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Use Coastal Baby Rentals for Baby Gear Down the Shore

Mom-owned business, Coastal Baby Rentals, helps Philly-area families that are going down the shore with young children.

Coastal Baby Rentals is a small business founded by a mother-of-two, Stephanie Frith, in Monmouth County.

The company rents luxury equipment to families who are traveling to the Jersey Shore with babies and toddlers. In addition, Coastal Baby Rentals serves Jersey Shore families that are hosting guests in their home, which may not be equipped for young children.

Entering its fifth summer season, Coastal Baby Rentals has unveiled new product lines and updated its website in order to meet customer demand throughout the Jersey Shore. Coastal Baby Rentals now provides high-end equipment to families in Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties.

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Frith founded Coastal Baby Rentals in 2009 as a service to families seeking a stress-free and relaxing vacation at the Jersey Shore. Through personal experience, she had discovered how daunting a family vacation can become when traveling with babies, toddlers and all their gear.

“As a new mom, I was very conflicted about packing every single thing I needed for my baby or finding somewhere to rent equipment that wasn’t ancient or dirty,” Frith recalls. “I wanted a crib that was safe, a high chair that wasn’t filthy, a stroller that was easy to use…Basically, I didn’t want to sacrifice quality for convenience. I was surprised there were so few options for parents like me.”

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Coastal Baby Rentals only offers premium, high-end, luxury equipment, and the company focuses exclusively on families with younger children.

Equipment available through Coastal Baby Rentals includes non-drop rail cribs with ultra-pedic crib mattresses, toddler beds, BOB joggers, strollers, car seats, booster seats, high chairs, beach cabanas, and wagons.

Coastal Baby Rentals provides items that families might not think about when traveling, such as baby bathtubs, Exersaucers, swings, video monitors, rail guards, safety gates, and safety packages for cabinets, drawers, and electrical outlets.

This summer, Coastal Baby Rentals offers a brand-new line of Britax B-Agile strollers at a lower weekly price point than that of previous strollers. New items include luxury adult beach loungers and chairs, Melissa and Doug beach toy packages, and other toy assortments that will entertain children while away from home.

All equipment provided by Coastal Baby Rentals meets the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards, is certified by the Juvenile Product Manufacturer’s Association (JPMA), and is sanitized using Seventh Generation® Green cleaning products.

Since 2009, Coastal Baby Rentals has provided equipment to families in the Monmouth/Ocean County area. Specific towns include:

Avon, Bay Head, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Brielle, Brick, Freehold, Jackson, Lake Como, Lavallette, Long Branch, Manasquan, Mantoloking, Normandy Beach, Point Pleasant Beach, Point Pleasant, Ocean Beach, Ocean Grove, Ortley Beach, Rumson, Red Bank, Sea Girt, Seaside Heights, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Toms River, and Wall Township.

By its second year of business, Coastal Baby Rentals was fielding more requests from families traveling to Atlantic and Cape May County. As a result, Coastal Baby Rentals began serving many families in Ocean City, NJ and gradually expanded its customer base to include South Jersey towns such as:

Absecon, Avalon, Brigantine, Cape May, Cape May Point, Diamond Beach, Galloway, Longport, Margate, Marmora, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor, Strathmere, Ventnor, Ventnor City, and Wildwood/Wildwood Crest/North Wildwood/West Wildwood.

Coastal Baby Rentals offers two levels of delivery service. For most towns, Standard Delivery is $15, which includes equipment delivery on the afternoon of the family’s arrival and pick-up on the morning of departure.

If families prefer, a staff member from Coastal Baby Rentals can set up the equipment; this Premium Delivery costs $30 for most towns. A 10 percent discount is available for families renting equipment for two weeks or more.

The Web Site for Coastal Baby Rentals – www.coastalbabyrentals.com – was relaunched to include new features based on customer feedback. Customers can peruse an expanded inventory, track what they are ordering, and utilize various credit cards.

Frith acknowledges this summer will be quite different from her previous years in business, as the Jersey Shore where she lives year-round continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy.

“As a mom and the owner of Coastal Baby Rentals, I’m proud to help families do their part to restore the shore,” Frith notes. “I’m thrilled that visitors are booking vacations at the Jersey Shore that I love. I’m happy to work with families to meet their needs and budget so they have the best experience possible. I want them to come back and make the Jersey Shore a part of their children’s lives for years to come.”

For additional details about Coastal Baby Rentals, please visit www.coastalbabyrentals.com. Calls can be placed to Coastal Baby Rentals at 732-272-6804 or 609-365-8071.

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