We are Sharon and John Szabo, the inn's owners and your hosts.

We purchased the inn in 1997 and named it Laurel Bay, after the Bay (Grecian) Laurel trees on our former property. Choosing a Mediterranean theme for the inn's decor, we immediately begin to restore and update it to our artistic standards. John contributed the physical labor, while Sharon contributed her talents as a fine arts painter and mosaic artist. Today the inn is a comfortable, spacious, artistic haven one block from the beautiful Ocean City beaches.

There are 6 bedrooms in the inn, each with a unique color scheme and themed art and furniture. The bedrooms are comfortable, fresh and clean, and a bit quirky. We embellish them with designer bath products, CDs and CD players. We guarantee you will love getting back to basics in style. In the summer months, each bedroom has an in-window air conditioner controlled by you.

A stay at the inn includes a breakfast of fresh baked goodies, cereals, juices, coffees and teas from Positively 4th Street, our cafe on the ground floor of the inn. The cafe is renowned for its fabulous food and welcoming atmosphere. You won't want to skip breakfast.

In the summer, we supply you beach tags in exchange for a returnable deposit. We also have a limited supply of beach chairs, which we lend on a first come first served asis. So come and stay a while. We're looking forward to your visit.

There are two bedrooms on the first floor off the main hall.

Room 1 : Ocean Room
Decorated in ocean greens and blues with a painted mosaic wave wrapped around the ceiling, this room has a queen bed, A/C, a ceiling fan, an in-room sink, and a private bathroom with shower accessed from the hall.

Room 2 : Roman Suite
Decorated with frescoes to resemble a Villa at Pompeii, this room has a four-poster king bed, an en suite bathroom with a shower, an over-sized claw-footed Kohler tub, A/C, and a sitting area. This room is a romantic step-back in time to a hedonistic era.

There are four bedrooms, a yoga/meditation room, and a community refrigerator for your beverages on the second floor up one flight of stairs off the reception area. T

Room 3 : Tree Room
This room is laden with tree motifs, including a tree mural that wraps around the room and branches onto the ceiling and floor. It has a four-poster queen bed, an in-room sink, two corner windows facing southeast for wonderful breezes, A/C, a ceiling fan, and a warm, enveloping faux finished wall treatment. There is a pass through door to room 4, making it feasible to rent rooms 3 and 4 as a family suite. This room shares a full bathroom with room 4.

Historic Life Saving Station
by Marie Natale

Room 6 : Tangerine Dream Room
This over-sized room has soothing tangerine colored walls, a queen Bernhardt iron bed with a pillow top mattress, two windows, a leather covered Versaille-style desk, A/C, and two ceiling fans. This room shares everyone's favorite bathroom -- the lemon tree mosaic bathroom -- with room 8.

Room 8 : Yellow Room
This room has a queen-sized, black wrought-iron bed with a pillow top mattress, one window, A/C, and a ceiling fan. The room shares the lemon tree mosaic bathroom with room 6.

Yoga/Meditation Room

This tranquil room on the second floor has a stacked stone wall and cork flooring. There's a flatscreen tv for streaming yoga workouts and a wall-mounted faux fireplace for hot yoga. You can use the yoga room when it's not reserved. Better yet, reserve the room so it's available when you want to use it.

The inn is one block from the beach and the rates are great. Rates do fluctuate with the seasons, but within the summer season stay consistent. The chart shows the lowest and highest published rates for each room. Please call or send an email requesting rates for the dates and rooms you have in mind. We will do the best we can for you.

To reserve a room in the inn, please call (609.814.1886) or send an email to laurelbay400@aol.com requesting the room(s) you want to reserve, the number of people, the check-in date and the check-out date. We will respond promptly, returning your email or phone call telling you if the room(s) are available and the rate(s).

We ask for a credit card number with all room reservations.

Inn check-in time is 2:00pm; check-out time is 10:00am. Late checkout is sometimes possible with a $25 fee.

We prefer to receive payment when you check in. For payment, we accept cash, checks, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover.

Those were the days... The days when an Ocean City phone number had four digits and the Laurel Bay Inn was named Margo. Move your cursor over the thumbnails to see three other guest houses from the same era and a 1963 photo of three friends (courtesy of Cathie Harvey) who spent their summer working at the Margo Cafe.