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Twiddy & Company

Twiddy & Company is here to provide all the help and southern hospitality you've come to anticipate when planning your beach vacation. We invite you to let us share our unique understanding of this coastal landscape; unlike any place in the...

413 | Salty Dogs

This Kitty Hawk vacation home has many upgraded features including lovely Hardwood Floors throughout the Living Area, Tiled Baths & Kitchen, & Granite Counter tops. Your family is sure to enjoy the Ocean Views & the convenience of being...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
Outer Banks Blue

Since 2005, Outer Banks Blue has delivered exceptional vacations for OBX visitors. Our family-owned and locally managed rental company focuses on service and promises “a relaxing experience with a local touch.” Turn your dream vacation...

OBX Diamond

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.A Diamond is ForeverStay once and you're sure to keep coming back! OBX Diamond welcomes you with amazing spaces for cooking, relaxing, playing, your own...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 16
Jolly Roger

When you first catch sight of The Jolly Roger, you might be unsure exactly what to think of it. Since its conversion from a gas station/grocery store to a restaurant in 1972, The Jolly Roger has been anything but your ordinary Outer Banks...

It's All Good

SOUNDSIDE Salvo – Wind Over Waves – Everything is more than alright when you discover IT’S ALL GOOD, a six-bedroom/five-full- and two-half-bath home located in an modren community of gracious homes that share a 100-foot pier and boat ramp on...

  • Salvo
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Welcome to the home of the happy oyster where for over 40 years the oyster has been our world. The Outer Banks only authentic oyster bar is the place to enjoy sensational fare from the sea washed down with your favorite brew or cocktail. We serve by...

K-Seas Legacy

OCEANVIEW Frisco — Hatterask Dr. — Appreciate quality family time and create a legacy of memories at K-SEAS LEGACY, a three-bedroom/two-bathroom home located just three tons off Frisco’s handsome wide beach. A paved driveway offers shaded...

  • Frisco
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Serving our customers on the Outer Banks since 1994, Big Buck's ice Cream is dedicated serving you “The Best.” We offer a full line of super-premium ice cream products, smoothies, chocolates, and custom-made ice cream cakes! 2 locations...

7563 - Sea Dreams

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! NEW FOR 2026: New window AC unit in Game Room. NEW FOR 2025: Dining Room Table & Chairs, and Weber Grill. Explore all Avon has to offer at...

  • Avon
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
Gray's

Gray’s Outer Banks Lifestyle Clothing Company offers the absolute best in Outer Banks T-shirts and Sweatshirts including Champion, Under Armour with "Outer Banks” and Gear! We carry quality fashions and accessories for the whole family...

7595 - Kaspar Kottage

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! This oceanside Outer Banks home is sure to please! Kaspar Kottage is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom vacation home is located...

  • Avon
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
Basnight's Lone Cedar Cafe

Enjoy Waterfront Dining at Basnight's Lone Cedar Café where we specialize in fresh and local Outer Banks seafood. If you’re craving the freshest fish, clams, crab, shrimp and oysters from local North Carolina waters, you’ll find...

Winfinity

OCEANFRONT Avon - Kinnakeet Shores Everyone's winning at WINFINITY with its striking ocean vistas and simple beach access. The enormous concrete drive and carport provide parking for multiple cars and the 1st level dry entry accepts convenient...

  • Avon
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
Captain Johnny's Dolphin Tours

Join Captain Stuart Wescott aboard The Captain Johnny boat for a Guaranteed Dolphin Watch cruise in protected waters off the Outer Banks, NC. This two hour cruise is ideal for all ages. Enjoy breathtaking views as you listen to a factual narration on the bottlenose dolphin, a type of dolphin found along the Atlantic coast. Dolphin mating and birthing can be observed on many cruises. 

Nags Head Dolphin Watch

Scientists run these dolphin tours as part of their research on these beloved aquatic animals, so you know this will be an interesting trip. Passengers will be able to see how researchers with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, a nonprofit organization,  conduct their research and hear about some of the discoveries from more than a decade of studies and monitoring. Some of the hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the area show up so frequently they’ve even been given...

Elizabethan Gardens

Foliage fans and gardening enthusiasts from all over the country will love a day trip to the Elizabethan Gardens. Tucked away in Manteo within the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, this 10 acre Roanoke soundfront locale is home to hundreds of...

Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse

The Roanoke Marshes lighthouse is often one of the most overlooked of the Outer Banks lighthouses, simply because of its small stature, limited visibility and remote location tucked away at the quiet east end of the Manteo waterfront.