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In This Issue
>> Memorial Weekend Events in Santa Cruz

>> Memorial Weekend Special Offer

>> TV Show Highlights Growing VR Trend for Family Reunions!

>> Beach Cottage at Natural Bridges - New!

>> Mermaid Manor - New!.

>> Hidden Beach Getaway - New!.

>> House Of Lights - New!.


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Featured Homes



     Pleasure Point Cottage

 2 Guests

   1 Bedrooms   

1 Bathrooms 

  
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The Flamingo Del Mar  
4 Guests 
2 Bedrooms 
1 Bathrooms

 

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aGreatPlaceToStay.net   Beach Park Home

8 Guests

2 Bedrooms 
2 Bathrooms

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pet friendly vacation rental homes     

Redwood Beach Glen    

10 Guests
3+ Bedrooms 
2 Bathrooms 
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University Park Villa

8 Guests

3 Bedrooms
2.5 Bathrooms
 
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Ocean Lakeview Cottage

6 Guests

2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
 
 

10 Guests

3 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Fun in Santa Cruz

Enjoy all the fun things to do while your here!    

 

 

Come see the baby otters and seals with the Kayak

VIDEO: A window into the Elkhorn Slough

Connection who offers sea kayaking rental, instruction and tours in Santa Cruz, Moss Landing, Monterey Bay, and worldwide.

 

Free Volleyball courts in front of Crows Nest restraunt

 

Kayak Connection

413 Lake Ave # 3

Santa Cruz, CA 95062-3945

(831) 479-1121

 

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Hidden Beach Park
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This Park nestled in a little arroyo to the right side of a 7-mile, dog-friendly sandy Beach that starts at New Brighton State Beach near Capitola all the way past Seacliff State Beach Park, past Hidden Beach Park, on to New Brighton and Sunset State Beach Parks.

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Hidden Beach Park is a full featured park with picnic tables, BBQ's and fun playground with sprial slides, swings and a large grassy lawn. 


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Picnic Tables with BBQ and Water Fountains


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This is a dog friendly park and beach



Homes that are near Hidden Beach Park

The Seacliff Glen

The Blue Whale

The Surf House

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aGreatPlaceToStay.net Early Summer Issue 
Happy Memorial Day 2012!

 

 Greetings!  

 

Last call for the first long weekend of Summer! 

 

Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formally known as Decoration Day and commemorates all men and women, who have died in military service for the United States. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day and it is traditionally seen as the start of the summer season!

 

Memorial Day in Santa Cruz Last Year

Come stay with us this Memorial Day in Santa Cruz in one of our 60+ Vacation Rentals and enjoy the beach and all the FUN activities happening!

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Memorial Weekend Events in Santa Cruz

 

Roaring Camp Memorial Day

Memorial Day 31st Annual Civil War Battles and Encampment 

MAY 26, 2012 - MAY 28, 2012

Visit encampments of Union and Confederate soldiers and witness historic battles at one of the longest-running Civil War reenactments in the West. Admission is $5.00, and show your wrist band to the ticket agent for a $2.00 steam train ticket discount!
Fun for the whole family!

Felton, CA | 831.335.4484 | visit web site | more info 

 

 

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28th Annual Memorial Day Longboard Club Invitational   

May 26-27, 2012 | Steamer Lane | Santa Cruz
 
Longboarders from across the state take over Steamer Lane this Memorial Day weekend, as over 100 contestents compete in the longest-running surfboard contest on the West Coast! 

This community event is not just for surfers; shop bikinis to surf gear, grab some tacos from Watsonville-based treasure Tacquitos Nayarit, win prizes in the infamous SCLU mega-raffle, and cheer your favorite local surfers as they compete against some of the best longboarders in the state.

Proceeds from the 2012 event benefit Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services and Ride-a-Wave Foundation, Inc. Additional donations will also be made to the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.

When: Saturday May 26, 8am - 4:30pm | Sunday, May 27th, 8am - 3:30pm
Surfboard Raffle and Awards Ceremony: 4pm Sunday

 

 

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Memorial Weekend Special Offer

 

Kayak

Memorial Day Special Offer 2012   

FREE kayak tour and breakfast on the beach!

 

Come stay with aGreatPlaceToStay.net, Vacation Rentals this Memorial Day long weekend - (Friday May 25, 2012 arriving after 3PM & leaving Monday May 28, 2012 before 11AM).  
 
Enjoy a Free Continental Breakfast at the Moss Landing Harbor area or the Santa Cruz Harbor area - your choice - around 9am on either Saturday or Sunday and then take a local wildlife tour in your choice of a single or double Kayak for every guest in Sea Otteryour group. You will enjoy viewing the sea otters and their babies, sea lions, and lots of beautiful birds...ALL FREE! There will be a short training session on how to use a Kayak before the Tour and all safety equipment will be supplied. 

