Area and Hotels

We are getting married at the Wyndham Bay Point Resort, which is in Panama City Beach, but it's literally on a golf course away from all the hotels where all the spring breakers get their party on.  Here is the website for the resort.

http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/ECPWR/main.wnt?page_id=93

To give an area overview, the Bay Point Resort is located at the A ballon (the one above the blue balloon). The spring break hotels (which is what people think of when they think of Panama City Beach) are the red balloons in the Northwest area of the Bay Point. There are 3 red Balloons by Bay Point, and these are the closest hotels to Bay Point (approx 2-4 miles aways) if you are looking to stay close but not at the resort, and the lone red balloon in the northeast area is where the Panama City Hotels are (about 10 miles away) as opposed to Panama City BEACH.  The Panama City Hotels are about half the price of the hotels in Panama City Beach area but definitely requires a car.

The good news about our hotel is it has a private beach.  So the beaches along the strip mentioned earlier when people think of Panama City and spring break and all those partiers...we won't have that.

The bad news is because the hotel is a little farther out, there aren't many hotels within walking distance.  It's a resort, so it's secluded, but that also means more privacy for our big day.

The Bay Point is off of a main road with grocery stores and restaurants.  All the hotel rooms at our resort have mini-fridges so it's a good idea to stop at the Winn Dixie if you want to fill up on snacks while staying there. Also, there are Waffle Houses about every 2 miles along the road in the area.  Bad for for your arteries, but cheap, fast service and oh so tasty. 

The Bay Point Rate is about $149 a night, if you prepay it's about $134.

2 miles down the road and a right turn later is the La Quinta Inn on Thomas Road, they are about $99 a night, warning: if you are not getting a rental car it's a hike.  (For all of you from Ohio there is a Bruster's Ice Cream Parlor right in front of the La Quinta, Sherry was SO excited when she saw this!)

If you want a more econmical room rate you will need to cross the bridge from Panama City Beach to Panama City (Northeast of Bay Point).  It's about a 10 miles drive (15 minutes or so minutes in the car), but the prices drop to about $60-70 a night (see map area around lone balloon NE area).




When coming in from the Airport this is the road you take to the Bay Point.  Going RIGHT takes you to the Bay Point (the sign says Thomas Drive - Bay Point), going LEFT takes you over a bridge and into Panama City where the cheaper hotels are outside the beach areas.