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Billboard in Times Square, NYC

pauldavidmena - 5-21-2023 at 01:26 PM

Someone on the Todos Santos Newsfeed Facebook group posted this photo of a billboard advertising a "Baja resort yearning for weekend companion," a.k.a. an ad for the Paradero resort. The billboards have been spotted in Las Vegas as well.

shari - 5-21-2023 at 03:41 PM

I havent had but a couple rooms rented for one night for all this month as tourism in our area is waaaay down...maybe I need a billboard!

pauldavidmena - 5-21-2023 at 05:11 PM

That's a bummer about the vacancies. Todos Santos is really close to being over-built and overpriced, at which point we'll be in need of a new getaway - preferably without a billboard!

4x4abc - 5-21-2023 at 07:17 PM

Quote: Originally posted by shari  
I havent had but a couple rooms rented for one night for all this month as tourism in our area is waaaay down...maybe I need a billboard!


airbnbs in La Paz are empty
something is changing

4x4abc - 5-21-2023 at 07:19 PM

BCS just published tourism numbers
private rentals have gone from 300 to 8,000 the last 10 years
hotel construction has quadrupled

mtgoat666 - 5-21-2023 at 08:22 PM

Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
Quote: Originally posted by shari  
I havent had but a couple rooms rented for one night for all this month as tourism in our area is waaaay down...maybe I need a billboard!


airbnbs in La Paz are empty
something is changing


The hot weather in La Paz is now…. No one wants to go there until next October!

4x4abc - 5-21-2023 at 08:36 PM

Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  
Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
Quote: Originally posted by shari  
I havent had but a couple rooms rented for one night for all this month as tourism in our area is waaaay down...maybe I need a billboard!


airbnbs in La Paz are empty
something is changing


The hot weather in La Paz is now…. No one wants to go there until next October!


I love smart people

Baja has its seasons and the number of tourists changes accordingly
locals know that well ( and goatie figured it out as well)

the difference now is that no matter what season, the booking numbers are low

SFandH - 5-22-2023 at 05:39 PM

Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena  
Someone on the Todos Santos Newsfeed Facebook group posted this photo of a billboard advertising a "Baja resort yearning for weekend companion," a.k.a. an ad for the Paradero resort. The billboards have been spotted in Las Vegas as well.


That sucks. I got to know the TS area in the early 90s when the only gringos there were a handful of surfers and Frank was tending bar at the only bar in town.

Get as far away from an airport as you can. Central Baja is the place. Sea of Cortez in the winter, Pacific side in the summer.

Unfortunately, Loreto is getting gringofied now. Airportitis.disease. Direct flights from Canada. It's doomed.

BajaBlanca - 5-23-2023 at 12:48 AM

Just read the other day that the top 10 tourist destinations are:

FRANCE
SPAIN
USA
TURKEY !!!!
ITALY
MEXICO
UK
GERMANY
GREECE
AUSTRIA

as compiled by the UN World Tourism Organization 2022