The dog days of summer can be well spent at Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa.
Family golf vacations are nothing new, but the trend of taking the whole family along, four-legged members included, seems to be on the rise. In 2002, the Travel Industry Association found that 14 percent of U.S. adults have traveled with a pet. In 2007, Tripadvisor pegged it at upwards of 50 percent.
Still, as you might imagine, taking pets (dogs especially) on golf vacations isn’t easy. While there are plenty of stand-alone hotels and motels that allow them, finding a golf resort that accommodates pets is a lot harder. Even tougher is finding one that is truly “pet friendly.” Read more →
When playing on Daufuskie, dine at the Beach Club.
We recently made a return trip to charming and quirky Daufuskie Island, S.C., the tiny spit of land that’s worth a side trip during – or even instead of – a Hilton Head golf vacation.
We say “charming” because Daufuskie is a beach lover’s paradise with a delightfully remote feel to it, despite being less than an hour by ferry from Savannah and about half that from Hilton Head. Most of the island’s mere 300 residents get around by golf cart and at least one of the local artisans operates his gallery, (which is just his open-air front porch) on the honor system.
We say “quirky” because the resort here, the Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa, while nice, makes some curious operational moves and gaffes at times. Its dining options provide a good example. Read more →
