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Pet-friendly creekside cottage w/ backyard

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A covered porch with wicker chairs and a view of the outdoors.
A living room with a fireplace, wooden furniture, and a television mounted on the wall.
Perfect spot for a book and a glass of wine
Second dining area with views of the outdoors
Welcome to Creekside Retreat!

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Top-rated comfy beds
    Guests liked the comfy beds here.
  • Private garden
    A rare find — relax in the peaceful, private garden space.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near Oyster Bay

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air conditioning
  • Pet-friendly
  • Washer
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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Chincoteague, VA
  • Place, Captain Timothy Hill House
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Oyster Bay
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Place, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Airport, Ocean City, MD (OCE-Ocean City Municipal)
    ‪86 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

2 Double Beds

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Kitchen
Office
Balcony
Garden

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About the neighborhood

Chincoteague

Located in Up the Neck, a neighborhood in Chincoteague, this cottage is in a rural area and near the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Chesapeake Forest - Dunn Swamp Complex and Oyster Bay, while Captain Timothy Hill House and Museum of Chincoteague are cultural highlights. Maui Jack's Waterpark and Wallops Flight Facility are also worth visiting.
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Chincoteague, VA

What's nearby

  • Captain Timothy Hill House - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Oyster Bay - 12 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Maui Jack's Waterpark - 6 min drive - 5.2 km
  • Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge - 9 min drive - 6.9 km
  • Assateague Lighthouse - 11 min drive - 8.2 km

Getting around

  • Ocean City, MD (OCE-Ocean City Municipal) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Island Creamery - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Ropewalk - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Captain Zack's Seafood - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Asian Express - ‬7 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Pet-friendly creekside cottage w/ backyard pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 2 total).

How much does it cost to stay at Pet-friendly creekside cottage w/ backyard?

As of Oct 25, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Pet-friendly creekside cottage w/ backyard on Jan 4, 2027 start from $216, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking?

Onsite parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Pet-friendly creekside cottage w/ backyard?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Pet-friendly creekside cottage w/ backyard?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Pet-friendly creekside cottage w/ backyard located?

Located in Up the Neck, this cottage is within a 15-minute walk of Captain Timothy Hill House and Oyster Bay. Chincoteague Channel and Robert N. Reed Downtown Waterfront Park are also within 3 mi (5 km).

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labeled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 111 out of 140 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 140 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 140 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 140 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 140 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.0/10

Location

9.0/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Everything was nice. Very nice beach theme decor. Ample utensils in the kitchen, comfy beds. If it was a little warmer we might have taken d a the of the porches but it was cooler than usual for this time of year. We would not hesitate to come to this cottage again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 25, 2026
Thanks for staying with us. Glad you enjoyed the beach-themed decor, ample kitchen utensils, and comfy beds. Sorry the weather was cooler than expected — hope you get porch days next visit. We’d love to welcome you back anytime.
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Liked: Check-in, communication
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy
Property falls short of dated pictures. We drove past the house. Fire pit sits atop the septic tank. Neighboring house has a sign that says “beware of dog”. Inside the home shows evidence of mold and leaking roof. Home needs significant repairs to make it consistent with the listing. We could not stay in the home due to health concerns. The host’s communication was excellent during unfortunate circumstances. We were refunded for our booking.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 3, 2026
Thank you for sharing this. I’m very sorry Creekside Retreat fell short and that health concerns prevented your stay — that should never happen. I’m glad our team’s communication and the refund were handled promptly. After your report we inspected the property, closed and removed the fire pit pending septic verification, arranged a professional mold inspection with remediation where needed, and scheduled roof repairs to stop any leaks. We’ve updated the listing photos and description and added more frequent safety and condition checks to our maintenance routine. The neighboring property is not under our control, but we will note nearby signage in the listing so future guests are informed. We appreciate you bringing these issues to our attention and have acted to prevent a repeat. Best, Blue Maple Team
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Awesome two night stay! Highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Apr 3, 2025
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice and quiet

Nice and quiet spot on island, kind of away from the busy parts of island.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 26, 2025
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

Great place. Good times!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Fun

Location perfect, house nice, yard needs some work.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 21, 2025
Thanks for your feedback, Tracy. We're glad you enjoyed the location and the house. We appreciate your comments about the yard and will keep them in mind. We hope to welcome you back soon. Best, Tony
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
House was exactly as advertised. Everything worked as expected. This house is one of the few in this town that offered linens, a big selling point for us.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Nov 11, 2025
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :)
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Communication, location, listing accuracy

