn, red Roof, Radisson, Hyatt, etc) in the area, as this is a high tourist area. May I suggest you go to the web sites of Tamp and Bradenton - or the sites of the motel franchises for availablity, maps, prices, etc.

As a matter of fact, I have a friend who has a 2 bedroom house (w/pool) on our street here in Sarasota. I commute to clients in St. Pete several times a week and it only takes me about 45 minutes. If you're interested, I can email my friend (he lives in the U.K. and comes over 2 or 3 times a year) to see if he wouldn't mind if you guys stayed there (wouldn't be any charge). His wife is scheduled to arrive on the evening of March 22nd and will stay for about a month. I'm assuming the final four is this weekend so it wouldn't be a problem. What do you think? SHould I find out if it would be okay?

Barry)