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Walk to the beach! The Moonlight Beach Bungalow

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Beach nearby
Outdoor dining
Property grounds
Exterior
Fridge, microwave, oven, stovetop

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

2 bedrooms2 bathrooms137 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Pet-friendly
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Barbecue grill
  • Kitchen

Explore the area

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Encinitas, CA
  • Place, Moonlight State Beach
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, San Diego Botanic Garden
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Place, Self Realization Fellowship Hermitage & Meditation Gardens
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar)
    ‪10 min drive‬

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About the area

Encinitas

With a stay at this vacation home, you'll be centrally located in Encinitas, a 1-minute drive from Moonlight State Beach and 12 minutes from LEGOLAND® California. .This vacation home is 6.4 mi (10.3 km) from Del Mar Racetrack and 6.9 mi (11.1 km) from Del Mar Beach.
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What's nearby

  • Moonlight State Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • San Diego Botanic Garden - 2 min drive - 1.5 km
  • Self Realization Fellowship - 2 min drive - 1.5 km
  • Self Realization Fellowship Hermitage & Meditation Gardens - 3 min drive - 1.9 km
  • LEGOLAND® California - 9 min drive - 13.0 km

Getting around

  • Solana Beach Station - 13 min drive
  • Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Puntamar - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Better Buzz Coffee - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Buona Forchetta Encinitas - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Leucadia Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Juanitas Taco Shop - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Walk to the beach! The Moonlight Beach Bungalow

Experience the charm of a classic beach bungalow perfectly situated one block from the golden shores of Moonlight Beach and two blocks from the vibrant energy of downtown Encinitas. Stroll to an array of top-rated restaurants, charming boutiques, lively brewpubs, and inviting coffee houses—all just minutes from your doorstep. This thoughtfully designed retreat offers two spacious bedrooms, a comfortable sunroom with a cozy daybed, and two full bathrooms. Enjoy the convenience of a two-car garage for easy parking, while the heated outdoor shower is perfect for rinsing off after a day of sun, sand, and surf. Whether you're sipping your morning coffee with an ocean breeze or exploring everything Encinitas has to offer, this home is the perfect place to relax, unwind, and soak in the coastal lifestyle!

2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms
- First Bedroom: King bed, smart TV, and a Jack and Jill bathroom with a double vanity and a tub/shower combo
- Second Bedroom: Two twin beds with a Jack and Jill bathroom featuring a double vanity and a tub/shower combo
- Sunroom at the entrance: twin daybed, no closet, privacy screen
- Hallway Bathroom: Includes a step-in shower, toilet, and sink

AMENITIES
- Outdoor dining table & seating
- Desk with a charger station for remote work
- Heated outdoor shower
- Board games & mini library
- BBQ grill
- Fully-stocked kitchen
- Dining area
- Washer and dryer
- Smart TV's
- Heating
- Beach gear
- EV charging outlet (240v outlet)

PARKING
- Up to 2 vehicles in the detached garage.
​​​​​​​- No driveway or street parking.

HOUSE RULES
- MAX OCCUPANCY AT ALL TIMES: 5
- QUIET HOURS: 9pm - 9am
- NO PARTIES, GATHERINGS, NO EXTRA GUESTS THAT OVER OCCUPIES THE HOME, OR EVENTS ALLOWED. Strictly enforced.
- THIS HOME IS DOG FRIENDLY: There is a $40 fee per night, per dog. Up to 2 dogs allowed. We only accept dogs. Please inquire about other pets allowed with our Reservations Department. Please note that on Airbnb these fees are collected after the booking has been paid and someone from our team will reach out to you to collect the pet fee.
- VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY: There shall be no video, still photography or film production of any kind without the express written consent of the owner. Fees apply.
- SMOKING: This home and all Vacation Rentals by Kimberly properties are strictly non-smoking. Smoking of any kind is not permitted anywhere on the premises. A minimum $250 fee will be charged if evidence of smoking is found.

PLEASE NOTE!
- Please take note that this home is NOT baby and/or child proofed. It is your responsibility to walk the home and/or property upon arrival, to make this space safe for your children. We assume no liability for harm/death to any baby or child staying or visiting this vacation rental.
- Please note that early check-ins and late check-outs are available at our discretion. There are extra fees for either of these add-ons when available.
- Exterior surveillance cameras are recording video 24/7. One camera is positioned above the garage, while another is on the side of the house, monitoring the front gate and a small section of the side patio (not directed at the patio table).
- A separate apartment is situated above the detached garage, with its own private entrance, patio, and parking space. There are no shared areas. The tenant parks on the side of the driveway, while you have access to the garage for parking.
- This home is near the train tracks so you will occasionally hear the train horns.

