South Padre by Any Other Name

One of the phenomena on South Padre Island is it’s penchant for fouling up folks’ pronunciations and spellings.

Some of them are just oversights, like the constant references to “Mooncussers” as “Mooncrushers.”

Much of it has to do with foreign names. One of the restaurants on our meal plan is La Jaiba (Spanish for “The Crab”). Most of our staff (myself included) tend to call it “La Hy-E-Ba.” But the locals insist the restaurant is “La Hy-Ba.” Conversely, one of the most popular condo complexes on the island is Saida. But, in this case, the “I” is pronounced so that it’s spoken “Sy-E-Da.” (Though nearly all of the spring breakers call it “Sadey-Uh”).

Going the other way, the Spanish-speaking DJs on the island are constantly referring to Inertia Tours as “Interita Tours,” when talking on the mic during parties.

And before folks ever get down here, we get a lot of calls in the office from parents who want to know more before sending their kid off to spring break on “San Padre/San Pedro/South Padre/etc.”

Outside the Clubs on a Padre Island Spring Break

Though it might not seem like it at times, there is more to spring break than drinking and clubbing.

One of the perks of having the seventh best beach in the U.S. is that allows for more than just laying around tanning or passed out.

Warm water and tropical weather allow for the usual swimming, snorkeling, and scuba diving. Above the water, there are also a host of outfitters running jet boat rides, banana boats, parasailing, and dolphin watches.

If you want to ride the waves, there’s are also the usual waverunners for rent and unexpectedly good surfing–but not too crazy, in case you’re just getting the hang of things.

Mountains of Japanese Food

Our spring break staff is on the same meal plan as our travelers. I think this is for logistical reasons–since it’s simpler than making a whole separate meal. However it came about, it’s fucking brilliant. The boss is adamant about getting local restaurants involved.

All of which means that instead of eating the same rubbish at McDonalds everyday, folks get to eat in actual, sit-down restaurants with nice meals. Also, if we’re buying everyone their meals anyway, we might as well pump the money into the local, island economy.

All the feel-good stuff aside, we ate the hell out of a great lunch.

Radisson South Padre is now Isla Grand South Padre Island

The former Radisson South Padre is now called the Isla Grand Hotel South Padre Island.

The hotel has underwent a major facelift, and looks amazing inside. This popular spring break hotel is home to the Coca Cola Beach Stage & is the site of the infamous Rehab @ the Pool on Wednesday Nights with Inertia Tours & DJ Silver.

The Isla Grand South Padre is a superb, full service hotel next door to Inertia Tours headquarters condos, the Saida Towers South Padre.

If you would like to book the Isla Grand for Spring Break in South Padre, call Inertia Tours toll free 800 821 2176, or email inertia chad at chad@inertiatours.com anytime!

Inertia Tours focuses on spring break packages for $499 per person & less with condos, meals, parties & more!

Visit http://www.inertiatours.com for more information about its spring break trips to South Padre Island, Texas

Cheap Spring Break Deals

http://www.InertiaTours.com
Inertia Tours specializes in Spring Break Deals & Cheap Spring Break trips $499 & less per person.

The following trips fall under this budget:

*South Padre Island Spring Break
*Mazatlan, Mexico on our spring break party buses
*Panama City Beach Spring Break
*Spring Break Ski Trips to Colorado

There are no “strings” nor catches involved in the prices we quote & post on this blog – they are real. You can email me directly chad@inertiatours.com or call me 800 821 2176 x 4 when it is answered.

Questions:

Q: Is airfare included in the $499 price?
A: No. You drive down (well, we have a party bus included for your transportation for Mazatlan, however)

Q: Does it matter how many people we have?
A: Sort of. We can still get you a $499/person trip with 2 people, but it would be for 4 nights instead of 7 to South Padre Island, Texas.

Q: Do I have to be 21 to go?
A: No, 18. All clubs on the Texas & Mazatlan trip are 18+

Q: Why is this spring break trip this cheap?
A: It’s a road trip. We are including a condo, meals, and parties. NO transportation (except Mazatlan from Texas or Arizona departure cities)

Q: Will there be alot of people on this trip?
A: THOUSANDS!!!!

Q: DO I have to pay for this trip all at once?
A: NO! We take a $150/down payment deposit per person (comes off the trip price) and you have 3 weeks to pay off the balance. Those terms are pretty easy to live with & afford as a college student.

Email: chad@inertiatours.com or call 800 821 2176 or visit http://www.inertiatours.com for more details.

Low Cost Spring Break Trips is all we do – and we do it bad ass!!!

