Pet friendly private ocean front cottage nestled in peaceful Caswell Beach. Running Down A Dream Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Is Pet friendly private ocean front cottage nestled in peaceful Caswell Beach. Running Down A Dream pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

Q: Where is Pet friendly private ocean front cottage nestled in peaceful Caswell Beach. Running Down A Dream located?

Nestled on the beach, this Caswell Beach holiday home is within a 15-minute walk of Caswell Beach and Oak Island Golf Club. Oak Island Lighthouse is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) away.

10/10 Excellent

Lisa D.

12 Jul 2025

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

Prefect beach house! Pretty decor and comfortable furniture! Amazing screened porch view. Wonderful deck leading to the path to the beach. The beach is not crowded in this area.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dylan S.

17 May 2025

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Running Down a Dream

Wonderful property right on the beach, private access. Best part is the screened in porch facing the beach. Had a great time and will likely return!

Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth E.

11 May 2022

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Great place for dogs!

Loved staying here and so did my pup!

Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Cathy H.

14 Dec 2021

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Caswell Beach

Loved the location.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cara S.

21 Aug 2023

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Great house

Wonderful wonderful wonderful especially if you have dogs that you love and want to share vacation with.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason B.

11 Sept 2023

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Great stay!

Excellent location. Easy to communicate with rental company for the few questions we had. Plenty of room for 4 adults, a baby and a dog - we didn’t even use one bed room.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

25 May 2022

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Great location

Loved the screen porch

Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Connie H., Columbia, S.C.

3 Jan 2023

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Excellent!

The house is great and very comfortable. It is a short walk to the beach, which is beautiful will definitely stay there again.

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bobby S.

27 Nov 2022

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Excellent place will rent again

Awesome

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicole P.

13 May 2022

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Relaxing

Great location for anyone with a dog and front porch was nice to sit and relax.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Barry D.

6 Oct 2023

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Great location and house

We had a wonderful time at this property. We particularly enjoyed being right on the beach, having both a screened-in porch and an outside deck, and that they take dogs. We hope to return soon.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia B.

27 Nov 2023

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Family Thanksgiving

We loved being oceanfront! The sunsets were spectacular! Loved having a garage Great location!

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Laura S.

5 Jun 2022

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

Great house!!

Super clean and great location! Kitchen had everything we needed.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Phil F.

6 Aug 2022

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Perfect for dogs

Great location. Dog friendly. The screened in and outside decks got a lot of use!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

David S.

28 Jul 2024

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Location Location Location

We go to the beach not to shop and eat out all the time....we enjoy the sand and surf and thats what you get. The house is clean and the beds comfortable. Nice and cold central air.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sue S.

22 Oct 2022

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Beautiful porch

Very nice kitchen and screened in porch.

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jackie H.

16 Sept 2021

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location, location, location!

We thoroughly enjoyed out week getaway at Running Up a Dream! Located less than a minute walk from the beach and with spectacular views from our screened- in porch, we were indeed running up a dream! We enjoyed out visit so much that we have already booked another visit!

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lauren H.

11 Sept 2023

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

Perfect Beach Getaway for a family with all ages

We had a fantastic week staying at "Runnin' Down a Dream"! The house was perfect and couldn't have been in a better location. It was clean, and check in/check out was a breeze. We had one maintenance issue while we were there and they had a team out quickly to get it repaired. Would 100% recommend staying here!

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike F.

26 Jun 2022

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

Nice house on the beach

This property is in a great location, right on the beach in a minimal traffic area. A short drive to stores and restaurants, it was a perfect spot! The house was pretty clean and the kitchen had plenty of cookware and utensils. Loved the porch, and the hose/shower on the beach path was super convenient. Overall a great stay here!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jim & Linda S.

22 May 2023

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Full Moon Fever

Lovely, pet friendly, oceanfront property. We were fortunate to have great weather, beautiful sunsets, and fantastic views of the full moon. My only regret is that our stay was too short. We hope to stay here again.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristen D., Charlotte, NC

25 Feb 2022

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Beautiful View

The outdoor space was great and we really enjoyed spending as much time as we could outside with the beautiful view of the beach. The communication with the property manager was great and they even left us a little gift that we found upon our arrival!

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Barbara P.

19 Sept 2022

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Vacation 2022

We experienced a pleasant stay with a beach that was dog friendly and not over crowed. The location was not close to a populated area so it was very peaceful. We enjoyed our beach vacation and was able to relax on the screened in porch and on the deck below. Really liked the beach access and the water spout on our deck that allowed clean up without bringing the beach with us into the rental.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Beverly R.

25 Jul 2023

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Dog friendly, Family fun

We had a great time at the beach! We really appreciated that we were able to bring our fur babies with us. The screened porch was so nice and we lucked out with a tide pool that made playing in the ocean much safer for our 4 and 6 year old family members. And what a nice surprise to find a bottle of wine as a welcome gift. We didn’t want to go home!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janetta F., Mercerville, NJ

18 Jul 2022

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First time on Oak Island

We’ve visited the Brunswick Islands many times but never went to Oak Island. We donated my fathers WWII diary to the USS North Carolina and found this gem. The view is everything! In quiet location and we had an amazing time. The daily texts from them was a very nice gesture. Highly recommend

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Lori J.

7 Aug 2023

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

Quiet get-away

We loved it here. The house was older but very updated. The screened in porch was my fav. Our thermostat went out 2nd day at 10:30 pm and S&S was there in 30 min with portables. Much appreciated for this power surging mama, lol. We lost our 16 1/2 yro furbaby in June so we got to spread his ashes at the beach. He loved the beach. So thankful for those who welcome furbabies. If you don’t, we don’t come. We are family! Overall we loved it. I ask the question before we secured it if we could set the temp to what we liked and was told yes. We set our thermostat at 68 year round but noticed the temp at the house would change at certain times. Pretty sure the home owners were changing via wifi. That wasn’t cool to me since we paid $5700 for the week, but with the portables we were very comfortable 💜 We would definitely come back and recommend this quiet getaway to those who need to relax! PS. Bought my husband a beach cart and he definitely loved the surf fishing. I just hate the turtle nest did not hatch while we were there. We checked day and night.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

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