My DD is very excited to attend beach week- just like I was almost 30 years ago. They’ve rented a house in Dewey and paid more to make sure it’s in walking distance of everything. There will be lectures- but these are adults who will all be going to college. I have to trust her just like I will need to in the fall.

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Anonymous wrote:New laws and rules won't allow you to rent an Airbnb to those under 25 unless it's a shady direct rent situation

I don't know about AirBnB rules, but there are many homeowners in popular beach week spots (Outer Banks, DE beaches, NJ beaches) that charge a premium and will rent to kids for beach week. Most beach weeks are during low periods (early June) when normal families aren't interested in renting...so the homeowner chooses between a likely empty house or getting peak rates for that week explicitly understanding a bunch of teens will rent the house.

We let our kid do it. Had all kids sign a "lease" with a code-of-conduct and had parents sign as well. That is one thing you need to be on the lookout...some kids that are happy to come to the house are lying to their parents as to where they will be that week because their parents won't allow them to attend.

By having both the kid and parents sign the code-of-conduct it naturally weeded out some bad actors.

Would love to see the code of conduct!

This will be my DD next year after her senior year of HS and yes I'll be letting her go.

Just as her two older brothers did upon HS graduation.

Anonymous wrote:New laws and rules won't allow you to rent an Airbnb to those under 25 unless it's a shady direct rent situation

I don't know about AirBnB rules, but there are many homeowners in popular beach week spots (Outer Banks, DE beaches, NJ beaches) that charge a premium and will rent to kids for beach week. Most beach weeks are during low periods (early June) when normal families aren't interested in renting...so the homeowner chooses between a likely empty house or getting peak rates for that week explicitly understanding a bunch of teens will rent the house.

We let our kid do it. Had all kids sign a "lease" with a code-of-conduct and had parents sign as well. That is one thing you need to be on the lookout...some kids that are happy to come to the house are lying to their parents as to where they will be that week because their parents won't allow them to attend.

By having both the kid and parents sign the code-of-conduct it naturally weeded out some bad actors.

Anonymous wrote:New laws and rules won't allow you to rent an Airbnb to those under 25 unless it's a shady direct rent situation

vrbo is 18, but at owners discretion.

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Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go, I would let her. She will be extremely upset, rightly so, if you don’t allow her.

OP’s daughter will be 17, and it seems like she is asking OP to also finance the trip, so I wouldn’t give a rats @ss if she was upset if I said no.

dp.. I wouldn't finance it or rent a place for them, but I won't stop them. That's what happened last year with DS. There was a huge group of them. One of the parents drove in a separate car with them down there; gave them a lecture about safety, then drove back home.

I had DS text me every night to make sure they were ok (DS was still 17). We have been to several rental homes, and DS knows what needs to be done before checkout. They all cleaned up the place before they left, and later, the owner even thanked them for how well they cleaned up.

I guess it depends on your kid and their group of friends.

My sophomore DD's group of friends are also pretty responsible and aren't big into parties.

I was very hesitant at first, but if your kid is generally a good kid, good grades (DS was in a magnet, straight A student), I think it would be harsh to not let them celebrate the end of their k-12 years this way.

If they have made several questionable decisions in the past, I wouldn't let them do it.

New laws and rules won't allow you to rent an Airbnb to those under 25 unless it's a shady direct rent situation

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Anonymous wrote:^ Thanks for your reply. She won't be 18 until August but most of her friends will be, so they won't have any issues with renting for themselves. Yes she's going off to college

On what planet are they getting rentals at the beach?

I was surprised, too, but there are some who will rent to 18 yr olds.