OT: Cost of shore rentals - will people continue to pay?
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Still, that's a lot to drop for a weekly rental (for us). Especially one with really bad stone work like the one posted further up in this thread. 😂
We added weeks to our vacations in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Back to normal this season. You are right, prices haven't gone down, but that may take a year or two to settle.
On LBI- $7500 for a nice spot on the bay in the prime months. $10k plus for something on the beach block. A 5 bedroom beach block house is likely $15k and above. I had a neighbor who decided to rent his house one year for the month of July at $30k/week. He spent a month in Italy for a fraction of that. Crazy prices indeed. Best time to go would be September to get well under those prices.
They were rays (maybe skates, not sure what exact kind they were; they were timid and would swim around/away from you). I don't think anyone will mistaken a NJ beach for the Caribbean but that doesn't mean NJ beaches aren't great/ have a different kind of beauty.
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We go to PPB after Labor Day as my daughter is still not school age. Used to do Cape May for two weeks bc it’s only like 5 day vacation when you do the Saturday to Saturday vacation. The cost and the work to schlep everything down there have become the major deterrent to doing this again.
Mexico or DR higher end all inclusive is a way better deal. Would much rather spend on a kid friendly resort with activities and a waterpark.
Love Aruba too, the restaurants are so damn good. Never do an all inclusive there.
Mexico or DR higher end all inclusive is a way better deal. Would much rather spend on a kid friendly resort with activities and a waterpark.
Love Aruba too, the restaurants are so damn good. Never do an all inclusive there.
We pay $25k for a week in September on LBI. Ocean front with a beautiful pool and layout. We invite 10or so friends and have a blast. For us, it’s worth it and why we worked so hard for many years. To his his own, though.
$4k you can’t really find, and if you do it hasn’t been updated since the 70’s or has a really weird layout.
$6k is a little dated and the beds are probably a bit lumpy
Any sort of Caribbean equivalent would be $10k+
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Have you ever been to Island Beach State Park? It’s absolutely beautiful. You lost me when you said Delaware beaches. Yellow, coarse sand and a sharp drop off is not my idea of beautiful beaches and the water is no different than NJ
Just wrapping up a week in Brigantine with my entire family.
1 and 1/2 block from the beach. 4 bedroom, 4 full bath, dining room table that sat 10, multiple decks and a lift from the ground to 3rd floor.
$4,500 (split 4 ways)
The house had basically everything we needed and don’t think we could find a better deal.
Renting a house for $10K - $25K down the Jersey shore for a week is sickening to me but to each their own.
1 and 1/2 block from the beach. 4 bedroom, 4 full bath, dining room table that sat 10, multiple decks and a lift from the ground to 3rd floor.
$4,500 (split 4 ways)
The house had basically everything we needed and don’t think we could find a better deal.
Renting a house for $10K - $25K down the Jersey shore for a week is sickening to me but to each their own.
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Once you discover you can travel to much nicer places for that price or less you'll never go back.
I was in Cayman for 5 days in February for 3k. Going back in November and might spend 4k to stay in a nicer place. Family of 4.
Sure if I wanted to stay in the Westin and pay $1400 a month it would be more but you don't need to do that.
I have no concern at all that you'll get there my good man. 👍
Nope….I should have clarified that this was $4,500 split between my entire family (4 ways)….so a little over $1,000 for a full week down the shore.
I do other traveling besides the Jersey shore but there’s really no where you can take a family for a week at that rate….which is why I think it can’t be beat.
Now if we dropped $8 - 15K total on a house for the week I would agree with you.
It’s funny you mention. Yes. Very nice and rustic. Water was surprisingly clear. Del has some nice beaches. It’s no Atlantic City. Yuck.
In the NE, I actually liked going to Robert Moses beach on Long Island as a kid. Pay for parking and no head count for charge to access water. Quiet. No board walk and relaxing to enjoy with family.
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I just got back from Italy. While beautiful, nothing quite beats the jersey shore. Yes, yes, call me crazy
I’m aware that sand, sediment, and particles play a role on how water looks. That being said, please don’t compare the quality of beach waters of NJ with any beach in the Caribbean. They just don’t compare.