Pony viewing trip

Stayed here to explore the area and do a tour to see ponies.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from VrboOwner on May 20, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Funky and fun beach cottage

We enjoyed our time in this classic beach cottage - good space for being indoors, all while drawing you outside . Back yard is great for hanging out (even though our weather wasn't great).
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Mar 19, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :) We hope we provided you with a 5-star stay!
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication
The house was clean, comfortable, and well-stocked with everything we needed for our stay. However, I was disappointed that the fire pit, one of the main features advertised, was rusted and broken. It would have been nice to enjoy a working fire pit as shown in the listing. Overall, the home itself was pleasant, but the outdoor amenities could use some maintenance.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very nice

Very clean, area clean and neat
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 9, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :) We hope we provided you with a 5-star stay!
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

WOW!!

We were all delighted at how much space the cottage had. It was truly our home away from home.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 12, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :) We hope we provided you with a 5-star stay!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Nice place to stay on the Island

Large kitchen and overall convenient location. Toilet paper holder in bathroom was missing so we had to chase the roll a few times after it fell off the back of the toilet. I'm guessing they can fix that easily.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025
Response from VrboOwner on May 9, 2025
Thanks again for staying with us. We'd love to welcome you back anytime :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quiet Retreat

Enjoyed a long and glorious weekend in Chincoteague with family. The cottage was quaint, clean, and it was greatly appreciated that linens were provided. Communication with the host was exceptional. House instructions and tips for the local area were on point. The screened in patio and the backyard view was tranquil. Thank you for a wonderful stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 12, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :) We hope we provided you with a 5-star stay!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Long weekend

This house is great for small family with dogs . I had my 2 daughters , wife and 2 dogs and the house was perfect. Great condition, location, and the house Manager was great ! Always there if I had any questions and really made sure I and my family felt like home and had everything we needed . I would recommend this place to anyone and will definitely be happy to book this property in the future
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 30, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing

We only had a short stay to relax away from work but the weather didn’t cooperate (rainy and windy). Luckily the cottage was cozy and we enjoyed our books and each other. Only suggestion, need a sponge or brush to help in cleaning up after meals. Would definitely recommend to others
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Apr 10, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :) We hope we provided you with a 5-star stay!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great little place

Came for a weekend trip with our adult children and grandson. Lovely little place with a nice screened in back porch. We spent a lot of time on the porch and around the firepit. Spent some time at the beach and did a sunset cruise. Wonderful weekend. The place is well-equipped and it’s great not to have to bring linens. One thing is to come prepared with some bug spray-goes with the territory so it’s to be anticipated but the mosquitoes are pretty intense. Highly recommend the place!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Charming Cottage near North End of island

Cottage is about 2 miles from the town center, in a quiet siection outside of the 'hustle and bustle' . Town is easily accessible via car or bike (or long walk, but no sidewalks/shoulder). The home itself is charming, and is decorated beautifully. It is much larger inside than it appears from the road! 3 bedrooms, multiple seating/gathering areas; all charmingly decorated and spotless. Kitchen is stocked with all you need. Back yard backs up to a canal/natural area, with many birds. Owners were very responsive to questions that I sent prior to our visit. We did note on arrival that a neighboring property (not this one) was in a bit of disrepair, but its condition was not noticeable when we were in "our" house or yard and it had no impact on our visit. We had an enjoyable mini-vacation here!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from VrboOwner on Mar 27, 2020
We are glad that you had an enjoyable stay and found the house accommodations to your liking. Thank you for the feedback. We have arranged for lawn service to mow more frequently. And we are creating a guest information book to help locate island services. Please come back again. Ann & Jim
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy

Just ok

I thought the property was just ok. It had a musty smell inside. The shower in primary bath couldn’t be used because of the water that came out. There was only one bath towel for each person, one hand towel in each bathroom and one towel in kitchen. The shower in the other bathroom was great. There was no place to hang clothes in the primary bedroom. The backyard was not inviting. It was nice to have 2 dining areas and the a/c worked great. One of the dehumidifiers was very noisy and needed to be turned off sometimes so we could hear each other. They also had to be emptied frequently. The beds were comfortable. There was limited parking; the road is too narrow for parking.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication
Disliked: Listing accuracy

