Vacation Rentals by Owner

Encinitas

Guest: m (Vancouver wa)
Date of Stay: 03/31/12 Review Submitted: 04/08/12

Great place! I will book it again for next Spring Break!

Recommended for:Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, tourists without a car, sightseeing.

Super Clean Condo - Excellent location.

Guest: IPM (Studio City, CA)
Date of Stay: 08/20/11 Review Submitted: 09/04/11

We just came back from our third trip to this Encinitas Townhouse. The home has everything you need to enjoy the beach and is centrally located to all activites in the area. Thanks to the owners for another fun week.

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, families with teenagers, families with young children, sightseeing.

A fabulous condo!

Guest: zj (Mendocino County, California)
Date of Stay: 03/26/11 Review Submitted: 04/26/11

What a wonderful place to stay and explore the San Diego area! This condo is spotlessly clean and is lovingly cared for by its owners. The kitchen is fully stocked (including a blender and toaster) and there are lots of extra towels and linens. The living room is cozy, with a large deck for outside dining. The master bedroom and bathrom and beautiful, and there are also two other bedrooms (one with twins- perfect for kids, and another with a queen).The owners were very helpful and quick to respond to any question I had. They would go out of their way to provide us with information, and they clearly love their condo. Seabluffe is a great community- we spent a lot of time in the heated pool/hot tub, especially after spending the afternoon at the beach. It is so convenient to be able to walk to the beach, so when our youngest child needed to nap, I could return to the condo with her while my husband and son stayed at the beach. This is one of the best maintained rentals I have ever stayed in, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to stay in the Encinitas area.

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

Guest: Sally from Vancouver
Date of Stay: 12/25/10 Review Submitted: 01/25/11

"We have enjoyed a wonderful get-away with our [family] in your lovely home in this beautiful location. You have provided everything and we are grateful for the important and thoughtful necessities. Totally enjoyed your selection of books, art on the wall, furnishings, etc. Thank you, again, many times over!

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Guest: Carl & Joyce & their Family
Date of Stay: 10/02/10 Review Submitted: 10/25/10

Wow! What a wonderful treat to stay in your beautiful home during our recent vacation! We were able to entertain frequently and everyone gushed over your beautiful home! The house was clean and very well supplied for all our needs. I definitely see why everyone gives it five stars!! It IS wonderful.

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Everything we expected and more!

Guest: Steve and Kasie (Prescott Valley, AZ)
Date of Stay: 04/24/10 Review Submitted: 05/19/10

We recently returned from a week at the beach house and found our stay to be most enjoyable. The house was well furnished, spacious and provided all the extras that we needed. We had plenty of room for my husband and I, our son and my mother and still had a room to spare. The front patio and back deck were wonderful for enjoying some fresh air in the afternoons and evenings. We loved having the internet access to look things up and keep up with email and such. We were close to everything we wanted to do, outlet shopping, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Seaworld, great restaurants and the beach of course! We really liked Pacific Coast Grill and Karl Strauss Brewery for places to eat. The beach was walking distance and when it was too chill for the beach we had the heated pool and hot tub. We also found a really great beach called Moonlight beach just a short drive up the road that had an excellent playground for children and we enjoyed several hours playing with our son there. I think anyone would have a memorable and comfortable stay at the beach house.

Recommended for:Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

Guest: Anonymous
Date of Stay: 01/25/10 Review Submitted: 01/25/10

2010 will be our third year to stay at this wonderful beach retreat. The house is great, clean, safe and has everything you need. My kids love it here and are all ready talking about our next stay. We can't wait!

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Wonderful and Relaxing Time For All :)

Guest: AZ travellers (Arizona)
Date of Stay: 10/03/09 Review Submitted: 10/13/09

This is a wonderful rental, and it has wonderful owners who have thought of so much for your stay. The rental was fully stocked with everything but food and your luggage. It was clean, refreshingly decorated, close to the beach, and very comfortable. And, the ownders were very available for questions throughout this whole process. Finally, we felt as if we were staying in a home, a place that has been truly loved. We would highly recommend this, and we hope to come again.

