Rehoboth beach- cost and the economy

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Anonymous wrote:This is everywhere. Beach places make the majority of their revenue in 3 months. They have to make enough in those few months to stay in business. I’m going to Rehoboth in August. I think the room was $650 a night. I love Rehoboth and keep going back, but it would be cheaper to fly to Cancun for the beach.

$650 for a mid Atlantic beach hotel is wild, we’re staying at much nicer places in Europe for way less than that.

I stayed Hotel Rehoboth last summer and it was $1,000 a night.

Lmao. A hotel at that price on a Mediterranean island would be on par with the four seasons

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We still love Rehoboth Beach. If you rent a house for a week, it would come out to be <$1000/night. We went to all-inclusive resort earlier this year and was >$12000 for 6 days. Rehoboth would have been cheaper.

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Anonymous wrote:Minimum wage is now $15 per hour in DE. Of course, prices must increase to cover the new minimum wages.

keep beating that drum, boot licker

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We stay a little further down, in Dewey, and it is much better. Beaches are less crowded,rentals are a bit cheaper.

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Anonymous wrote:Ocean city has free parking. Bring your own chairs and umbrella and a cooler. You don’t have to rent everything.

Where? Every place I went was metered.

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I’m not a beach person but going for just a day and driving home greatly lessens the costs.

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Anonymous wrote:Funland is one of the best deals on the east coast!

It's not.

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Paying a $1000 a night for Rehoboth LOL is just stupid.

Doing dishes, bringing sheets and toilet paper for a beach vacation is not a vacation.

I grew up on the beach it is my happy place no way would I do any of this at Rehoboth.

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Anonymous wrote:We still love Rehoboth Beach. If you rent a house for a week, it would come out to be <$1000/night. We went to all-inclusive resort earlier this year and was >$12000 for 6 days. Rehoboth would have been cheaper.

But instead of hanging out for a week care free and catered to, you’re instead spending a huge chunk of your vacation meal planning, grocery shopping, cooking, washing dishes, doing laundry, sweeping, making beds, lugging beach gear, etc, while still spending thousands of dollars (and once you factor in food and drink probably paying almost as much if not more than you’d pay for the all inclusive). Sounds like a pretty rotten vacation to me, but to each their own.

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My kids are 11 and 13 and we go because it's nostalgic for them. We are going for three nights. Maybe next year we'll go for 2. The arcade is the budget buster for us.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Maybe y'all haven't been to Funland yet this year. The carousel is 3 tickets. So if it's a 2 year old and you have to hold them it's 6 tickets. Tickets are 75 cents each so $4.50 a ride. That's a big jump

Stop whining. Don't go to Funland, then! You are really dying in a stupid hill.

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Anonymous wrote:We still love Rehoboth Beach. If you rent a house for a week, it would come out to be <$1000/night. We went to all-inclusive resort earlier this year and was >$12000 for 6 days. Rehoboth would have been cheaper.

But instead of hanging out for a week care free and catered to, you’re instead spending a huge chunk of your vacation meal planning, grocery shopping, cooking, washing dishes, doing laundry, sweeping, making beds, lugging beach gear, etc, while still spending thousands of dollars (and once you factor in food and drink probably paying almost as much if not more than you’d pay for the all inclusive). Sounds like a pretty rotten vacation to me, but to each their own.

Lol, no one's sweeping or cleaning a rental house.
And no one says you have to cook, there are plenty of restaurants and eatery options in Rehoboth.
I'm not saying a week in Rehoboth is the same experience as an all inclusive resort in Greece or Caribbean.
Different experiences...we do both.
Going abroad you lose 1-2 days just travelling, deal with lines/customs at airport, packed like sardines on flight (unless you upgrade the whole family to first class and pay $$$).
And some people don't like being stuck in 1 place.
I'm just saying for a week that is focused on beach, still cheaper at Rehoboth.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a beach person but going for just a day and driving home greatly lessens the costs.

where do you park?

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Anonymous wrote:It's very expensive there we just got back. Not sure it was worth the cost if I'm honest.

Yet it's busier than ever so it's apparently worth it to some people.

It wasn't really busy at all!

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Anonymous wrote:We still love Rehoboth Beach. If you rent a house for a week, it would come out to be <$1000/night. We went to all-inclusive resort earlier this year and was >$12000 for 6 days. Rehoboth would have been cheaper.

But instead of hanging out for a week care free and catered to, you’re instead spending a huge chunk of your vacation meal planning, grocery shopping, cooking, washing dishes, doing laundry, sweeping, making beds, lugging beach gear, etc, while still spending thousands of dollars (and once you factor in food and drink probably paying almost as much if not more than you’d pay for the all inclusive). Sounds like a pretty rotten vacation to me, but to each their own.

Meal planning—done before we leave. I have lists from years past so it isn’t hard to adjust.
Grocery shopping—this is where I splurge and do Instacart. I build the cart ahead of time and click to send my order about half an hour before we check in. By the time we are settled in the house; the food arrives!
Cooking—I cook all the time so I’m good at it and efficient, but really it isn’t complicated stuff. Burgers and corn on the grill, cut a watermelon, precut veggies. Sheet pan dinners. (I bring foil and parchment so I don’t even have to clean the pan). Cereal and yogurt for breakfast. Sandwiches and snacks for lunch. Everyone pitches in and it’s not a big deal. Dishes get washed by the dishwasher and we alternate putting them away.

Totally get that it’s not for you, but it works for some of us!