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The Christmas Shop

Discover gifts, garlands and glittering lights galore. Looking for a trinket for someone who has everything? Choose ornaments for every hobby, occupation, occasion or enthusiast; from the fisherman or Disney lover; dancer or photographer. Throughout...

SOUND BARRIER

This soundfront home has 3,000 square feet of living space and an all season Bermuda room overlooking the sound. Spectacular sunsets await your arrival with views from the large upper deck, great room and King bedroom. Waterfront lower deck is the...

  • Southern Shores
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
8/16 - 8/23
$2,570  $2,952
$382 off
8/30 - 9/6
$2,163  $2,474
$311 off
9/27 - 10/4
$1,573  $1,746
$173 off
10/18 - 10/25
$1,548  $1,717
$169 off
10/25 - 11/1
$1,618  $1,717
$99 off
11/1 - 11/8
$1,646  $1,717
$71 off
11/8 - 11/15
$1,646  $1,717
$71 off
11/15 - 11/22
$1,646  $1,717
$71 off
11/22 - 11/29
$1,676  $1,717
$41 off
Corolla Wild Horse Tours

Corolla Wild Horse Tours knowledgeable guides will ensure you and your family have a great wild horse tour! Along the way the guides will stop and point out interesting sites and local history and details of the Corolla Wild Horses history. Be sure...

5725 - A Dream Vacation

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! NEW FOR 2025: Newly constructed to an 8 bedroom home with a nice game room, expanded kitchen, and new dining room...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8.5 Bathrooms
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...

Sea Mist

OCEANFRONT Frisco - Tide's Edge Road - Twin Home: This is one of two nearly identical 6,450 sq. ft. enormous homes on the same road. Rent one or both for your group – ideal for accommodating sizable-scale get-togethers, multi-generational...

  • Frisco
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 11 Bathrooms
Just for the Beach Rentals

Just for the Beach Rentals (not to be confused with the similarly-named "Just for the Beach") offers rentals to accommodate your stay. Equipment includes linens, baby gates, cribs, monitors, seats, joggers, bikes, kayaks, skim boards, surf boards...

Salt and Light 526-A

Looking for a place to make family memories? Salt and Light is a 6-bedroom, semi-oceanfront home with a bright and airy interior, a private pool, hot tub, and public beach access with restrooms less than 500’ away. Enjoy sunrise with ocean views...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
Black Pelican

Black Pelican oceanfront restaurant is one of the Outer Banks’ premier restaurants serving lunch and dinner daily. Black Pelican is where you can enjoy fresh seafood, steaks, vegetarian dishes, sandwiches and some of the barrier island’s...

Sea Escape

Located in Corolla / 4 Bedrooms / 2 Full BathroomsThis secluded and striking beach home in Ocean Sands will delight you with its short distance to the Ocean and comfortable, warm juniper accents and cozy furnishings.Ground Level: Exterior amenities...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 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...

1834 - Carolina Grace

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds!  Welcome to Carolina Grace, your perfect vacation retreat in Corolla. Located in the Indian Summer Condos in the Ocean Sands community, this...

  • Corolla
  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
OBX Laser Tag and Arcade

Here’s some high energy entertainment for the kids, and for young adults (or young at heart) who love laser tag. On one side of this large facility is the “moon bounce inflatable room,” where the young ‘uns can go and bounce...

SUMMER OASIS

Discover SUMMER OASIS in Nags Head—a Carolina Designs OBX vacation rental where Parade of Homes award-winning architecture meets prime oceanfront luxury just north of Jennette's Pier. This magnificent 8-bedroom oceanfront home delivers...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
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...

Bodie Island Lighthouse

The Bodie Island Lighthouse, (pronounced "Body") is located just south of the town of Nags Head and Whalebone Junction, where Highway 158, Highway 64, and NC Highway 12 intersect. Visitors travelling towards Hatteras Island can't help but notice the...

Jockey's Ridge State Park

Jockey's Ridge State Park is an unmistakable landmark for Nags Head vacationers and virtually everyone passing through along the main beach bypass, US 158. This park is marked by its towering sand dunes, which reach 80' - 100' feet tall and look...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Visitors to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will simultaneously be visiting the gorgeous Cape Hatteras National Seashore. One of the largest preserved parcels of the Outer Banks, the National Seashore stretches across 70 miles of shoreline...

Ocean bottom or Gulf Stream fishing on the Carolina-style charter boat is the only boat licensed and built to take up to 27 passengers per Gulf Stream Charter. Fish for tuna, mahi-mahi, wahoo, king mackerel, blue marlin, white marlin or sailfish...