1. Hawaii - The Big Island
2. Maui
3. U.S. Virgin Islands
4. Honolulu - Oahu 5. Outer Banks
6. Hilton Head 7. Miami Beach
8. Cape Cod
9. Santa Barbara
9. Fort Lauderdale
My parents used to have a beach house in the Outer Banks, and it was really nice, but instead we switched to one closer to home in a small beach town near Wilmington, and it's sooooo much better. I was down there for the past week and got back home today.