Rehoboth Beach or VA Beach
 

I am trying to help one of my friends plan a trip to either Rehoboth Beach or Virginia Beach. Which place would you consider to be better?

Is your friend male or female, how old? Are they going alone? Where are they coming from? These are 2 very different places....VA beach has a big boardwalk, kids/families, etc....ReHo has a beautiful beach, nice restaurants(not that Va beach doesnt), lots of outlet shopping + tax free, very gay touristy. Personally I prefer ReHo because of location and the beach itself among other things.

The only thing those two beaches have in common is that they're both on the ocean! I would always suggest Rehoboth over VA Beach, as I think it's plenty family-friendly enough without being painfully tacky, crowded and generally low-class.

I'd also suggest Rehoboth Beach. It is a classy D.C. weekend resort area with plenty of shopping both on Rehoboth Avenue and Route 1 Outlets. There is also the option of going to Delaware State Beaches which are much less crowded and cleaner. It is also convenient to the Cape May/Lewes Ferry which can take you over to Cape May for some antique shopping.

Definitely Rehoboth. Don't let thet fact that it's a "gay-friendly" beach town discourage you. Unlike places like P-town, it is still VERY family oriented and beachy. It just happens to attract a lot of gays and lesbians from the mid-Atlantic and the kinds of "upscale" and "urban" restaurants, bars, and shopping that such a crowd entails. All the better, actually, because it means you can get great cocktails and great French Fries and taffy.

REHOBETH!!! i hate va beach, REHo also has a nice boardwalk with rides and shopps, i was only in va beach one time and i will never go back, actually i do not remember seeing a boardwalk with rides or anything like that, i also thought the people were more "lower class" and rude

Lucienne, please excuse me for jumping into your post without having a reply to your specific question.

My concern is with a response by MIKET who for some reason, known only to him, decided to include a remark about Provincetown on Cape Cod which had nothing to do with your specific question and was totally erroneous. The remark implied that "P-town" as he called it, was not family-oriented.

For travellers, who might read this response and get the wrong impression of Provincetown I wish to present this disclaimer to them.

I would guess that over 25% of all visitors to Cape Cod include a trip to Provincetown during their vacation. With over 6 million visitors per year to the Cape this includes a whole lot of families.

While a family visit to Provincetown does not include a boardwalk with carnival rides, it does have HISTORY: The Pilgrim Monument and Museum (The pilgrims landed here first), Whale-Watches and National Seashore beaches.

So, note to MIKET: Next time you decide to put a knock on a destination, make sure you know what your talking about.

Not to get us sidetracked, Gene, but I have been to P-town as well as Rehoboth and they are vastly different places. That's the point I was trying to make. I think P-town is a wonderful place to visit and I love going there, but there is no mistaking it is a major gay destination which could make it less attractive to some families or non-gays. That doesn't take away from its historical significance and idyllic scenery.

In contrast, Rehoboth still feels like a more typical, mid-Atlantic beach town with all the kitsch and family appeal that goes with it.