I keep hearing that PCB is cheap...but maybe either I'M cheap...or I'm just not finding any good deals. I've never been able to find a room for less than $200/night (which is usually like a days inn) anywhere CLOSE to the action.

I remember one year I met a girl who stayed at Sunspree and she said they paid $300/night. That's not cheap to me.

Maybe I've just never had the luxury of sharing a room with 6 people to get the room to "cheap" status.

Flights to PCB...OUTRAGEOUS. I'm not so sure what's cheap about it.

What did I miss?

Why're you looking at flights? It's only a 12 hr road trip from STL, and that's a hell of a lot cheaper than flying.

I'm at Long Beach and it's not bad at all.

But yeah, going down with a bunch of friends is the key. And I think the main reason Panama is considered "cheap" is because most people live close enough to drive.

i hear ya, i think they mean people going in parties 6+! if you have 8 people in a room divide on avg $200 a night x 7= 1400....divide 1400 by 8 people, and it's 175 for the whole week per person...so on that scheme...it's CHEAP!

I'm coming with two other people, our final bill with tax was 987.50 / 3= 340 a person...not terribly cheap...but still cheap enough

lol...i hear ya. If I make it...I will be driving. But what SUCKS about driving...is that drive home when you've been up ALLLLL night the night before. It would be SO much easier to hop on a plane and be home in a couple of hours.

Yea you need a large group to make it cheap its not cheap for me atall really but still worth every penny yesyes

Can't find anything less than $200 a night thats close to the action? Dude, you're starting to talk out your *** on here a lil too much. lol Seriously, I can find a room every year, MANY rooms at that, that are less than $200 a night.

pcb is cheap as hell.....i could stay there for a week on $600 or less

crap, i couldnt do that for a weekend in veags...lol

Find people to share the room

Fly to Fort Walton Beach and take the greyhound to pcb

What site do you use? I always go through Expedia...and every room close to where I want to be is $200+/night.

Just a quick search on google brings up plenty. Try booking through the actual hotel website. Heck just pulled up two hotels (The Chateau and the Boardwalk Hotel) and they were both under $200...

You should def. use more than one travel website. Also VRBO

use vrbo.com.....u can get rooms for 150-175 a nite

Just look around. We are paying 240$ pp for 7 nights at the summit. only 5 people.... the deals are out there just be patient.

Niceguy we found a lot of places from $550 (sunspree including taxes) to $975 (Longbeach Resort)

so between 2-3 peeople its a lot cheaper the $200 night :)

Although i did notice Spring Break all hotels jack up prices 3-4x normal.

Yea you can get a full month for price of a week on any other time other than spring break and july 4th and memorial weekend its mad!

Thanks for all the tips. I guess it pays to have at least 3 or 4 "non-broke" friends.