Vacation Rentals by Owner

Attention to detail is evident.

Guest: Margaret P. – Washington, DC and Ellen P. – Fairfa
Date of Stay: 08/19/11 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

Once again we had a lovely week at Silver Dawn. We were pleased with the improvements, noted – curtains in living room, new windows, new shower heads, new TV & computer and new bedding in one bedroom. The Plotkins attention to detail is evident. We also appreciated their generosity – free internet, free long distance and the “welcome” bottle of wine. We’ve been coming here since 2002 and look forward to many more happy vacations at Silver Dawn. Thank you! Margaret P. – Washington, DC and Ellen P. – Fairfax, VA and Nancy & Carl D. – VA P.S. It was a thrilling week – we felt the earthquake on Tuesday and left just ahead of the hurricane on Friday!

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We will definitely be back.

Guest: The Moran Family – Great Falls, VA
Date of Stay: 08/05/11 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

Your home is wonderful. We thoroughly enjoyed every aspect. The whole family got up at sunrise on our last day to say goodbye to the beach. This was our first trip to Bethany and we will definitely be back.

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The weather was tremendous.

Guest: Hope & Kane Family
Date of Stay: 07/15/11 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

We’ve had another great week here at Bethany. Thank you for sharing your splendid home. It has been a treat. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and the weather was tremendous.

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Sunrise inspirational, spiritual

Guest: Patti & Ken M.
Date of Stay: 09/27/10 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

What an incredible view – sunrise inspirational, beautiful beach days, the illumination from the moon made sitting on the deck spiritual - - - and a wee sip of Bailey’s tops off the day. We loved your house and our stay here was a joy.

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Great place for family time together.

Guest: Mel B. – Columbus, OH and Ric H. & Sandy W. – Rock
Date of Stay: 08/21/10 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

Great place for family time together.

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Your house is such a pleasant place.

Guest: Cindy & John B. – Minneapolis, MN
Date of Stay: 08/13/10 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

Your house is such a pleasant place to spend a week at the beach! It’s a great place for good food and good company. Thanks for the Harris Teeters cards on the key chains.

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Saw dolphins, a sand shark (4 ft)

Guest: K & D M. New Your, N.Y.
Date of Stay: 07/02/10 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

Very nice house. We had a great week – saw dolphins, a sand shark (4 ft), and a ray out front. Hope to come again next year.

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launched my wedding proposal.

Guest: George O. – Manassas, VA
Date of Stay: 05/13/10 Review Submitted: 10/30/11

Thanx for a great environment that launched a wedding proposal. We had a great time. See you next year. Warm regards.

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Guest: Norin
Date of Stay: 08/22/08 Review Submitted: 08/21/08

the Silver Dawn was so wonderful! We loved being right on the beach! Wonderful amenities (but no pens) We can't wait to come back next year!! - The Norin Family

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Guest: Kane & Hope
Date of Stay: 07/18/08 Review Submitted: 07/17/08

Thank you for once again a wonderful week. The weather turned out to be great. Our family loves this place. Hopefully we will be back again next year. thanks again1 -the Kane and Hope families

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Guest: Parke
Date of Stay: 07/04/08 Review Submitted: 07/03/08

This is our 19th year coming to Bethany Beach, and our 4th visit to Silver Dawn. We love it so much we wouldn't stay anywhere else! Next year we plan to have a big 20th year celebration with as many of us as we can gather together. Thank you for your gracious home - John and Cindy, Ellen, Margaret, Frederick & Melissa

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Guest: Alvarez, Herold, Wood families
Date of Stay: 06/20/08 Review Submitted: 06/19/08

What a wonderful week! The weather was perfect and your house was beautiful. We have stayed in Bethany for several years and love the area, but your house truly made our vacation perfect. The kitchen especially was very well equipped. The only problem was the coffee pot didn't work. We hope to come back next year

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Guest: Deasy and Garver families
Date of Stay: 06/13/08 Review Submitted: 06/12/08

We enjoyed a wonderful week of good weather, relaxing time with family, and beautiful surroundings at your ocean retreat. That you for sharing this lovely place; we hope we will be able to enjoy it again next year. With appreciation, The Deasy and Garver Families

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Guest: The Beach gang
Date of Stay: 05/26/08 Review Submitted: 05/25/08

Dear Owners: You have a beautiful place! We have been going to the ocean for a Memorial Day vacation as a group about 12 total of people for about 30 years since the end of college. Thank you for the loan of your house.

