Massachusetts Rentals By Owner and Vacation Rentals

The Bay State
"Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem"
(By the sword she seeks peace under liberty)
 

Capital-	Boston
Biggest City-	Boston
State Bird-	Black-capped Chickadee
State Song-	All Hail to Massachusetts
Major Sports Teams-	Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots, Boston Bruins
Time Zone-	Eastern Standard Time
Famous Bay Staters-	John Adams, Matt Damon, Emily Dickinson, John Hancock

Massachusetts is a great destination for a truly diverse vacation rental. Enriched in much of our nation’s earliest history, Massachusetts is full of adventure, fun, and blasts from the past. With the numerous harbors and capes to the East and scenic mountain ranges to the West, Massachusetts offers unlimited outdoor opportunities. Vacation renters can go bicycling, boating, sailing, hunting, hiking, or golfing; depending where in the Bay State they visit.
 
In the Eastern site of Martha’s Vineyard, vacation renters can lounge on a beach or book a sailboat to travel around the 87 square-foot scenic island. Visitors can only reach this summer destination by air or boat. Elsewhere, on the Western part of the state, vacation renters can stop by The Berkshires mountain range. These small and scenic mountains just west of Pioneer Valley have become a summer haven for many and are home to Jacob’s Pillow, America’s first and longest-running dance festival. The Berkshires also boast Bash Bish Falls, the highest waterfall in Massachusetts.
 
For a unique look at life in Massachusetts, be sure to book a vacation rental in Salem. This town, site of the 1692 witch trials featured in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, has taken what could be deemed a dark spot in American history and turned it into a cultural experience. Salem High School is known as The Witches and the town even is home to a bronze statue of Elizabeth Montgomery, star of the TV show Bewitched. Of course a vacation rental in Salem, Massachusetts would best be enjoyed in October, when the town is home to their annual "Haunted Happenings" festival. Not all of Salem is centered around witchcraft, however; vacation renters can stop by "The Friendship", a tall-ship replica in Salem Harbor or the Peabody Essex Museum, a leader in Asian art and culture.
 
Sports fans will enjoy vacation rentals in Springfield or Boston. Springfield is where James Naismith first invented basketball as something to keep his students busy during the winter months and is subsequently home to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Stop by in December and see Springfield’s "Bright Lights" festival – a holiday celebration where visitors can drive among lighted displays often based on Massachusetts native Dr. Seuss’ characters.
 
Boston, of course, is a prime vacation rental site during baseball season. Catching a game at Fenway Park is like a rite of passage for many true-blooded American baseball fans. For those not obsessed with baseball like many Red Sox fans, "Beantown" is full of historic sites like the start of Paul Revere’s ride and the Freedom Trail. Because of its many universities and its heavy involvement in the American Revolution, Boston has always been commended for its strong sense of identity and culture.
 
A vacation rental in Massachusetts means you just might catch a glimpse of a North Atlantic Right Whale, a whale on the endangered list that’s sometimes seen off the Cape Cod coast. In Cambridge you might walk through the halls of Harvard University, the first college in the nation, and feel just a little bit smarter. Or, in Worcester, Massachusetts ,you just might spy a Tabby Cat, the official state cat, as decided by Massachusetts school kids in 1988. Whatever you do, you can be sure you will have experiences of a lifetime during a vacation rental in Massachusetts!