Vacation rental homes: an affordable alternative to hotels
(ARA) - With consumers looking to stretch their travel dollar further in today's challenging economy, many are turning to vacation rental homes as an alternative to traditional hotels.
Pardee Homes wins four awards for development and architecture
Pardee Homes has received four Awards of Merit in the 2009 Gold Nugget Awards, for green and sustainable development and for architectural excellence. The competition draws entries from throughout 14 Western States and internationally and is the nation's oldest and largest program of its nice.
Nesting season signals lights out along beach
It's loggerhead sea turtle nesting season, and people who live or vacation along the beach have
Beach insurance plan a tough balancing act for N.C.
A battle in the General Assembly boils down to east versus west. It's not the budget. It's the beach plan – a state-run insurance pool that offers homeowner's insurance to residents that some private plans won't cover.
Bargains by the Beach
Rich and Debbie Sulkovsky of Herndon had been looking for months for a place close the ocean when they saw a yellow home with green shutters in a creek-front community not far from Rehoboth Beach.
Few vacancies left at the beach
SALISBURY and mdash; April and May had vacation home rental agent Tom Saab concerned the recession would result in a terrible summer season for Salisbury Beach rentals. Then came June. "My phones rang off the hook in June with people calling wanting to book at the beach," Saab said during a recent interview. "What most people were asking for is oceanfront."
Back to the Boardwalks, Point Pleasant Beach
The clothes may look different. The music has a fresh beat. Yet those who knew the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk years ago say it wasn't much different than it is today.
Maine?s beach economy might go under
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine ? Maine?s sand beaches bring about $500 million of new money into the state each year and support some 8,000 jobs, but the beach economy could be put in jeopardy because ?
Michelangelo Homes introduces new designs at Miromar Lakes
Michelangelo Homes, one of two builders in Costa Amalfi at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club, has introduced four new Beach Cottage home plans.
Solar energy helps to power huge ship at Port of Long Beach
The solar array, which provides 10% of the energy used by the M/V Auriga Leader while she is docked, is part of a demonstration project to reduce diesel emissions. The huge car carrier boat called the M/V Auriga Leader idled at the Port of Long Beach, burning through enough electricity to power 100 homes as workers loaded and unloaded a fleet of Toyotas.
