Amelia Island Getaways
- Short-term rental management
- Maintenance and repairs
- Listed on multiple platforms
Fernandina Beach is the main town on Amelia Island, and the Airbnb property management companies in Florida's northeast corner work almost entirely on that one island. This page lists 20 of them, with a combined 1977 Google reviews and an average rating of 4.6. Amelia Plantation, the North End, Ocean Place and the Amelia Surf and Racquet Club all come up as the places they rent in.
The largest review histories belong to island-wide rental companies. Amelia Island Getaways is rated 5.0 from 371 reviews and offers more than 230 vacation rentals, from oceanfront condos at Ocean Place and Shipwatch to pet-friendly homes, with a property management program and owner login. Stay Better Vacations, rated 4.9 from 368 reviews, is locally owned and women-operated and covers Amelia Island and St. Marys, Georgia. Barefoot Amelia Beach Rentals is rated 4.9 from 275 reviews.
Real estate firms run rental arms here too. Amelia Vacations by ERA Fernandina Beach Realty has been in business for 50 years and runs flexible owner programs covering short-term, extended stay and long-term rentals. Amelia South Condo Rentals and Oceans of Amelia Rentals are also from ERA Fernandina Beach Realty. Amelia Island Vacations is the rental brand of Dunlop Property Management, and Amelia Island Rentals has operated for over 10 years with a portfolio that includes Amelia Plantation and beach properties.
Smaller, locally run firms offer a closer fit for some owners. Guest Cottage is a boutique company in downtown Fernandina Beach that specializes in full-service short-term rental management, with managers available 24/7 and listings on VRBO, Airbnb and other sites. Miller Rentals On Amelia is women owned and staffed by island locals, and manages rentals in the North End, Ocean Place and Amelia Surf and Racquet Club. Seahorse Amelia Vacation Rentals runs a management program for investors.
What a featured listing costs · from $29 a month
Three companies, Amelia Rentals by Vacasa, Summer Beach Resort Lodging and Miller Rentals On Amelia, include help with taxes and permits as part of management. Florida taxes transient rentals as a share of the total rental charged, and a management company can register to collect and remit that tax on behalf of owners. Amelia Rentals by Vacasa is rated 4.2 from 98 reviews and Summer Beach Resort Lodging 4.4 from 19.
Nearly every business here works on the island, so the nearby pages are mostly useful for owners with a second property on the mainland: Jacksonville Beach, Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine and St Augustine Beach. She Shore Home Watch covers Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach and Yulee, but checks on homes while owners are away instead of running bookings.
Guests booking on the island are offered many stay lengths. Amelia Island Rentals books from three days to weekly and monthly stays up to six months, Stay Better Vacations lists monthly stays, and Amelia Island Vacations welcomes guests with fresh linens, starter packs and beach gear. Mock's Amelia Vacations is rated 2.4 from 27 reviews, with 8 at five stars and 16 at one star, and Amelia Island Vacations is rated 3.5 from 68 reviews, so the range of reviews here is worth reading closely.
Miller Rentals On Amelia manages vacation rentals in the North End, Ocean Place and Amelia Surf and Racquet Club. Amelia Island Getaways rents oceanfront condos at Ocean Place and Shipwatch, and Summer Beach Resort Lodging rents condos at Summer Beach Resort and Amelia Surf and Racquet.
Amelia Rentals by Vacasa, Summer Beach Resort Lodging and Miller Rentals On Amelia all cover licensing and tax help as part of management. Florida taxes transient rentals as a share of the total rental charged, and a management company can register to collect and report that tax for owners.
Amelia Vacations by ERA Fernandina Beach Realty runs programs for short-term, extended stay and long-term rentals. Amelia Rentals by Vacasa also manages long-term rentals, and She Shore Home Watch checks on long term rentals as well as second homes.
Guest Cottage is based in downtown Fernandina Beach and specializes in full-service short-term rental management on Amelia Island. It handles booking management, guest communication, housekeeping coordination and maintenance oversight, and is rated 4.9 from 176 Google reviews.
She Shore Home Watch is a husband and wife service covering Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach and Yulee since 2017. It checks on vacation homes and Airbnb and VRBO homes while owners are away, but does not run bookings for guests.