Let’s see a show of hands from all who are totally over the year of 2020! For all those who took staying home to a new level—working from home, ordering takeout to eat at home, even ordering their groceries and necessities to be delivered to their home—the past 12 months might have felt like a long nightmare. If staying home is not how you want to spend your New Year’s...
Call us corny or weird, but we can’t help it, Christmas is our favorite time of year, and our inner Santa loves to come out and play! The town of Austin is decorated in its holiday finest and our Austin Vacation Rentals holiday hideaways seem to shine brighter, even without adding any Christmas décor. Perhaps it is our imagination or maybe it is the warmth and happiness that exudes from...
In spite of the turmoil and uncertainty that has hit the world in 2020, the holidays arrived far quicker than we deemed possible! Halloween is just a few short days away and then with another blink, Thanksgiving will have come and gone. There’s still time, however, to make plans for a fabulous getaway to the great city of Austin and a stay in one of our comfortable and stylish holiday...
In a world of absolutes, the gray areas tend to get lost as we seek the opposite of what we already have, especially in the winter months. We either seek out places that are cold and snowy or go to the extreme in the opposite direction, seeking warmth and beaches on which we work hard on our tans to impress those we left behind at home! But what about the...
If you recently found yourself back in the classroom, only this time the classroom was your dining room table and instead of being the student you were the teacher, chances are the pandemic changed your world as much as ours. Even if your child is still participating in school virtually, it’s just one more way your world has changed in 2020, but there is a silver lining! Homeschooling doesn’t have...
Not all vacations need to be dedicated to swimming, playing golf, or simply relaxing by the pool on hot summer days. Sometimes your inner history buff demands to be let out to explore and learn! We’re not always satisfied with simply admiring the architecture of that beautiful building; we want to know when it was built and what purposes it served over the years! If this describes you and you...
As you start planning your fun-filled getaway to the city of weird, Austin, chances are you will want to spend lots of time outside, enjoying the natural beauty of our Texas home. 2020 has been a time of uncertainty and restrictions, so getting out of our homes and under the blue skies will more than likely be at the top of your vacation itinerary, and because we want guests to...
As the long and hot summer season draws to a close, this year, more than any before, we are excited to see what fall brings—especially the drop in temperatures that accompany the season! Texas in the fall is a beautiful place, filled with love, laughter, and all the pumpkin spice you dream about, and if your fall journey has your feet turned in the direction of our favorite place on...
The world changed overnight with the arrival of COVID-19, but even though we never know from minute to minute what’s going to happen next, there are some good things that have happened, even though we may not have realized it at the time! We have been able to spend more time with our families, learned some new recipes and practiced our organizational skills at home, and discovered that the commute...
By the time you are reading this, summer will have reared its ugly head, offering days filled with heat, humidity, and unrelenting sunshine, which at the beginning of the season, we all love. By the end of summer, however, we are definitely ready for the cooler temps and the final holiday of the season. The good news is that Labor Day Weekend is just around the corner. The promise of...
