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Without doubt you recall back in October it was announced that Southwest Airlines would be bringing their canyon blue jets over our emerald waters and gently be landing them at our brand-spankin new airport in Panama City Beach. People cheered, some teared up and the excitement spread like butter. Dubbed after two tries the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, St. Joe and Southwest partnered along with Coastal Vision 3000 and area TDC s to come up with a dynamic plan to grown our area s industry, tourism and hopefully population. When the big announcement was made, 8 flights a day were committed to from 4 different locations, but the locations were to be named in December.
cheap airline fares last minute deals And, no we don t have those destinations to announce cheap airline fares last minute deals yet, but that should come in short notice, I m sure.  The purpose of this post is to see what destinations you think should be flying into our area. Of course, some of you who have family or frequent certain destination will be biased, but consider what places would bring the most people to Panama City Beach.
I ve created a poll in the sidebar to track, so please vote there.  In addition, share with us in the comments below your pick!  Please note, cheaters, that if you select one destination a million times, we ll know the survey has been tampered with and you will be dealt with by tar and feather. All of the votes are logged by ip address.
Here are some others that we added to the poll to see what YOU think.  If there are any destinations you think should be on this poll that aren t, let us know in the comments and we ll do our best to add them.
Please add Baltimore and Philadelphia to the list, Southwest has a good presence at both of these airports. These cities could serve as connections for people flying to PCB from all over the Northeast
I AGREE OMAHA ..OMAHA .and did I mention OMAHA there is not a body of water around my old stomping grounds that is worth looking at !!!! I think you must tap into this market. The people from the midwest (this includes the Chicago area) are honest cheap airline fares last minute deals and hard working.
Houston, TX Hobby Airport should make the list for sure! So many people come to PCB from Texas and so many people that fly on Southwest from the west coast connect through Houston. Houston would be a huge market for PCB!!!!!
Sorry guys, Atlanta isn t on the list because Southwest does not service ATL. This poll is Southwest Specific. There are other airlines that will definitely continue to bring Atlanta visitors to our area.
I think Louisville, Ky would be a good choice. cheap airline fares last minute deals I am biased because I live there and own vacation property in P.C.B. however I have a lot of rentals and inquiry s from people in the Louisville Area. There are several P.C.B. condo owners that live in Louisville. Geographicly its a good distance. Birmingham and even Nashville are too close to fly when you could drive in the same time it took to arrive/depart and fly.
Nashville is our number 1 choice from a rental management standpoint. We have tons of visitors that come down from a 50 mile radius of Nashville and lots more would be interested if they didn t have to drive. Traffice to our VisitPCB.com website is heavily weighted from this area as well.
I lived in Miami and Fort Lauderdale for 20 years. People with families in South Florida take their families and kids to beaches North of there. News flash; South Beach is completely topless not the right environment for your kids. Everybody cheap airline fares last minute deals I knew in SFL took their family vacations in Ft. Meyers, Naples, Hutchinson Island, etc. because they were easy to get to. Southwest would make us also easy to get to.
Hopefully Southwest will smile upon us Cincinnati midwesterners who would be happy to drive to Indianapolis, Louisville, or Columbus for a direct flight to Panama City Beach! We have learned cheap airline fares last minute deals from experience that if you can t get a direct flight, it makes more sense to drive.
I live in Birmingham and while I would much appreciate the option/convenience of a direct flight, the focus might should be on markets cheap airline fares last minute deals that will provide the highest volume of tourism/travel with a higher probability of investing in the real estate market in the panhandle area. Ie Dallas, Charlotte, Nashville, Maybe even Chicago and NYC.
BWI please!! I know a lot of people from Northeast (flying from Hartford, Manchester, and Providence all Southwest stops) have to stop in BWI before flying another leg into the Southeast or elsewhere. When I went to school cheap airline fares last minute deals at BAMA, I flew from Birmingham to BWI to PVD for my trips home over the holidays and breaks. BHM is too close for a stop. Nashville, good; Dallas or Houston, good; Chicago, good and add BWI as this is a huge SWA stop from the Northeast.
