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Destin, Florida | Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | Blue Ridge, Georgia

Somewhere to go all year, from one owner you can call.

A beach house, an island house, and a lakeside cabin, with the same person behind all three. Rates and open nights are on every page, and no platform service fee is added to your total.

See the three housesCall or text (850) 909-7589

530

guest reviews across the three

Airbnb + Vrbo

Superhost and Premier Host, earned on reviewed stays

12 bedrooms

across three markets, all owner managed

(850) 909-7589

reaches the owner directly

What changes when you book here instead

Booking through a platform

  • A service fee is added to your total at the last step.
  • Messages go through a queue, and the answer arrives when it arrives.
  • The house is one of thousands in a feed you scroll past.
  • Cancellation terms are the platform's, applied to somebody else's house.

Booking here

  • No platform service fee is added to your total.
  • You reach the person who owns the house and can actually decide something mid-stay.
  • The full total, with cleaning and tax in it, is on screen before you commit.
  • Terms are written down on the page, not buried in a confirmation email.

The platforms charge you a service fee and take a commission from the owner, for introducing two people who have already found each other.

Nights hit different here

Three markets that do not peak together

If the dates you want are gone at one house, they are often open at another. It is the practical advantage of three places in three states rather than three doors on one street.

Load up a beach wagon and take a short 5 minute walk to the beach

Destin, FL

Destin

Emerald Coast beach town on the Florida panhandle, five minutes on foot from the sand.

Peaks in summer, from spring break through August.

Read the Destin guide
View of crowded Coligny Beach in peak summer from our beach access

Hilton Head Island, SC

Hilton Head Island

Lowcountry barrier island in South Carolina, known for its beaches, bike paths, and golf.

Peaks in summer, with a strong spring and fall shoulder.

Read the Hilton Head Island guide
Private lakeside fire pit

Cherry Log, GA

Blue Ridge

North Georgia mountains, between downtown Blue Ridge and Ellijay, on a private lake.

Peaks in fall foliage, and holds a winter fireplace and hot tub season.

Read the Blue Ridge guide

Booking direct, plainly

Planning something particular? A longer stay, a big group, a question about whether a house suits you. Ask before you book, and you will be talking it through with the person who owns it.

No service fee
Nothing is added on top of the nightly rate just for booking here.
No surprises at checkout
Nightly rate, cleaning, pets, and tax are all on screen from the start.
A real person
(850) 909-7589 reaches the owner of all three houses.
Written terms
Cancellation and house rules in writing, on the page, so you know where you stand.
Sunset views of the mountain and lake from our upper fire pit

The same owner, all three houses

530reviews across the three houses

Every one of them left by someone who stayed in one of these three houses, over ten years of the same owner running them personally rather than handing them to a management company. It is the part of this business that cannot be bought.

So if something needs sorting out mid-stay, the person who answers is the person who can decide, and you are not waiting on a queue to find that out.

Meet the ownerEmail info@theescapesbydave.com

Pick your dates

Each house shows its own open nights and prices the exact stay you are asking about, with cleaning and tax already in the total.

Destin, Florida

The Beach Escape Destin

See rates and open nights

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

The Beach Escape HHI

See rates and open nights

Cherry Log, Georgia

The Lakeside Escape Cherry Log

See rates and open nights

Or compare all three side by side.

Tell me when dates open up

Most weeks at these houses are taken months ahead. Leave an address and you will hear when something good comes free, and when a new season opens for booking.