we were just in topsail beach, NC, which is just south of the outerbanks...i used to go to the outerbanks when i was a kid, all the time...it was nice to be back in the area...we were smack dab between wilmington and jacksonville, and about 20 min from camp lejune
for me and my g/f, i think her dad paid about 500$ round trip for the both of us, via US airways. we had to fly columbus > charlotte > jacksonville and wilmington > charlotte > columbus ...i know prime rental season just started, and rates will be a bit higher...the place we stayed was 7 br, 7.5 baths, and was 1600 or so for the week and the day after we left started prime season and it now rents for about 6k/wk...right on the beach