Better beach trips driving from dmv

[Anonymous]

Virginia beach boardwalk is boring and the sand are coarse with chipped tiny seashell. My kids get cut on their feet playing along the beach shores. It was like 5 hours drive for us from dmv. Ocean city boardwalk is more fun but the food is blah. It was like 4 hours drive for us from dmv. We eat out every meal , and we all have constipation problems. My 2 ES picky eaters think McDonald and papa john taste better than those pizza or American burger places. They drink to much sodas and ice cream etc. We miss bakery shop and some simple homestyle taste food. We have a car, and I don't understand why we could not find good food.

Where do you all go for beach trips from dmv? What do you all eat breakfast/lunch/dinner if you check in hotel and no cooking?

[Anonymous]

Delaware beaches are nicer. There's a reason they are more expensive.

Stay in an Airbnb to have a kitchen and do a mix of eating out and simple food. We don't cook but like having breakfast stuff at home, sometimes making sandwiches, etc.

[Anonymous]

Op here. We added Williamsburg Busch garden, water county USA, Virginia aquarium to Virginia beach trip to make it more fun. We are not real beach family. To us, any beach trips with 1-2 days max on beach is enough, and we like to do add on & go explore somewhere (no national park, no history tours and no hiking) like aquarium/theme park/interactive museums/cruise/boat tours etc. We are not a big fan of beach food.

[Anonymous]

I think it depends what you’re looking for.
We love Rehoboth. It’s less than 3 hours drive. We usually eat out once a day and at home/or picnic twice a day.
Our bar is low for food though. We go to seafood places but the kids also like pizza, tenders etc, which we allow, it’s their vacation too. We don’t get fast food on vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. We added Williamsburg Busch garden, water county USA, Virginia aquarium to Virginia beach trip to make it more fun. We are not real beach family. To us, any beach trips with 1-2 days max on beach is enough, and we like to do add on & go explore somewhere (no national park, no history tours and no hiking) like aquarium/theme park/interactive museums/cruise/boat tours etc. We are not a big fan of beach food.

Then stop going to the beach. You’ve answered your own question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. We added Williamsburg Busch garden, water county USA, Virginia aquarium to Virginia beach trip to make it more fun. We are not real beach family. To us, any beach trips with 1-2 days max on beach is enough, and we like to do add on & go explore somewhere (no national park, no history tours and no hiking) like aquarium/theme park/interactive museums/cruise/boat tours etc. We are not a big fan of beach food.

Then stop going to the beach. You’ve answered your own question.

Op here. Kids want to go to beach to play sand and water every year. They love the oceanview from hotel. We do 2 vacation every summer, and one is often involved a beach. We try to plan 1 week beach trip every summer that involves 1-2 days max that they can play on beach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. We added Williamsburg Busch garden, water county USA, Virginia aquarium to Virginia beach trip to make it more fun. We are not real beach family. To us, any beach trips with 1-2 days max on beach is enough, and we like to do add on & go explore somewhere (no national park, no history tours and no hiking) like aquarium/theme park/interactive museums/cruise/boat tours etc. We are not a big fan of beach food.

Then stop going to the beach. You’ve answered your own question.

Op here. Kids want to go to beach to play sand and water every year. They love the oceanview from hotel. We do 2 vacation every summer, and one is often involved a beach. We try to plan 1 week beach trip every summer that involves 1-2 days max that they can play on beach.

Then do a day trip to Greenbriar state park, or Sandy Point state park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. We added Williamsburg Busch garden, water county USA, Virginia aquarium to Virginia beach trip to make it more fun. We are not real beach family. To us, any beach trips with 1-2 days max on beach is enough, and we like to do add on & go explore somewhere (no national park, no history tours and no hiking) like aquarium/theme park/interactive museums/cruise/boat tours etc. We are not a big fan of beach food.

Then stop going to the beach. You’ve answered your own question.

+1 beach food is terrible and you need to plan for that. Many places are brunch and close by 2 or 3 and then other places are open evening only and stay open late with DJs and horrible things like that. But lots of people must go to the beach, drink all night and then sleep in and want brunch. I'm the complete opposite so I just plan ahead!

[Anonymous]

None of the DelMarVa beach places are all that great. We love the Côte de Azur for this reason. Calm seas, fair winds, plenty of sun and spectacular food and drink.

[Anonymous]

OP I’m having a lot of fun reading your posts in a variety of different accents. Try DE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of the DelMarVa beach places are all that great. We love the Côte de Azurfor this reason. Calm seas, fair winds, plenty of sun and spectacular food and drink.

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[Anonymous]

We’re in Rehoboth now and havent had a beach day because of the crappy weather.
We’ve swam in the pool, been bowling, ridden bikes to the boardwalk to get ice cream, been to shell we bounce twice, played card games and had a serious amount of fun.
Kid brought a friend and other friends are here too although in a hotel.
Today we’re going to play virtual Top Golf then kids will swim at the friends indoor hotel pool.
You can have fun anywhere with some planning and imagination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia beach boardwalk is boring and the sand are coarse with chipped tiny seashell. My kids get cut on their feet playing along the beach shores. It was like 5 hours drive for us from dmv. Ocean city boardwalk is more fun but the food is blah. It was like 4 hours drive for us from dmv. We eat out every meal , and we all have constipation problems. My 2 ES picky eaters think McDonald and papa john taste better than those pizza or American burger places. They drink to much sodas and ice cream etc. We miss bakery shop and some simple homestyle taste food. We have a car, and I don't understand why we could not find good food.

Where do you all go for beach trips from dmv? What do you all eat breakfast/lunch/dinner if you check in hotel and no cooking?

Your choice of beach is not going to change that

You cannot be for real. You want good food but you admit your snot rockets only eat fast food. Just go to the Jersey Shore and call it a day.

[Anonymous]

We drive down to the South Carolina beaches, which is an 8 Hour Dr. but incredibly beautiful and you don’t have a lot of the chains – more local family owned restaurants.

[Anonymous]

I like Ocean City, Dewey, Rehoboth, but I dont go for the food. There are a few crab places I genuinely like and we eat there for dinners. Breakfast and lunch are food we buy at the grocery store just like at home. We stay in condos with kitchens. Eat breakfast at home, pack a sandwich for the beach, go out to dinner.

If we are staying a long time I will pack or buy a few things for dinner at home too. Most peoples stomachs dont agree with eating out every meal for days on end.

Even if you don't have a kitchen, eat a banana and peanut butter toast for breakfast instead of going out.