CANCELLATION POLICY
- A thirty (30) day notice is required for cancellation. Cancellations that are made more than thirty (30) days prior to the arrival date will incur no penalty, aside from a $500 restocking fee.
- Cancellations or changes that result in a shortened stay, that are made within 30 days of the arrival date, forfeit the full advance payment (not including deposit and cleaning fee).
- Cancellation or early departure does not warrant any refund of rent. If you wish to shorten your existing reservation with VRBKIM, and your reservation is further than 30 days away, we do charge a $100 restocking fee to make this adjustment.

PARTIES & OVER OCCUPANCY POLICY
If the guest violates any of our rules regarding noise, parties, or over occupancy, and the host receives complaints from neighbors, a $500 fine will be imposed per occurrence. In addition, should these allegations be found true, the guest will be subject to immediate eviction without a refund.

RNTL-024182-2023
Make yourself comfortable in this vacation home, featuring a kitchen with a refrigerator and an oven. There's a private patio. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and a Smart television is provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include a desk and a microwave.
This smoke-free vacation home features games and surfing/body boarding nearby.
Guests will find features like internet access, onsite parking, and a car charging station.

Property amenities

Beach

  • Beach nearby

Internet

  • Available in the house: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Onsite parking options include a garage

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Hob
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room

Entertainment

  • Games
  • Smart TV

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Fenced yard
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Work spaces

  • Desk
  • Desk chair

Comfort

  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • In the city centre
  • Near a hospital
  • Near a zoo
  • Near an outlet shopping centre
  • Near the sea

Things to do

  • Optional golf privileges
  • Fishing nearby
  • Surfing/bodyboarding nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Theme park nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Deadbolt lock

General

  • Electric car charging station
  • Unit size: 1,472 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Pets

Pets allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and a deadbolt lock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
Property Registration Number RNTL-024182-2023

Property is also known as

944560

Reviews

Walk to the beach! The Moonlight Beach Bungalow Reviews

10

Exceptional

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 79 out of 83 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 83 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 83 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 83 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 83 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Deborah T.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melissa B.

Liked: Cleanliness

Fabulous!

Great host - responded quickly, and very accommodating! Location can’t be beat! We will be back!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

JC H.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great house & location for family

Stayed at Renee’s lovely house in Encinitas with my family and had a great time. Great location. Would definitely stay again!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Excellent Beach Stay

This place had everything we needed for a short stay. House was clean, well stocked kitchen and grill, garage for parking, outdoor shower and beach chairs, etc. The location is perfect and so close to moonlight. We enjoyed everything about the house and hope we can come back someday.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly R.

Liked: Cleanliness

A wonderful beach house!

Our family had such a wonderful stay at this home! The location is awesome - a quick walk to the beach, or to downtown Encinitas to eat/drink/shop. We will definitely be back!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stacey B.

Liked: Cleanliness

PERFECT LOCATION!!

What a fantastic place! Loved this home and the location. Awesome space for older kids, so nice to have the separate beds and sleeping spaces. Absolutely perfect location, SO close to the beach, just a few minutes walk to Moonlight Park and Beach. Super close to restaurants, even a tennis court at the little park, so bring your rackets! We loved the boogie boards, beach chairs, bikes, and beach towels, plenty of everything! Loved relaxing and eating outside on the private spacious patio, such a treat, lovely, lovely space, would certainly stay here again. This is such a walkable lovely community, such a treat, thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janelle J.

Liked: Cleanliness

Perfect for us

This spot was perfect for our famiily including our little one. Short walk from the beach and town, we never had to hop in the car.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heather M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Amazing time steps to Moonlight.

Spent 5 days and made years of memories. Weather was not on our side but we loved it anyhow. Location was amazing and the house was all we needed for our family of 4. We will definitely come back in the warmer months and hope this house is available.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael B., Gloucester, MA

Liked: Cleanliness

Great spot

The house is close to the shops and the beach. House was clean and furnishings were nice. Beautiful private patio to hang out in. Everyone had a great time!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Marianne S., San Francisco, CA

Liked: Cleanliness

Perfect weekend getaway

We rented this house for a mini-reunion - and it was the perfect size, perfect location and perfect setting for our group of 50 year old college friends and some of our kids. Plenty of space to relax, catch up, share meals - or walk to shops, the beach or coffee. Directions and communications were clear and helpful - nice and thoughtful touches throughout the property made it a perfect weekend (or even longer) retreat.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy D.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great location and gracious host

Great location one block to Moonlight and one block to PCH. Renee is super responsive and made sure we knew where everything was and were comfortable. Even left us a gift card to a local ice cream shop. I highly recommend this rental and would stay here again!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Heather S.

Liked: Cleanliness

Wonderful

We would definitely stay here again. Renee was great with her communication and flexible with our check in and out time. The location is close to the beach and shops. The house was clean and had a nice outdoor area..
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kristin M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great Accomodations!

