Summer season sees a surge in seashore holidays, however come fall and winter, there is no comparability to lounging seaside alongside sun-drenched shores whereas a lot of the nation bundles up in further layers.
It is no secret that Florida is a year-round vacation spot. Allegiant resides as much as their sunny brand by launching new flights to three spectacular seashores within the Sunshine State, and one other in a neighboring state with equally beautiful seashore getaways.
We at Journey Off Path are at all times on the prowl, scoping out the most effective offers and locations for our superior viewers to take a look at.
On this case, we’re blissful to share that Allegiant’s continued progress has given them top-of-the-line route networks for such a small, low-cost airline that will not sometimes be on vacationers’ radar.
With out additional ado, these are 4 gorgeous seashore locations Allegiant will quickly fly to with thrilling new routes, and one in every of them is actually groundbreaking as a first-ever flight to a newly opened airport!
Fort Myers/Punta Gorda: Again In Enterprise
Is Allegiant nonetheless hyping up their namesake resort in Punta Gorda as we beforehand reported?
Nope! Seems they sold the waterfront property for $200 milli.
It is protected to say Allegiant’s enterprise into the lodge trade did not fairly go as deliberate, however the brand new house owners plan to show issues round, making Punta Gorda a family identify.
Regardless, Punta Gorda makes for a wonderful gateway to a few of Southwest Florida’s most paradisal seashore cities, together with Fort Myers.
Although, it is vital to know there are 2 distinct airports receiving new flights:
- Allentown, PA to Ft. Myers (RSW) – 11/13/2025
- Des Moines, IA to Ft. Myers (RSW) – 11/21/2025
- Appleton/Inexperienced Bay, WI to Ft. Myers (RSW) – 11/21/2025
- New Orleans, LA to Punta Gorda/Ft. Myers (PGD) – 11/21/2025
Punta Gorda is generally identified for its vibrant tiki bars and Sunseeker Resort’s hit-or-miss fame, relying on who you ask, whereas Fort Myers has made important strides to go “restoration mode” after a number of hurricanes ravaged its pastel townscape and gleaming white seashores.
Click on here to search out out which seashores are at present open.
Escape The Chilly Midwest With 2 New Florida Seaside Flights
We get it. Fall could also be slightly too far off to start planning, however we’re simply right here to plant the seed and remind you that flights across the holidays are likely to skyrocket.
You may’t beat Allegiant’s present fares for the week of Thanksgiving, going from one ‘Fort’ to a different with one-way flights beginning at simply $59.
Fort Wayne, Indiana is the fortunate winner for a brand new flight to Fort Lauderdale (FLL), set to launch November 20.
Identified of the South’s “Venice” with over 300 miles of navigable waterways, Fort Lauderdale is a less-packed seashore vacation spot than Miami and sometimes extra reasonably priced too.
Launching the identical date is one other fall escape from the Midwest. Although, fares are about $30 greater for the inaugural flight, it is nonetheless low cost sufficient to justify an exuberant “Holy Toledo! to rejoice.
The brand new route departs Toledo to Sarasota (SRQ), a record-breaking seashore metropolis dwelling to world-famous Siesta Key and hush-hush islands far faraway from the standard vacationer path.
But One other New Flight: Gulf Shores’ New Airport Is A Raging Success
If you happen to’ve in some way missed some of the extremely anticipated journey information tales of the yr — Gulf Shores, Alabama opened their airport for industrial use for the primary time ever final Could.
Lengthy story brief, it has been nothing wanting a hit thanks solely to Allegiant to this point. Perhaps they need to’ve opened Sunseeker right here given all of the hype surrounding Gulf Shores’ newly opened Embassy Suites resort…
Anywho, Allegiant is the one airline to serve Gulf Shores (GUF) to this point and new routes carry on comin’.
This time it is Nashville, one of many trendiest cities in America, but when there’s one factor lacking, it is a paradise seashore inside driving distance.
Now, Gulf Shores is simply a brief flight away, and like beforehand talked about flights, the charges are virtually too good to imagine.
Launching November 20, tickets for the preliminary flight are solely $54, adopted by even cheaper flights the remainder of the week.
World Airways Award Winner: Allegiant Is America’s Finest Funds Airline
Funds airways take plenty of warmth in mainstream information and social media.
Whether or not it is the enjoyable police cracking down on bag sizes, heated arguments within the sky, or legroom that would not match a backyard gnome, it is at all times greatest to know what you are signing up for whenever you’re not flying Delta, America, and United, amongst a handful of others.
That being mentioned, Allegiant is the winner of the World Airline Awards’ Finest Low-Value Airline class for 2 years working, and occurs to be one in every of my favourite low-cost carriers too (although I want they’d extra routes out of San Diego!).
Sunseeker could not have panned out, however the airline has had a exceptional turnaround since 60 Minutes highlighted many shortcomings in 2018.
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