Our Family Trip to Seaside

We last-minute decided to book a family trip to Seaside, Florida, and I’m so glad we did! We’d heard so many great things about the 30A area, and I can testify that it lives up to the hype! The weather was absolutely perfect this time of year too. It’s truly the best place to reconnect with your family. My kids are already begging to go back!!

my swim top + sunglasses + hat

: WHERE WE STAYED

We stayed right in Seaside. We booked through 360blue online, and the area/location was Watercolor! It was amazing. I’m not able to share the exact house. But if you stay in a Watercolor house, you get a wristband that gives you access to all of the pools in the area, as well as a private entrance to the beach!! A couple of the clubhouses have slides and splash pads, and all sorts of things. The area felt super safe, and I was totally fine with the big kids going off on their own. Truly the best area for a family trip!

We did get a rental car, but we honestly never drove it. Joe and Hudson came in a day later, and they just took an Uber. I really think if you have a smaller family, you’re probably better off just to Uber from the airport and Uber back. Most Ubers don’t fit 7 people and 7 suitcases, so that’s why we did the rental car! But we never drove it. The streets are specifically made for bikes and golf carts, so there are hardly any cars on the roads. Everything takes 5 minutes to bike to, and it is such a sweet experience. The house came with adult bikes, so we went to the nearby bike shop to rent two extra little bikes for the kids.

: WHAT WE DID

We basically slept in, biked, pool hopped, went to the beach every day, ate the yummiest food, and stayed up late playing games and watching movies! I loved that it was so low-key and we were able to enjoy slow mornings and quality time together.

There are a bunch of super cute shops in the Town Square that the kids would go in and out of. Duckies is a famous toy store that has a ton of cute toys. It definitely was smaller than I had anticipated, but the kids truly loved it!

: WHERE WE ATE

We only ate in Seaside’s town square. They have tons of cute trailer/food trucks that are permanently there all year long. The food was absolutely incredible. Some of our favorites were:

Pickles – hamburgers and shakes 

30A Meltdown – think grilled cheese sandwiches with anything and everything on them

The Green Stream – the best açai bowls and juices, and smoothies I’ve ever tasted

Wild Bill’s Beach Dogs -the kids went absolutely crazy over

Frostbites – shaved ice with ice cream on the bottom. A small is literally bigger than your entire head.

Bud and Alley’s – a waterfront restaurant. Joe and I went on a date there, and the steak and chicken were absolutely amazing. They’re known for their seafood.

There’s literally another handful of food trucks there, but when I say food trucks, think bougie food trucks…like a yummy crêpe place and more! The food is pretty expensive because it is truly the only place where there are restaurants. We made a Walmart order the day we flew in, and I wish I had ordered more. There’s a little grocery store that you can bike to, but the prices were a little bit higher than normal. We did a good combination of eating breakfast at home but making sure to sample all the yummy treats and sweets throughout the week.

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We’ve decided to make Seaside a yearly family tradition for our family! It’s THAT good! Let me know if you end up going to Seaside and how you like it!