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The Outer Banks: A Value Laden Beach Vacation

Recently the North American Press Syndicate provided the Outer Banks some nice publicity in distributing an article about value laden vacations. The subject location of the article you ask? The Outer Banks!

The article reads in part…

Travelers are increasingly finding that vacations — even beach vacations — don’t have to break the bank. READ MORE

Traveling with the Stars: Tiki Barber

In a recent USA Today Travel Section article former NFL All-Pro Running Back Tiki Barber identified Pine Island in Corolla on the Outer Banks to be his favorite vacation spot. Barber, who played for 10 years for the New York Giants, and currently works for NBC Television as a correspondent for the Today show and an analyst on Football Night in America first discovered the Outer Banks when he went to college at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. READ MORE

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from the OBX

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from the OBX!

Did you know that the largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the state of North Carolina resides right here on the Outer Banks? Yep, that is right. The annual Kelly’s Hospitality St. Patrick’s Day Parade is it, and it was held this last weekend in Nags Head. Stretching along a parade route of approximately 1 mile on the beach road at the 11.5 milepost were thousands of fans, friends, and fabulous folks from the Outer Banks cheering on all of the paraders in this 20th annual edition of the parade. READ MORE

No Consenus Reached on Beach Access

The committee tasked with assisting the National Park Service in the development of a long term management plan governing beach access in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area has failed to reach consensus and has adjourned. The committee, which includes 29 members selected by the National Park Service and representing various stakeholder organizations, has been meeting routinely since 2007 to reach unanimous consensus for a preferred alternative to manage the country’s first National Seashore, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, located on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

It was hoped this final meeting of the group would produce a consensus agreement, but in the end varying interests were unwilling to compromise to a point where consensus could be reached and deadlock was the only achievement of the committee. READ MORE

OBX Taste of the Beach 2009

Excitement is building in anticipation of the upcoming Outer Banks Taste of the Beach (March 5th through March 8th)! Ticket sales are extremely brisk, and many events have already sold out, but some of the prime events still have room and the weather is supposed to be great! READ MORE

Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown and OBX Blue

Samantha Brown loves Outer Banks Blue!

So the Outer Banks Blue Vacation Rental Crew is back on the beach this Monday after an eventful weekend at the National Geographic Adventure in Travel show in Washington DC this past weekend. READ MORE

New Face of OuterBanksBlue.com

I hope you made note of the new design of www.outerbanksblue.com. In our constant effort to be the vacation rental company of choice on the Outer Banks we launched our new design on Monday, February 16th. In response to customer comments and suggestions there are lots of changes can be found on the site including better search parameters, a more clear presentation of available weeks on individual homes, better organization of guest comments, more obvious integration of Google Maps locations on our homes, and just a new overall feel of the site. READ MORE

OBX Blue in Nights in Rodanthe Film

This week on Memory Monday we reflect on another big event that occurred on the Outer Banks in 2008. The release of the major motion picture “Nights in Rodanthe.” READ MORE

Outer Banks Taste of The Beach

Well anyone who knows me knows I enjoy the restaurants of the Outer Banks as much as anyone, and so excitement is building as we are all awaiting the “Outer Banks Taste of The Beach.” A huge success in previous years, the Outer Banks Restaurant Association, of which Outer Banks Blue Realty is a proud affiliate member, is expanding the event this year to four full days of Outer Banks Food and Fun! READ MORE

Memory Monday Contest Entry

I saw this online and I thought you would like to see photos from last June’s Outer Banks trip to Corolla Light Resort and Trade Winds.

Three separate families – 6 children aged 9 months to 7 years. READ MORE