Cape Cod Vacation Rentals

More $$ in Your Pocket with a Cape Cod Vacation Rental

A whole house or cottage for less than the price of "traditional" vacation lodgings? You bet!

Consider this:

During the summer travel season, moderately priced Cape Cod lodgings generally run from about $150 per night on up. For a week's stay, that adds up to $1,000+ for a place to lay your head and stash your stuff.

If that's what you're looking for - great! Pop on over to my Cape Cod Hotels, Motels, Inns & Resorts pages to find the best, most affordable traditional lodging for your visit to Cape Cod.

On the other hand, if you're like me and you prefer to squeeze the most value out of every last vacation dollar -

Let me show you a couple examples of what your lodging budget can buy with a Cape Cod vacation home rental.

(Are you itching to get right to it and find your own rental now? Just jump to the bottom of the page and click any button to begin your search!)

This North Truro cottage is smack in the heart of the Cape Cod National Seashore area, and near all sorts of shopping, restaurants, just a few minutes from shopping, restaurants, hiking and biking trails, a drive-in movie theater, and Provincetown whale watching cruises.


Perhaps you'd prefer a rental home that has more of a house-like feel to it.

Here's an adorable 1-bedroom cottage on White Pond in Chatham that rents for only $885 per summer week. For shorter vacations, 3-night minumum stays are available in April, May and June.

This Chatham vacation rental would be great for a couple who'd like to stay in an upscale seaside town at a very reasonable price. Use of a canoe to paddle around the pond is included!


And if you really want to get away from it all, there's a rustic-feeling 2-bedroom cottage just waiting for you in Eastham.

Tucked away in a quiet, wooded setting, only a few miles from the spectacular Ocean beaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore, this home has the best of both worlds. It overlooks a 23-acre freshwater pond, so every day you'll have your choice of fresh or salt swims.

At $985 per week during the season (with last-minute rental discounts sometimes available), this Eastham MA vacation rental offers tons of fun right in your own back yard. Swimming, kayaking, fishing, birdwatching, and pure relaxation. Plus Cape Cod Bay beaches, Atlantic Ocean beaches, lighthouses, bike trails, shopping, restaurants and lots more activities nearby.

This is what I'd call the "sweet spot" price range for Cape Cod vacation rentals.

If this is your lodging budget, you should have no problem finding a wide variety of vacation rental homes and cottages to choose from, no matter which Cape Cod town you decide to stay in. (Of course, for the best selection, it's a good idea to research and make your reservation early in the year. The most sought-after properties tend to reserve out by March or even earlier.)

Here are a few gems for your consideration in the moderate-budget range ...


Less than $1500 per week for a roomy beachfront condo in Provincetown is a pretty sweet deal.

Just a few minutes away from the vast array of shops, restaurants, pubs, historic sites, theater and museums in Provincetown, you can rent a 2 bedroom, 2 bath Beach Point condo, overlooking Cape Cod Bay.

Complete with a large swimming pool, sundeck, patio area, grassy yard, picnic table and gas grill, you might never want to leave your vacation retreat in Provincetown!


Reminiscent of New England beach vacations of days gone by, stay at a 1940s beach cottage with a private beach on Cape Cod Bay, and old-fashioned touches like exposed-beamed ceilings, a rustic fireplace, and an outdoor shower.

The 3-bedroom, 1 bath Brewster MA vacation home rents for $1,875 per week during the summer months, and sleeps six comfortably.

What a great spot for a family gathering or college roommates' long overdue reunion!


Falmouth is a fantastic family town, and this Falmouth home has everything a family could ask for at a modest $1,900 per week, in season.

Set on the banks of the Childs River, an inlet to Waquoit Bay and Nantucket Sound, watersports take center stage at this waterfront Falmouth vacation rental. Boating, fishing, crabbing, swimming - and a dock to tie your boat up at the end of the day.

As an added bonus, well-behaved pets are welcome to join their owners for a full family getaway.


The last thing you want to hear from the kids (especially your fussy tweens and teens!) while you're on vacation is "We're bored. There's nothing to do."

Well, I doubt you'll hear even the tiniest grumblings once the kids settle in to this 3 bedroom Centerville MA home.

Renting for only $2,400 per week in the high season, this seaside vacation rental property is just a few steps from Craigville Beach - one of the top beaches for the younger set on Cape Cod. The property is also bordered by the Centerville River, a scenic, calm waterway that's fantastic for kayaking, fishing and catching blue crabs for an at-home lunch or dinner.

To top it all off, there's all the action you can imagine - movie theaters, a shopping mall, video arcades, Cape Cod Baseball League games, harbor cruises, Duckmobile tours, plus ferries for day-trips to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, all just a few minutes away in Hyannis.

When your budget is, shall we say ... "flexible", the possibilities are endless when it comes to vacation rentals on Cape Cod!

Rental properties in the $2,500+ category range from comfortable family homes in sought-after beachside neighborhoods, to spacious and luxurious designer homes in the most awesome settings you can imagine.


Need lots of living space? How about a 3500 square foot home set on nearly 2 acres in East Dennis.

Right in the heart of the Mid-Cape region, this 5 bedroom, 3 bath vacation rental features a huge living room with large picture windows, more than an acre of beautifully landscaped yard, views of the marshes and Cape Cod Bay, and plenty enough indoor and outdoor space for two families to vacation together without ever getting in each other's way.

Share the space (and the tab!) with relatives or friends, and this East Dennis MA vacation rental home is an amazingly affordable lodging bargain at $3,500 per week.


A pet-friendly, waterfront pool home overlooking a gorgeous saltwater bay in Cotuit, MA. Those are some pretty special accommodations, to be sure!

For $5,000 per week, you can make yourselves at home in a spacious Cape Cod vacation rental on Popponesset Bay with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, 2 full kitchens, and a pool house.

When you're in the mood to go for a walk, do some kayaking or take a swim, the Crocker Neck Nature Preserve is right next door.

Added bonuses with this rental include the use of two kayaks, a paddle board, and a vehicle pass for parking at the public beaches in the town of Barnstable.


Wow! A luxury home with panoramic waterviews in Provincetown. And it's available year round.

This 4 bedroom, 4 bath home has every amenity imaginable, including a gourmet kitchen, a 7-person hot tub, a Magnolia Home Theater with 55" 3-D television, and a private beach just a short stroll away. Walk, bike, or take the local shuttle (in season) anywhere you'd like to go in town and to the breathtakingly beautiful beaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Rental rates for this classy, comfortable Provincetown MA vacation rental range from $8,600 per week during the summer, to as low as $1,990 per week in the off-season.

HomeAway.com has an enormous selection of Cape Cod vacation rentals, with a simple search function that instantly finds the type of rentals you're looking for by price, location, amenities, etc.

VacationHomeRentals.com has tons of Cape Cod listings, too. Plus a handy "Last Minute Rentals" search feature that often serves up a dirt-cheap 11th hour bargain or two.

TripAdvisor.com is one of the top major travel booking sites in the world. TA has beefed up its Cape Cod vacation rentals section over the last few years, and now it's among the best in the business.