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Guest: Williams family
Date of Stay: 05/16/08 Review Submitted: 05/15/08

Marcia and Steve: You have a truly fabulous place here. We had a thoroughly memorable week with our twin 2 year old boys. The storms at the beginning of the week just added to the experience. We'd love to come back. - Steve Williams family

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Guest: The Lancasters
Date of Stay: 10/05/07 Review Submitted: 10/04/07

Big waves, good fishing, we had sun and 90 weather days. We even got dad in the water. Good times. The kids took over cooking and we had pancakes and stew. Lovely time - The Lancasters.

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Guest: JIm, Cindy and Brenda
Date of Stay: 09/07/07 Review Submitted: 09/06/07

Thank you for allowing us to stay in such a wonderful house. It was a perfect weather week at the beach. The dolphins were amazing every day jumping out of the water and fishing right in front of us. Our 2 year od enjoyed having his very own sandbox and wrecking all the sandcastles his dad, uncle, aunt and grammy made for him. The house is comfortable and we would love to get a chance to come back. - The Bedorfs

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Guest: The Lancasters
Date of Stay: 10/09/06 Review Submitted: 10/08/06

Full-scale nor’easter hit the house, 35-40 winds. The round couch is a nice place for family togetherness as the storm rages.Wave passing over the front of the dune to the house.Stinging sand pouring rain.Still it cleared up by Monday, just in time for a beautiful drive home.

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Guestbook Comment

Guest: Steve Linhard (Annapolis, MD)
Date of Stay: 10/01/06 Review Submitted: 10/27/06

Thanks for a great time. Your place is was Great!

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Guest: The Morris Family
Date of Stay: 09/21/06 Review Submitted: 09/20/06

This was our first year at Silver Dawn but I’m sure not our last! The pictures on the internet do not do it any justice. You have million dollar views!The Morris Family Matthew, Ralphie; 7yrs old, Krista; 3 yrs old, Ralph & Margie Morris; Dickson City, PA, The Novaks Mike, Katie, Michael; 3 yrs old, Mary Grace; 9 months old

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Guest: Bloomburg University Alumni and e
Date of Stay: 09/18/06 Review Submitted: 09/17/06

We had a fantastic weekend here! The house was beautiful. We loved being so close to the beach. We celebrated 20 years of friendships here - hope for 20 more! We loved the couch…. Plenty of room to sit and relax. Thanks for the fishing rods. Tim caught a fish the first day but nothing after that… beginner’s luck I suppose.Bloomburg University Alumni and exiting friends,Heidi AngelestioDoris GoldenKaren CharnetskiLinda & Tim OkonskySharon YoniskiKaren ShaplinJeff PenizottoBarbara Parks

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Guest: The Sloane Family
Date of Stay: 09/08/06 Review Submitted: 09/07/06

What a wonderful week we had at Silver Dawn! We arrived during Ernesto – a tropical storm and were treated to quite a site as the ocean raged!This was a peaceful and relaxing place to be as relaxing as a week by the sea can be with 3yr. old twins and a one month old new baby boy!The accommodations are first-rate we couldn’t have asked for more. Thanks for the “welcome” bottle of wine. We enjoyed ourselves immensely!

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Guest: Diane and Burt Epstein
Date of Stay: 08/11/06 Review Submitted: 08/10/06

Our 2-week stay, Many thanks for the wonderful time we had at your beautiful beach home. We especially appreciated how well equipped Silver Dawn is and the prompt response to maintenance issues. The heat was oppressive during our first week but your air conditioning kept us comfortable. We played board and card games with children and grandchildren and at the same time, were able to enjoy the gorgeous view. We look forward to returning to Silver Dawn next year.

