On a lark, we decided to do Thanksgiving away form home this year. After reviewing potential options based on budget, we settled on Dauphin Island and the "Perfect Life". It had plenty of room for me, my wife, two grown up daughters, and my wife's mom. Everyone had their own bedrooms and bathrooms (daughters had to share a Jack and Jill). The living area gave us room to relax, and the dinner table gave us a nice spot to play games and have our Thanksgiving dinner. Check in was a easy with the owner hitting me up with messages the day of making sure we had the codes to the gated community and to the house. She was very responsive leading up to the trip by answering several questions we had about the amenities. The house isn't right against the beach, but there's plenty of beach access nearby and being there on the off season meant the beaches weren't picked clean of shells. We had to do some food planning before hand since there isn't much on the island to stock up for a week, but we did find the Lighthouse Bakery which offered some amazing pastries. Everyone enjoyed themselves despite it being a bit different this year, and we are considering doing this again next year. If we decide on Dauphin Island again, then it will be a "Perfect Life" for us.