April 2014

Mermaid Cottages Comes to the Rescue for Unwanted Dogs

It’s Dog Week!

Mermaid Cottages is known for most of their homes being pet-friendly vacation rentals. Why? You might ask.

What you may not realize is that we are very passionate about saving unwanted dogs by fostering them until they have a forever family. Most of these furry friends are on their last leg at kill shelters and Mermaid Cottages is a big advocate for getting these dogs adopted before this happens.

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More Mini Mermaid Getaways

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It’s busy time for Tybee Island vacation rentals and that means lots of guests staying a week or longer back to back. Maybe it’s not convenient for you to stay an entire week, but most places require you to book 5-7 nights at a time. What do you do? Well, thanks to the growing interest in our little barrier island we sometimes have two nights open here or three nights available there, which means more options for you! Just give us a call when you’ve got a couple of days for a getaway and say, “Give me some more Mini Mermaid Getaways!” These are also great for last minute, spur-of-the-moment road trips to the beach, too!

For instance, June 28th and 29th some of our favorite cottages are available. Wouldn’t it be great to hop down for some …

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Top Five Wow Tybee Events

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Roxanne Lark's photo of Tybee boats. — photo by Roxanne Lark, Mermaids Who Create 2014

Every time folks visit Tybee Island for the first time (and, quite frankly, every time they visit) they say WOW! Soon, you’ll really get excited when you enjoy these top five WOW Tybee events!

AquaCurean is a gourmet seafood, spirits and music celebration, taking place at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, April 25 — 27, 2014. The event will showcase some of best seafood and hand-crafted spirits from Savannah and around the country. The AquaCurean Challenge includes a seafood recipe competition and a hand-crafted cocktail competition. The mission of this event is to create a community event that draws participation from the local and national stages. Moreover, its goal is to raise money for children’s charities here in Savannah.

Cockspur Island photo by Lisa Wilson, Mermaids Who Create 2014

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A Tybee Island Selfie Guide

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Folds & Ghiloni photo of Baby Scout — Baby Scout’s first Tybee visit by Folds & Ghiloni

Be selfish with your selfies! It’s time we all plug-in and take inventory of every day we have. We owe it to ourselves to be present, to create and share as much love and laughter as we can muster and to make great memories. Mermaid Cottages is sharing our favorite people and places for photos so you can create a Tybee Island Selfie Guide. It doesn’t matter if you’re a solo traveler, an intimate couple, a small family, a large clan or even a group of friends. We’ve got each day to make something special happen, so let’s make sure we take wonderful photos to make the good times last longer!

Picture this. You’ve been landlocked for longer than you care to remember and then you come across the Lazaretto …

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Go Fly A Kite On Tybee Island

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Over a million people nation-wide will recognize this April as Parkinson’s Awareness Month and as National Kite Month. To that we say, “Go fly a kite on Tybee Island, will ya!”

The Savannah Parkinson’s Support Group and North Beach Bar & Grill invite all you kite lovers and spectators to join us in raising awareness of our community support groups for Parkinson’ Disease, Essential Tremor, Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease and other movement disorders. …

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