Your Success is our Top Priority.
We're locals, surfers, marketing guru's, investors, and real estate owners and operators living right here in Carolina Beach, NC. We have deep roots here; our family has been visiting Carolina Beach since 1932. We know this business inside and out and have developed a wholesome understanding on how to utilize the best tools and systems in the business to maximize your vacation rental property potential.
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Why Are We Different?
North Carolina Cottages has become a locally trusted source in modern short-term and long-term vacation rental services. We manage every aspect of your property from maintenance, guest communication, cleaning, and creative marketing. Our team ensures a seamless experience with tailored services that set you and your guests up for success. Our professional experience in software engineering and marketing gives us an edge in truly maximizing the return on your investment. We're experts in on-page organic SEO, keyword-rich copywriting, and PPC ad and email campaign curation. We track every impression, click and conversion on Google, Bing, and Yahoo. We have over 150+ (& counting) blog posts and itineraries, with thousands of daily views, helping guests plan their vacation to Carolina Beach with us year round. We truly care about your success and look forward to becoming your trusted partner in vacation rental optimization.
Since 1932
Not only do we have our own personal vacation rental properties on the island, our family has been visiting Carolina Beach since 1932. Our roots here are deep and this is our forever home and foundation for growing our family. We continually invest (not just in real estate) into our community and maintain relationships with many favorited businesses on the island who feature our direct booking platform, located in 20+ storefronts.
Award-winning
Software
Becoming dependent on one online travel agency (OTA), like Airbnb, may be fine at first. But expanding your reach is a must to keep up with supply and demand in response to maximizing your property's potential. Our refined resources allow owners to utilize multiple OTA's at once, with the addition of Google Vacation Rentals, custom direct booking websites, curated email campaigns, socials, dynamic pricing, and a multitude of other powerful tools included with your NCC membership.
We care
At North Carolina Cottages, we pride ourselves on caring for each and every property we manage as if it were our own. We're not just focused on revenue efficiency and maximization. We care deeply about our guests and their experience (earning that 5 star review), developing strong communication and response rates (during all hours of the day), minimizing future owner maintenance, and spending time on overall property care. We would like for you to be successful for many years to come, not just in the short-term.
Market Report
More than one third of vacation rental properties in Carolina Beach are leaving more than 20% of revenue or more on the table each year. Contact us for a free market analysis on your rental property.
More than â…“ of vacation rentals in Carolina Beach are leaving more than 20% of revenue or more on the table each year.
Underwriting
Our local team of experts carefully process and analyze property potential to ensure revenue optimization. Our unique approach with underwriting allows for a personalized assessment for client long-term success.
Our local team of experts carefully process and analyze property potential to ensure revenue optimization.
Explore The Benefits
Expect full-service short-term rental success with tailored care all from North Carolina Cottages.
- Local Expertise
- Software Integrations
- Advanced Marketing
- Revenue Optimization
- Maintenance Techs
- Dedicated Manager
- 24/7 Support
- Plus More
Our Reviews
FaithVerified Beautiful, clean, quaint. Did miss that someone would be staying below us but still would go back! MatthewVerified Amazing backyard for the dog and just a short walk to the beach/attractions. It was such a beautifully put together space and the outdoor shower was immaculate. StephanieVerified We enjoyed our stay at the cottage. It is easy to access the beach and local restaurants and the accommodations were perfect for our family of 3. Home was bright and beachy and had everything we needed. NeetaVerified Beautiful place in a great location. The apartment is thoughtfully designed and had everything we needed, including a pack n play and high chair for the little one and beach chairs and toys. Easily walkable to beach, boardwalk, and restaurants. Hosts were responsive and accommodating. TimVerified The best way to recommend a place to stay is to bookmark it for a future trip! We absolutely will be coming back here in a couple of years. SamuelVerified Awesome spot, just far enough away from the action to be quiet and private, yet close enough to easily walk to the beach and many restaurants. The place is super cute and has a nice big kitchen. HannahVerified Lovely home close to the beach, restaurants, and activities. Our pup enjoyed the nice, clean, fenced-in back yard to roam free in! Everything from the guidebook and guest book, to Michael and Jesslyn’s warm, proactive communication, made us really feel at home. We’d definitely stay here again. CarolineVerified We loved staying at Michael and Jesslyn's surf shack. Excellent location that is a quick walk to the boardwalk in a quiet neighborhood. The decor is thoughtful and persona and the living space is comfortable and the kitchen is well supplied and clean. We loved the back deck for meals and the front screened in porch was a crucial drop zone for beach gear. Very manageable with two young children. Keep in mind the bathroom has a shower only and is a bit tight, so bathing the kids required some pretzeling. Michael and Jesslyn were very responsive and helped us out with a few extra requests that made our stay even more enjoyable. BrendaVerified Recommend 10/10!! This beautiful home is as beautiful in person as it is in the photos. It was very clean and the beds were extremely cozy. Stocked with everything you need. Hosts were friendly and helpful and overall welcoming! Very convenient location! Walking distance to probably anything you might need -restaurants, beach, boardwalk etc. SarahVerified We absolutely loved staying here!! It was so cozy and comfortable we loved coming back to relax for the evening after being out for the day and taking our dog to the beach. The backyard made it super easy to let him out often and run around. We loved the location and hope to stay again!