 

 

Offer Details: 
To Qualify for this Free Breakfast and Kayak Tour, you will have booked a stay with any of aGreatPlaceToStay.net 60 family-loved vacation homes in the Santa Cruz area, anytime from May 8, 2012 to May 24th 2012, and stay on this Memorial Day weekend for 3-nights. We will send you a Gift Certificate for a Free Breakfast and Kayak Tour for you while you stay! Call us at 1-866-539-6089, from 7am-7-pm, 7-days a week for this trip that everyone can enjoy and will remember for a long time!
 
TV Show Highlights Growing VR Trend for Family Reunions

 

Getting Away Together - New TV Show! 

 
New TV Show Highlights the growing trend for families to gather at Vacation Rentals for Family Reunions!     
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This video show a great family get together
 

- ABOUT THE SHOW -

Getting Away Together is a new TV series currently airing on PBS member stations highlighting the rapidly growing trend of sharing a vacation rental with friends and family. From girlfriend getaways to family reunions and milestone celebrations, the series shows diverse groups of real travelers vacationing together in some of the most fascinating destinations across America.

 

Just as these families did a vacation rental and had a great time, you can too. We have over 60+ family owned vacation rentals in Santa Cruz for you to stay at.  

 

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Beach Cottage at Natural Bridges

 

Beach Cottage at Natural Bridges- New! 

 
 This home is near the ocean on the Westside of Santa Cruz. 
6 Guests 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathroom
Sleeps 6 adults, 2-bedrm 1-bath, Located in a secluded sandy cove Beach Community of elegantly maintained modular Homes. It has a Year Round Heated Swimming Pool, 16' Hot Tub, Sauna, Clubhouse, and Ocean, Beach and Sunset views. This Quiet Retreat is near an elegant Lake with Swans and Ducks and a Gazebo at the Ocean's edge for watching the spectacular Sunsets. 

 

This recently built home features a comfortable living room with a gas fireplace, a nice kitchen with all new appliances, a bath with a shower, and two bedrooms. One bedroom has a Queen bed and the other a Twin Trundle set. There is also a new innerspring Futon in front of the fireplace.

Just a 5-min drive to the main entrance of the University of California at Santa Cruz campus, which is open to the public, which has several restaurants, a wonderful arboretum and a swimming pool that is also open to the public.  

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  • Mermaid Manor

     

    Mermaid Manor - New!   

     
     
    Master Bedroom at the Mermaid Manor 

    7 Guests
    3 Bedrooms
    2 Full Bathrooms

        

     

        


    Bright, sunny garden paradise with outdoor decks and grassy lawns. Walk through a floral arched gateway, to the right are several potted orchids to the left is a glass atrium to the front door.  This is a "shoes off home" and enter the home with white carpets and beautifully decorated hand crafted crystal chandeliers. Three bedrooms decorated in beautiful floral motifs, 1 king bed in master and two queen beds in lofts with ladders or a double sleeping couch and a Queen futon, 2 baths, 1 king, 2 queens and a twin bed, 2 bikes, 1-1/2 blks to beaches, Comcast cable, Broadband WIFI, sleeping lofts with ladders or double sleeping couch and a Queen futon and queen beds, and with separate sitting room for each, shoes off, white carpet, front and back and upstairs decks, handmade quilts, mermaid art, soaking tub, weber charcoal BBQ, easy walk to 15 restaurants, 41st Ave and village of Capitola shopping area. Lots of exotic plants and flowers.
    Hidden Beach Getaway

     

    Hidden Beach Getaway - New!    

     

     
    Parking for 4 cars onsite 
     

    8 Guests
    3 Bedrooms
    2 Full Bathrooms
       Sorry No Pets  
       

     
    Lovely home nestled in Rio Del Mar Beach area with fireplace  and deck with ocean views. Beautiful backyard with bench.
    This home is just walking distance from the Rio Del Mar Beach and Hidden Beach Park.


    Large Livingroom Seating area with Fireplace
    Relaxing Living Room setting with Ocean Views
     
    Ocean Views all the way over to Monterey Peninsula

     

    Hidden Beach
    Pathway to Hidden Beach Park  

    >> read more about the Hidden Beach Getaway House

     

     

    House Of Lights

     

    House of Lights - New!   

     

     

    18 Guests
    5 Bedrooms
    5 Full Bathrooms

        


    THE HOUSE OF LIGHTS: Sleeps up to 18 guests, in 6-sleeping areas. Outdoor free-form Swimming Pool that is warmer than the Ocean, a bubbling Hot Tub, a Large Goldfish pond with elegant plants and tables and chairs in the cool shady areas next to the tinkling waterfall.


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