Texas-Sized Family Retreat Near the Jetty and Beaches in Port Aransas TX! Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026

Q: Is Texas-Sized Family Retreat Near the Jetty and Beaches in Port Aransas TX! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Q: How much is parking at Texas-Sized Family Retreat Near the Jetty and Beaches in Port Aransas TX!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

Q: Where is Texas-Sized Family Retreat Near the Jetty and Beaches in Port Aransas TX! located?

Located in Old Town Port Aransas, this holiday home is within 1 mi (2 km) of University of Texas Marine Science Institute and Port Aransas Beach. Fisherman's Wharf and Port Aransas Birding Center are also within 15 minutes.

10/10 Excellent

Darrell D.

10 May 2025

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

Fishing Group

Great place with plenty of room and areas. Any issues where handled within minutes by the manager.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laura B.

1 Jun 2025

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

Perfect for large groups.

This house was perfect for our large group of 16. We cooked a big dinner Saturday night and used one of the kitchens and the grill. There was plenty of space for everyone to eat. Everything was clean and we did not see one bug that was mentioned in previous reviews. I highly recommend this place.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Pete B.

31 Jul 2024

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

Friends Birthday getaway

Overall we loved the location. Plenty of space for everyone. We will definitely stay here again. Just a few small issues. Nothing that will detour us from staying again

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Renee B.

6 Sept 2024

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

Fabulous stay

I surprised my husband with a family getaway with our adult kids for his 60th birthday, & this place was perfect! We had plenty of space for everyone-indoor & outdoor! There were 10 of us, & we had plenty of parking for everyone. They also provided plenty of the miscellaneous items like soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc…They have everything for cooking; however, I would suggest bringing your own skillets.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Mark F.

8 Jun 2022

Port A escape

10/10 Excellent

Cristy W.

6 Aug 2022

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

Franklin Family Beach Vacation

We had a wonderful stay at Port Aransas. The house had plenty of rooms to house five families and even offered additional space for our teen boys. We had a wonderful time playing on the back deck and yard with the kids while they waited patiently for the adults to be ready for the beach.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Larry S.

2 Dec 2024

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

Thanksgiving vacation

House had enough bedrooms and bathrooms to support the number listed. Two huge living areas, a game room for kids and a fenced in front yard with a large deck. Within 5 mins. of the water. Furniture not very comfortable in the living room areas, good kitchen area and storage for food. Overall the house servered all our needs for a great family vacation.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Bobbie R.

28 Feb 2023

PERFECT!!!!!

10/10 Excellent

Helen S., San Antonio

8 Aug 2022

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

Wonderful, eclectic home in Old PortAransas

Charming home with a wrap around verandah we enjoyed daily—always a sea breeze and comfortable. Ed’s are very comfortable and the living spaces had plenty of room for all activities - puzzles, computer games or just relaxing Loved being IN Port Aransas and seeing this town from “new”eyes - close enough to walk to watch the dolphins surfing the bow waves in the shipping channel as the tankers came through.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Linda H.

21 Oct 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Girls trip

The house was big enough for our group of 7 and the beds were good. The problem was the roaches. Bunk bed(which has no ladder) was a concern because the ceiling fan is too close. Ceiling fan in bathroom was very dirty.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Miranda P.

27 Aug 2024

Worked out great.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Cute space. Great location for a fishing trip. Only notes I would make would be some bathrooms don’t have great water pressure, floors are soft in some areas and there were water roaches. Given this is a coastal home some things are to be considered possible.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Janet C.

2 Aug 2023

Adorable Place

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Great place to stay in Port A. Location is great, as you can golf cart around all the local restaurants and bars. Also, easy access to the beach. My two main requests are cleanliness and great AC and neither disappointed. Adorable place to stay with lots of room.

8/10 Good

Calvin V.

17 Jul 2022

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

Definitely recommend!!

Beautiful home & perfect layout! It was great having one bedroom by the kitchen for the couple who always wakes up earliest & did most of the cooking. All the teenagers stayed upstairs, & the bedroom with its own bathroom was perfect for me & my 2 kiddos. My toddler loved the arcade game! The backyard was great to hang out with the whole family when we weren’t at the beach, which was only a few minutes away on the golf cart

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bruce M.

9 Jul 2023

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Martin Family

We enjoyed the yard and outdoor toys. Overall we enjoyed the house.some small plastic ccuos leak, middle tub on main floor drains very slow outlets next bar dont work

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

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10/10 Excellent

LaToya M. M.

9 Oct 2022

Two Thumbs Up!!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was somewhat dirty. I was more than happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Nice house loved it had alllll necessary things. My family loves to cook and house came with EVERYTHING needed to cook our meals. The cart provided was awesome.

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8/10 Good

Eden P.

21 Jun 2023

Beautiful spacious home!

Rating Details: The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This rental was so spacious. All the family members were very comfortable. The home is very beautiful and super clean and tidy upon arrival. We had one issue with the AC in the front part of the home not cooling but that was fixed pretty quickly. We would definitely rent this home again. Great location with easy access the beach.

10/10 Excellent

Helen S., San Antonio

22 Aug 2023

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Annual Family Beach Week

This was the second year our family spent our annual "Family Beach Week" in this beautiful home. With seven bedrooms and ages ranging from 3 years old upward, everyone had room for the privacy they needed. We love the big wrap-around verandah and spent most evenings outside, despite temperatures over 100 degrees. We had an internet problem when we arrived, but it was quickly fixed. The bedrooms and living areas are large and very comfortable. Thank you, again, for the care given to this lovely home.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Calvin H.

