Meet the Skiff House: Our Bayfront Home on Aransas Bay

Every place has a story. The Skiff House just happens to have one of ours.

When it opened in 1952, this little building was the front office of a motel called Balboa Court. It's where guests checked in. Where the day started. The heart of the whole property.

Somewhere along the way, it was sold off on its own and spent years apart from the motel it was born with.

We were lucky enough to bring it back. To pull the original property together again, and reunite it for the first time in generations.

A Home, Not Just a Room

These days, the Skiff House is the whole-house stay at Reel 'em Inn.

Three bedrooms. Room for eight. A full kitchen, a living room that opens to the courtyard, and a shuffleboard game waiting whenever you are.

It's the kind of place where a family spreads out, a fishing crew swaps stories, and nobody's in a hurry to leave.

Steps From the Water

Like the rest of the Inn, the Skiff House sits right on Aransas Bay.

The pier is just outside. Cast a line at sunrise. Take a walk after dinner. Watch the sky do its thing over the water.

Mornings start slow out here. That's the point.

The Part We Love Most

The best thing about bringing the Skiff House home isn't the bedrooms or the bay views.

It's the people who remember it.

We still have guests who first came to Balboa Court as kids. They stayed back when this was a roadside motel on the Texas coast, and all these years later, they still come back.

Some things are worth holding onto.

That's coast life. And that's why we love it here. Book your stay direct, or find the Skiff House and read guest reviews on Airbnb.