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

Outstanding Rental!

Guest: Northern CA Family of 5 (Chico, CA)
Date of Stay: 06/27/09 Review Submitted: 07/10/09

Our family of 5 just returned from a fantastic week at this property. We found everything down to the details exactly as described and even better than we expected. The rental was beautiful, extremely clean, spacious and well appointed. We found the property and neighbors delightful. We enjoyed lazy morning walks and bike rides into town for coffee, breakfasts together at the condo, relaxing afternoons at the uncrowded beach, and fun evenings out exploring the area's incredible dining options. The owners are fantastic to work with on all aspects of the rental process. This propert is an absolute delight and we would love to return again and again! We highly recommend this property!

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, tourists without a car, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

Guest: JR in NH (Durham, NH)
Date of Stay: 05/17/09 Review Submitted: 05/17/09

"Paradise" is what my 3 children call this place, where we have stayed for a week almost every April since 2001. This lovely condo is located just a few steps and a staircase away from the Pacific Ocean, near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. There are two pools, including one with a hot tub. The condo complex is nicely landscaped and attractive. The condo itself is very open, with skylights offering a view of the sky (usually sunny) and lots of natural light and fresh air. The back of the condo has large glass doors opening onto a deck with a table and lounge chairs, which face towards the ocean. You really feel like you are staying at a friend's place rather than a rental, since the dishes, towels, appliances, furniture etc are all very good quality, way better than you would find at most rentals. There are even cozy heavyweight terrycloth robes for a chilly morning! If the pool and beach don't hold your interest, there is plenty to do in the area. Legoland is 10 minutes away, Seaworld, the SD Zoo, and Wild Animal Park are 30-40 min away, Disney is 1 1/2 hours away. There is also Scripps Aquarium in La Jolla and numerous other attractions in San Diego. They just put in a new wide screen flat TV, in case you like to watch TV while on vacation, and get most of the non-movie cable channels. WiFi makes checking your email and connecting to the internet at the condo very easy. I highly recommend this place to anyone, especially families with kids, looking for a clean, beautiful place to stay with central location in the San Diego area.

Owner response:Thanks for the wonderful endorsement! We try to make every family feel like our home is their home when on vacation.

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"Paradise"

Guest: JR in NH (Durham, NH)
Date of Stay: 04/18/09 Review Submitted: 05/08/09

"Paradise" is what my 3 children call this place, where we have stayed for a week almost every April since 2001. This lovely condo is located just a few steps and a staircase away from the Pacific Ocean, near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. There are two pools, including one with a hot tub. The condo complex is nicely landscaped and attractive. The condo itself is very open, with skylights offering a view of the sky (usually sunny) and lots of natural light and fresh air. The back of the condo has large glass doors opening onto a deck with a table and lounge chairs, which face towards the ocean. You really feel like you are staying at a friends place rather than a rental, since the dishes, towels, appliances, furniture etc are all very good quality, way better than you would find at most rentals. There are even cozy heavyweight terrycloth robes for a chilly morning! If the pool and beach don't hold your interest, there is plenty to do in the area. Legoland is 10 minutes away, Seaworld, the SD Zoo, and Wild Animal Park are 30-40 min away, Disney is 1 1/2 hours away. There is also Scripps Aquarium in La Jolla and numerous other attractions in San Diego. They just put in a new wide screen flat TV, in case you like to watch TV while on vacation, and get most of the non-movie cable channels. WiFi makes checking your email and connecting to the internet very easy. I highly recommend this place to anyone, especially families with kids, looking for a clean, beautiful place to stay with central location in the San Diego area.

