Short-term rentals on South Padre Island, Texas

South Padre Island is a narrow resort town at the southern tip of the Texas coast, with the Gulf on one side and the Laguna Madre on the other. Its year has three distinct seasons: spring break, which brings college crowds in March; summer, dominated by families from the Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio and Mexico; and winter, when retirees from the Midwest and Canada settle in for weeks at a time. Fishing, kiteboarding, the sea turtle rescue center and the causeway views fill the rest of the calendar. Condos in towers and mid-rise complexes make up much of the rental stock, alongside beach houses and bayside townhomes.