Upscale beach resort in NJ, DE, maybe MD

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Is the ocean crucial?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress Hall in Cape May, or Icona in Avalon might work

Congress Hall is part of a group of historic hotels and you have access to all their amenities. We stayed at a house across from the Virginia Hotel and it was fantastic. But it’s an old house so I wouldn’t recommend it if your kids are noisy. But check out all their properties.

We stay with our young kids at their Star Inn property across from Congress Hall - in the "suites" part of their inn, which is definitely more kid friendly. We walk across the street to the Congress Inn pool and amenities. We've also stayed at the Sandpiper (also affiliated). But I think a toddler would be ok in a room at Congress Hall proper moreso than my 2 young ES aged kids.

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Anonymous wrote:We love Rehoboth. But you can’t compare the beaches here to MV.

OP said upscale.

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Drive to OBX and stay at the Sanderling

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress Hall in Cape May, or Icona in Avalon might work

Congress Hall is part of a group of historic hotels and you have access to all their amenities. We stayed at a house across from the Virginia Hotel and it was fantastic. But it’s an old house so I wouldn’t recommend it if your kids are noisy. But check out all their properties.

+1 to the Icona

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Op here - thank you for all of this! How was the food at the Icona? Or do you just eat elsewhere? (Baby early bedtime so we would do takeout I guess!)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We love Rehoboth. But you can’t compare the beaches here to MV.

I do too, but luxury it’s not.

So trashy.

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You know you can fly very easily to the Vineyard from DC? or DC to Hyannis and take the ferry?

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Not on the ocean, but the Tides Inn has a heated pool and good room service. But assuming someone else is flying the plane, I think it’s easier to fly up to Massachusetts with a six month old than drive to a mid-Atlantic beach resort in the summer (if one existed).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe in the inn at Perry cabin, but really there are no luxury beachfront resorts in MD, DE or NJ.
Cheasapeke bay Hyatt, but the food is not good and it’s on a river not the beach.
The Bellmoor, while nice, isn’t on the beach, and the Rehoboth restaurants that are nice aren’t baby friendly.

The Bellmoor has easy beach access though (2 or 3 blocks?) which is all she asked for.

They have a wonderful breakfast in a large room and courtyard. Food offerings have varied over the years. There is not a full service restaurant on site. Small, but family oriented pool. Not sure I would want to be in it as a parent with kids, and those with diapers.

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This might be as close as you are going to get to what you seek

https://reedsatshelterhaven.com/

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Anonymous wrote:Op here - thank you for all of this! How was the food at the Icona? Or do you just eat elsewhere? (Baby early bedtime so we would do takeout I guess!)

Icona i great for its location but it is just a hotel, nicer than the others in the area (except the Reeds which I just shared in the post above.)

Stone Harbor and Avalon have plenty of "ok" places, but very little that is 4 star spectacular.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress Hall in Cape May, or Icona in Avalon might work

Congress Hall is part of a group of historic hotels and you have access to all their amenities. We stayed at a house across from the Virginia Hotel and it was fantastic. But it’s an old house so I wouldn’t recommend it if your kids are noisy. But check out all their properties.

We stay with our young kids at their Star Inn property across from Congress Hall - in the "suites" part of their inn, which is definitely more kid friendly. We walk across the street to the Congress Inn pool and amenities. We've also stayed at the Sandpiper (also affiliated). But I think a toddler would be ok in a room at Congress Hall proper moreso than my 2 young ES aged kids.

Do the Sandpiper - it’s a condo style. Having a kitchen with a baby is handy.

They have beach service so they will set up the umbrella/chairs for you and bring you lunch. I loved it when my kids were little. Very easy.

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Lol 😂 pick another state.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We love Rehoboth. But you can’t compare the beaches here to MV.

I do too, but luxury it’s not.

So trashy.

That's part of the charm.