Register for our Free Vacation Giveaway!

Sunset Properties is teaming up with Our State magazine for a special promotion this month. You can use this link to register for a chance at a free family vacation at a designated oceanfront home between now and the end of April. Hurry-this sweepstakes ends December 15th!

Sea Oats West is a modern four bedroom oceanfront duplex at Sunset Beach, and sleeps 10. It is part of the Sunset Properties “Platinum Perks” program, which includes free linen and early check-in privileges. One lucky sweepstakes winner will receive a spring week for free in this home(1)!

Sunset Properties offers close to 400 vacation rental homes and condos on the islands of Sunset Beach and Ocean Isle Beach on the southern coast of North Carolina. We work with some of the best homes on each island, and offer special services such as our Perks Club, Platinum Perks program, and Pet Friendly rentals. We’ll be introducing our new “Linen Ready” service next month for 2012 which includes linen setup and towels in designated rental homes.

So, take a minute now to register for the free vacation giveaway. Then visit our website to make a summer reservation.

Sunset Properties Staff

(1):Please see the Our State website for full sweepstakes guidelines.

3rd Annual Turkey Trot Nov 24th 10 am

Looking for a fun and very informal way to get ready for this year's Thanksgiving feast?

Jean and John Hutchinson are hosting the 3rd annual Turkey Trot on Sunset Beach, starting at 10 am on Thanksgiving day. They've figured out 5k and 1 mile courses for those that want to run (though most of us will be walking!).

Our family joined in two years ago, and had a ball. Everyone gathered at 6th and Canal Drive on the island, and then had an enjoyable walk/run while catching up with neighbors. And it relieved some of the guilt as I ate the 2nd dessert helping later that day....

Some event notes from the hosts: "This event is NOT A RACE, and there are only winners and no losers. This is a fun start to a great Thanksgiving Day! Also, NO AID STATIONS OR WATER STATIONS AND NO HELP NAVIGATING TRAFFIC!!! Seriously, BE VERY CAREFUL, and YIELD TO TRAFFIC!! There will be no police or officials to stop traffic so YOU MUST STOP; YOU MUST KEEP YOUR CHILDREN WITH YOU, and YOU MUST WAIT UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION TO CONTINUE YOUR RUN!!! Each person is completely responsible for their own well-being and completely responsible for their own and especially their children's safety."

Translation: Have fun, but be safe. And enjoy!

If you need a rental home for Thanksgiving weekend at Sunset Beach, check out the Sunset Properties website for options.

Check out these Sunset Beach Videos!

We've updated our video page on the Sunset Properties website with links to several new clips you'll want to check out.

Thanks to the Brunswick County Tourism Development Authority for creating and sharing several of these. You'll find videos on a family's stay in a vacation rental home on Sunset Beach, along with informational videos on sea turtles, kayaking opportunities, and the lighthouses in Brunswick County.

You can also view the winning video from our 2011 guest photo/video contest

We hope you enjoy them all!

Sunset Properties Photo and Video Contest Winners Announced

Sunset Properties is pleased to announce that Ryan Koechig from Media, PA has been selected as this year's winner of our photo contest. His sunrise photo looking down Tubbs Inlet behind the bayfront homes from one of our rentals on Cobia Street was the top choice of both our staff and on our facebook pages.

Sunset Properties has also selected Sara Gerlich from Indiana as this year's winner of our video contest. Her family video showed some of the games that many families play on our beach strands during their summer vacations. Both Ryan and Sara will receive an IPad 2 as their prize for winning the contest. We appreciated all of the entries-we had well over 400 photos submitted for the contest this year, and a handful of videos. You can see all of the family memories in our photo gallery (located in the social corner link of our website at sunsetbeachnc.com). Thanks also for all of the comments on our finalists-we appreciated the feedback!

Our Two Video Finalists for 2011!

Thanks for the entries into this year's video contest as well. We've narrowed the field down to these two finalists:

Sara Gerlich's video

Maria Fehr's video

We'll announce the winner of the IPad 2 early next week!

2011 Photo Contest Finalists

Who should win the IPad2?

A group of Sunset Properties staff members spent the last two weeks pouring over all of the entries for this year's photo contest. We were very impressed by the response-well over 400 photos were received this year!

Every one of the judges complained that they had trouble narrowing down the choices for the top five. Here are our five finalists that we've selected for this year's contest.

We'll be watching for feedback over the next week before we select one of these as our grand prize winner for photos. The lucky photographer will will a new IPad 2 for their use from Sunset Properties.

We'll also post the video finalists on Tuesday this week.

#1-Beach view-Evans

#2-Marsh view-Koechig

#3-Beach Access Walk-Pearson

#4-Beach Wedding-Pickle

#5-Beach Smiles-Stone

Have an opinion on which of these five should be selected as our top photo this year? Post it on our facebook page, or email us at sunsetproperties@atmc.net.

Ennis Wins TV at Sunset Properties Appreciation Event

Amy Ennis accepts her new TV from Sunset Properties General Manager Pat Wolfe

Thanks to everyone that braved a chilly evening at the OIB Park to attend the Sunset Properties Appreciation Event. We enjoyed the food catered by Causeway Gourmet, and the music as well.

A total of 41 housekeeping contractors were recognized at the event for qualifying for this year's grand prize. These individuals qualified by working each of the prime summer weeks and completing all of their assignments with no complaints from guests or homeowners. Ennis was selected from a raffle of those individuals for the TV.

The company also gave special recognition to eight individuals that qualified for the third year in a row. They include: Alice Nolan, Betty Fuller, Clementine Hill, Lori Bass, Nancy Gibson, Rhonda Smith, Sherry Dowless, and Sheryln Ford.

We thank all of the vendors and homeowners for a great 2011, and look forward to working toward even better results in 2012.