{"id":588,"date":"2019-06-30T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doctorsordersdestin.com\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2019-07-05T11:19:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:19:50","slug":"avoiding-crowds-vacation-destin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctorsordersdestin.com\/blog\/avoiding-crowds-vacation-destin\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding crowds while vacationing in Destin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avoiding Beach Crowds Vacation Rentals Destin<\/h1>\n
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Don’t you just want that beautiful beach all to yourselves? \u00a0Unfortunately, the nicer they are the more people fight to be on them. Why do you think they build those sky-rise condo’s right on the beach? We learned a long time ago what beach life is like out front of the big condo building. \u00a0Somehow I got an offer for 4 nights free at one of those new condos. All I had to do was listen to a 3 hour sales pitch on buying a condo. No obligations, so I made my wife give it a go with me. \u00a0Sat through the 3 hours, passed on it, and then we had the rest of the 4 days.<\/p>\n

So we all filed out of that conference room down to the beach. As we got there, it became painfully obvious that this paradise beach wasn’t going to be as special as we had hoped. Largely because there were over a thousand people spilling out into a dedicated section in front of the condos. \u00a0Yuk! We ended up walking down the beach quite a ways and throwing our towels out in a more isolated section. \u00a0This was much better until some local explained to me how this was a private beach for the owners only, and that the public beaches are down a bit.<\/p>\n

Avoiding Beach Crowds Vacation Rentals Destin<\/h2>\n

Therefore, we walked back to where we belonged and tried to enjoy the congested beach.\u00a0 Surely there is a way of Avoiding the Beach Crowds while at our Destin Vacation Rental.\u00a0 After a short while, I thought, let’s drive down and check out those public beaches. It was about 2pm at this point, and parking gets tricky. While the\u00a0public beaches do have parking, the parking is limited. Therefore, by mid-day, every spot has already been claimed. \u00a0Not a great start to my little paradise vacation.<\/p>\n

Okay, we’ll get one of those spots tomorrow by going early. \u00a0Sure enough that worked and we got a nice spot on the beautiful emerald coast. \u00a0Guess what our nice little spot was like come noon time. \u00a0That’s right, all the parking spots filled up quickly, and the public beach was packed like sardines. \u00a0I learned some valuable lessons that day that over the years helped me figure out how to beat the crowds. \u00a0Bear with me and I’ll show you how you can see for yourself where the crowds are.<\/p>\n

See how you can enjoy your own Umbrella, chairs, kayak, bikes, pool!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Some people don’t mind the crowds. Conversely, for my wife if people are within 10 feet of you front, back, side by side, all talking, playing different music, kids yelling, it becomes more like slumming than paradise. \u00a0I get what she feels, for me it’s like going to a game and sitting in the nose bleed area. Having\u00a0 tasted what it’s like behind the catchers plate, or on the 50 yard line. \u00a0At some point, just being there isn’t good enough. So the quest was to find a little seclusion on the emerald coast.<\/p>\n

The quick fix was to stay away from the city areas of Panama City and Destin. \u00a0Same mentality as the work commute. \u00a0People usually work in the hub of a city, but due to economics, live in the metro or rural area to have more space. \u00a0So we did the Vacation Beach House Rental thing for many years in the Seagrove 30A area. \u00a0The crowds at the public beaches there are acceptable, while only 20-30 minutes to all the activities of Destin Florida.<\/p>\n

Avoiding Beach Crowds Vacation Rentals Destin<\/h2>\n

After the economic recession and a hurricane or two, I noticed pricing of the homes in the area had taken a beating. \u00a0I found myself in a position to actually get a place on the Emerald Coast.\u00a0 For us, we had some requirements. \u00a0It had to be our own private house, walking distance to the private beach with your stuff. Additionally, the private beach had to be beautiful and sparsely populated. \u00a0So we started the hunt. \u00a0Each time we would visit, I would rent in a different area so we could verify the quality of the walking distance and the quality of the beach. \u00a0As we moved around those initial lessons really came into play.<\/p>\n