Memorial Weekend Travel Advice for Oregon Coast: 2021 is a Different One
Published 05/23/21 at 5:45 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Oregon Coast) – This year s Memorial Day Weekend is a different one, to be sure, even though there s lots of lights at the end of this COVID tunnel. Oregon Coast Beach Connection has gathered a wide range of travel advice for the weekend from tourism managers across the beach towns.
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Lodging: Make your hotel reservations now if you haven t already. Availability is already gone at most places. Waiting until the last minute or trying to pop in while you re on the coast is not going to work, especially the latter. The coast is notorious for jacking prices way up on the Memorial Day holiday weekend itself, so attempting to get a room as a walk-in that weekend could cost
Employee Shortage Getting Dire on Oregon Coast
Published 05/06/21 at 7:35 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Oregon Coast) – With all the changing COVID restrictions, closures, reopenings and resultant uncertainty in the travel industry, one thing that Oregon coast s hotel and food sectors can count on is a lack of employees.
Oregon s tourism-based beach towns have long been in various degrees of hurt when it comes to staffing because of a lack of affordable housing on the coast. This year s pandemic roller coaster ride has simply made it worse. All of the state s tourism industry is aching in some way when it comes to staffing, but on the Oregon coast it s dire.
North Coast Food Trail Expands to Edge of NW Oregon
Published 04/21/21 at 5:06 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Tillamook, Oregon) – Already an expansive way to chow down as you’re touring the Oregon coast, the North Coast Food Trail is getting ready to get bigger.
Some 100 or more miles of foodstuffs, drinks and culinary-themed adventures await with Visit Tillamook Coast’s North Coast Food Trail, which starts at the southern edges of the Tillamook County line at Neskowin and runs up through Cannon Beach, Seaside and now Astoria.
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Extraordinary Storm Sites of Oregon Coast on Video
Published 02/01/21 at 6:56 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Oregon Coast) – There s little that matches the stunning factor of major storm action on the Oregon coast. When the air and water gets whipped into a particular level of frenzy, all the stops are pulled, the gloves come off and all bets are on for a spectacular show.
Lucky for us humans we now have video to document these wanton, chaotically gorgeous moments. Here s some examples.
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Oregon s Tillamook Coast Donates Beach Wheelchairs to Three Towns
Published 01/09/21 at 5:26 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Tillamook, Oregon) – Late in December, just in time for Christmas, the Visit Tillamook Coast tourism entity gifted three north Oregon coast towns with increased mobility for some visitors. As part of their strategic commitment to outdoor access, Tillamook Coast Visitors Association delivered four beach wheelchairs to three high-demand beach areas in the county: Manzanita, Rockaway Beach and Pacific City.
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