1 Jan 2024

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

Hanselka Family Christmas

Overall very positive appreciation of overall experience- spacious accommodating all members of our 4 generation family; good location; fyi, the commode in the first bedroom leaks at the water inlet connector and couldn’t exit on; Also, about 5’inside the Channelview entrance the flooring is not stable a heavy person might break through if they stepped on it; overall, as stated we were very satisfied…

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

elissa W.

2 Apr 2024

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Easter at the beach

The property was spacious and exactly what we needed for our large family stay. The fenced in yard was great for the little kids to play in and stay safe:). The only issues we had were that there was no working coffee maker, but Coffee Waves came to the rescue with 96 oz carafes of coffee. Also, we had to call maintenance to come fix the wifi as it was not working. Prompt attention from the management company though.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Cynthia P.

3 Apr 2025

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness

Nice space!

Although the house has an interesting layout, we really enjoyed both the indoor and outdoor spaces. There was room for all the people and all of our things. Overall it was very spacious for our large group. Unfortunately it was not very clean but that may have been because there were renters in right before us and they were trying to flip multiple properties and we were allowed to check in 1 hour after check in hours were supposed to occur. Several of the shower drains don't drain well and need some attention.l There was also a lot of random things left in the house, looks like someone moved out in the early 90's and left some of their things like random printers, hair rollers, etc. Also the kitchen was not well furnished with pots and pans. They were well used and we spent more time trying to get food unstuck from them than we did cooking in them. With all of that being said, we would consider staying here again but would bring needed pots & pans.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Emma M., Victoria

14 Mar 2022

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

Definitely my favorite

Check in was a breeze, no issues at all, house is a great place to spreed out a large family, the two living areas and the outdoor space really made this my favorite rental and I have been a VRBO renter for over 15 years. We had a groups of 15 from 8 to 61 and it was perfect. A few amenities like the outdoor griddle made it so easy to cook for 15 and there were a few extra beds we didn’t expect but were glad they were there and the video game was a great plus for both young and old. The location was close to everything, and in a very quiet neighborhood, the beach and the grocery are close too. Highly recommend for a big family, we loved it and plan to come back in the fall.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

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10/10 Excellent

Rita P.

24 May 2024

Our fellowship Bible study group trip

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We all just needed to get away. Been working long hours not been Port, A in a long time to our surprise. Wow it’s all changed. The growth is amazing not to mention our house that we stayed at just perfect for the amount of us that wanted to get away on a small trip. We definitely will come back and want to stay in the same house. Also have recommended it to my daughter which she stayed with us loved that they’re coming back and bringing their Hill Country youth ranch from Kerrville to stay there as well.

2/10 Terrible

Peggy W.

10 Aug 2025

Liked: Check-in, location

Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Pros: Location is great! Close to everything. Better location than Cinnamon Shores. Has a great deck and a nice grassy front lawn. Nice extras were the grill, the extra large tv, and the arcade, washer/dryer. Conns:This place is a dump. The main door with the keypad to get in had rusted hinges and fell off completely during our stay. A whole wall of outlets didn’t work in the main living room (was not tripped breaker). The towel rack was broken in one bathroom and fell off continuously. Much of the furniture was dorm room cast off and tacky. Some of the tv remotes needed batteries. The kitchen wasn’t very well stocked and didn’t have basic essentials that most rentals have such as salt and pepper. We had to go buy a can opener. Most of the coffee cups were too small for the supplied Keurig.Very little toilet tissue was supplied. The yard had dog poop throughout. One of the bedrooms had broken blinds and the last renters had attempted to repair it by duct taping a piece trash over the break. Somehow the cleaner missed this prior to our arrival. There wasn’t an accessible outlet on the outside of the house. We finally found one in the a/c unit in the back yard and had to squeeze our golf cart between the house and the fence to get it back there to charge it. There isn’t an outdoor shower, not even a water hose to spray off after being at the beach or to clean your floats before packing up. Stuff like this is standard at any beach house I’ve ever stayed. Overpriced.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ashley C.

7 Oct 2022

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

This home had mice, roaches, and one of the rooms bed frame was collapsed when we got there.

Again, no one expects to see a mouse, or that many roaches roaming throughout the property. In addition, one of the rooms had a broken bed frame. My mom had to sleep on the floor. There appears to be a mold like substance (2 feet tall) in the bathroom. Definitely concerning. Not to mention the flooring which is spiking up creating a dangerous surface. This is especially true for kiddos walking barefoot, or anyone really.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

23 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Beatiuful Home for Big Families

Beautiful home for large families. Lots of space for everyone to hang out. Golf cart that is dropped off on day of arrival is a plus and makes it easy to get to the beach and around town. Here are some minor issues we had. 1. Refrigerator and freezer are a side by side. The freezer door is by the wall and does not open all the way. Hard to get food in and out. There is another frig/freezer upstairs so you are able to put larger items up there. 2. Bedroom description and pictures on VRBO is not exactly accurate. Here are the rooms/beds: Downstairs- Four bedrooms with Queen beds. One sofa bed in living room. Upstairs- One Twin bed in the landing area of the stairs. The bed is in shape of a boat so we called it the boat bed. One Full bed in a small room. Another room with a bunk-bed. The bottom mattress is a Full and the top is a Twin. The top bunk is close to the ceiling fan so you cannot have the fan on when someone is up there. Bring sheets and blankets for sofa bed. I hope you enjoy the house as much as we did!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

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