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Mermaid Tale: The Shrimp

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Welcome to 401 4th Street, Tybee Island, GA and one of our favorite cottages…The Shrimp! If you love Tybee’s quirky cottage style, The Shrimp is definitely for you. This home is full of Tybee style! The Shrimp was featured in the 2006 Tybee Tour of Homes as well as in the January 2009 Coastal Living Magazine‘s Guest Book article!

Need a family retreat or longing for a girlfriend getaway? The Shrimp sleeps six comfortably, so it’s perfect for any group wishing to while away the days in our little corner of paradise. Your cottage is located next door to the Key Lime Parrot Cottage as well. It’s the perfect set up for family groups wanting to vacation together, but still enjoy their own space. It’s even ground level for anyone looking to avoid stairs.

Your cottage sits directly across the street from Memorial Park with wonderful family fun activites! The park includes a large children’s playground, tennis courts, and outdoor volleyball and basketball courts, so there are plenty of opportunities for fun. When you catch the beach-combing bug, Tybee’s gorgeous beach is a short 3 block walk through the park! Don’t want to walk? Check out the wonderful rentals at Tim’s Beach Gear…from bikes to beach gear, they have everything you need to be the beach bum you have always wanted to be!

After a long day of sight seeing and beach combing, return to your oasis of a cottage. At The Shrimp, the screened porch invites you to slow down and enjoy island life and ocean breezes. You can watch tv at your leisure, enjoy a cozy corner and catch up on your reading, and even stay as connected as you’d like with the complimentary high speed internet and WiFi. The Shrimp truely is the perfect Tybee Island escape!

Don’t wait another minute, plan your visit to The Shrimp today. You can book your stay online, or give us a call at (912) 313-0784 and we’ll do our best to make your Mermaid dreams come true! We look forward to hearing from you soon!

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Happy Guests Make Us Smile!

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Tybee Island is the perfect escape…and we mean any time of year! Sure, summer is beautiful, but our fall and even winter are fabulous. The holidays are one of our favorite times of year, so when you stay with us for your holiday, it’s the best present we could have to know you trust your special memories to Mermaid Cottages! We can’t contain our smiles when we hear from you, our cherished guests, about your successful holiday stay with us. For instance, check out what Erika and Sarah had to say about their recent Mermaid Cottages holiday:

“This was one of the most relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgivings I can remember. The cottage is very whimsical and when you step outside you can hear the ocean. I believe that this was the first year in a new Thanksgiving tradition.” ~Erika W. from Mesa, AZ about a stay at The Shrimp Cottage

Plan your trip to The Shrimp today!

“This was our second year a Mermaid cottage. Dutton Waller was warm and inviting. Once we put a few lights out on the porch to have our traditional al fresco Thanksgiving, we were all set. Diane and her Thanksgiving Turkey elves took care of everything we needed. The concierge service is impeccable. I highly suggest you rent any of the Mermaid Cottages. I know we will be back again and I cannot wait.” ~Sarah S. from Los Angeles, CA about a stay at Dutton-Waller Cottage.

front shot — Dutton-Waller Cottage is just waiting for you!

Thank you for sharing Erika and Sarah! Nothing makes us happier than hearing about happy guests! We enjoyed sharing your Thanksgiving, and we hope to see y’all again real soon!

Don’t forget, Tybee Island isn’t just a summer destination. We are a piece of paradise all year, so let us help make your holiday season merry and bright. Give us a call at (912) 313-0784 and we’ll do everything we can to make you smile!

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Christmas Fun on Tybee Island

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Christmas is in full swing around here, and we couldn’t be happier! We sure do love decking our halls each year and adding to the festive spirit of Christmas here on Tybee Island. There’s nothing better than the holidays in paradise, that’s for sure!

Defocused image of star on Christmas tree — imagesource.com

We are so honored to say that, for the third year in a row, Mermaid Cottages was named the Best Decorated Business on Tybee! It couldn’t have happened without every single Mermaid and Merman in our group, so we want to send out a huge Thank You and Job Well Done to our entire Mermaid Cottages family for all their hard work making every single cottage merry for the holidays. The entire island does a fabulous job with decorating, so being honored this way really warms our hearts! Just look at these beautiful pictures from Fish Camp Cottage, Paws and Paddles Cottage, Dutton-Waller Cottage, and Paula Deen’s Y’all Come Inn!

cottages_Christmas2011 — Just a few of our cottages showing their Christmas spirit!

Makes us all warm and fuzzy just looking at those! If the holiday lights and decorations haven’t sufficiently helped you to be jolly, don’t forget there are still loads of events happening on Tybee for the Holidays. In fact, this weekend is packed full of Christmas cheer!

The 3^rd Annual Floating Christmas Parade is always a fun not-to-be-missed event at The Crab Shack! The festivities begin at 6:30pm with a Hot Dog & Chili Bar that is available until 7:30pm. The Hot Dog & Chili Bar will be FREE for parade participants with a Second Harvest canned food donation and $5 for spectators with a Second Harvest canned food donation. Participants will also receive FREE docking for Friday and/or Saturday night! The boats depart The Crab Shack Docks at 7:15pm and return at 8:30pm. Awards will be given at 9pm for The Best Decorated, The Most Lights, The Most Enthusiastic Elves, and The Longest Voyage. There will be music from 6:30pm – 10pm as well! Clear your weekend calendar and come celebrate the holidays while supporting a good cause!

Don’t worry, there’s still more fun to be had if parades aren’t your thing. Don’t miss the Candle Lantern Tour at Fort Pulaski December 9^th and 10^th or the Tybee Teddy Bear Tea Party December 11^th at the Tybee Island Wedding Chapel! There’s loads of holiday fun to be had this weekend and all month long here on Tybee! Make sure to check out the list of events at TybeeForTheHolidays.com! Merry Christmas Y’all!

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Be a Mermaid for the Holidays!

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Oh my goodness…where did November go?! It sure is hard to believe the Christmas season is already here and the New Year is right around the corner. I mean, wasn’t it July just yesterday?!

This time of year might be a slower season on Tybee Island, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing going on! Tybee is still beautiful during the fall and winter months, and you can still enjoy long lazy days of strolling with the beach all to yourself! Just look at these beautiful pictures from our very own Mermaid Margo, owner of Fish Camp Cottage. Pure beach bliss!

tybee-december2011-margocook — Thanks to Margo Cook for these amazing pictures from our corner of paradise!

DSCF2439 — We love to decorate for the holidays!

The holidays are just about one of our favorite times of year here in paradise. Our celebrations are not-to-be-missed, and we definitely deck the halls…Tybee style, of course! That’s the good news; want the great news? There’s still plenty of time to plan a holiday trip to last a lifetime! We’d love to see your family on Tybee for the Holidays. We still have many cottages to choose from for your gathering. There are even dates available right now running from the first day of Hanukkah, to Christmas, straight through New Year’s Eve!

Want to make a memory to cherish year after year? Let Mermaid Cottages help! Book you trip online right now, or give us a call at (912) 313-0784. We love helping you find your perfect dream cottage! The holidays are coming fast, are you ready? We look forward to hearing from you soon!

DSCF2471 — "Merry Christmas Y'all!" Decorations at Paula Deen's Y'all Come Inn!

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Shop Small, Y’all!

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November 26 (this Saturday!) is the 2nd Annual Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year.

This year Mermaid Cottages wants to spotlight products and services created and produced here and we want to encourage everyone to take the time to look closer at purchases we all make. We’ll be sharing our favorite Made In America goods and we hope you will, too. When you find great products you’d like to help promote please share them with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter and with comments on our blogs.