Category: Travel

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...