Families Are Welcome
If you’re looking for a great beach, a lot to do and a place that purposefully embraces families, then Hampton Beach is for you.
Transportation
There’s no one way to get to Hampton Beach or to tool around New Hampshire’s beautiful Seacoast Region. Here’s a thumbnail sketch of travel choices.
Hampton’s History
For 100 years Hampton Beach has been focused on providing families with great vacation opportunities, fine service and wonderful memories.
Vacation Planning
Hampton Beach can be a very busy seacoast community, especially in the summer. Planning ahead will ensure that you get value for you vacation dollar.
Safety Tips
The ocean and beach are beautiful, but they can also be deadly. Here are a few tips that will help ensure that you have a safe and pleasant vacation.
Successful vacations often depend upon sound research, thoughtful inquiry and careful planning.
Here are some things to consider in preparing for your Hampton Beach vacation.
New Hampshire has about 14 million visitors in the summer, with the majority of those people descending upon the 17-miles of coastline. Over 1.2 million people enter the state for the week that marks the Fourth of July. Tourists come primarily from New England, the Mid-Atlantic States and Canada.
The Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce and local officials have put an emphasis on ensuring that Hampton Beach is family friendly, and they have dedicated much of their programming to what might be called “old-fashioned family fun.”
The various festivals and competitions, the Tow Truck Rodeo, Catamaran Regatta and daily concerts and weekly fireworks displays are all geared towards creating the right environment for adults with kids.
In planning your trip, consider what’s important to you. Do you absolutely want an ocean view hotel?
Would you rather go camping rather than have a room, so that you can cook for yourself and your family? Or would having to cook ruin your vacation? How much beach time do you imagine spending as opposed to time shopping, sightseeing and exploring?
If you’ve never been to Hampton Beach, take some time to check out the various accommodations, including user reviews. The most expensive place does not always have the best service. If you don’t plan on venturing anywhere but Hampton Beach and the boardwalk, then you don’t need a car.
But not having one will make it difficult for you to access other beaches and investigate other parts of the seacoast.
If you are going to Hampton Beach in the months of June, July and August, you’re hitting it at peak in terms of price and volume of people. Although there’s not as much to do in September or October, both can be fine times to visit.