If you're planning your summer vacations now, make sure that you take a look at our Summer Romance Package Sale. We're running the sale from July 1st through September 30th, including the July 4th and Labor Day Weekends. As usual, holiday periods require a three night minimum stay, but we've still got rooms available in all of our rate categories at this point. If you're interested in a specific room, you should book now. We'll still have rooms available for awhile, but the room that you want may be gone.

Will you be home for the holidays but still want to have a nice getaway during the week? We're sold out for Christmas but we've still got availability between Christmas and New Year's - including some rooms with jacuzzis.

Would you like to come for New Year's weekend you can't meet the three-night minimum? Consider coming for a shorter stay during the week. We can also put you on a waiting list for a shorter stay over New Year's weekend where we can "squeeze you in" between two longer reservations. Just e-mail us with your plans and we'll get back to you.

We've just had a cancellation for two rooms for our very popular Christmas Package. If you're interested in joining us, please don't wait. The rooms that are available as of 10/27 at 3:30 are Room #1 and our Grand Tower Suite which can comfortably accommodate up to five people. Click here for details.

We hope that you can join us for this special holiday package.

Tickets for the 15th Annual Amelia Island Christmas Tour of Inns will be available for purchase in person beginning November 1st, but you can beat the crowd by purchasing online now. This wonderful event has expanded this year to include a Hometown Holiday Celebration so that you can see what all the fuss is about for those of us who are fortunate enough to call Amelia Island "home". For details and tickets, click here. The Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Associatio is proud to donate 10% of all ticket sales to the Amelia Island Museum of History. Please visit the website for details of their special Friday evening Old-Fashioned Christmas Party to kick off the weekend.

Announcing....Autumn Romance Specials. Beginning November 1st and available through December 20th, our Autumn Romance Specials let you take advantage of great pricing at a great time of year. Our already value - oriented Romance Packages will be on sale for this limited time. Packages range from two to seven nights. Come watch the Christmas decorations go up in November, or enjoy the completed look throughout December. For rates and details, visit Fairbanks House Romance Packages.

We're now sold out for Christmas, but we've still got good availability for our Thanksgiving Holiday Packages. Take a look. Why not let us do the work while you enjoy the holiday this year?

Now that the (much needed) rains from Ernesto are gone, is safe to come out and play. We've still (as of 4:45pm Thursday) got a few rooms available for this weekend. The weather should be great! Come join us.

If your life schedule is not tied up with the "back-to-school" crowd, now is the time to come to Amelia Island. The kids around here go back to school this Monday, and many parents of school-age kids are too busy to travel right now. As a result, we've got great rates and great availability for the remainder of August through Labor Day. Romance Package sale rates are listed on our website.

Special offer #1: If you book BY AUGUST 10TH FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND, WE WILL OFFER YOU SALE RATES ON OUR ROMANCE PACKAGES (THREE OR MORE NIGHTS). Full rates generally apply on holiday weekends and special events. Mention this blog to receive the sale rate.

Special offer #2: Girls' Packages booked for three or more August nights will get weekday pricing for all three nights. Again, mention this blog to get the rate.

Take advantage of our quiet beaches, romantic restaurants and peaceful sunsets now that it's "adult swim" time on Amelia Island.

It may only be July, but we only have three rooms left for our Christmas Holiday Packages www.fairbankshouse.com/christmaspack.html : rooms 1, 6 and our Schoolhouse Cottage. Seems that folks are planning ahead and know a good thing when they see it. Since we just recently announced our Thanksgiving Holiday Packages, we've still got some good availability including our larger rooms that can accommodate four or five guests. Here's a link: www.fairbankshouse.com/thanksgiving.html .

July has been an exceptionally busy one for "girls getaways" but we've still got some good availability for August. How about another getaway before the kids go back to school? In Florida, school starts at the beginning of August, so there's less competition for rooms for mother-daughter getaways for our friends up north, or for those that have a flexible schedule. Some local spas are running specials too...

Alot of our guests of late have been enjoying a wonderful new tour offering by Ecomotion Tours. We highly recommend it. Here's a link: www.ecomotiontours.com . It's a wonderful nature/ history tour - all conducted on Segways! We've tried it ourselves, and can assure you that it's quite easy to get the hang of it. It's a great add-on to your Amelia Island experience.