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Carolina Designs

Plan your Outer Banks vacation with us! Browse our inventory of 350+ premier Outer Banks vacation rentals, including houses in Duck, Corolla, Southern Shores, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, and Nags Head!

The Best Buoy

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Built in 1939, and fully renovated into a quintessential modern coastal cottage, “The Best Buoy” is the perfect place for a family vacation. With...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 9
H2OBX Waterpark

YOUR BEST SUMMER DAY - Nothing satisfies your craving for fun like a day at the H2OBX Waterpark. Start with that perfect Carolina sun. Add a dose of adrenaline as you soar 6 stories up on The Rogue Wave or drop 90 screaming feet down The Plank...

Turtle Shack

Turtle Shack is located close to the beach in the charming oceanside community Sea Tern, just north of Duck Village. Bring your family along with your furry friend for some quality time. Relax, make memories, and enjoy the beach in the perfect...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
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...

Isle Be Breezy

SOUNDSIDE Salvo - North Sand Dollar Ct. - ISLE BE BREEZY is a seven-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath vacation heaven perched on Pamlico Sound. With a community boat ramp and a short walk to the beach ready to enthrall boaters, anglers, and beach...

  • Salvo
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
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...

OCEAN BREEZE

Carolina Designs presents Ocean Breeze, a spectacular 7-bedroom Duck vacation retreat loaded with premium amenities including a private pool and hot tub, rec room with pool table, SONOS sound system throughout, Roku TVs, and elevator convenience...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
Henry's Restaurant

Henry's Restaurant offers down home, simple food done Outer Banks style. Henry's Restaurant has been serving the Outer Banks of North Carolina since the summer of 1989. They are pleased to be considered one of the most popular restaurants in Dare...

Stella Maris

Stella Maris is the perfect retreat for you and your family. This lovely home is located on a child-friendly cul-de-sac, steps to the community pool and tennis court. Beach and sound are a short walk away. Soundside dock is a great place for...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
Salt Coast Outfitters

We offer one of a kind SALT COAST OUTFITTERS brand name tees, long sleeves, performance gear, Yeti tumblers, caps, eyeglasses, and more! Browse the fullest collection of coastal lifestyle clothing on the beach. Featuring a sizable selection of brand...

Point Leora H-10

Dreaming of ocean breezes and sunrise views? This gorgeous, newly-renovated home is ready to welcome you and your family to beautiful Hatteras Village for an unforgettable Outer Banks vacation experience! Offering some of the best ocean views on...

  • Hatteras
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
Donutz on a Stick

Stay, Play and Eat- Donuts, Ice Cream & Coffee Treats! Located on the Duck Boardwalk, behind Dockside Seafood, this breakfast & Dessert-Shop features treats you've never tasted before! Try the hot, made to order, donutz...

Sounds Great R-213

Sounds Great, overlooking the Pamlico Sound, with its beautiful waters and kaleidoscopic skies, is the ideal place to start when looking for the perfect sunset. Grab a refreshing drink and head to any one of the three levels of furnished decks or...

  • Rodanthe
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
5/16 - 5/23
$2,742  $3,242
$500 off
5/23 - 5/30
$3,700  $4,450
$750 off
5/30 - 6/6
$5,022  $5,772
$750 off
6/20 - 6/27
$6,704  $7,904
$1,200 off
6/27 - 7/4
$7,720  $8,920
$1,200 off
8/8 - 8/15
$6,093  $7,293
$1,200 off
8/15 - 8/22
$5,482  $6,682
$1,200 off
8/22 - 8/29
$5,072  $5,822
$750 off
8/29 - 9/5
$4,461  $5,211
$750 off
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 (877) 359-8447

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...

Coquina Beach

Located just south of Nags Head, Coquina Beach is a refreshingly undeveloped stretch of shoreline that's close to the central Outer Banks towns of Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, and Kitty Hawk, but feels like it's miles away.

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...