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.
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Charleston Marina on South Oregon Coast: Where Placid Meets the Raucous
Published 02/22/21 at 5:46 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Charleston, Oregon) – Calming (ish) breezes, eye-popping sunsets and the distinctive reflections of boat riggings cast on Coos Bay, along with that hypnotizing sound of waves lapping lazily beneath: there s little like the Charleston Marina on the southern Oregon coast. Not even a mile inland along the river mouth from sometimes raucous sands, the marina occupies a different kind of space. It s bustling at times and others devoid of activity; a bit more manmade yet somehow truly rugged all at once.
Curious Valentine s Romance on the Oregon Coast In Interesting Times
Published 02/03/21 at 6:56 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Oregon Coast) – COVID didn t kill romance along the Oregon coast, but it s not helping. Yet in these weird times with all kinds of social distancing, the flame of Valentine s Day along the coastline has taken some interesting, slightly innovative turns.
Here s a few ideas:
“There are picnic tables at Cape Arago State Park that are close to the cliffs so you can look out,” she said. “There is also the cool otherworldly rock formations by the tennis courts at Shore Acres where you could lay a blanket and have a romantic meal for two and watch the sunset.”