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Posted on 5/2/22 at 6:55 pm to Billy Blanks
Lesser visited island of Hawaii. It’s paradise. Picture Hawaii in your mind and Kauai is what you see. Maui has gotten overdeveloped, Honolulu is just a city and the big island is mainly cool for seeing an active volcano
Posted on 5/2/22 at 6:58 pm to Billy Blanks
We love Cape San blas. We can rent house on beach, ocean front , and beach is dog friendly. So wife and dog will walk the beach several times a day.
So we'll end up there. Have a few houses already in sight, just waiting another month or 2 and then locking something down.
So we'll end up there. Have a few houses already in sight, just waiting another month or 2 and then locking something down.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:11 pm to lsut2005
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It might be due to the new FEMA 2.0 flood insurance rates… thoughts??
Nope. Most homes along the Gulf in Walton county are not even required to have flood insurance. Okaloosa county has a decent amount but Walton, in most places, is 30+ feet above sea level.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:14 pm to NOLAVOL16
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Add to this the ridiculous rules the 30a beaches have added regarding banning canopies and forcing people to use the stupid price gouging chair companies,
Our HOA voted for this. No tents so you trash balls can’t leave the frames up all night littering the beaches.
We don’t force anyone to use the chair rental company. You can bring your own. In fact, we limit the amount of chairs the vendor can set up along the shoreline so people can walk through to the water at any point.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:16 pm to Billy Blanks
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Aprox $6,400 this year to about $10,400 for a week
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:25 pm to SippyCup
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Our HOA voted for this. No tents so you trash balls can’t leave the frames up all night littering the beaches.
I have no problem whatsoever with banning leaving them out overnight. And no, we’re not “forced” to use the chair rentals but if you want any amount of shade it is extremely difficult to have a shady area for old people and kids if you have 10-12 people in your group. What’s the difference between bringing umbrellas vs bringing canopies?
Mighty nice of you to leave a 2’ path to the water clear of chair vultures. Regardless, it’s your HOA and you can do what you want I guess. It really just comes down to paying so much more for less and less. Our extended family who came down there for 10+ years will just find somewhere else to go. Such is life.
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:39 pm to GumboPot
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Probably cheaper to just fly down to the Bahamas.
We are seriously considering international travel over American beaches... it has become ridiculous. The international resorts will watch our kids... we just use to stay at the adult only places...
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:45 pm to armsdealer
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We are seriously considering international travel over American beaches... it has become ridiculous.
This. At least internationally you can get all-inclusive and as you mentioned, kids activities, at the resorts.
American beaches have become insane money pits with rules supposedly keeping “riffraff” out. If I can’t bring my own shade to the beach then I might as well go somewhere where shade drinks and activities are included.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:54 pm to armsdealer
We've done aruba several times, but we did look at Spain and a beach home to rent. Very affordable, Spain got crushed by economy several years back. I believe I was looking at Malaga or something west like Costa del sol or Cadiz.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:01 pm to Billy Blanks
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Don't think so? Place is super pretty. SEC Celebs travel there.
Not Coach O! Him Brandi, and dem kids are Destin folk.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:05 pm to Billy Blanks
$10,400 to be in pure misery with all the traffic, hordes, and lines.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:09 pm to GumboPot
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It seems like real estate along the entire Florida Panhandle has doubled the last 2-3 years
Houses are freakin crazy high in Destin
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:12 pm to SeeeeK
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Spain got crushed by economy several years back. I believe I was looking at Malaga or something west like Costa del sol or Cadiz.
Lived there for a time, heaven on earth. Very inexpensive and you will meet all types on the beaches.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:23 pm to tigerinthebueche
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well I can tell you, the cost of a quick getaway to the beautiful white sand beaches of the coonass Riviera, has made me start exploring options in other areas. Places on the Atlantic coast I'd only heard of but never pursued- because of my fondness for the Panhandle- are on the radar.
They've effectively found the ceiling IMO. Good luck to them.
I have become weary of travelling, sleeping away from home, and spending ridiculous amounts of money to be in a crowded tourist area.
In my mid 50's now, and kids are grown and gone from home.
My vacations consist of hanging around the house puttering with projects, spending time with the wife, and maybe a day trip here and there.
I am quite content to stay out of that rat race.
That said, we went to Cape San Blas back in summer of 2009 and there were nice beachfront and across the road homes everywhere for sale in the 30A area in the 200-400k range after the crash in 2008. Those places would probably be north of $1M now.
Wish I would have leveraged myself into a couple of those and I could have retired a few years ago after selling them.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:41 pm to Billy Blanks
shite ton of people sold for ridiculous gains on their places, so yeah prices probably went up.
Many have been selling and then buying in Mississippi actually
Many have been selling and then buying in Mississippi actually
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:46 pm to Billy Blanks
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Holy smokes. I was checking out costs for 2023 and the place we normally stay and it's up 62.5% for next year. Aprox $6,400 this year to about $10,400 for a week next year in the summer. It's not a big place either but is on the water.
Checked out a few condos and those are about 5k where they used to run about 3k
If you're like me and enjoy the Redneck Rivera, how much would your stomping grounds be next year?
Well it just seems like you might be stupid.
When I take a beach area vacation, I want to spend minimal amount of time in the actual residence. I'd have to be damn near a billionaire before I waste money like that, and at that point, I would just own a place somewhere.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:50 pm to Billy Blanks
You can buy them for that can’t u
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:53 pm to GumboPot
Even the Texas coast has gone ape shite. What was a $250k tiny beach community home is now $450-500k.
The COVID stay at home shite triggered much of the well-healed cash in Htown to write checks…….maybe the next hurricane will correct this none sense. And maybe not.
The COVID stay at home shite triggered much of the well-healed cash in Htown to write checks…….maybe the next hurricane will correct this none sense. And maybe not.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:54 pm to armsdealer
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The international resorts will watch our kids.
Well that’s…. A bit concerning
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