25 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR SANIBEL TRIP | SANIBEL ISLAND FLORIDA BEACH VACATION GUIDE
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- 25 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR SANIBEL TRIP. This Sanibel Island Florida Beach Vacation Guide is put together using decades of experience vacationing on Sanibel.
Note: Nothing in this video was sponsored. Everything was paid for by my family and I. It’s all honest opinions.
Sanibel Island has some of the best beaches in Florida! And some of the best shelling in the world! It is a seashell paradise!
Sanibel Island is on the Gulf of Mexico and there are lots of awesome things to do on Sanibel.
Here are some of my favorite things to do on Sanibel and tips and tricks for your very best Sanibel Island experience.
Also make sure you check out my other Sanibel videos!
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Some useful links. Sadly (for me) these are NOT affiliate links. I get NO commission. These are just places I love that I wanted to share with you.
ROYAL SHELL (Where we book our Unit): www.royalshell.com/
Sanibel Island Thriller: sanibelthriller.com/tours-rates/
Sanibel Dolphin Tours: sanibeldolphintours.com/index...
Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge: www.fws.gov/refuge/jn-ding-da...
00:00-00:44 Intro
00:44-01:16 Causeway
01:16-02:29 Seasons of Sanibel
02:29-03:13 Where to stay
03:13-04:10 Public Vs. Private Beaches
04:10-05:00 Shelling
05:00-06:09 Sea Turtle Nests
06:09-06:50 Sanibel Stoop
06:50-07:36 Stingray Shuffle
07:36-12:43 Exploring SANDBARS!
12:43-14:10 Tides
14:10-14:48 The Moon
14:48-15:03 Fishing
15:03-16:12 Do you Need a Car?
16:12-16:46 Periwinkle Way
16:46-17:35 Grocery Stores
17:35-18:14 Cooking
18:14-20:11 What to Pack
20:11-20:46 Best Sunsets
20:46-21:06 Restaurants
21:06-21:26 Shopping
21:26-22:09 Natures Centers (and Rainy Day Activities)
22:09-24:30 Ding Darling Education Center
24:30-26:00 DOLPHIN TOURS
26:00-27:00 Is Sanibel Family Friendly
27:00-28:04 Hang Loose and Have Fun
My Morkie was 6 months old and had never barked until I walked her out to the beach there. She barked and barked😊 and had a wonderful day
Thanks for sharing another wonderful video, you are awesome presenting the travel guide, energetic and georgeus, keep up with the awesome content 🙏👏
This was so thorough. Thank you so much. Great video. ❤️
I thought the ones you called "angel wings" are called Coquina
I think you may be right. Thank you so much!:)
Remember Hurricane Ian. I am looking forward to the rebuild so I can vacation on Sanibel Island once again to enjoy the beauty 😍
don't plan on it for about 4 years.
You have such a lovely presence ;) ... Please note that the trees that were destroyed during hurricane Charley were the Australian pines; which are non-native trees. Periwinkle is a groundcover that you see around in Sanibel.
THANKS for video!
We are heading there in November.
Not now I reckon
Nope 😢
Hi Megan. Im from Brasil, and I love Sanibel. Thanks.
Kiss for you.
Hi! I'm looking at planning a trip this year. Do you have any updated recommendations following the hurricane? I've never been before!
That better be the best cantaloupe anyone has ever tasted! 🤑
Please make more Manhattan walks, like maybe Ackidionkid? The would be cool, (his first name is Kennith)
I do plan to start these in September. (Possibly earlier, schedule permitting.) Information coming soon. Let me know if there are any specific neighborhoods you're interested in.
I enjoyed this as shelling on Sanibel has been on my bucket list for a long time.
That said, there seems to be an ongoing issue with the bandwidth on your videos recently. I had to turn my TV volume all the way up to 58 to hear it at a normal level.
Oh wow - thanks for letting me know. I always test it both on my computer and then using AirPlay my fiance and I watch it on our Sony TV. We're not having any issues but I wonder if anyone else is. Is the problem throughout the video or in specific spots? I did get a new microphone so maybe there are some settings I need to adjust. (Is it happening on the shorts as well?) Thank you for watching and providing valuable feedback.
I'm heading to Sanibel Island in two weeks. Thanks for the video. 👍
wow, hope you made it back....what bad timing...
@@AMilo-qm4ed I visited Sanibel Island before the storm. I got video too. Check it out to see my experience there before the hurricane. It's sad to think that it's all gone now.
We’re heading there in September spending 2 days in Naples and one day in Sanibel.
hope it was early in the month; you couldn't have picked a worse potential place as these 2 areas were the hardest hit by Ian.. talk about ill-timed planning and during hurricane season, no less...uggh. Hope you didn't experience that apocalypse....
What time is low tide
It changes every day. You can google a ride chart for the area!:-)
Those are not false angel wings the are coquina! 😊
Do you love your daily thunderstorms in the summer in Florida? Sorry but summers in Florida suck because you have thunderstorms everyday in Florida in the summer. The lightning is terrifying in Florida. I never saw lightning so massive till experiencing it in Florida. The thunder is so intense and loud as well. Florida summers are the worst.
People if you depend on public transportation in Florida because you can't afford the expensive car insurance in Florida then getting around is scary with worrying about thunderstorms and unbearable heat and humidity during the summer.
The rich in Florida probably live in the north during the summer or have an indoor pool.
