Visiting family

Coming home to Long Island? Stay five minutes from the family

The Joyful Beach House is a private 2 bedroom home on the Great South Bay in Patchogue, NY, made for family visits: your own kitchen, your own mornings, and everyone keeps their space. It sleeps 4, sits next to Shorefront Park with the bay out front, and is about a mile from downtown Patchogue. Rated 4.93 across 154 Airbnb reviews, and guests literally call staying here a homecoming.

For the family flying in

Holidays, birthdays, graduations, weddings, or just time with parents and grandchildren: stay minutes away instead of living out of a relative's spare room. There is room for 4 across a queen bedroom, a double bedroom, and a sofa bed, plus driveway parking for the rental car.

For the local host

If your relatives are coming to visit you in the Patchogue area, put them here and keep your own bed. You get the visit without the air mattress, and they get a top rated house on the bay. Many of our guests are booked by the Long Island family they are visiting.

The visit, not just the stay

Watch the sunset over the bay from the patio, walk to Shorefront Park, take everyone to dinner in downtown Patchogue about a mile away, or catch a show at the Patchogue Theatre. In summer, the Shorefront Band Shell concerts happen across from the patio. See the full local guide.