The best large group trips balance togetherness with breathing room. McGee Island sleeps up to 24 across three island buildings, giving groups shared gathering spaces and quiet corners when they need them.
Twenty people in one house gets loud. Twenty people across four rentals stops feeling like one trip. The middle path is a place with shared common rooms and several distinct living spaces — the same building footprint a small inn has, without the strangers.
Sleeping and gathering, in that order
Start with bedrooms — twelve here — and bathrooms — six. Then look at gathering rooms: a wraparound porch on the Main House, a long dining room in the Cook House, a waterfront porch at the Little Boat House. Those three rooms are what make a big group feel like one group instead of four sub-groups.
Breathing room matters more than square footage
- Multiple porches and decks so people aren't competing for one spot
- Walking trails and shoreline so anyone can step away
- Kayaks and lawn games so the activity doesn't all live in one room
- A second kitchen so meal prep and quiet coffee don't collide
