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Guemes Island in Anacotes, WA

itsmagic — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:43:48 GMT

My nephew is getting married next August on Guemes Island and we would love to go. We have never been to Washington. We live in the Midwest. Does anyone have any thoughts on the closest airport to fly into? I’m thinking Seattle but saw an airport in Bellingham, WA which would be closer but looks smaller and might not have a good choice of airlines. Has anyone been to Guemes Island?

@SeaMaiden I saw on your recent post you mentioned you live in Seattle. Perhaps you might know?

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colleena — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:55:20 GMT

@itsmagic I'm in Bellingham and my boss lived on Guemes Island - beautiful place & I think maybe 60 minutes away. Bellingham airport has Alaska, Allegiant, Southwest and San Juan Airlines so one can fly into Seattle on a larger airline & then transfer onto one of those 4. & I'm guessing here but I think it would be 2 plus hours to drive from Seatac to Guemes Island.

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itsmagic — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:05:48 GMT

@colleena Thank you so much! If we were to fly into Bellingham I was thinking we could maybe stay a couple days there too and visit the area.

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colleena — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:20:17 GMT

@itsmagic I'm pretty bias as I was born/raised here a zillion years ago but think you would enjoy spending a couple days here. Check out Visit Bellingham on line which is our visitor's bureau, they have a really user friendly site which showcases our area & I think they will send you a copy of our visitor's guide if you ask.

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 19:19:59 GMT

@itsmagic wrote:
My nephew is getting married next August on Guemes Island and we would love to go. We have never been to Washington. We live in the Midwest. Does anyone have any thoughts on the closest airport to fly into? I’m thinking Seattle but saw an airport in Bellingham, WA which would be closer but looks smaller and might not have a good choice of airlines. Has anyone been to Guemes Island?

@SeaMaiden I saw on your recent post you mentioned you live in Seattle. Perhaps you might know?

@itsmagic I live in a community right outside of Seattle. Sorry, I have never been to Guemes Island. I have been to some of the larger Islands like Lopez.

The nearest airport to Guemes Island is Anacortes (OTS) Airport which is 3.5 miles away. Other nearby airports include Bellingham (BLI) (17.7 miles), Friday Harbor (FRD) (18.4 miles), Victoria (YYJ) (37.3 miles) and Vancouver (YVR) (51.4 miles)

Hopefully by the time you come the ferry situation will be better...it is a mess right now with Covid cutbacks and help shortages.

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itsmagic — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 19:39:49 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@itsmagic wrote:
My nephew is getting married next August on Guemes Island and we would love to go. We have never been to Washington. We live in the Midwest. Does anyone have any thoughts on the closest airport to fly into? I’m thinking Seattle but saw an airport in Bellingham, WA which would be closer but looks smaller and might not have a good choice of airlines. Has anyone been to Guemes Island?

@SeaMaiden I saw on your recent post you mentioned you live in Seattle. Perhaps you might know?
@itsmagic I live in a community right outside of Seattle. Sorry, I have never been to Guemes Island. I have been to some of the larger Islands like Lopez.

The nearest airport to Guemes Island is Anacortes (OTS) Airport which is 3.5 miles away. Other nearby airports include Bellingham (BLI) (17.7 miles), Friday Harbor (FRD) (18.4 miles), Victoria (YYJ) (37.3 miles) and Vancouver (YVR) (51.4 miles)

Hopefully by the time you come the ferry situation will be better...it is a mess right now with Covid cutbacks and help shortages.

Thank you for all the airport information! I have already reserved a hotel room in Anacortes for three nights for the wedding and hopefully by next August the ferry situation will be better. We will also stay a few nights near whatever airport we fly into and explore (Bellingham or whatever airport works at that time).

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 19:48:31 GMT

@itsmagic You will have lovely time. The islands are beautiful. ❤️

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OutofMadison — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:00:24 GMT

Hi Itsmagic - I live on Whidbey Isand so i thought I would do some research for you on airports, etc. We use SeaTac shutte when we fly out of SeaTac because traffic can be horrible. I looked up the Bellingham airport and surprisingly the shuttle times to Annacortes are about the same (2 hrs and 30 - 40 min) from either airport. We have used Canadian airports prior to COVID but I wouldn't try it again right now because of the restrictions. There is a new airport (Paine Field) which has reopened and would be a good option but I don't think there is a shuttle running at this time so you would have to drive to Annacortes. And google "Guemes Isand Ferry" - it's not part of the Washington Dept. of Transportation so it has its own website. I think you will love the area and do take some time to see Deception Pass and Whidbey!

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Janey2 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:15:56 GMT

@itsmagic I have no information for you. I just want to add that every time I am invited to an "out of town wedding" a list of possible places to stay at discount rates accompany the save the date or invitation. Also the couple usually include the best way to get to the "destination."

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itsmagic — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:36:03 GMT

@OutofMadison

@Janey2

Thank you for your tips! I truly appreciate it.

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CatsyCline — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:25:53 GMT

i looked into Paine Field last April as i booked a flight to WA. My destination Whidbey Island. Paine field does west coast flights but i guess you could do connecting flights.('m east coast and it had to be direct flight for me i don't do connecting flights anymore)

i flew into Sea-Tac and my son picked me up. Otherwise i would have done the shuttle (they have a lot of rules/reg too).

Hope you get to enjoy Deception Pass. when i was there, there was bridge work and a lot of tourists taking chances and parking right by the road which is just two lanes.

Anacortes is beautiful! Make sure to stop by the Shrimp Shack!

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itsmagic — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:31:14 GMT

@CatsyCline Thank you for your post! When I was looking at flying into Bellingham I saw a lot of Allegiant flights from Las Vegas to Bellingham. I live in the Midwest and could easily fly into Las Vegas and then take a connecting flight to Bellingham. I’m hoping that will work out since I would rather fly into a smaller airport than Seattle but will have to see what the flight schedules are next year.

PS. We love seafood and will definitely look for the shrimp shack!