Rehoboth got expensive

Anonymous wrote:We were in Bethany last weekend, and it was so crowded (not to mention expensive)! Never going back again. I much prefer driving a few extra house down to Corolla or Duck where I can spread out on the beach.

Because Duck and Corolla aren't crowded? You couldn't pay me to do that 7 hour drive for a mess worse than DE or MD.

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07/13/2021 00:06

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah we are flying to cape cod where it isn’t sweltering. I can’t imagine paying what people pay for our beaches.

Cape Cod...now THAT water is cold.

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07/13/2021 00:10

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. We’ve been coming every year for 8 years because we had small kids and we come because it is close, convenient, with good restaurants for not very much $$. I am now spending $35-50 for breakfast, $75-85 for lunch and $125-200 for dinner per day. We stay in a hotel for the pool. Games are now $2 each and skeeball is $.50.

Oh man, we haven’t been in two years but went every year before then, so not looking forward to finding changes. If Sammy’s‘s got expensive I don’t think I could handle it!

Sammy’s is still awesome.

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07/13/2021 00:15

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Anonymous wrote:Is it the best beach? Nope. But some families have been going there for generations, and seeing my kids enjoy some of the same places I grew up with is priceless.

This. I manage the rental of our Rehoboth house, and most of our guests have been coming to RB since they were kids. We host many multi-generational families.

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07/13/2021 00:18

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Anonymous wrote:Op back with an update - funland tix were 100 for $30 in 2019. They are now $48. Also, no one is masked (!!!)

It’s outdoors!

It’s super crowded and some
Of the rides and games are enclosed.

In June, Funland was limiting capacity.

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07/13/2021 00:22

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love how cheap rehoboth was. Everyone has raised their prices and now I’m spending what I would pay to go to the Caribbean for a week.

Agree. renting a house on or near the water is gonna cost you about $8-10k per week in the peak summer weaks. That's insane. I'd much take that money and fly to the carribean or fly to europe! I get driving and convenience but man, that is a tough pill to swallow!

It is harder to find reasonably priced accommodations in Rehoboth because so many of the older houses have been knocked down and replaced with McMansions that charge $1k a night (or more) in high season.

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07/13/2021 09:11

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Anonymous wrote:When it’s 90 out, who wants warm ocean water???

I guess the folks who go to Mexico and the Caribbean have it all wrong! Better tell all those destination weddings to switch to Rehoboth!

I don't they were talking about weddings. But different strokes. We like Rehoboth because it's close by for a quick get away. No hassle. Our family has been going there for 40 years and it's become our tradition. Every year, we kick off the end of school year with a weekend trip to the Rehoboth. Nothing glamerous but I have so many good memories with my cousins, driving through miles and miles of cornfields and reaching the beach, catching crabs at dusk, flying kites.

I’m with ya. Been going to rehoboth my entire life and my parents were going before me. 50 years! Best local beach. Bethany is a snooze.

Same. My family has a house in North Shores (recently passed down to the next generation) and we go all the time. Rehoboth (and North Shores) has changed a lot since I was a kid, but nothing in life stays the same, so...

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07/13/2021 14:13

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love how cheap rehoboth was. Everyone has raised their prices and now I’m spending what I would pay to go to the Caribbean for a week.

Agree. renting a house on or near the water is gonna cost you about $8-10k per week in the peak summer weaks. That's insane. I'd much take that money and fly to the carribean or fly to europe! I get driving and convenience but man, that is a tough pill to swallow!

It is harder to find reasonably priced accommodations in Rehoboth because so many of the older houses have been knocked down and replaced with McMansions that charge $1k a night (or more) in high season.

Give it another 10-20 years and these prices will look like a bargain. Unfortunately, it’s the best option for families coming from DC that can’t stomach a 7 hour car ride or fly with unvaccinated young kids.

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07/13/2021 14:54

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Anonymous wrote:It used to be a very cheap vacation but since they put in a bridge 20 years ago prices gone steadily upwards.

Are you referring to the Bay Bridge?

Yeah, that was nearly 75 years ago. Pre- bridge, many Washingtonians made do with the smaller beaches along the bay in Southern MD.

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07/13/2021 16:17

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, definitely no foreign teens this summer, so im sure everyone needs to pay folks more.

I believe this is the "MAGA!" that Trump promised.

Oh, people don't like it because it's too expensive? Too bad.

It's not due to immigration policy, it's due to corona restrictions on people entering the US.

So now our teens are all employed and decently paid. Its a shame what happened to this country.

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07/13/2021 23:41

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love how cheap rehoboth was. Everyone has raised their prices and now I’m spending what I would pay to go to the Caribbean for a week.

Agree. renting a house on or near the water is gonna cost you about $8-10k per week in the peak summer weaks. That's insane. I'd much take that money and fly to the carribean or fly to europe! I get driving and convenience but man, that is a tough pill to swallow!

It is harder to find reasonably priced accommodations in Rehoboth because so many of the older houses have been knocked down and replaced with McMansions that charge $1k a night (or more) in high season.

Give it another 10-20 years and these prices will look like a bargain. Unfortunately, it’s the best option for families coming from DC that can’t stomach a 7 hour car ride or fly with unvaccinated young kids.

The larger trend is housing being bought and being used by the owner, rather than remaining in the rental market.

Up and down the east coast/beach areas, this is what is happening.

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07/14/2021 11:47

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