The Calm after the Outer Banks Storm

This week’s Memory Monday photo submission comes to us from Kirsten Gunsolus of Ashburn, Virginia who stayed with Outer Banks Blue this past September in the property “It’s a Shore Thing.” Kirsten shared with us these great photos of the Outer Banks version of nature right after Hurricane Irene passed through the area.

Kirsten tells us “Every year for the past 4 years, a group of friends and I (from Northern VA/Dulles area) have been coming to OBX (Duck/Corolla) and renting a house through Outer Banks Blue the week of Labor Day....this past year, we weren't sure if we were going to be able to come because of Hurricane Irene. Fortunately, Duck wasn't hit as hard as the southern part of the island, so the house we were staying in "Its a Shore Thing" was OK and we were able to come just a few days after the roads had reopened. The pics that I sent you were of some of the wood that had washed up on the beach during the storm (we saw trucks during the week driving up and down the beach picking up the wood as quickly as they could)...and the other picture was just "the calm AFTER The storm".....as always, we had an amazing time, and look forward to visiting again this year!”

Thanks Kristen for sharing your memories, and we look forward to serving you again soon!


All the best from the beach!

Having Fun in the OBX

This week's memory Monday photo submission comes to us from Lisa Traczynski who provides us this athletic memory of her daughter Bailey from this past summer.

"This photo combines my daughter's two favorite things - Gymnastics and the Outer Banks Beaches!"

Thanks Lisa, and good luck on this month's drawing.

All the best from the beach!

Vacation Rental Scam in Florida

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Here’s a story that ran this week on the Today show regarding unscrupulous folks that are running scams on Vacation Rental properties in Florida. This is a growing trend around the country where these folks from Nigeria find a house listed for sale on REALTOR.COM or some other legitimate site, and then they “steal” the pictures, address, and information regarding the property and use the information in a bogus advertisement on Craigslist.com or some other site where an unsuspecting renter will come across the ad and find the house listed for rent at an unbelievable price. The renter signs a contract and sends money to an address somewhere in the USA and shows up at the property only to find the property is occupied by the homeowner and was never available for rent. There have been hundreds of these cases reported not only in Florida, but other parts of the country as well. To date, there have been no stories of this happening on the Outer Banks, but it could be just a matter of time before these people victimize an OBX Vacationer.

This is another example of the fact it is ALWAYS best to deal with a professional rental manager with a great reputation on your family’s vacation!

Outer Banks Blue is standing by to help you with a legitimate and great family vacation for 2012!

All the best from the beach!

Our OBX Family Getaway!

This week's Memory Monday submission is a groundbreaker for us here at Everything Outer Banks. We have our first submission from a fellow blogger! Danielle Woodruff of Purcellville, VA who stayed with Outer Banks
Blue during the infamous arrival of Hurricane Irene at the property "High Dune" in Duck.










Danielle shares these photos of her boys Gavin and Josh having a big time on the post hurricane beaches of the Outer banks this past September.


Check out Danielle's blog at sweetwoodrufflane.blogspot.com








Thanks Danielle for sharing your photo memories of the Outer Banks and good luck on this month's drawing. A reminder to everyone that each Monday we post a photo memory of one of Outer Banks Blue's customers visits to the OBX. We draw one lucky winner at random each month among the postings and that person gets $100 off of their next year's vacation with Outer Banks Blue.

We look forward to serving everyone in 2012!





All the best from the beach!

Go Green with Outer Banks Blue!

Happy New Year, what is new for you this year? Outer Banks Blue is always adding and taking away to produce fresh homes with the best deals on the beach! We offer bed & bath linens at no additional cost, as well as keyless entry into your vacation home, so that you do not have to check-in or out with us at our office! How about Going Green? Does that sound good? Outer Banks Blue offers an e-sign rental agreement and e-check payments. We also email check-in information, rather than mailing out papers and eliminating more trees. We hope that you choose to save a tree with us and go "BLUE"!

Starting the New Year off Right

What a great way to start the new year of “Memory Monday” photos with a picture of these two cuties from this past summer. This is Caysie Riker and Brianna Willett who are cousins and enjoyed their summer vacation last year in Corolla with their grandmother who submitted these photos. Special thanks to grandma (aka Kathy Riker of Apex, North Carolina) who caught these great photos and sent them in to us to share!


All the best from the beach!

Renewing Our Vows in the Outer Banks

This week’s Memory Monday submission is quite a memory indeed. How about a marriage on the beach?!

Elizabeth Bailey of Washingtonville, New York sends us this photo of her vacation memory from this past August when she and her husband renewed their vows after 10 years of marriage. Elizabeth stayed at “Letting Go II” in Corolla and she and her husband marked the occasion with this ceremony on the beach.

This story doesn’t have a great ending however as Elizabeth tells us “It was great, but unfortunately we were evacuated by Hurricane Irene immediately after this!”

Ugh…. Thanks for sharing your great memory anyway Elizabeth and all of us at OBX Blue wish you many happy returns of your anniversary!

All the best from the beach!