About Us

The Charlotte Harbor Guide & Map delivers travelers for tourism related businesses throughout Southwest Florida. Radiating from Fishermen’s Village in Punta Gorda, the map also is distributed throughout the region at some 375 high traffic tourist locations.

Our mission is to help visitors have better vacations by providing a variety of current, relevant content about area attractions, activities, restaurants and shopping.

Whether through our publication, on our website or our Facebook page and other social channels, we try to provide an inside view of Southwest Florida so visitors can make the right choices.

The Guide and Map blankets Punta Gorda, goes up to Port Charlotte, North Port and southern Sarasota…out to the coast of Englewood Beach, Placida, Boca Grande and the Gulf Islands…east to Arcadia and down to some prime spots in northern Lee County.

We’re at hotels, airports, chambers and visitor hot spots. Our partnership with Charlotte County Community Services puts us at their parks, public beaches by the pay stations, libraries and other facilities. We also are at many State Parks.

Our biggest initiative for 2020 is to totally revamp our parallel digital presence at guideandmap.com. Including content about the area and advertisers, our website is responsive for desktop, tablet and mobile users. Each participant has their own highlight page that draws in existing online resources, including their website, Facebook page, Google Place, tripadvisor reviews and more.

We also are creating aerial and on-site video assets for the area and our partners to promote Charlotte Harbor on You Tube, Facebook and other Internet channels.

Soon we will be improving our close-up Punta Gorda map and launching a new section that focuses on downtown Punta Gorda and its restaurants, shops and businesses. We’ll help visitors find their way around the downtown district to better discover all its sights and sites, hot spots and special events.