Foster Travels
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Jason Foster
    • Victoria Parker
  • Blog
  • Personal Assistant
  • Forms
    • Trip Enrollment Form
    • Payment Authorization Form
    • Monthly Payment Authorization Form
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Optional Travel Insurance
    • Client Profile
    • Itinerary Building Questionaire
  • Resources
    • Travel Articles
    • Travel Brochures
    • TSA Information
  • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions

blog

Share the knowledge

 

Beach Trip W/In-Laws-Success!

6/2/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
     Well, it was a lot of work, but we did it.  A successful beach trip with the In-Laws.  It was relaxing (as much as it can be with 2 young girls), fun and the food/dessert was amazing almost everywhere we went.
Picture
     We used VRBO https://www.vrbo.com/ to book the Awake and Ready Oceanfront Condo http://www.a1propertyman.com/property/awake-and-ready?PageDataID=96574.  This condo, besides being on the 3rd floor, was perfect for our stay.  It was a 3 bedroom, 2 bath condo.  So, our family could share a bath and my in-laws could share a bath. 
Picture
     I highly recommend the Fort Fisher Aquarium for a fun place to take the kids http://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher.  I even bought a purple stuffed animal sea turtle for my daughter.
Picture
      We enjoyed everywhere we ate at.  Michael's Seafood for lunch http://www.mikescfood.com/, the Deck House for dinner http://www.deckhousecasualdining.com/  and finally, our favorite, Jack Mackerel's for lunch http://www.jackmacksgrill.com on the way back home from the aquarium.  Jack Mackerel's was recommend to us and boy, were they right.  Their shrimp and grouper was so amazing that my wife wanted to go back their again for dinner the following night.  I convinced her to try another restaurant instead, but can guarantee that we will make a return trip to Jack Mackerel's when we visit Carolina Beach again next summer. 
     Another awesome surprise was a bakery called Big Apple Bakery http://www.bigapplecafeandbakerync.com/.  I initially went for just a buckeye, but I left after eating a cupcake, buying 6 buckeyes and some coffee.  I could have bought much, much more.  The best thing about this bakery is that they had no problem accommodating food allergies.  Not only do they have gluten-free options, but they will also customize your order.  My wife was able to get a custom order of macaroons.  This is a picture of the cupcake I had to buy.
Picture
     Of course, no beach trip is complete without ice cream and Squigley's is definitely worth a visit  http://squigleysicecream.com/.  Almost everyone in our family got "Squiggled."  LOL!  The gift gallery upstairs is also very cool.  I easily bought $20 of items including 2 items for my office desk and something for both my father-in-law and my mother-in-law.  We liked Squigley's so much we went as a couple and with kids. 
     I am so glad that I did all of the prep work for this trip that I did.  It was well worth it.
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Authors

    Jason Foster
    Owner of Foster Travels
    &
    Guest Authors

    Archives

    November 2018
    October 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017

    Categories

    All
    Amazon
    Beach Trip
    Budapest
    Carolina Beach
    Car Seat
    Columbus
    Contingency Plan
    Date Night
    Dietary Restrictions
    Flying
    Food Allergies
    Free
    Friends
    International
    Itineraries
    Knowledge
    Money
    Music
    Ohio
    Parks
    Planning
    Playdate
    Podcasts
    Recommendations
    Rocks
    Social
    Stay At-Home Dad
    Staycation
    Teenagers
    The Umstead Hotel And Spa
    Time
    Travel
    Travel Agent
    Utah
    Vacations
    Why Use A Travel Agent

    RSS Feed

Managed by Voyager Websites
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Jason Foster
    • Victoria Parker
  • Blog
  • Personal Assistant
  • Forms
    • Trip Enrollment Form
    • Payment Authorization Form
    • Monthly Payment Authorization Form
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Optional Travel Insurance
    • Client Profile
    • Itinerary Building Questionaire
  • Resources
    • Travel Articles
    • Travel Brochures
    • TSA Information
  • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions