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Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight

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A wooden deck with a table and chairs overlooking the ocean.
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A dining area with a table and chairs, a refrigerator, a wine rack, and a view of the outside.
A modern kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and a central island with orange and yellow bar stools.
A two-story house with a balcony, wooden deck, and a garage.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • Beach equipment
    A rare find — beach equipment ready to go for your days by the sea.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Close to San Luis Pass
Sleeps 8•3 bedrooms•4 beds

Popular amenities

  • Onsite parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Air-conditioning
  • Barbecue grill
  • Deck or patio

Explore the area

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Freeport, TX
  • Place, San Luis Pass County Park
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, San Luis Pass
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, San Luis Beach
    ‪3 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Single Bunk Bed and 2 Single Beds

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower

Bathroom 3

Outdoor shower

Bathroom 3

Bathtub or shower

Spaces

Deck or patio
Outdoor shower
Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Dining area

About this property

Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight

Early morning walks on the beach is your best chance at finding shells and with luck a sand dollar or two. The beach in front is not swimmable due to the riptides caused by the pass, wading is ok and good for shell searching or sunbathing. The swimming beach is 2 blocks back and 3 blocks down, walkable but there are some parking places by the entrance. After swimming, rinse off in the down stairs shower. Pull the grill out and cook up some burgers, stay down on the lower deck or move up and enjoy watching the waves or paragliders on the Galveston beach across the bay. Does it get better than this? Stay off the dunes and grasses as Rattlesnakes like to hide there...yes rattlesnakes... Get up before 6 to see the sunrises... worth getting up early...

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Check-out instructions

The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:
Strip any used beds
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks and take out the rubbish
Turn off the lights and lock the doors
Please hang any damp towel over the shower curtain.
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
Please bring in all cushions when the sun goes down to keep them from getting wet.
No fireworks. Please only take the beach towels to the beach, not the white bath towels.

Important information

You need to know

Property # 2742967vb
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

About the area

Freeport

Located in Freeport, this holiday home is near the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Galveston Island Beaches and Surfside Beach. Travelling with kids? Consider Broadway and Sea Center Texas. With kayaking, windsurfing and power boating nearby, you'll find plenty of adventures in the water.
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Freeport, TX

What's nearby

  • San Luis Pass County Park - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • San Luis Pass - 18 min walk - 1.6 km
  • San Luis Beach - 3 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Galveston Island Beaches - 21 min drive - 17.4 km
  • Moody Gardens - 57 min drive - 46.1 km

Getting around

  • Houston, TX (EFD-Ellington Field) - 75 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Pointe Restaurant & Bar - ‬5 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight?

As of 15 August 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight on 22 September 2026 start from NZ$1,763, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Island life, Island time, After Dune Delight located?

This family-friendly Freeport holiday home is located by the ocean, within 1 mi (2 km) of San Luis Pass County Park and San Luis Pass. San Luis Beach is 1.7 mi (2.7 km) away.

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 20 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 20 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 20 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 20 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 20 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Noelia D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
really enjoyed our stay, the house was super cute and cozy, nice beach view
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 16 July 2026
So glad you had a great time.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Kamal A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The House was well maintained and superclean, stuffed with essential items. Host was very friendly and provided a quick response. The House is in a nice location, only issue there is not much of a beach access near the house you may need to walk a little go get to the beach, but we loved our stay at this property.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 3 August 2026
I'm so glad you enjoyed your stay
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sabrina G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Vickey (the host) was more than accommodating when the lightning storm that hurricane Bertha gave us some issues during our stay. Thank you again for all your help!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 29 July 2026
I'm so pleased that VRBO found you another house to stay and complete your vacation.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Brittany T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a great time- even found a sand dollar!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 7 August 2025
So very happy you had a good time and congrats of finding the sand dollar... it took me three years to find one!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

kaye K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful home with lots of charm.

Perfect view of San Luis Pass and a great location!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 12 September 2024
So glad you enjoyed yourself, please come back.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Rubi M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great experience

Amazing and relaxing place to spend woth your family, we enjoyed every minute of it!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 7 July 2024
So very pleased you had a good time. Please come again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Ashley K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Amazing Spot!!

Great spot for my family. Great views and fishing. Everyone had something to do. Lots of games to entertain the kiddos. Everything you needed to cook.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Justin M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect!

Was a great stay, no complaints!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Travis B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely amazing

We had an amazing time. I can’t say enough about this property! They have everything you need from spices to cook with, plenty of cookware, to a fan. We will most definitely stay again. My family loves it. If I could give the is place 10 stars I would..
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 28 July 2025
Thank you, so happy you and your family had a great time, thanks for the fan... lol
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Jody S.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Most relaxing quite getaway we ever have taken

Beautiful, quite, very quite, peaceful home, it was one of the most relaxing peaceful vacations we’ve been on, this home was like home away from home for us, had every amenity one could ask for, a little far from any store or restaurants but of course that was why it was so peaceful, it felt almost as we had the entire ocean to ourselves, we highly recommend this property, and will definitely make it our permanent vacation home when we visit Galveston
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 16 July 2023
Thank you for the kind words, I love that you enjoyed it as much as we do. Hope to have you back next year.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Luis A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great vacation

Owners where very nice and communicated great with my wife. House was beautiful inside and out. Any minor request we had they worked with us. We will definitely be back next year. Wish all of our other experiences where as great as this one.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 19 July 2023
I'm so glad you enjoyed our home and look forward to having you again next year. thank for doing the towels...you did not have to do that but it was greatly appreciated!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Ginger T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Clean

This house was very clean and the neighborhood was very quite!! Love the whole view! The owner was up front about everything..
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 4 August 2022
I'm so glad you had a good time. Thank you
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Rhye V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely getaway.

The house was very comfortable. The beach in front is not swimmable, but there are plenty of public beaches around. It being a non-swimming beach makes for quieter evenings, and excellent shelling! We found so many treasures! You’re about 20 minutes from a grocery store, but the drives are lovely! Would absolutely go again! Tip: Bring bug spray! — to any gulf destination.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sam A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Overall Good small house

Everything was good, we had lot of fun. Only couple of things, lift don’t work so, have to use stairs for moving up and down. One thing that really worried us was when we talked to the owner she said be careful there will be snakes out there. Which we were not informed before the stay. Since we have kids that was a huge concern for us. But I really appreciate the owner for being honest and telling us to be careful around the house and dumes. Over all everything was good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 3 August 2022
Glad you had a good time, sorry about the lift due to liability issues it cannot be made available to guest. As per the snakes any dune on any beach has the possibilities of having snakes.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Bonnie G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The host Ms. Vickey is very nice and is easy to get ahold of if there is a problem.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 29 June 2026
Thank you for the feedback and hope you come see us again.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Joni M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy
Nice visiting areas outside. - somewhat crowded in kitchen area. Beds comfortable Could use some maintenance door knob loose and came off we had fix some other things need updated. But overall house was nice.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 23 June 2026
It might not have been so crowed if there had been 6 there that you booked instead of 10... You should be ashamed of lying about the number of people that would be there since it clearly states max of "8"... That door knob was just installed last month and was working perfectly until you came...we now have to replace it again. You will not be allowed to book again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Alfredo P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Weekend Getaway

Property was great. Great location kitchen had everything one would need to prepare any meal. Home was very clean when we arrived We are ready to return for our next trip highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Tonya W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Nice but a few details left on in listing

First, the house was great! It was decorated super fun & super clean. Check in was 4pm and finally at 5:00 that day I had to message the owner to find out how to get in, thankfully she did reply quickly with the code since we were an hour away, not sure what we would have done had she not. Next, location…. I was kind of surprised upon arrival that the house is not actually on the beach. One of the pics that shows the jetty right down from the house is looking off the corner of the porch. Your view right in front of you is a row of houses. I specifically filtered in house, beach front and ocean front so I assumed it would be directly on the beach and nothing between us and the ocean except sand. I have even came home after our trip and used the same filters just in case I had made a mistake but this listing came up again. We were specifically warned to stay off the dunes (which we always would) but there really wasn’t what I would call dunes, there was small mounds of sand that I assume they have brought in to help erosion from the last big storm. With that said getting to the beach was a bit tricky. You didn’t want to cut through the driveway for the house directly in front of you and if you walked down towards the jetty the storm had washed the road completely out. For anyone not in good health you would not be able to maneuver over the piles of asphalt to the actual beach. This wasn’t an issue for us as we climbed over but I would have been very upset had I brought my mother in law or grandmother since I thought the house was Beachfront and Oceanfront per the filters of the VRBO app. The kitchen was awesome, we took our own spices but the cabinets had probably anything you could possibly want in it. There was plenty of utensils, pots, pans and serving ware. It was a great trip and besides the disappointment of the location of the house and the real view from the porch it was great. Would I stay here again….sadly no. We found the listing for the house directly in front of this house and it was literally less than $40 a night more to be right on the beach. Don’t get me wrong! If being one street off the beach but still having a great view of the ocean and a little bit of a hike to get to the water is ok with you then it’s a great listing.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

james k.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Treasure Island

Property and location were great.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Taylor F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Phenomenal stay!

House had absolutely everything. Great location, plenty of space, very responsive owners, very clean. This was a great experience for me to show my spouse where I grew up!! Only complaint we have was having to leave! 10/10 will stay here again!!!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

About the host

Hosted by Vickey Wachtel

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Welcome to our home, this is not just an investment property but our second home and we hope it will be treated with respect. We are semi retired, meaning Norm is retired and I'm still working... he is now helping me run our real estate brokerage. We have been together 52 years, so yes he qualifies for Sainthood. We have 3 daughters, 10 grandchildren and 2 Great grandchildren. Life is very good.

Why they chose this property

Location, Location, Location!!! And plenty of room to not get in each others way. Treasure Island is close enough to all needs but secluded as well, Right at the pass across from Galveston it's a bit of a secret.

What makes this property unique

The View!!! Upper and lower deck to enjoy the outdoors in comfort.

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