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re: 30A Beach Hate Trend...Is it just sour grapes?
Posted on 6/12/24 at 8:07 pm to roguetiger15
Posted on 6/12/24 at 8:07 pm to roguetiger15
It’s just the people that go and brag all about it. When it’s crowded it’s nothing but flags and tents and chairs as far as you can see
And you have to book months in advance and it still will cost you thousands just to tell people on Insta you’re at 30a
30a is beautiful and very close for some, but like others said I booked a 4 night all inclusive to Isla for less than just the condo would have cost in Seaside this summer.
From DFW it’s a 2 hour direct flight and same time zone. Norte Beach is a top 5 beach in the world. I’ve never seen such clear water 100+ yards out in the ocean but to each is own. It’s all about having fun so whatever is easiest for you and your friends/family.
And you have to book months in advance and it still will cost you thousands just to tell people on Insta you’re at 30a
30a is beautiful and very close for some, but like others said I booked a 4 night all inclusive to Isla for less than just the condo would have cost in Seaside this summer.
From DFW it’s a 2 hour direct flight and same time zone. Norte Beach is a top 5 beach in the world. I’ve never seen such clear water 100+ yards out in the ocean but to each is own. It’s all about having fun so whatever is easiest for you and your friends/family.
This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 8:49 pm
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Posted on 6/12/24 at 8:20 pm to dallastiger55
Tell me about the airport at IM. I looked on Google Earth and it seems pretty sketchy. How easy is it to get in and out?
Posted on 6/12/24 at 8:45 pm to TDTOM
You fly into Cancun and go to the ferry and the ferry takes 20-25 minutes and leaves every half hour or so. Its a cool place, becoming more popular. Feel safe and everyone rents a golf cart and drives the island.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 8:53 pm to sidewalkside
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30A Beach Hate Trend...Is it just sour grapes?
Many speak of the 30A as if they are vacationing in Monte Carlo...the 30A stickers on the back all the SUVs also shows desperation for attention.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:07 pm to Dragula
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Many speak of the 30A as if they are vacationing in Monte Carlo...the 30A stickers on the back all the SUVs also shows desperation for attention.
Say it again for those in the back!
It's gotten too easy to spot a rich suburban mom in any big city in the south. Premium SUV with a 30a sticker, head to toe Lululemon and carrying a Stanley.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:10 pm to Dragula
I take annual vacations to Gulf Shores, Pensacola, and Mexico and I can’t recall a single person on this board changing the experience of my family vacation. Maybe I’m just lucky or perhaps I just don’t give a shite what members of this thread thinks about wher me and my my family go on vacation. ???????
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:10 pm to dallastiger55
I get it. We have two kids under 2 now and we enjoy 30a. Since they’re not in “school” yet we’re going to keep going in late august/early September until it’s not feasible to do it.
When we didn’t have kids we would hop on the first flight out Lafayette and was usually in our Caribbean resort by 3pm same day. We’d spend 5 days for wayyyyyy cheaper than anywhere on the coast
CheapCaribbean.com ftw
When we didn’t have kids we would hop on the first flight out Lafayette and was usually in our Caribbean resort by 3pm same day. We’d spend 5 days for wayyyyyy cheaper than anywhere on the coast
CheapCaribbean.com ftw
This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:12 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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30A is wayyy too crowded and everything is overpriced.
Big Bend area....Keaton beach area. Great fishing and scallop season open this Saturday until September. That area is like Florida 75 years ago.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:20 pm to gladchiefisgone
If anyone is ever in the Keys look up Sombrero Beach in Marathon Key...Been there many times. Thank me later.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:31 pm to sidewalkside
Nice place! Just enjoy your time there. Don’t buy 30 A stickers and plaster them on everything you own and talk about your stay on message boards!
This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:34 pm to TripleCrown
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Maybe I’m just lucky or perhaps I just don’t give a shite what members of this thread thinks about wher me and my my family go on vacation. ???????
I do not care either, but many whom vacation there feel to need to bring it up at every opportunity like the atheists, crossfitters and, Vegans, etc. I have nice things and take my family on very nice vacations yet do not feel the need to put the stickers on my car to say "Look at me.....LOOK AT ME!!!"
To each their own...
Posted on 6/12/24 at 9:36 pm to Dragula
I put a 30A sticker on my telecaster
Posted on 6/12/24 at 10:03 pm to sidewalkside
I like it. Seems very clean and safe…..looks like the perfect community if it wasn’t tourist.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 10:10 pm to St Augustine
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St Augustine
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down here in SE Florida
wut?
Posted on 6/12/24 at 10:11 pm to sidewalkside
30A is what some sorority girls put the light blue 30A sticker on her Range Rover paid for by daddy who will get an MRS mass comm degree, but get a job under daddy getting paid 10x what the actual market rate is for her role. In addition to daddy putting down a 50%+ down payment on her house as a gift.
The girls who have 30A stickers will have a net deficit of over $20 million in their lifetime. They may earn at tops $200k over their entire life summed up, but will spend $20 mil+. They are a massive net deficit, and if they were a public company, they would go defunct within weeks.
Most women who grew up with rich dads are massive net deficit, aka liabilities/spending is 100x what their actual earnings are. If they are hotter, then the net deficit only grows even worst. I know a few that over course of life will spend 20 mil+ and earn nothing.
The girls who have 30A stickers will have a net deficit of over $20 million in their lifetime. They may earn at tops $200k over their entire life summed up, but will spend $20 mil+. They are a massive net deficit, and if they were a public company, they would go defunct within weeks.
Most women who grew up with rich dads are massive net deficit, aka liabilities/spending is 100x what their actual earnings are. If they are hotter, then the net deficit only grows even worst. I know a few that over course of life will spend 20 mil+ and earn nothing.
This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 6/12/24 at 10:12 pm to tigerbutt
I prefer California beaches to Florida beaches personally. If I must do Florida beaches I stay at this one Miami hotel with its own private beach. Just so many better beaches and the people who go during the summer ruins the experience. They act just like the OP. I can go to Hawaii, California, Miami, or a lake and get a better experience for the same cost.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 10:47 pm to sidewalkside
I hate 30A because it used to be one of the best areas/beaches in the country. Going Seaside in the 90’s was a true escape.
However, they have overbuilt the area and made it pretentious. Couple that with the private beach bullshite and there are better places to spend a few thousand.
However, they have overbuilt the area and made it pretentious. Couple that with the private beach bullshite and there are better places to spend a few thousand.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 11:36 pm to dallastiger55
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It’s just the people that go and brag all about it.
This is the only thing that bugs me. So your grandfather-in-law brought the family down for a long weekend and family beach pictures so for the next three years you get to show off your 30a and sea turtle salt life stickers in the school pick up line
Posted on 6/13/24 at 12:00 am to gladchiefisgone
I take clients fishing in the Big Bend about 6 times a year. I have been going to Horseshoe Beach for flats fishing for a decade. Man, talk about Old Florida off the grid. Love it there for fishing and scalloping.
My favorite beaches that I have been to a lot are Ke’e Beach in Kauai, Seven Mile on Grand Cayman, and the entire stretch from Destin to 30A .
My favorite beaches that I have been to a lot are Ke’e Beach in Kauai, Seven Mile on Grand Cayman, and the entire stretch from Destin to 30A .
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