Does any one know of any "all inclusive" places on the Mexico Bay side of Florida

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Permalink Reply by James Scott on November 12, 2009 at 10:46am

Hi

I've looked into this a few times and have yet to find an all inclusive resort on the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida.

There are some nice resorts, but none with all inclusive packages.

The only "major" all inclusive resort company with a location in Florida is the Club Med Sandpiper, but that resort is on the Atlantic side.

If you end up finding anything, please post it here as a few of us have been looking for all inclusive resort options in Florida.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Stewart on November 12, 2009 at 10:58am

Thank You for your input. Did you find any nice reasonably priced resorts on the bay side
even if they were not all inclusive?

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Paul on November 17, 2009 at 2:06pm

No all inclusive resorts, but this page of Florida Resorts From The Travel Channel might help you.

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Permalink Reply by lea on November 24, 2009 at 2:41pm

I wonder why the big all inclusive companies don't have more resorts in Florida? I would think it would be easier to get Americans to travel to resorts in Florida since the flight would be shorter and cheaper and there would be no need for passports.

The only thing I can think of is that maybe there are more regulations and taxes, but Florida is known as a pretty tax friendly place. Maybe the cost of labor being higher? Or a shorter season since it is further north?

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Permalink Reply by Willie on February 3, 2010 at 11:24pm

I think the biggest reason why there are few all inclusive resorts in Florida is because of the weather.

January is a popular month for all inclusive resort vacations. The average Florida temperature in January is in the low 70's. Still nice, but you don't want to pay for an all inclusive resort vacation and then have weather in the 60's when you get there.

Placing resorts on Caribbean islands and in Mexico allows companies to lower their risk of having cooler weather.

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