Jason Koertge has an awesome vacation rental business in Panama City Beach that focuses on remarkable properties right on the gulf. They range from 1 to 4 bedrooms, they’re clean, and amazing. He can be found lurking at PCBLP.com.
All signs are pointing to a great tourism season in Panama City Beach. Last year we had record breaking numbers and we expect much the same for the 2012 tourism season.
Many of our rental condos at PCBLP are booked up all summer already and we’re hearing much the same from our industry partners.
Visitor Service Inquiries and Web Site Activity
On a monthly basis, tourists from around the country (and the globe) inquire on more information about Panama City Beach through a variety of sources. The numbers below are approximate, here are the top 5.
- Website Inquiries: 3,500
- Rea.Fun.Beach.Club ’11/’12: 2,250
- Oprah Magazine: 2,150
- Compass Family Travel: 1,750
- Beach Chamber of Commerce: 600
Website Activity
A couple years ago the Tourist Development Council (TDC) launched a new website and a whole new effort to market the beach. The campaign, dubbed Real.Fun.Beach has done loads in acquiring visibility for our little tourist town. And through the BP disaster and the subsequent compensatory marketing funds that came from it, they captured the attention of national media time and time again.
January 2011 activity
- Number of visits: 93,430
- Length of session: 4 minutes 22 seconds
- Pageviews per visit: 5.85
- Unique visitors: 77,222
January 2012 activity
- Number of visits: 119,220
- Length of session: 3 minutes 57 seconds
- Pageviews per visit: 4.9
- Unique visitors: 98,241
Top website visitor states
- Florida
- Georgia
- Texas
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Michigan
Top visitor service inquiry states
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Ontario
- Ohio
- Florida
- Alabama
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Kentucky
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I can believe this……. I have my “family” vacation already rented for June. As I surf vrbo.com I am finding many of the condos already booked solid for June/July/August 2012 now. I booked ours for June way back in November……. lol lol
September/October is still pretty much open now with easy bookings.
It really pays to book early if you can, it allows you to pick the place & get the best possible rate for you & your family. Many of the owners will even allow you to send payments monthly until paid in full. Last year I had both of our vacations completely paid for long before we went. There are some wonderful owners out there to work with.
Thanks for the “right on target” info Jason, I’m always happy Florida is doing great!
Cathy/Tennessee 🙂
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