Pony penning week

The pony penning week experience was amazing and highly recommended. We were disappointed to learn upon arrival that the master bath was "under construction". The shower was unusable resulting in 4 adults sharing 1 shower. Not ideal anytime but especially challenging when outdoor activities result in sweat and grime. The host/owner was very responsive, but responses were automated and disingenuous. For example, when told the grill was not operable or safe, he quickly said he'd alert his handyman, but we never saw or heard from the handyman and the grill remained unusable. We made the best of it and enjoyed the experience, but the house was not additive.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
We actually passed the house the first time because the photo is photoshopped and does not represent what the house currently looks like. It smelled musty upon arrival and there were two dehumidifiers in the house. We had the air conditioning set on 70 and we still had to empty the large dehumidifier four times and they small one six times and we were not even there for 48 hours. We tried to get a late check out because the place was not rented the following day, but they could not accommodate us because of their cleaning crew schedule. Check out was at 10:00 a.m., so we had to get up early and do a bunch of work and empty dehumidifiers and sweep and vacuum floors before we left. Seemed like a lot of work, and a bit pricey for what it was. All of the bulbs were burnt out in the laundry room leading to the screened porch. They were no lights in the screen porch either and there were no lights in the backyard to walk our dogs. The grass back there was kind of long as well. Aside from all that, the house was well equipped with necessities for cooking and such.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Communication, location
Disliked: Check-in

Senior concerns

Started out poorly. Had difficulty finding in the rain and dark at night. Tony our host did send us a picture so that was helpful. Inside the house was clean. However the screened in porch and the backyard area was a mess. We had looked forward to eating outside on the porch but the furniture etc was so filthy we could not do that. In addition the steps off of the driveway were very steep. Also the way the screen door opened on these steps it was difficult to get to the railing. We are senior citizens so that was a big safety issue for us. One very good point was the glassed in porch on the front. Another plus was the beds were comfortable and the air conditioner worked good. Another issue was when we were trying to checkout the code for the lock box was different from the handbook we downloaded and the one Tony sent the first night. We were using the one in the handbook and we could not get the box open to put the keys in. We spent quite a bit of time trying to figure it out until we tried the one that Tony sent us.This is a good placement for a young family who will be out most of the day.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Liked: Communication
Disliked: Cleanliness, location, listing accuracy

Terrible. We walked in and left with in 15 minutes

This place was nothing like the pictures on VRBO. The house was in such disrepair it looked terrible! There was black mold on the front and back of the house. There was an overturned trashcan in the front yard with trash in it! The grass had not been mowed and was about 8 inches tall. The inside smelled of mold. The furniture old, unmatching. I caught my sweater on a splintered part of the table and it ripped my sweater. There was dust and dirt and a lot of pollen inside the house, all over the floors near the back door and front door. The siding on house was loose and looked like it would fall off. The neighborhood was awful! There was a rusted trailer next door with trash all around it. The other neighbor had a huge tank in yard and trash everywhere. The fence in between this house and the trailer was literally falling over. The ‘firepit’ was a small round bowl with unmatching chairs around and grass so long you would not want to sit out there at all. The neighborhood felt unsafe! No view as this house is right on a road that is LOUD and lots of cars going by. It was so terrible we could not stay there and left 15 minutes after arrival. I contacted the host, he told me to contact VRBO. I hope they will get back to me.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Not happy

No bath mats or hand towels in bathrooms. Master shower leaked each time it was used. We had to use extra towels to mop up the water. Not trash bags provided (contacted Tony to get some). No dish towels provided. Paper towels and toilet were cheap and very thin, so you had to use twice as much. Ran out of toilet paper mid week. Contacted Tony and was told no one was available to bring us any more. Had to go to an Island store to buy some. Prices are higher, despite it being "off season". I emptied the 2 humidifiers daily. I was not asked to, but did due to the humidity in the house. Mid week, issue's with AC. Maintenance man showed up over an hour late. He said he thought it was the thermostat. It did work the rest of the stay. Run down trailer right next door. A man sat in his recliner 24/7 watching tv with his window wide open. Kinda creepy! Shower curtain in bathroom was yellowed and gross at the bottom. Small TV, roku needs replaced. LR furniture uncomfortable (it is wicker with cushions). LR is small and limited furniture. Not enough room for more than 3 people. I was texted the night before trash day and told to put the trash out. We had been there 2 days. All the trash was from the previous people. But, I did it. Too many reminder texts about checkout. I am not a moran. DO NOT do Barnacle Bills Boat Tour. Paid over $100.00 and did not see 1 single pony or dolphin!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 12, 2024
Thanks again for staying with us. We’d love to welcome you back anytime. :) We hope we provided you with a 5-star stay!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quaint cottage on Main St.

Comfortable quaint cottage on Main St. with easy checkin. Tony was very helpful and responsive. Great location for touring Chincoteague.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
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