Is Hibearnation - a place to Relax, Refresh and Dream pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Hibearnation - a place to Relax, Refresh and Dream Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Where is Hibearnation - a place to Relax, Refresh and Dream located?

Nestled on the beach, this Cabana Beach vacation home is within 1 mi (2 km) of Bon Secour Bay and Edith Hammock. Fort Morgan Beach and Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge are also within 2 mi (3 km).

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10/10 Excellent

kirstie d.

Apr 17, 2025

Peaceful Private Beautiful Escape feom Life...

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: It was the most Amazing trip You can ever take.. Take your breath away from the view to the Gorgeous Home . You have everything You need all you have to do is Show you and enjoy..

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10/10 Excellent

Cassie P.

May 13, 2025

Our favorite place to stay

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This is our go to place when we go to the Gulf Shores area. We love the house and the location. We can tell from year to year that the house is well maintained and also improved. There is a nice supply of everyday items to start with and the property is very clean. This is our happy place. The rental company is so easy to work with and it all adds up to one very wonderful experience. We'd love to stay here again. And again. And again. Thank you!

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10/10 Excellent

Trina L.

Apr 6, 2025

Vacation Dreamland

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Everything is done to perfection and waiting for you upon arrival. The house is steps away from the best beach ever and the dunes are starting to mature again creating a magical pathway between the house and the beach. Everyone you walk down it you are treated to the best beach reveal. Walk to the sunrise or to the sunset you can see it all. The night sky is amazing from the decks top level which is also great for dolphin watching. Clean, organized and full of amenities this is the place to be in the Gulf.

10/10 Excellent

Danica D.

Aug 19, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location and property

Loved the location. The house was very nice and clean. Owner was great to communicate with.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristopher A.

Jun 28, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Love this home

Beautiful clean home and a quiet beach its our favorite spot on the gulf

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel C.

Apr 5, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect week on the beach

The house is well maintained and the property manager is very responsive.

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristopher A.

Jun 21, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful home

just perfect for a quiet weekend with the family. Gorgeous home with all the amenities you need.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Barry B.

Jul 21, 2018

Beautiful house, fantastic beach

I've been going to Alabama's beaches since the early 80's and this is the best house at which I've stayed.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kari B.

Oct 11, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Spot

We always love staying at Hibearnation! We love the house and the quiet beach. It’s about a 20 minute drive into town but we love being out of the busyness of the tourist area yet still close enough to go in and enjoy some nice meals in the evenings if we want to. No complaints here😊

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chris L.

Apr 15, 2019

Awesome Vacation

We loved our stay at Hibernation. The house was awesome; complete with every amenity needed. The upper deck provided an amazing view plus a great place maximize the sun. The house location is very peaceful and only a short drive to the Gulf Shores shopping and dining area. We had an amazing vacation.

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Monty H.

Jan 3, 2019

Great accommodations. Perfect house and stay for our family

Even though the weather was less than ideal the ability to sit inside and watch the ocean waves roll in, the gulls fly by and hear the rain on the roof was awesome. The ability to stroll out the door and go for a run with the post-Christmas quiet of the beach was fabulous. The house was perfect for our family.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen S.

Nov 21, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful vacation home on the Beautiful beach. Very nice place

Was absolutely everything the house was saud to be. Husband and i took our daughter and her husband and their 2 sons our grandsons now 30 and 27 Stayed here when they were very little boys and rented a beach house and the older grandson has a few memories of it. Wanted to take them again and we all had a wonderful ine there.

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heike S.

Nov 24, 2018

Outstanding

We have been staying at Hibearnation many times and are excited to go back each time. The new floors in the bedrooms are great. We had the most beautiful sunsets and enjoyed every minute of our time.

Stayed 10 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Cassie P.

May 17, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our favorite place to stay

We love all aspects of this property from the layout of the home and all the amenities. The top deck offers privacy and sunbathing opportunities, the middle deck offers protection from the sun. The screened in porch provides a great place to eat and watch the dolphins. Underneath the house offers a place to cook on the grill. Love the location too! We appreciated being able to stay at this wonderful home! Thank you!

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cori M.

Jun 9, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very nice getaway

The property was very nice. The door was a bit hard to lock, but the manager got someone on that right away. We had all the cooking supplies/utensils, we could need. The beach access was wonderful. Had no problems with neighbors being loud. It was a really nice way to celebrate our friends and our daughters high school graduation. Would highly recommend this property.

Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Kari B.

Oct 15, 2017

Clean and Comfortable! Beautiful View! Private Beach!

