{"id":182239,"date":"2026-03-07T17:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182239\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:17:16","slug":"new-additions-to-tpa-to-make-spring-break-travel-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182239\/","title":{"rendered":"New additions to TPA to make spring break travel easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Tampa International Airport (TPA) has made some upgrades to make the busy spring break travel season easier for passengers.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Tampa International Airport (TPA) has made recent additions to make the travel experience easier<br \/>\nThe spring break season brings in over 70,000 visitors to the airport<br \/>\nThe new changes include shuttles, real-time security wait times, TSA precheck touchless ID and more<\/p>\n<p>TPA says this time of year is one of the busiest. They see over 70,000 people come through its gates, and they want to make that experience stress-free.<\/p>\n<p>Greta Bunn was welcomed by her family, whom she is visiting for a week. She\u2019s a frequent traveler, so she knows how busy this time of the year can get.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s why\u00a0TPA\u00a0has opened its new airside shuttles; introduced real-time security wait times, and a new TSA precheck touchless ID.<\/p>\n<p>For Bunn, the Tampa airport has always been one of her favorites, and with the additions, it has made her travel experience better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s awesome that they are continuing to work on it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Every time I think that our airport is really nice, I come back and there\u2019s something new and something made to help everyone have an easier travel experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The airport has also added the option to reserve parking in advance for visitors to book parking at least 24 hours ahead for a discounted rate.<\/p>\n<p>TPA says the peak travel season is going on now until April 18. TPA is also reminding travelers to plan and arrive early for a stress-free experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Tampa International Airport (TPA) has made some upgrades to make the busy spring break travel season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11687,274,2173,276,2200,6076,115,135,137,136,278,2177,1798,107,2032,835],"class_list":{"0":"post-182239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-air-travel","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-app-traffic-transit","11":"tag-hillsborough-county","12":"tag-instagram-bn9","13":"tag-lizbeth-gutierrez","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-tampa","16":"tag-tampa-headlines","17":"tag-tampa-news","18":"tag-top-stories","19":"tag-traffic-and-transit","20":"tag-transportation","21":"tag-travel","22":"tag-trending-topics","23":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}