Each year more and more people want to tour the Captain Morse House. Each year we do around 30 rentals of this Nationally Registered vacation rental home. We have rented the Captain Morse House for weddings, family reunions, fundraisers, and corporate retreats. The location is perfect; just a few blocks from the center of town and yet an easy walk to dining, shopping, and beaches. Because of all of these requests, we have come up with this post to help manage them. Tour Requests: We can only show the house starting at 4:00pm of the day when guests depart and on any vacant day. You can see o ..read more

We did a major renovation to the West Wing of the Captain Morse House over the winter of 2022 to 2023. The highlights include a new sectional couch, a new dining room table, new chairs, a SAMSUNG 65″ “The Frame” ClassQLED 4K LS03B Quantum HDR, Art Mode, and a new LED fireplace. BEFORE The old living area had a very small non working fireplace. The TV was set on the right walll between windows that limited us to a 45″ TV. The new TV is a Samsung 65″ Frame TV. Notice the picture which is of Mongolia. During All of the wall paper was removed. It was cute but was in bad repair and had som ..read more

My first and best memory of Edie was when I was about 8 years old. I was walking on North Water Street past the Cottage Street landing on my way to go crabbing at the lighthouse beach. I spied a small sailboat called a Sailfish. This was the original off-the-beach boat, a narrower version of a Sunfish without a cockpit. Edie was sailing this Sailfish on port tack into Edgartown Harbor. Her blond hair blowing in the wind, her long legs gracefully aligned in the direction of her passage, the sun gleaming and smiling on it all. She was not sailing the boat, she was being carried by it, like a ..read more

Latest Availability at the  Captain Morse House – Martha’s Vineyard Great Weeks Still Available Plus Spring Special Glorious 4 days Sun, June 25th  to Thu, 29th Full House $10,000 West Wing $5,000 East Wing $6,000 Wonderful Opportunity July Week Prime Week in July Sunday July 23rd to Sunday 30th Free Ferry Tickets Full House $39,000 West Wing $19,950 East WIng $24,950 August Special 3 Nights of Heaven SUMMER SPECIAL Sunday Aug 6 to Wednesday Aug 9 Full House $10,000 West Wing $5,000 East WIng $6,000 The post Open Weeks Still Available – Marthas Vineyard appear ..read more

Beach Road Music Festival on Martha’s Vineyard Martha’s Vineyard Veterans Memorial Park 2023 Schedule Beach Road Weekend: Martha’s Vineyard Veterans Memorial Park currently has tickets available to purchase. Browse the full list of events here to find the date you need, and then select the right seats from our large ticket inventory. Martha’s Vineyard Veterans Memorial Park ranks among the most popular venues in Vineyard Haven, MA and has events scheduled through 2023. Tickets are on-sale now for the 2023 Beach Road Weekend – 3 Day Pass (8/25 – 8/27) at Martha’s Vineyard Veterans Memorial Pa ..read more

There are more and more scams these days. They are using new technology and techniques to get us to fork over our hard-won dough.  Here below is a list of some common schemes, potential red flags, and tips to stay safe in today’s world. As a legitimate business, we try hard to present ourselves in a trustworthy way so you can have confidence in booking with us. OTA’s say that you can get ripped off by a smaller operator but you are actually more likely to encounter fraud on their platforms. The scammer knows that an OTA has a lot more potential scam victims than just a lone operator doe ..read more

All about taking a car to the island. Do you really need to? Click here Ferry Reservations are now open  Making ferry reservations usually happens when the Steamship Authority opens up its booking system early in the year. We encourage you to make your ferry reservations as soon as you can. Season Opening for Summer Steamship Reservations 2023 Martha’s Vineyard General Public Internet Open: January 24 to January 30, 2023 For Martha’s Vineyard Travel ONLY 2023 Summer Reservations (May 18, 2023 through October 23, 2023) can be made online starting on January 24, 2023 at ..read more

Luxurynoun Plural luxuries 1: a condition of abundance or great ease and comfort: a sumptuous environment lived in luxury 2 a: something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary one of life’s luxuries 2 b: an indulgence in something that provides pleasure, satisfaction, or ease 3 archaic: LECHERY, LUST In the vacation rental world, we are often presented with the word luxury. Luxurious accommodations, luxurious stay, luxury surrounds you, and stay an absolute luxury. What do these words really mean to today’s traveler? What do these words convey when they are speaking about ..read more

Touring the Captain Morse House by Platt Johnson | Aug 29, 2023 | Blog, Managing the house, Wedding Each year more and more people want to tour the Captain Morse House. Each year we do around 30 rentals of this Nationally Registered vacation rental home. We have rented the Captain Morse House for weddings, family reunions, fundraisers, and corporate retreats. The... West Wing Gets a Makeover by Platt Johnson | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog We did a major renovation to the West Wing of the Captain Morse House over the winter of 2022 to 2023.The highlights include a new sectional couch, a new dining ro ..read more

Why vacation rental off-season on Martha’s Vineyard Martha’s Vineyard has a definite season and that’s summer. Officially summer starts on Memorial Day weekend. Summer residents will arrive and open up their houses and get things going. Winter projects either get finished or maybe they get pushed aside by contractors that are stretched too thin. Whatever the case this is the start of the season and the people arrive whether or not the houses are ready or the restaurants are staffed. But then a funny thing happens; the people disappear. The weekend following Memorial Day weekend is like the we ..read more