Outer banks rentals

[java]

So overwhelming. Any favorite rental companies? Favorite town?

 

[rymahoney]

Been going for 15 years about every year. Have stayed in every town. South nags head is my favorite. Just far enough from main road to feel secluded but 10 minutes to everything in nags head. If u stay farther down highway 12 in rodanthie buxton frisco or hatteras it's a long way to go to main town. There is small stores for food and some little shops but that's it. If ur taking dogs staying in south nags head or below u will get less hassle about leashes and easy access to 4x4 beaches.

 

[bigbabyblues]

We like South Nags, around milepost 20. We rent from Resort Realty.

 

[Jestocost]

We love Corolla, which is up on the northern end of the OBX, and have used Corolla Classic Vacations many times.

 

[RunningGirl]

Corolla and we use twiddy.com

 

[msjprincess]

We always stay in the Whalehead section of Corolla. We normally use Corolla Classic Vacations but I also like Twiddy.

 

[Tiggeroo]

We always stay in Frisco,Buxton,Avon and use Midgettrealty.com

 

[North of Mouse]

The Sandbar Bed and Breakfast at Nags Head, NC

Very nice and clean, right across the road from the beach - can watch the ocean waves from the upper deck!

 

[maxaroni]

We've stayed in Avon using Midgett realty. Loved it there due to it being quieter

 

[Breezy_Carol]

We stay in Southern Shores which is north of Kitty Hawk and south of Duck. We use Southern Shores Realty.

 

[Team Bunch]

We also love the southern towns. It is quieter and sounds crazy but water is warmer. We look at surf and sound realty and midget realty to find the right house.

 

[shortbun]

Hatteras Island-described as further south of Nags Head-is gorgeous. Rodanthe/Waves/Salvo homes have some excellent ocean and sound views. The full size grocery is in Avon-about 20 minutes south of Salvo. Avon is a larger village with lots of restaurants, shops and rental homes to choose from. The water is never far away on the island as it is very narrow. There are great water activities on both sides-sound for fishing, kayaking, crabbing and shrimping or just watching the kite surfing. Ocean for all the things known to you. There is even a Dollar Store and movie theater in Avon!! No 'fast food' or chain restaurants though. Go further south and you come to Buxton-home of the famous Hatteras Lighthouse as well as more gorgeous scenery sound and ocean side and great beaches, Connors market, great restaurants-Apple Uglies and a lively albeit small nightlife. From Buxton, you come to the sleepy village of Frisco with some of most fabulous beach on the whole island, a small airport,one of many nice campgrounds on the island, a Native American Museum, the dentist and clinic, many small shops and restaurants and many great rental homes. Last-not least by any stretch, Hatteras Village. The village has dozens of wondrous rentals, lots of oceanfront property, Shipwreck Museum, several harbors filled with lovely big boats and lots and lots of small but good restaurants, coffee shops, a modest but nice shopping boardwalk at the ferry terminal where one can get a free ferry about every half hour to Ocracoke island-one of my favorite places to visit or vacation. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a main inhabitant of Hatteras Island and run by the National Park Service. They, the NPS, have lots of summer, family friendly programs on both islands-Hatteras and Ocracoke-that cover things like pirate folklore, surf fishing lessons, seining the sound for critters and beachfire stories withing sight of the famous aforementioned Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
www.midgettrealty.com
www.surforsound.com
www.hatterasrealty.com
www.outerbeaches.com

PM me with questions if you like.

 

[java]

Wow! Thanks everyone! Great info. Now to decide.

 

[mom2travel]

We love Corolla and have rented there for years (in both Whalehead and Ocean Sands sections). Carolina Designs is a great realtor. The house we rent was sold and the new owner uses Twiddy - used them for the first time last summer - they were good (and we will use them again if they are managing "our" house) but first impressions leave me liking Carolina Designs better

 

[Jenn]

We stayed in Corolla in the Pine Island development and loved it! It's been several years and the agency we used was Resort Quest, which appears to have been bought out by Wyndam Vacations because that's all that comes up when I search for it.

 

[Tiggeroo]

We also love the southern towns. It is quieter and sounds crazy but water is warmer. We look at surf and sound realty and midget realty to find the right house.

Yes the water is warmer. We pretty much always stay in Frisco. You are a short trip to the ferry, a short trip to the grocery store and the lighthouse. I love going to the lighthouse at night. Kind of creepy.