Anything like Tripadvisor?

[Kurt]

Those are good points. This will be our first trip to the area as a family (I have been to Sandestin for "work"). I knew I wanted to come to the area and only really expanded the search area outside of Destin b/c I was reading so much. In fact, it was by chance that I came across this site - it was actually mentioned in a forum post on Tripadvisor by someone.

Is this site sponsored or endorsed by any type of Visitor Center or County Travel Office?

SoWal.com is a privately owned and operated site.

 

[momof2kids]

There are several other hotels that are in South Walton that sometimes suffer from this same incorrect place name id. The new Marriott Courtyard in Miramar Beach in the Grand Boulevard complex. Also, Embassy Suites is in Miramar Beach. All South Walton locations. They are NOT in Destin, and never have been.

Actually the area they are in use to be called Destin but once the post office showed up then it was officially called Miramar Beach...

 

[Matt J]

Those are good points. This will be our first trip to the area as a family (I have been to Sandestin for "work"). I knew I wanted to come to the area and only really expanded the search area outside of Destin b/c I was reading so much. In fact, it was by chance that I came across this site - it was actually mentioned in a forum post on Tripadvisor by someone.

Is this site sponsored or endorsed by any type of Visitor Center or County Travel Office?

We do have a visitors center on Hwy 331.

http://www.beachesofsouthwalton.com/

 

[ShallowsNole]

Actually the area they are in use to be called Destin but once the post office showed up then it was officially called Miramar Beach...

Actually, the area from roughly the old Murmuring Sands to Frangista Beach has always been Miramar Beach. Destin was ten miles down the road, until they sprawled east to the county line. However, several of the owners I talk to refuse to use Miramar Beach as their address, claiming that nobody knows where or what Miramar Beach is.

In any event, Miramar Beach does NOT begin before Mack Bayou Road. That was done in order to put Sacred Heart and Grand Boulevard in "Destin." Funny how all the homes down Mack Bayou, as well as the homes in Four Mile Village, still have Santa Rosa Beach addresses. :roll: