Spent a long weekend here with my husband son, and Labrador. We found the layout and location of the house very convenient. Easy walk to the beach, and right out the backyard and across the street to groceries etc. We are very familiar with this neighborhood, and like the beach in this area a lot. Very nice small pool with this house, nice fenced yard.
However, I wouldn’t choose to use a rental company instead of an individual owner again. We stay through VRBO a lot, both in the Outer Banks and elsewhere. We have not done a Vrbo managed by a rental company. It was frankly kind of a hassle. Usually with Vrbo, all communications are electronic, you put through the payment on the website and you’redone, messaging with the owner is sufficient for any questions or issues. In this case, the rental companies needed to send me a contract which I then had to sign and scan and send back like it was 1993. They wanted to talk on the phone. They needed us to stop by the office and pick up a packet when we arrived on the Outer Banks. Then, when we were leaving, they called to ask me when I was returning the keys, although there were no physical keys to the property, just like a code, because again-not 1993. It’s not that the company was unpleasant, but all these extra steps are not why I use Vrbo. I just think it’s fair to know – it’s clear on tap that’s it’s a rental company, but it was not clear to me all these extra steps I would have to take, and I wouldn’t do it again.
