Holiday Collection

All the best ideas for decorating, entertaining, and gift-giving with a coastal spirit.

The Best Spots for Beach Holidays

Our island expert, contributing editor Marion Laffey Fox, dove deep into her little black book of top coastal resorts and found these amazing accommodations. Book now―your beach chair is waiting.

Entertain this fantasy for a moment: You cut your holiday to-do list way down—skip the shopping, cooking, gift wrapping, and 24-hour hostessing—and make a quick break for the beach instead.

Photographer David Tsay , Writer Marion Laffey Fox

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Escape Plan

Entertain this fantasy for a moment: You cut your holiday to-do list way down―skip the shopping, cooking, gift wrapping, and 24-hour hostessing―and make a quick break for the beach instead. Have we piqued your interest? With the escape mentality in mind, we scanned coasts from the Caribbean to California for diversions with the highest irresistibility quotients. Choose one of these getaways and start a new holiday tradition basking in the sun or lounging by someone else’s crackling hearth.

Left: Montage Laguna Beach