Would you pay $10k to rent a beach house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such a general question, with no context.

It would depend on how long you’re renting it for and how big it is. Also, what’s included, amenities , proximity to the beach, etc.

4 nights, oceanfront, nice stretch of beach on NC coastline, brand new, all updated amenities. It looks fully booked except for that one weekend I am looking at.

Wait - $10K for a WEEKEND???

[Anonymous]

We just spent $18,000 to rent two side by side beachfront condos on a Caribbean island with a connecting door for three weeks. I’m early retired and stayed the whole three weeks and all of the kids and grandkids and their spouses came and went for as long as they could given work and school schedules. It was awesome. I’d never spent $10k on a NC house for four days though. What a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just spent $18,000 to rent two side by side beachfront condos on a Caribbean island with a connecting door for three weeks. I’m early retired and stayed the whole three weeks and all of the kids and grandkids and their spouses came and went for as long as they could given work and school schedules. It was awesome. I’d never spent $10k on a NC house for four days though. What a waste of money.

I wish some of you would post links to these vacation rentals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just spent $18,000 to rent two side by side beachfront condos on a Caribbean island with a connecting door for three weeks. I’m early retired and stayed the whole three weeks and all of the kids and grandkids and their spouses came and went for as long as they could given work and school schedules. It was awesome. I’d never spent $10k on a NC house for four days though. What a waste of money.

Right. Did you pay for everyone to fly there as well? Or perhaps you took them on your private jet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just spent $18,000 to rent two side by side beachfront condos on a Caribbean island with a connecting door for three weeks. I’m early retired and stayed the whole three weeks and all of the kids and grandkids and their spouses came and went for as long as they could given work and school schedules. It was awesome. I’d never spent $10k on a NC house for four days though. What a waste of money.

Right. Did you pay for everyone to fly there as well? Or perhaps you took them on your private jet.

Ha ha no I didn’t pay for everyone’s full fares, but we did subsidize with frequent flier miles when we could. I also dropped $4k to hire a family run business that handled all of the back and forth airport transports for the staggered visits and a couple of really cool boat excursions.

My point is simply that this is a much better way to spend the money

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just spent $18,000 to rent two side by side beachfront condos on a Caribbean island with a connecting door for three weeks. I’m early retired and stayed the whole three weeks and all of the kids and grandkids and their spouses came and went for as long as they could given work and school schedules. It was awesome. I’d never spent $10k on a NC house for four days though. What a waste of money.

Right. Did you pay for everyone to fly there as well? Or perhaps you took them on your private jet.

Ha ha no I didn’t pay for everyone’s full fares, but we did subsidize with frequent flier miles when we could. I also dropped $4k to hire a family run business that handled all of the back and forth airport transports for the staggered visits and a couple of really cool boat excursions.

My point is simply that this is a much better way to spend the money

That’s great for you.

[Anonymous]

OP, you should have in mind two vacation options, and nothing is a "yes" without a deposit given to you BY x date. Other option is if that doesn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get the place you want to get, and invite people if you want them there. But don’t ask them for money. That is so tacky.

If you can’t afford to pay for it, but want a group vacation, start from *scratch* and be open to other ideas besides the beach. People might want to at least discuss a mountain house/mountain resort, an island destination, Arizona, a cruise, etc. Not everyone thinks East Coach beach houses are great vacation spots. Many people find them boring and way too overpriced for the actual experience.

This. I'm absolutely not able to pay for a 10k rental. (We're paying for an Airbnb now for the long weekend with my mom and the total is $700, and the main living room light doesnt work, if that gives you context.) The only trip I've spent thousands on was my honeymoon to Italy, and we saved for two years for that. So if we were going to spend that kind of money, I would be planning it over a year in advance and it wouldn't just be to relax at the beach.

[Anonymous]

LOL, for a month? Sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just spent $18,000 to rent two side by side beachfront condos on a Caribbean island with a connecting door for three weeks. I’m early retired and stayed the whole three weeks and all of the kids and grandkids and their spouses came and went for as long as they could given work and school schedules. It was awesome. I’d never spent $10k on a NC house for four days though. What a waste of money.

Right. Did you pay for everyone to fly there as well? Or perhaps you took them on your private jet.

Ha ha no I didn’t pay for everyone’s full fares, but we did subsidize with frequent flier miles when we could. I also dropped $4k to hire a family run business that handled all of the back and forth airport transports for the staggered visits and a couple of really cool boat excursions.

My point is simply that this is a much better way to spend the money

That’s great for you.

Thanks. We hadn’t done squat for 2+ years so we figured WTF.

[Anonymous]

Wow -- We (four sibling/families) rent a beachfront house in OBX every year and the weekly price has been over $10K since I've been going -- 9 years now. It's over $13K this year and we're going off season (after Labor Day).

I know, it's nuts, but we have the best time.

[Anonymous]

Never. I also don't think the beach is that great. I'd rather go to Europe than spend that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just spent $18,000 to rent two side by side beachfront condos on a Caribbean island with a connecting door for three weeks. I’m early retired and stayed the whole three weeks and all of the kids and grandkids and their spouses came and went for as long as they could given work and school schedules. It was awesome. I’d never spent $10k on a NC house for four days though. What a waste of money.

This is me too.

[Anonymous]

Book it if 10K is doable for you and you won’t resent your siblings for not coming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such a general question, with no context.

It would depend on how long you’re renting it for and how big it is. Also, what’s included, amenities , proximity to the beach, etc.

4 nights, oceanfront, nice stretch of beach on NC coastline, brand new, all updated amenities. It looks fully booked except for that one weekend I am looking at.

Wait - $10K for a WEEKEND???

Just saw it’s for 4 nights. How huge is this place? Unless it’s huuuuge, then no.