Chadillac

Hurricane Ike & South Padre Island Hurricane Damage

I just got back from a week down in South Padre Island…I have a bit of an inside track on damages to the Island since my brother owns Paradise Towing (the only wrecker service in south padre island) http://www.paradisetowingcompany.com is the website.

South Padre Island is located almost 4.5 hours south of Galveston Island where Hurricane Ike made landfall. Being on the South side of the Hurricane rotation meant that South Padre Island didn’t even get rain – it seems hard to believe but it is true.

Hurricane Dolly which was a direct hit on South Padre did little damage besides flooding some hotel pools and some roof damage across the board. My brother commented it was like a bad thunderstorm, nothing too severe.

One property was signficantly damaged, the Bahia Mar Resort has a hole in the side of the building about the size of a large pickup truck, and it’s been that way for 3 months. No clue if or when they might fix it or simply condemn it. At this point, we can’t recommend booking it for Spring Break, or putting it on your list of possible spring break hotels to choose from.

You can see the hole in the side of the pink hotel tower by watching this street view of the hotel property, you do have to look close to the RIGHT of the little ridge. This doesn’t mean the condos there won’t necessarily be open, and we are in fact offering them as a booking option at http://www.inertiatours.com our flagship spring break website. If they aren’t you would get moved to Saida Towers which is an obvious upgrade anyway.

Here is the video:

If you or your friends are looking at South Padre Island as a practical, cheap spring break trip this year, look no further than Inertia Tours, our sister website http://www.springbreakpackages.com

Or, you can call us toll free at 800 821 2176 for Texas-friendly advice & spring break 2009 information, or email us: tripinfo@inertiatours.com

You & your friends join 2 people for $2000 each in Acapulco -OR- Spend under $500 per person & Join 50,000!!!

Inertia Tours is the Original Spring Break Company specializing in spring break travel packages for $500 and less per person.

We at Inertia Tours are incredibly sick of hearing “how bad the stocks are doing” – give us a break! Our business is doing great….why? Focus on VALUE!!!

We proudly can offer you the following incredible spring break trip packages for less (sometimes…WAY LESS) than $500 per person: (NO HIDDEN FEES)

• South Padre Island, Texas (road trip – you steal your daddy’s SUV and drive your ass down)

Includes 7 night beachfront condo stay (less nights available for even lower cash), 2 restaurant meals per person per day

• Mazatlan, Mexico  (includes a luxury motorcoach – that’s bus my homeslice)

Includes roundtrip bus from most Texas & Arizona college cities, 5 nights beachfront hotel stay, 2 restaurant meals per day, and 4 hours of free drinking every single day. Yep, gotta have a passport. $450 per person

• Colorado Spring Break Ski Trips (again, swipe your RIch Uncle’s Escalade and drive you butt up)

Includes a walk to lift condo for 5 nights, 4 days worth of lift tickets, and Texas-sized rentals discount – $475-$575 per person

Come on, stupid! Sure, Acapulco is “the bomb” – but how many of your friends can fork out $1400 for air and hotel, another $250 for a “party package” and still need spending money….$2000 per person? Dude…that’s a car. $450 for a luxury beachfront condo & some food, plus a bit of gas cash? Easy….DONE.

Call Inertia Tours after you stop being frustrated about the high cost of international spring break travel. Everyone can swing our trip prices – everyone that wants to anyway – and 50,000 do for South Padre Island Spring Break!

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Inertia Tours dominates the party scene in South Padre on Spring Break

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One common misconception about spring break trips to South Padre Island is one “tour” company is the “same” as another – which is completely untrue.

http://www.inertiatours.com Inertia specializes in South Padre Island “road trips” under $500 per person to this tropical tip of Texas. Inertia is based in Austin, Texas – so we personally know how to do Texas right.

Did you know that a few people commonly misspell “inertia tours” as Enertia Tours? And “south padre spring break” as San Pedro Island spring break? South Padre Island is named after a Priest that helped settle the Island.

If you are looking to book a spring break 2009 trip to South Padre, why not  book it with THE company that specializes in spring break parties in South Padre at such renowed clubs as Louies Backyard, Tequila Frogs, Pelican West, and Club Chaos, to name a few. Inertia books these clubs on the very best nights so you can see a packed, wild crowd.

Call us toll free 800 821 2176 if you’d like to learn more, OR email us: tripinfo@inertiatours.com

But….DO NOT TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT – watch the youtube video of The Travel Channel following Inertia Tours Spring Break taking over the college spring break scene in South Padre – “your eyes” (and this video) simply don’t lie