We selected this property for its location and layout. The correct number and size of beds is always important for our family of 5. The property manager’s instructions were prompt and well organized. The house itself has such helpful amenities (lots of beach towels, outdoor shower with hot water, soft clean linens, kitchen with many items for preparing meals.) We were so happy with the walkable location to the beach and restaurants. While we did have a rental car, it got to spend a lot of time in the nice clean garage. Thanks for a great stay Renee!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ellen C.

Liked: Cleanliness

Fantastic!!!

This home is fantastic! Beautifully appointed and everything you need is provided for cooking. It is also so nice to have things like paper towels, Kleenex, shampoo, and other personal items provided. The location is perfect! Close to the beach and plenty of restaurants within walking distance. Renee is wonderful and very helpful in all her communications. The beds were very comfortable and the baths spacious. We enjoyed our stay immensely and will definitely return!! Thank you Renne!!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan B.

Liked: Cleanliness

Perfect family get away, close to the beach with lots of private outdoor space to play also

We love to visit Encinitas (our former home 10 years ago) with our family of 5 when we visit San Diego to see family and friends and this was by far our favorite rental property we have stayed in. It's price tag is well worth it, the short walk to the beach means that you don't feel pressure to stay all day and an just relax and not take all the things with you. The house is well and perfectly stocked with beach chairs, roll up beach mats, sand toys galore and plenty of beach towels! the outdoor shower was a favorite part of this house and made cleaning up the kids a much easier process after beach time! The kitchen was really well stocked with all the things we needed and there were some welcome snacks and sports drinks provided when we arrived. One of our favorite parts was how nice and private the yard is. We had friends and family visit and almost everyone commented on this. One thing good to be aware of is that the patio is not a solid slab, it has these decretive strips with bricks so adults and kids alike need to just be aware when walking, running, skipping, etc. ;-) Renee was super nice and came and took the trash and recycling bins out for us so we didn't have to worry about that either, she was super great with communication and very accommodating, definitely a fantastic host! Overall we were thrilled with our stay and plan to stay here on return trips. Food note: We did plenty of our own cooking but were really pleasantly surprised with the ease in getting very specific diet restrictions (gluten and dairy free) met at local restaurants which was super nice when we were exhausted and hungry from a day of fun.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cathy C.

Liked: Cleanliness

Encinitas charm

This home provided my family with a wonderful 3 day weekend. Great location, easy access to beaches amd town.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Laura M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great family get away

We wanted a family trip close to the beach where we could relax together. My husband and I have 2 young children ages 5 and 2. The proximity to moonlight beach is great. We went to the playground there with the kids multiple times a day. The house is fully stocked. Nothing was needed. You can tell the owners of the rental property take pride in their house. We felt very welcome
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Will H.

Liked: Cleanliness

Lovely Beach House & Great Location

We had such a relaxing, quiet, fun stay at this lovely, well-kept beach cottage snuggled right in the hear of Encinitas. Great house with happy vibes for our family of 5 with a fully-stocked kitchen. The owners have thought of everything! The host was quick to reply and thoughtful about our stay -- welcoming us and responding to any questions. The location cannot be beat - stroll to the beach or dinner, walk to your morning coffee at Lofty and the best is falling asleep and waking up to the sound of the waves. We can't wait to stay again!
Stayed 13 nights in Jan 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jessica H.

Liked: Cleanliness

Wonderful

We loved our stay here. Everything was exactly as it said it would be. Renee was thoughtful and responsive and the property was so great for our little family of five.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

Best beach house ever

We couldn’t have asked for a cuter house or a better location - two blocks from Moonlight Beach, and two blocks from a wonderful coffee house and plenty of other shops and restaurants. Renee was such a thoughtful and gracious host, and we can’t wait to come stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Linda H., Redwood City

Liked: Cleanliness

Great home would stay here again.

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Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Will H., Phoenix, AZ

Liked: Cleanliness

Perfect family beach home

Beautiful place with all the right amenities. Set up well with lots of beach toys and goodies. Quick, easy communication. Right near beach and great places to eat. Would absolutely stay here again and again.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ronda L.

Liked: Cleanliness

Moonlight Beach

The location is great! Short walk to the beach and to shops and restaurants! The house was perfect for my family of 6! We will definitely stay here again!!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Eric T.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great place in great location

Went for a quick weekend getaway. Instructions and getting in were super easy. Lots of thoughtful touches and amenities on the inside to make for an easy weekend. Location is perfect, can get to beach and anywhere in town easily by walking. Outside patio is great too. Really great place. Thanks!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Grace K.

Liked: Cleanliness

Lovely Beach Retreat

Very much enjoyed this sweet house. The deck and patio are lovely as well. Beds were comfy, and location was peaceful other than the train in the distance which you get used to. Walking distance to eateries and Moonlight Beach. It rained during our stay and the house proved cozy. Nice TV setup with all the bells and whistles. Highly recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019