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It all depends what you're looking for
We never had a family house down the shore so we don't have the emotional attachment some do
Also, we went different places as kids (Jersey shore, Outer Banks, Myrtle Beach, Florida) that had beaches, so we got to see some different places and what their beach scene was like
Also, we live 20 minutes via back roads from Manasquan / Spring Lake / Sea Girt, so we can go there on a whim
I like the feeling of flying somewhere. As kids, we drove and it sucked. Flying feels to me like you're officially "on vacation." We try to grab the earliest flight possible to avoid any mishaps (delays, weather, etc.) on airlines and at airports where there's ample backup plans in case something happens, and not one flight per day
The only beaches in NJ I'd vacation at would be the aforementioned 3 above plus Brigantine, Stone Harbor, or Avalon. We'd have to get a ridiculously good deal and it would be 3/4 days max
All in for 3 people with flights, rental car and beach front condo for 8 days at Marco Island was 3,500. Spending money got us for another $1500 (dinners, groceries, excursions, wave runners, etc.) so 5k all in is what we spent
It truly felt like a vacation, the flight was 2.5 hours, easy in easy out from EWR-RSW. Yes, it gets hot from Noon-4. Buddy got us into the JW beach/pool for a few days, also TigerTail Beach, dolphin swimming in Miami and airboat tour in everglades. Also rented waverunners, and just went in the gulf for 3-4 hours a day
Dinners on 5th Ave in Naples are pricey, but super nice. Looking at Sarasota / Siesta Key next time, or Sanibel Island (South Seas Plantation) if it's rebuilt by then. South Seas was our first choice but it got crushed by Hurriance last year
We never had a family house down the shore so we don't have the emotional attachment some do
Also, we went different places as kids (Jersey shore, Outer Banks, Myrtle Beach, Florida) that had beaches, so we got to see some different places and what their beach scene was like
Also, we live 20 minutes via back roads from Manasquan / Spring Lake / Sea Girt, so we can go there on a whim
I like the feeling of flying somewhere. As kids, we drove and it sucked. Flying feels to me like you're officially "on vacation." We try to grab the earliest flight possible to avoid any mishaps (delays, weather, etc.) on airlines and at airports where there's ample backup plans in case something happens, and not one flight per day
The only beaches in NJ I'd vacation at would be the aforementioned 3 above plus Brigantine, Stone Harbor, or Avalon. We'd have to get a ridiculously good deal and it would be 3/4 days max
All in for 3 people with flights, rental car and beach front condo for 8 days at Marco Island was 3,500. Spending money got us for another $1500 (dinners, groceries, excursions, wave runners, etc.) so 5k all in is what we spent
It truly felt like a vacation, the flight was 2.5 hours, easy in easy out from EWR-RSW. Yes, it gets hot from Noon-4. Buddy got us into the JW beach/pool for a few days, also TigerTail Beach, dolphin swimming in Miami and airboat tour in everglades. Also rented waverunners, and just went in the gulf for 3-4 hours a day
Dinners on 5th Ave in Naples are pricey, but super nice. Looking at Sarasota / Siesta Key next time, or Sanibel Island (South Seas Plantation) if it's rebuilt by then. South Seas was our first choice but it got crushed by Hurriance last year
You guys are comparing peak season Jersey Shore pricing (July -Aug) to low season pricing in FL and Cayman. Sure you may have the flexibility to travel those times so it may not matter but its not apples to apples comparisons.
How much are those weeks around Christmas or Spring Break?
Insanely ridiculous peak season in FL gulf coast
OTTOMH, likely equal to or great to NJ
Which, absent of a college football national championship or Italian soccer world cup, I would not spend that kind of $ (likely north of 10k all in)
I posted earlier the huge villa in Virgin Gorda- pool, on the beach, room for 12 at 12k for a week.
So much better deal.
Can you rent a place in Spring Lake for a few midweek days in the off season? What would the cost per night range be? I might be interested in doing that for an extended family of five people total (all adults). I don't need to be near the water, but want to be in or near the town.
Winter is great in the Caribbean but summer is the rainy season for many islands. I spent 2 weeks there for my honeymoon and it rained every single day.
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if you have to fly somewhere, the calculus changes when you have a family or multiple families. that could double your cost not to mention the headache.
The comparison was made to show blue/green water is not dirty like you think. Simply environmental factors which make it so. You seemed to associate not clear with dirty.
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We know. Depending on where you fly and how many people, it’s still cheaper or about the same.
It’s not about the cost. You can’t pay me to get on a plane with my kids.
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That's the going rate for SH near the beach - new house with a pool and nice backyard. Plenty of room to invite over friends and family. Been doing it for 15 years and loving it more and more.
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Caribbean needs to be on season (Dec thru Mar). Otherwise, it is hot, humid, rainy, and buggy. No thanks!
And the traffic getting to DE beaches is worse many times.
My kids have flown for many years since they were 18 months old and never much of an issue.
Not for Aruba. It's the best because of the trade winds so it's virtually never too hot and humid or buggy. And the food can't be beat.
You can get a 2 BR condo in Key West with Gulf views in FEB/MAR for about $4600 a week. Pool and walkable to Duvall and all the other spots in KW. Sheets provided lol
Don’t get me wrong on my previous comment. We love to travel and in addition to LBI we do annual vacations with our favorite places in addition to LBI being The Reefs in Bermuda and Somerset in Turks on Grace Bay. Like Hawaii too and been there 10-12 times but long flight and lots of homeless problems that evolved over the past few decades.
We are booked for Hawaii next March (Oahu). Any advice? First time with the little one. We decided not to island hop and really experience Oahu. Seems like we can fill up 8-9 days in a blink of an eye.
We also love Bermuda, but our Fairmont Southamption is going through major renovations. May not reopen until 2025/2026.
I’ve been to beaches in Mexico (all coasts), Italy, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Florida, Jersey, Long Island, Texas, Georgia, The Carolina’s, Delaware, Oahu, Big Island, So Cal. Now I live in Santa Cruz, CA. The Jersey Shore is second to none. It screams beach!
You are a textbook Jersey shore guy that's why. Its massively overrated IMO. Love myself Spring Lake tho and Ocean City.
February is peak season. 3k and I was on one of the nicest beaches on the planet. The point of this thread was to ask if people would continue to pay the ridiculously inflated prices to vacation at the Jersey shore and it appears this year the answer has been no based on articles. To each their own.
Sorry my bad. Spring Lake is a shit hole guys, stay away from that place.
