| A family vacation is within most budgets in the still | | | | rent on direct waterfront or adjacent streets of |
| affordable seacoast region of New Hampshire. While | | | | Seabrook Beach. |
| other popular vacation spots such as Cape Cod have | | | | Your lodging choices expand exponentially once you |
| seen vacation rental prices skyrocket, Hampton | | | | cross the Hampton Bridge on Route IA from |
| Beach and its environs remain affordable. Boston 's | | | | Seabrook. A couple dozen seaside motels are |
| Channel 5 (WCRB TV) spotlighted this fact in a | | | | available if you want to be right on the strip and do |
| "Chronicle" segment last summer. It pointed out that | | | | some people watching. The newly renovated |
| you can still rent a small two-bedroom cottage for | | | | Boardwalk Hotel & Inn puts you right in the |
| $800.00 a week. An acquaintance of mine is renting | | | | action for $150.00/night, high season. The Surf Hotel |
| one on G Street for $750.00. These prices are truly | | | | and The Moulton Hotel will cost you a bit more for |
| family friendly. | | | | rooms on Ocean Boulevard. Walking a block or so to |
| How to find one of these bargains? Troll the many | | | | the beach will cut your costs to $135.00 per night for |
| Internet rental resources such as Home Away or | | | | four persons on a queen bed and a sleep sofa at the |
| visit the area and stop by a real estate agency. While | | | | Colonial Motel Suites, on G Street, and down to |
| you're there pick up at least one local newspaper; | | | | $99.95/night for two persons at the Tides Motel on |
| some such as BeachNews, are free. | | | | Ashworth Avenue. They also have apartments for |
| The seacoast area actually begins with Salisbury, | | | | rent on F Street. This is just a small sample intenting |
| Massachusetts, which begins the 18 miles of public | | | | to give a general idea of what's available at certain |
| beach. Crossing the border northward into New | | | | price levels. There are many more reasonably priced |
| Hampshire, the succession of five towns is as follows: | | | | options just one street behind the ocean. All of the |
| Seabrook, Hampton Beach, North Hampton and Rye. | | | | abovementioned lodgings and many, many more |
| Drastic change has overtaken Salisbury with the | | | | have links on a guide to everything you will need to |
| bulldozing of its amusement area and the building of | | | | enjoy the seacoast region, including private rental |
| upscale condos, but there are still cottages both big | | | | listings. |
| and small for rent, and corridors of clubs, pizza and | | | | Of course, you can go full tilt and book at the iconic |
| ice cream shops remain. The same phenomenon has | | | | Ashworth itself where an in season weekend night |
| taken place in Seabrook with more new development | | | | will cost you between $184.00 and $314.00 depending |
| and renovation. Don't miss super-clean, Seabrook | | | | on the view. But this is about enjoying yourself on a |
| Beach, carefully maintained by its Association of | | | | budget - so go there for a drink before the |
| cottage owners. There are houses of all sizes for | | | | fireworks and pocket the difference. |