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Rent 5-10 days for visit to Norfolk
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Permalink Reply by Lauriekay1 on
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Julie, I would check out the site VRBO.com (vacation rentals by owner) in the Virginia Beach area. The Navy Lodge is also reported to be a good place to stay. Your sailor can get you on base (for sure if he is in the car with you, beyond that he may have to get you a pass of some sort, not sure on that) and they usually have liberty all weekend and holidays unless they have a scheduled Duty Day one of the weekend days! Let us know what you find for rentals and how you liked it! Also any great things to do, places to eat and see! My son is on the Ike, a neighboring ship :)
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Permalink Reply by Arlene(Matt's Mom) on
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Check out the site Home Away. We stayed in rental #351701 at Thanksgiving and it was very nice. The owner gave us a military discount and the location was great. We could see the Navy ships across the bay. It had a nice kitchen so I could make my Sailor a nice Thanksgiving dinner! You could get from the house to the base without going through the tunnel and my Sailor loved having a real bed that he could sleep in.
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Permalink Reply by Julie OS Mom on
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Is this on the Portsmouth side, or near a road that makes it faster to get there? Sounds nice. Does it sleep 5?
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It is right off Rt 64, very easy to get to. There are 3 bedrooms with king size beds and one of those rooms
also has bunk beds in it. The ad says it sleeps 10, but I would say more like 8. This is a 2 story house up on stilts, so if anyone has a problem with steps, it may not be a good choice. Also has a washer & dryer. It only takes a few minutes (10-15) to get from this house to the base. We would stay there again! -
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Roughly how many minutes to the Portsmouth base from here? It sounds great ! Thanks
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