"We haven t seen these numbers in five years," said Emily Gonzalez of Kaiser Realty in Gulf Shores. "Our biggest issue now is availability," she said. "We have a lot of weekly rentals, but people want weekend rentals and we are basically sold out." Kaiser manages 650 rental homes and condominium units.
"The rentals have been phenomenal," said Bill Bender of Bender Realty in Gulf Shores. "It s the best summer cheap car rentals toronto canada we ve ever had. We re booked solid for the rest of July." The state starting school a week later has boosted bookings, too. "We ve already doubled our projected growth revenue for August," he said.
"Traffic is a good problem to have," said David Bodenhamer of Young s Suncoast Vacation cheap car rentals toronto canada Rentals in Gulf Shores and a former mayor of the beach city. "I d rather worry about the traffic than the oil spill."
Meyer s solution to ease the check-in and check-out traffic on Ala. 59 is to convert its condo units to use code-access boxes instead of keys, according to Sarah Kuzma of Meyer in Gulf Shores. All of their rental houses use the codes, she said. "Guests can go straight to the house or condo and punch in a code to enter the unit," she said. And visitors can check out via text or phone.
More than 10,000 football fans are expected to attend the SEC BeachFest that kicks off the season with game talk by legendary current and past coaches and players, live music and photo ops with the BSC championship trophy from Aug. 23-26 at Gulf Shores public beach. For more information go to www.secbeachfest.com .
"People are going to go on vacation and this is affordable," Bender said. "I m sure the BP ads had something to do with bringing visitors here. But people cheap car rentals toronto canada are looking for a place that s relaxing and fun."
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