Family Fun in the Northeast

Ala Kai Motel

Wildwood Crest, NJ

Six decades of summer and the 1963 Polynesian Doo-Wop bones still intact, with ocean-view verandas and two pools. Towel sculptures appear in the room. Someone here still does that.

Bar Harbor Motel

Bar Harbor, ME

Fourteen acres with drive-up rooms, gear loans, and nightly s'mores, with a free shuttle to Acadia National Park departing from the property. The kind of setup that turns a base camp into the stay itself.

Breezeway Boutique Hotel

Westerly, RI

Three fountain courtyards, a private beach, and a heated outdoor pool that has been running since 1970. A family-owned beachside compound that is still being built out.

Hotel Dylan

Woodstock, NY

A bohemian-sophisticated hideaway at the base of Overlook Mountain, where a record player and a stack of 1960s vinyl wait in every room. Days unwind on a central lawn with a saltwater pool, ping-pong, and fire pits, with the village of Woodstock and its music history just down the road.

Innsbruck Inn at Stowe

Stowe, VT

Renovated in 2022 with generous rooms, gas fireplaces, walk-in showers, and exterior patio access to the mountain air. Named for the Olympics held the year Billy Kidd won America's first alpine skiing medal.

Ocean View Terrace Inn

Hampton Bays, NY

A 1950s Greek family-run property on the bay with a dark marine blue exterior, pink doors, individually styled rooms, and a private beach. A character that takes decades to develop, and here it has.

Seascape Motel & Cottages

Belfast, ME

Record players, a 750-title vinyl library, fire pits, and a heated pool in a renovated 1964 coastal property. Cottages have full kitchens and private decks.

Starlux Hotel

Wildwood, NJ

The neon showpiece that helped spark Wildwood's whole Doo Wop revival, from the boomerang facade down to the lava lamp waiting in every room. Days here loop from the courtyard pool to the mini golf next door to the beach two blocks away, a summer-of-1960 fantasy that leans all the way in and delivers.

The Waypoint Rehoboth

Rehoboth Beach, DE

The 1946 Green Book property in West Rehoboth, taken down to the studs and reopened in 2025. A complimentary beach shuttle and a local craft brewery moving on-site in Summer 2026.

Bar Harbor Villager Motel

Bar Harbor, ME

Family-owned and in a prime downtown location, with a seasonal pool and the kind of genuine hospitality that earns specific, personal praise. The simplest things here are done well.

Cape Motel

Cape Charles, VA

A vintage-modern motor lodge just minutes from downtown Cape Charles, where a poolside bar built from a shipping container, a nightly fire pit, and resident chickens and bunnies turn a stopover into a hangout. It feels less like a place you sleep and more like a little Chesapeake yard party you were lucky enough to book.

Casselman Motel

Grantsville, MD

A simple, family-owned single-level motel tucked just behind the historic 1842 Casselman Inn, its from-scratch bakery, and its country restaurant in Grantsville. Park-at-your-door rooms, a grassy creekside picnic area, and a discounted breakfast next door make it a comfortable, heritage-rich stop right off I-68.

Colonial Motel

North East, PA

Family owned and freshly updated a short walk from Freeport Beach, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Lake Erie wine country. A single level with doors that open to the outside, a picnic area, and grills for a quiet lake-town stay.

Periwinkle Inn

Cape May, NJ

A family-run oceanfront basecamp on Cape May's Beach Avenue, where a landscaped pool courtyard with a fire pit, grills, and lawn games sits a few steps from the sand and the promenade. Housekeeping is a point of pride and the staff learn your name, the kind of tidy, warmly run beach inn families return to year after year.

Profile Motel & Cottages

Lincoln, NH

Three acres where pines shelter cottage units above a small brook, with the Georgiana Falls trail beginning at the property edge. Family-owned and seasonal, which is part of why it works.

The Anchor Motel

Narragansett, RI

A spotless, family-run beach motel set directly across Ocean Road from Scarborough State Beach, where every exterior-door room opens onto a covered porch and an ocean view. Warm hosts and a wall of repeat guests make it feel less like a motel and more like a place people keep coming home to.

The Springs Motel

New Ashford, MA

Restored to 1960s prime by a local designer, with a kidney-shaped pool and vintage trailer bar. Nine acres of natural spring water and trail access.

Travelers Rest Motel

Intercourse, PA

Daily Amish farmland tours and a breakfast built around locally made donuts, run since the early 1980s by a Lancaster County family operation. A genuinely different context for a stay.