Shopping in Miami: Part 1

If shopping is your thing, Miami is one destination you must check out. Truly a shopaholic’s dream come true, Miami is a city filled to the brim with boutiques, traditional malls, and unique stores. If you’re looking for personalized services, a VIP shopping experience also awaits. Personal shoppers and concierge services can make your visit that much more valuable, and the professional VIP shopping services make it simple to find that ideal outfit or gift for that special someone. Here’s where to find VIP shopping services in Miami:

Mandarin Oriental Shopping Package
500 Brickell Key Drive, Miami
(305) 913-8288
This package makes a great fit in itself, but lets you indulge your shopping habit with a chauffered trip around some of Miami’s top boutiques and stores. The glamorous designer boutiques scattered around the city are at your disposal; the four-hour tour will take you to a few celebrity spots, and a VIP personal shopping escort will guide the way.

VIP Shopping Services at the Conrad Hotel
1401 Brickell Avenue, Miami
(305) 503-6500
If you’re a guest at he Conrad hotel, makes sure you stop by the Concierge desk to arrange for a personal shopper. Your personal shopper can give you an overview of all the top malls and shopping districts in the city, along with insights and directions on where to shop for specific items.

Bal Harbour Shops
9700 Collins Ave, 3rd Floor
Bal Harbour, FL 33154
(305) 866-0311

This is an absolute must stop for Miami fashionistas. Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Bulgari, the works. You know the stores, you’ve seen them in the magazines, the billboards and the runways. Now you can see them in person. This 200,000 square foot indoor/outdoor mall is what the place they’re talking about on the magazine ad when they say they have boutiques in New York, London, Paris, Milan, and BAL HARBOUR.

Traditional Malls

Aventura Mall
19501 Biscayne Boulevard
Aventura, FL 33180

Dadeland Mall
7535 Kendall Drive, Miami
(305) 665-6226
This is one of the country’s first malls that includes a Macy’s, Nordstrom, and Sak’s Fifth Avenue in its department store lineup. You can book a personal shopper or concierge for a tour of the mall, or just head straight to your favorite department store for an appointment with a personal shopping assistant.

Next time we’ll focus in on South Beach, home of the Lincoln Road mall – one of the most unique outdoor shopping areas in the world.