Category: Travel

What’s open food-wise, on Gasparilla Island, this week

September 12, 2024
Garland Pollard
Travel

Each week, our Ballyhoo section tells of restaurant on the island, as well as shopping and events. During the quiet season, there are still a great options, including the newly reopened South...

Reserve a spot in the upcoming 2025 Boca Beacon Visitor’s Guide

August 23, 2024
Staff Report
Travel, Uncategorized

The Boca Beacon’s award-winning Visitor’s Guide is now in the planning stages. This is the time to reserve your spot for the 2025 edition. The Boca Beacon’s Visitor’s Guide is the only...

TikTok vid influencer spurs Fust visits

A viral TikTok video is bringing visitors to see Boca Grande. The June 19 video by a self-proclaimed Florida guide Kishia Vee, calls Boca Grande “One of the cutest beach towns in...

Brightly leads tour of Methodist sites in Cuba in 2025 pilgrimage

Pastor Brian Brightly is leading a group trip back to Cuba this January, in hopes of not only seeing some of the Methodist churches but looking back at some of the previous mission work of...

New RSW flights in fall

August 1, 2024
Staff Report
News, Travel

This fall, the Fort Myers airport, Southwest Florida International, will have a number of new flights. The RSW flights include a new flight from American Airlines to New York- LaGuardia (LGA)...

A guide to Gasparilla Island and Boca Grande beach parking

June 21, 2024
Staff Report
Community, Travel

Editor’s Note: As of 8/5/2025, Lee County passed a sweeping parking ordinance that will change street parking on the island. It is not yet being enforced, as there a complicated array of...

Allegiant to West Virginia; Spirit adds Bangor, Frontier to Dallas

June 6, 2024
Staff Report
News, Travel

Allegiant Travel Company on May 30 began seasonal service from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) to Huntington, West Virginia. This is part of the airline’s latest seasonal expansion in 66 cities across...

Dulles flights added to Punta Gorda by Allegiant

May 16, 2024
Staff Report
News, Travel

Allegiant this week began service from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) to Dulles International Airport (IAD) in Washington D.C. The company is offering one-way fares on the new routes as low as...

Punta Gorda’s Allegiant adds four routes, including Sioux Falls

February 1, 2024
Staff Report
News, Travel

This spring Allegiant has added four seasonal routes from Punta Gorda, Florida via Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). They include: Sioux Falls, South Dakota via Sioux Falls Regional Airport...

Travel: Tanzania and Rwanda expedition, sights include black rhino

BY BILL AND KATIE CALDWELL Note: Boca Beacon readers Bill and Katie Caldwell visited Tanzania and Rwanda with guide Adam Nkinde of Wilderness First Travel after hearing him speak at the...