I hope they choose LAX. You can pick all the east coast you want but until we have a connection to the west coast, we are still isolated. LAX is international and would allow you to fly to Hawaii, Asia, Australia for a lot less than you would pay now. I would also love to see all of Hollywood!
or SNA (don t forget that Orange County alone generates cheap airline fares last minute deals it s own economy it has its own isolated recources across the industry board). I know there are many potential property investors that are looking cheap airline fares last minute deals to spend on a sound community like in the Emerald Coast
I live in Atlanta but has anyone been to Fort Lauderdale in the last 10 years !!!! Well I have, and believe me I do not want all of the snotty, fast-paced east coasters on our beaches. I understand the mentality that you need to live in the big city (dog eat dog world) but the good folks from Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas just don t have have to live like in that kind of environment. Yeah I know there are plenty of agricultural areas in the Eastern part of the United States, however, I do not think the Midwest (OMAHA) should be left out of the mix.
Nashville would be great (almost 8 hour drive). Birmingham is too close. Doesn t Texas have pretty good of thier own? I hope they choose placed that will bring people that would not have come here otherwise. We need places that do not have their own local beaches.
Logically, cheap airline fares last minute deals if they fly IN , they will then fly OUT and the only two links listed to get US out to destinations south, like Mexico, Latin America and the Bahamas are Orlando (cheap seats south from there!) and Houston which also connects. Please think about how expensive it is for US to get anywhere without hav ing to fly through Ft. Walton or Atlanta! Makes sense to me!
I think Washington DC and Ft. Lauderdale / Miami areas. DC would be good for our military and bring visitors from that broad area here. Easy access to Ft. Lauderdale/Miami areas would be nice to visit all the attractions down in that area.
I like Philadelphia, maybe thats cause I am from South Jersey. Boston would be great and I chose Detriot because my wife is from Korea and a lot of international flights from Japan, Korea, and China arrive at Detroit. Detroit is close to our Northern Friends, many Canidans would use Detroit. Ohio is a good choice also. I dont know if the numbers are still good but some years back I remember cheap airline fares last minute deals reading 80% of the US Population lives in the North East and between Philadephia Boston, Chicago and the East Coast.
cheap airline fares last minute deals But then, its true we get most of our visitors now from Nashville, Houston, New orleans and othe points in the southeast. So its a real hard choice. BWI is also very inportant to our Military travelers. Tough Choices.
I thought part of the impetus was to bring in more visitors to our area through the new airport and Southwest Airlines. I see a lot of talk about adding airports because a lot of people from there come here. How about adding hubs that will bring new buyers and visitors?
I agree with Kevin s rationale on the West Coast access. We also need a South Florida connection to tap into the South and Central American and European cheap airline fares last minute deals markets that aren t suffering from the same economy that we are.
Nashville, Chicago, New York (LaGuardia), Dallas I think will be the 4 Destinations. Time well tell. I also think with the extension of the runway to 10,000 ft. there will be direct International flights from Europe and South America that will cater to the Panama City Destin beaches for vacation and possible real estate investments. Despite what Recesssion the US is currently in; our area at the current time is ripe for foreign investors who will see our area as an opportunity to buy while the prices are low.
I think SW will choose a Midwest cheap airline fares last minute deals city that is on the way to PCB from Chicago, Detroit, Wisconsin, etc. Indianapolis would be a great choice. The word is already out in the Indy area on what a great vacation spot PCB is. Direct cheap airline fares last minute deals flights from Indy would drastically increase the amount of PCB vacationers from the Midwest.
For the last 25+ years, my family and friends have gathered at Pinnacle Port. We usually have about 40 people that make the trip each June. We are getting older and it would be great to be able to fly into Panama City Beach, without having to drive to Walton, like we did this year.
Holy macaroni! I decided to hop by and see how things were going and I find 63 comments. I assure you we will go through these later and get any suggestions added to the poll! We ll keep this baby life until they make an announcement!
Hey Jason, GREAT blog! But, you assured us you would get any suggestions added to the poll! . You announced your interim results today, and you didn t add any suggestions. It is GREAT to see SO MANY people interested and supporting this thing.
Orlando. We definitely want to tap into the European tourist market and the way Europeans cheap airline fares last minute deals structure their American vacations is as two center holidays. Usually a week at the theme parks in Orlando, and a week on a Florida beach. We have to make it easier for them to get here from Orlando to enjoy the benefit of their stays. Europeans currency is stronger, so they have more money to spend, and they take longer vacations, so they ll be here longer spending that cash!
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