We had a wonderful stay at Hibernation. Hurricane Nate gave us a little trouble the first day but it turned into a beautiful week. The house has a beautiful view of the Gulf, we saw dolphins on several occasions. We love the private beach. The house is comfortable, very clean and well stocked. The owners were easy to work with and quick to answer questions. We'd definitely enjoy staying again. Thank you for sharing your home with us!

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Apr 30, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great

Very clean,just like home. Beautiful beach, quiet. The only thing more I could have wished for was a gas grill. I can't eat charcoal grilled food. Otherwise everything was very nice.😄

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tom J.

Nov 17, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A week in the November ALABAMA SUN!

Everything was first class at the property. Obviously, the owners take a great deal of pride in there home and there wasn’t anything missing from a stand point of amenities. There is an abundance of cooking necessities, from pots and pans to utensils we had more than we could have ever used. The sleeping accommodations were perfect as was the spaciousness of the bathrooms. The outdoor decks were perfect for viewing the Gulf and all the birds and fishing boats that seemed ever present. At night the upper deck provided spectacular views of the starlit sky.

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Belinda P.

Oct 11, 2018

Best place we’ve stayed since we started coming to the Gulf Shores area!

Great location with just the right amount of privacy! Furnishings were super nice and not at all what we expected for a rental. We loved the amount of outdoor seating and also how well equipped the kitchen was. My husband and I were in the master bedroom and I slept WONDERFULLY on the king sized bed! Two thumbs up! Our 10 year old granddaughter (the only child on the trip) loved getting to sleep in the loft.......it was a real treat! Our son in law mentioned several times he thought their bedroom had a double bed (instead of queen), but they managed to make do. Overall, it’s our favorite place to stay and I guarantee that we will return!

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chris T.

Apr 7, 2018

Perfection

We've stayed in the Gulf Shores / Fort Morgan area for 15+ years. This may be the overall best house we've rented. It literally has everything. The beds were comfortable. The house was perfectly clean. The house is a short walk on the beach to a giant nature area so the beach is not crowded. The master bedroom looks a little outdated in the photos but don't let that fool you. The entire house is in perfect condition. The house has surround sound, TV's in every room including the loft, and nice lighting inside and out. The furniture is very comfortable. The house is also a short walk on the beach to the Beach Club resort. We'll be back. Chris

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018

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10/10 Excellent

Kim H.

Apr 27, 2017

The property was well-maintained and had a short private walkway to the beach.

The house was very clean. The kitchen was well supplied with dishes, silverware , pots and pans and different glassware. We had everything we needed to make our stay comfortable. The bedrooms and living area were spacious for our needs. The three decks on the house were used to watch for the dolphins or just for looking out at the beautiful ocean. we went out to dinner twice and went into Gulf Shores once for ice cream. Other than that we wanted to stay and enjoy each moment we had on "our" beach. Every morning we would walk the beach to view the sunrise. It was a magical time for our family. there were eight of us: a one year old, 2 year old and 6 adults. We would love to come back again, we already miss the Hibernation! Thank you for opening up your house to us. The Holmgrens

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2017

4/10 Poor

Scott M.

Aug 13, 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication

Disliked: Cleanliness, location, listing accuracy

Not good

The road to the property was a washed out sand road full of massive holes. The forst thing the keys were in the house not in the lock box. The main door was inop . They sent someone right out. So from the t I me we got there till we left very underwlming property.The house itself was fine very dirty. Where there were vents they were full of dust. Every one of them . The bathroom fans were outdated and yellow. The door handle collars on three doors were hanging off. The dishwasher hose was not connected so that made a mess flooded the kitchen. Not a good place. The guest batroom had the handle broken off in the shower to turn water on. The ceiling fan in the huest room was broken. Barely spins. The utensils still had food on them that were in the drawer. We had an ant infestation on the last day. The property manager was belpful but when she told me it was the end of the season and the wear and tear can be expected i lost interest in speaking to them. I spent 6000 plus with taxes for a house that the manager even says was not up to par. I am probably going to call the credit card company and report this as unhappy with product and then pay them what i think its worth to stay here . Its not worth 6000 needing all this repair. Its ridiculous to have to pay premium for a sub par renatal.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Bob C.

Dec 3, 2024

Hibearnation 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Teresa S.

Oct 23, 2024

Never disappointed.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Excellent as always. This was our 5th or 6th stay at this rental.Well stocked kitchen for cooking meals. Large open space with beautiful views. The beach is your backyard.

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10/10 Excellent

Jennifer B.

Aug 8, 2024

Favorite House in AL!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This house is just perfect in every way. My family and my best friends family stayed in the house and there was plenty of space for all of us. The views are to die for and the location is perfect. I have stayed in other houses in AL and I just keep coming back to this one. This is by far my favorite place to stay while on vacation. We are already looking at dates to stay next year.

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