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

Wonderful Family Vacation Home

Guest: SuzDC (Washington DC)
Date of Stay: 04/04/09 Review Submitted: 05/13/09

Our family recently returned from a wonderful week at Phil and Carole's beach house! The house was gorgeous and had everything we needed or would want. All of the furniture, decorations, dishes, wine glasses, and linens were all top quality and better than we expected (some better than our home!). This property is a great value. We’ve stayed in the area before, but never in this particular development. Everything was so easy to access – especially the beach, the pool, and tennis courts. It’s just a short drive to all of the major tourist destinations – the Zoo, Sea World, and Legoland. We especially loved the days we just relaxed at “home” sitting on the deck enjoying the sunshine while the children played outside. The neighborhood is so quiet we slept with the windows open. Carole provided some great recommendations of fun things to do with the kids and great restaurants. They went out of their way to make our visit perfect. We would recommend this vacation home to anyone with (or without) children. We had such a great time that we’ve already contact Carole about coming next year or sooner. Thank you Phil and Carole!

Owner response:We try very hard to make every family who comes to Sea Bluffe to use our home to make them feel like it is their home for a week or 2. This family seems to have met our goals, and theirs. Thank you! Philip and Carole

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest: Londoner1 (London, England)
Date of Stay: 04/04/09 Review Submitted: 04/27/09

Have been making the trip to this condo, from the UK once a year for the last four years! Just back from our latest visit of two weeks. As always we had a faboulous time. We've got two young kids now aged four and six who also adore staying in this beautifully kept property, so close to the beach and two swimming pools! It's perfect for families, (though wouldn't be bad for myself and wife if we had the time to get away for a break aswell!) Phil and Carole always been perfect hosts, keeping the place well stocked up, this years upgrade to a new HD TV and wirless internet was an added bonus aswell. The main reason we keep coming back I guess is it's just so well kept and clean, and so, so comfortable. It's also a great safe community when you're travelling with kids. Couldn't recomend this enough, have already pencilled in another two weeks next year!!

Recommended for:Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, romantic getaway, sightseeing.

'Too much inconvenience

Guest: ms r (Abington,pa, usa)
Date of Stay: 12/10/08 Review Submitted: 01/15/09

Nice house in nice community with good community facilities. House well stocked with linens and kitchen ware etc., Description on website misleading. We were under the impression that the house had a whirlpool bathtub. A whirlpool to a lot of people in Europe is a jacuzzi syle tub, not a washing machine. As this is an international site it's important to note the difference. It mentioned whirlpool and hot tub under 'general' and under 'outdoor spa' it says hot tub. It give the impression of 2 separate things. Originally told the house would be getting digital tv, wifi installed. This was delayed until after our stay and we would only have basic cable. That was fine but we ended up without any tv for 2 days and nights. I had to spend time on the phone with cable co and owner sorting it out plus wait in for the cable guy to come! We also had a whole day (7am -6.30pm) without water while a new valve was fitted! Perhaps not the best time of year to rent as a lot of work was going on, including digging up a section of the front patio. We came to get away from the usual household problems. Sad thing was that the owner did not offer any compensation for this. When you pay good money to rent a vacation home, you expect to get what you pay for. I expected water and tv each day. It may have been unusual circumstances but then the owner should make unusual resolutions for the renters. A little too much inconvenience and aggravation for what was otherwise a pleasant stay.

Owner response:After more than 5 years of renting our home, and receiving dozens of compliments and many repeat customers, we have received a complaint. That person has several mis-statements in the text. First of all, the family received a 10 day rental at a very significant discount. Secondly, 2 of her complaints involve public utilities over which we have no control. Another error is that she stated that the patio was dug up by the Cox cable workers -- a false claim. Also, there are several amenities listed in the general section but she interpreted that to mean there was a jacuzzi tub in the home. The City Water Works were replacing all the control valves in the community and she was told to collect emergency water on a certain day. The city workers finished their job even earlier than expected and returned water service. She was told by me, personally, that there was no reason for her to be present for the water to come back on, just as she was told that the Cox TV service rep. would be working outside the house. We have worked very hard for over 5 years to present our home in a very comfortable way for the guests. Our home is constantly upgraded and is kept spotless. Our record of compliments covers 2 books of entries and not one complaint. I can only ask that the families who look at our listing remember that we are very proud of our home and they will enjoy their stay -- we guarantee it! Phil and Carole

Recommended for:Age 55+, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway, sightseeing.