Sunset Properties Launches their Lucky Day Promotion

Our latest promotion revolves around a theme of the St. Patrick's Day holiday. Although St. Patrick's day lies on March 17, our "Lucky Day" promotion runs from March 11 - March 29. During this time, if you reserve one of over 200 of our participating vacation homes, you will receive an amenity package of your choice. You'll get to chose from eight different options, depending on the price of the vacation home you rent. These packages include discounted golf, free beach equipment, deep sea fishing with the Hurricane Fleet, a family portrait, and gift certificates to popular area restaurants.

Add some more value to your family vacation this year, and CLICK HERE for more information on our March, Lucky Day promotion. Days like these don't come around too often. The weather is getting better here at the beach and NOW is the time to make your vacation plans. Give us call, or book online, and allow us to help in planning another memorable vacation in Sunset Beach.

Written By: Jake Foutz - Marketing Supervisor, Sunset Properties

Housekeeping Conference Draws a Crowd!

Sunset Properties hosted a Housekeeping Conference at Sea Trail Resort in Sunset Beach, NC in late February, and drew close to 200 individuals to the event.

Ron Watts, owner of Sunset Properties, welcomed the attendees, and talked about the importance of a strong housekeeping department for our vacationing guests. He later moderated a panel discussion that included three homeowners that shared how important the role of housekeeping is with their rental homes.

The event was developed and coordinated by David Sides, Housekeeping Manager for Sunset Properties. Both Sides and Phyllis Conner, Housekeeping Supervisor for the company, gave presentations during the conference on topics such as updated home standards, house set-ups, and best practices for cleaning a vacation rental home. We appreciated representatives from Brame Speciality Products and Rubbermaid Products leading sessions on Going Green, Microfiber products, and chemicals during the event as well.

Our thanks to Jean Hutchinson, Brad Moock, and Roger Martin for participating on the owner panel. We got great feedback from the attendees on their discussion about the good and bad of the maintenance and cleaning of their respective homes.

Our staff has made a commitment to work toward being the top housekeeping department in the country within the next three years, and this event was a wonderful way to launch the training updates and philosophy to both existing and potential cleaners with Sunset Properties.

Summer Concert Line-up Announced

Well, it's cold and raining here at the beach today-we are absolutely ready for warmer weather to arrive! And it must be coming-we received the 2010 lineup for the "Concerts on the Coast" this morning. These concerts are held every Friday night between 6:30 pm and 8 pm between Memorial Day and Labor Day at the Museum of Coastal Carolina on neighboring Ocean Isle Beach. Sunset Properties is pleased to once again be one of the sponsors for the series. Here's the lineup: May 28th: The Entertainers June 4th: The Imitations June 11th: Goldrush June 18th: Legends of Beach June 25th: The Attractions July 2nd: Mark Roberts & Breeze July 9th: Craig Woolard Band July 16th: Continental Divide July 23rd: Band of OZ July 30th: GB4 Band August 6th: Bailout August 13th: The Holiday Band August 20th: Jim Quick & Coastline August 27th: Craig Woolard Band September 3rd: The Tams These concerts are a great way to wind up a week on vacation at the beach. So grab a beach chair, and come on out to enjoy the sounds, the beach breeze, and maybe get in a little dancing as well!

"Southerners" in Calabash Worth A Dinner Out!

One of the fun parts about returning to the beach is discovering new places in our area to try for fun or dining. Some of our Sunset Beach vacation guests have discovered Causeway Gourmet-a take-out deli/restaurant on the mainland causeway at our neighboring island of Ocean Isle. It's a lunch-time favorite for many on our staff. Well the proprietors of Causeway Gourmet now have their own full service restaurant. 'Southerners' opened earlier this year, and is on Beach Drive in the heart of Calabash. It's about a 10 minute drive from the island. Dawn and Jonathon have had a chance to expand their delicious entree selection from Causeway Gourmet, and have something for every taste bud. We ate at Southerners recently, and enjoyed it. My wife had their shrimp and grits dish, and I went for the pecan chicken. Our guests had pork chops and the pecan chicken. One tip for salad lovers-they offer full-sized salads that are very good. You won't get a skimpy little side dish! As I said, there's plenty of options on the menu (even for the kids)-enough to bring us back in the future. There's a full service bar in case others beat you in for a table. And the wait staff is made up of locals that were very attentive. We found the entree pricing very reasonable for the area as well. So when you're ready to enjoy a night out for dinner on your next vacation at Sunset Beach, give Southerners a try. I think you'll have an enjoyable evening.

Vacation Olympics: You Could Win Free Beach Equipment

Have you made your vacation plans for 2010 yet? Now is the best time to make your summer plans. During the winter, you have more beach house choices to choose from, AND you get to take advantage of great promotions; such as our Vacation Olympics! Reserve your 2010 vacation now - either a spring, summer, or fall week, and you could win free beach equipment. Our contest started on February 12th, and will officially end this Sunday, February 28th. We're drawing a winner each day of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Call us TODAY and you could be the next winner!

Vacation Olympics Winners-to-Date:

2/12: Theresa McGowan, MO

2/13: Bob Hill, TX

2/14: Martha Carlisle, NC

2/15: Lorrie Taylor, OH

2/16: West Fuller, VA

2/17: Jane Scott, SC

2/18: Lisa Coffman, VA

2/19: Kimberly Wiggins, SC

2/20: Dennis O'Dea, NY

2/21: Brandy Stack, NY

2/22: Karen Kahle, WVA

2/23: John Falco, GA

2/24: Beverly Balint, VA

Written By: Jake Foutz - Marketing Supervisor, Sunset Properties

Vacation Olympics on to a Great Start

Our 2010 Vacation Olympics runs til February 28th, the last day of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. We're giving away a free vacation equipment package from Rest a Shore Beach Gear every day of the Olympics to one lucky guest randomly drawn from that day's reservations. The winner gets to pick from one of four equipment packages if the USA wins a gold medal on their reservation date. If the USA doesn't win a gold medal, our guest who is picked will still win and get to select from one of our "a la carte" equipment options. CLICK HERE for full contest details.

You may still participate in our Olympics by simply making a reservation in one of our 400+ vacation homes on the islands of Sunset Beach and Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. CLICK HERE to get started!

Winners to date include:

2/12 - Theresa McGowan, MO

2/13 - Bob Hill, TX

2/14 - Martha Carlisle, NC

2/15 - Lorrie Taylor, OH

2/16 - West Fuller, VA

Written By: Jake Foutz - Marketing Supervisor, Sunset Properties

The BIG Snow of 2010

At least, I'm hoping this is "the" big snow of 2010. We got more than our fair share of snow last night in Brunswick County, North Carolina. An early day prediction yesterday put our snowfall amounts up to 7 inches, as the whole office was jumping for joy. Luckily, we didn't get nearly as much as the Weather Channel had predicted. But, it was still a pleasant surprise for all of us who might only see late night flurries this time of year.

I started taking pictures around 7:00 this morning of the snow. By the time I made it out to the bridge, a huge crowd had gathered to snap a shot of what might be the last snowfall the bridge experiences. It's pretty amazing to see snow on a normally beautiful, sunny, and mild beach strand. Enjoy the photos!

Pictures and Blog By: Jake Foutz - Marketing Supervisor, Sunset Properties