The Perdido Key Visitor Center is encouraging new and former visitors to the area's beautiful coastal community to plan a vacation now, even if for just a few days. Perdido Key, like other coastal communities, took a financial hit with the BP oil disaster, but the beaches have been clean for some time. You Play, We'll Pay is expected to run between Aug. 24 and Sept. 30 and is funded by a BP grant designed to help rejuvenate the tourism industry along Florida's Gulf Coast. Through the program, visitors will receive a $100 American Express® gift card for each night booked at a Perdido Key condominium, resort or RV park now until the program ends Sept. 30, up to $300 in gift cards. Cards may be used anywhere American Express is accepted.
Visitors staying on Perdido Key can pick up their gift cards at the Perdido Key Visitor Center when they present proof of their paid booking, a copy of the program's registration form and a valid photo ID. Gift cards will be available for as long as supplies last. Full details of the program and registration form are available online at www.VisitPerdido.com
Earlier this month, President Obama issued a statement saying, "As a result of the cleanup effort, beaches all along the Gulf Coast are clean, they are safe, and they are open for business."
"We hope that by providing this incredible incentive we'll be able to show America the beauty and treasure of our Gulf Coast community while simultaneously helping the economically paralyzed businesses in Perdido Key," said Alison Davenport, vice president of Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on You Play, We'll Pay, or to download a registration form, please visit www.VisitPerdido.com.
ABOUT PERDIDO KEY, FLA.
Perdido Key is located in the northwest "panhandle" of Florida between Pensacola, Fla. and Orange Beach, Ala. No more than a few hundred yards wide in most places, the Key stretches some 16 miles long, with almost 60 percent located in federal and state parks. The literal translation of Perdido Key means "Lost Key," so named by the early Spanish who discovered it in 1693. Until then, it was the well-kept secret of gulf coast Native Americans, Perdido Key's first inhabitants. With an average temperature of 75 degrees and 343 days of sunshine, it's not surprising that Perdido Key is a long-hidden retreat that blends together both year-round outdoor activities and an authentic laid-back lifestyle uniquely its own. For more information visit www.VisitPerdido.com or call 850.492.4660.
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