I grew up in Florida…I personally have experienced much worse storms and lightening in NYC…I’m sorry you experienced such a scary storm. It does rain around 3pm almost every single day in Florida year round, then it disappear and you get the sun again.
We’re did you stay in Florida? I wouldn’t normally recommend public transportation in Florida, though TriRail and Palm Train are decent at least in Palm Beach County.
Re: rich, it is not secret that New Yorkers tend to go to Florida in the winter then back to NYC in the summer. They are “snow birds.” That’s why Florida has an “season”’and “off-Season.”
I know of very few Indoor pools in Florida, but yes a lot of Florida residents have access to a pool,‘whether in their yard or nearby.
I’m sorry you had a negative experiences where DO you like to travel?
Hi, Check with your own auto insurance about rental car coverage. I insure with American Family and they cover me if I use Enterprise rent a car. Double bonus, my company uses Enterprise so I get a corporate discount as well.
@@TheMeganDaily wow, what bad timing with this video...nobody will be finding this useful, not for a long time...nothing much left to Sanibel now, most of it is destroyed .....those who stayed and still want to stay past Ian, are going to all be evacuated....too much resources would have to be put into it to get it going, the causeway totally wiped out, electricity, water, resources to ferry or fly in food/supplies is not logical.....florida reps are saying it will take about 2 years to rebuild the bridge , so it wouldn't make sense to divert money/resources for residents there anytime soon...I know that is hard to hear.... so all those holding firm will be ordered to evacuate....it remains to be seen how and when things will be in place to even think of rebuilding....js...
I think your comment aged very well. 😢
Gone
😢
Oi Megan qual sua nacionalidade
I'm American. My last name, Marod, is Syrian.
@@TheMeganDaily que bom..parabéns
BUG SPRAY on the beach and in the water the noseeums are biting
And one month later she has to redo this entire video. Sorry to be the one to tell you, but Ian had other ideas.
Well…you’re not the one to tell me…I’ve cried many times over the past week. I love Sanibel so much and it’s so sad to see the state that it’s currently in.
Change your mind, it's a death trap
I'm going straight to
Useppa Island to buy
the 1.4 million house
available.
I fit in with the very rich
and the very poor.
Probably from being an
accountant, we don't view
money like other peeps.
Reckon I'll do just fine there.
I can isolate from a world
that has proven I'm not
anything like you people.
good luck with that...lmfao.. hahahha.
Was trying to see what it looked like before Ian. I'm starting to notice throughout watching Ian is how "certain" people are literally living lavish while other "certain" people are living poor, minimum wage/slave wage for back breaking work for up to 10 hours a day. People can barely keep up with rent bills and children, trying to get help from the government but "certain" people are living in the lap of luxury??? This is NOT just coincidence.. Something fishy is going on and "certain" people know it.
Sad.
omg. Nothing fishy, and "certain"? people don't know it....Get real....Get an education, get a good job, make a career in the right line of work, and you won't have to make all those excuses...and save money, get married, get established, then have children (do it the RIGHT way)...a few rules to live by.... almost all these people worked for what they have...Im sure a couple % were given or inherited property by family, but that is a very minor %... quit the "woe is me" attitude...can't always be bailed out and just handed things on a silver platter..... PLAN..... js :)
Yeah that is all over the U.S. not just here, this was the demolition of an island by mother nature. There has been a controlled demolition of the middle class going on for 2 years right in front of everyone's eyes that no one seems to want to see.
My understanding is that Sanibel is indeed where many people have second and third homes, which are quite costly. That being said, to VACATION there, you can do it on all sorts of budgets. And the most important aspect, which I definitely focus on enough in this video, is that Sanibel is a wildlife refuge. It's also how to a wildlife rehabilitation center. Many of the super-rich who live on Sanibel are drawn to Sanibel because of its conservation efforts, and as a result, pour a lot of money towards preserving the unique and valuable ecosystem, which, in turn, creates jobs for scientists, conservationists, and environmentalists. It also draws in a lot of ethical/responsible travelers, which, as someone who works in the tourism industry, I certainly appreciate. I'm not really sure what is "fishy" about that. Apart from the conservation of a lot of marine life, which includes, fish.
@@TheMeganDaily ...ok
This whole video made me cringe, especially the level of ignorance with these people! Ohh finally the perfect hurricane "Ian". Can you now see what the problem might be? This should be a wake-up call, if not then i'm praying for an F5 hurricane to restore nature in how it should be looking like. I'm wondering whether the beautiful nature and marine life still is part of the ecosystem that you'd loved so much? Guess what woman, that lovely ecosystem is permanently damaged by all these toxic materials that hurricane Ian spread over the area. So people are the ignoring problem with all the coastal housing in places that should act as naturell barriers
It is clear you have never visited the J.N. Ding Darling Wildlife refuge, and are not actually familiar with the conservation efforts throughout that past century that have made the island so unique and important. I'm not sure how hurricanes are restoring anything to how it was "meant to be," especially when the strength of the hurricanes are very likely caused by global warming. Approximately every 40 years, Sanibel takes a signifcantly bad hurricane hit that can change the ecosystem of the island, possibly by destroying vegetation, birds nests, sea turtle nests, and even altering the shape of the island. Wildlife is resilient and will hopefully be o.k., but regardless of what you think about the humans, it's bizarre to me to hear anyone wishing a catastrophic event than can negatively impact nature and a wildlife refuge.
@@TheMeganDaily that's what i meant IGNORANCE