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KEES Vacations

KEES Vacations offers the best Outer Banks rentals for family vacations, romantic weekend getaways and groups of all sizes looking for the perfect OBX rental for their stay. When booking with KEES Vacations, travelers can expect excellence in...

SEVEN SEAS

“Seven Seas” is a beautiful, custom built oceanfront home with spectacular ocean views! Located on a private lane off of Ocean Boulevard in Southern Shores. The large, open great room will provide a fantastic place for your family to gather...

  • Southern Shores
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
9/26 - 10/3
$4,535  $5,559
$1,024 off
Surf or Sound Realty

Surf or Sound Realty invites you to explore our collection of over 600 premier vacation rental homes on Hatteras Island, featuring the largest selection of oceanfront accommodations. Nestled within the breathtaking Cape Hatteras National Seashore...

Imagine

OCEANFRONT Salvo - Ocean Street It's painless to plan the best vacation you can IMAGINE at this premier oceanfront home located on the southern end of Salvo. Let your imagination run wild in the broad outdoor entertainment area featuring a private...

  • Salvo
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
Super Wings

Best store on the beach! Everything you need for your vacation. Largest selection of beach supplies and the best deals on T-shirts, sweatshirts and mens, ladies, and kids, apparel, swimwear and resort wear. Get all your souvenirs, suntan lotions...

ARABELLA

Arabella assigns a private bath to every one of its ten bedrooms, ten full baths plus two half baths in all, so no one in your group ever waits in line. This oceanfront Carolina Designs retreat at Milepost 8 in Kill Devil Hills also brings an...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 11 Bathrooms
Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates

Since 1968, our family owned and operated company has offered families just like yours a wide selection of Outer Banks vacation rentals in beach communities and towns of Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and South Nags...

20 Knots

SEMI-SOUNDFRONT Waves - NC Hwy12 - Savor private, simple access to the sound directly from the property of this striking home located in the heart of Waves, along with a enormous, private kite and watersport set-up area. Watersports enthusiasts...

  • Waves
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
The Cotton Gin

For those traveling to the Outer Banks, The Cotton Gin is a beloved landmark with its large windmill and picturesque gardens. The Cotton Gin has stood in the same location since 1929, starting as a working cotton gin and growing to a gift store with...

K8203 Sunrise Shores 4 Bedroom Home in O...

Welcome to Sunrise Shores! While staying at Sunrise Shores, if you were any closer to the ocean, you’d be a dolphin! Located in South Nags Head, this four-bedroom, 2 full bathrooms, one-level living vacation home is waiting for you. Imagine...

  • Nags Head
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
OBX Ghost Tours

OBX Ghost tours is something your family will be talking about the rest of the summer! You'll be entertained as a guide leads you through down town Manteo by lantern telling the spooky stories that makes The Outer Banks one of the most haunted...

The Other Side S-89

Welcome to The Other Side! This newly-remodeled vacation rental is sure to be your new favorite Hatteras Island beach getaway. Located in Salvo, this location is perfect for bike riding, dog-walking, and shell seeking. Beach access is a short walk...

  • Salvo
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
Miller's Seafood and Steakhouse

Miller's Seafood & Steakhouse has been a favorite among locals and visitors for more forty years. Offering delicious southern cuisine for both breakfast and dinner in a casual family atmosphere infused with coastal flair, it's no wonder this...

Nonnie and T's

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.NEW! 7 Day/6 Night Stays, with very early check-in and a later departure! Check-in at 10am on Saturday and Check-out at noon on Friday. That's 8...

  • Southern Shores
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 14
Miss Oregon Inlet

Oregon Inlet Fishing Center is the home of the largest and most modern charter boat fishing fleet on the eastern seaboard. A full service marina in Nags Head NC, Oregon Inlet offers a comprehensive charter boat fishing experience for the "old salt" or the vacationing fisherman.  Give us a call at 252-441-6301 ext. 1

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...

Kitty Hawk Surf Co.

Experience more adventure, fun, and style with Kitty Hawk Surf Company. As the trusted Outer Banks retailer for all top surf and lifestyle brands, including, Hurley, Billabong, RVCA, The North Face, Patagonia, Salt Life, Salty Crew, Volcom, O’Neill, Roxy, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Hobie, Catch Surf, Under Armour, Reef, Rainbow and more, you will always find the latest fashions and trends available in store. Our unmatched quality and service makes us a favorite for locals and visitors alike, and...

Kitty Hawk Kites

Kitty Hawk Kites has been Teaching the World to Fly since 1974 and is home to the world’s largest hang gliding school. As the Outer Banks leader in quality outdoor recreation and adventure, Kitty Hawk Kites offers more than 30 activities to choose from, so get out that pen and start crossing things off your OBX bucket list today! Visit KittyHawk.com or call 1.877.FLY.THIS to book your Kitty Hawk Kites adventure today.

Beach Braids

For the Best Outer Banks hair wraps, cornrows, jagua tattoos, full color temporary tattoos, fancy hair wraps, reggae hemp wraps, beach braids or gypsy braids … There is only one place to go — Beach Braids - Hair Wraps & Henna...

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...

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...

Climb Aboard the Crystal Dawn Head Boat and Enjoy an Awesome Day of Head Boat Fishing or an Amazing Sunset Cruise! Bring the Whole Family! Fish for a variety of species, including spot, croaker, flounder, grey trout, speckled trout...

Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head offers fishing and fun for the entire family! Go fishing, take a family fishing class or simply walk out to the end of this 1,000-foot-long, concrete ocean pier.