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Guest: The Kane Family & The Hope Family
Date of Stay: 07/21/06 Review Submitted: 07/20/06

This is our 5th straight year at your home. The weather was exceptional; the best we ever experienced. Thank you for the wine. We look forward to our vacation at Bethany Beach each year and hope to return again next year.

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Guest: The Deasys and The Garners
Date of Stay: 06/22/06 Review Submitted: 06/21/06

Thank you for your beautifully decorated home. Everything we needed you provided! Our family enjoyed the fantastic week of sunshine and great times. We hope to be back.

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Guest: The Tolman Family
Date of Stay: 06/09/06 Review Submitted: 06/08/06

This was our first stay at “Silver Dawn” also, and I can echo the praises from your other guests. We really enjoyed our stay. – This is a great place for small children (so close to the beach) and the “big” people loved the view and the well-equipped house. From previous comments, I gather that the ceiling fans are a new addition and we really loved them. Thanks too for the wine, internet, phone.Hope to be back

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Guest: Marcia - Owner
Date of Stay: 12/25/05 Review Submitted: 12/24/05

Welcome to Silver Dawn, our Ocean Front all-season retreat right on the beach. We hope your stay is enjoyable with long-lasting memories. These comments are transcribed directly from our hand written guestbook. You are welcome to review the comments in person when you enter your comments in our guestbook. We appreciate your feedback. Enjoy your ocean sunrises and breakfast with the incoming tides. Marcia

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Guest: Dudley III
Date of Stay: 10/14/05 Review Submitted: 10/13/05

Once again another great time at “Silver Dawn”. We did not see one day of sunshine. However, the fishing was great. Saturday and Wednesday were too windy to fish, but every other day we had blue fish for dinner. – Dudley Jr., Louise, Karen, Robin, John, Cindy, Dudley III, Willie, Karom and JoshMom and I wer the only ones that fished. Everyone else shopped., hiked, OC Boardwalk or played on their laptops. Hopefully we can rent again next year!

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Guest: N/A
Date of Stay: 09/18/05 Review Submitted: 09/17/05

9/18/05 We enjoyed our girls weekend here at BB. Your accommodations were awesome! Thanks for the welcome wine - we put it to good use. Robin, Donna, Beth, Sharon, Sharon, Lara, Lynn and Michelle

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Guest: Florence King
Date of Stay: 09/09/05 Review Submitted: 09/08/05

Dear Mr and Mrs. Plotkin,Thanks for the bottle of wine and your quick service on the broken items.We thoroughly enjoyed your house.We’ll be back.Florence King, Jeniffer, Tony, Pete, Bob

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Guest: Cheryl
Date of Stay: 09/04/05 Review Submitted: 09/03/05

Thanksgiving Weekend 2004 A splendid time at Bethany Beach!! We enjoyed your house, the sounds, sights, and smell of the ocean. A wonderful place to share time together and make special memories! Thanks you! Cheryl, Mount Joy, PA

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Guest: Celeste and Larry Murphy
Date of Stay: 08/12/05 Review Submitted: 08/11/05

This was our first time at BB and we had a wonderful week. We came with our 4 children, 2 sons in laws and granddaughter fo 18 mo. The proximity to the beach was our first priority and your home certainly provided that and seeing the dolphins each day was a joy. Some of the other comments from the group were - great couch, the ocean water was clean and a nice temperature. Appreciated the privacy of your place. The 4 parking spaces were really needed.There were a few things that could be improved, if you don’t mind me mentioning that the internet and VCR were not working. The latter would have been helpful for the grandchildren. The outdoor shower was great! But the cleaning crew should clean the shower mat.You are very lucky to have a place and we look forward to another stay in BB.Celeste and Larry Murphy from NY. Others from MA, MD and VA

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Guest: The Kane family
Date of Stay: 08/05/05 Review Submitted: 08/04/05

As usual we had a lovely vacation at 4 Ocean Hamlet. The condo looks lovely and is so well maintained. Weather was excellent. Enjoyed the beach but we are not bragging about our golf scores. Hope to return next year. The Kane family

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Guest: The Riley’s
Date of Stay: 07/29/05 Review Submitted: 07/28/05

Another great vacation was had a 4 Ocean Hamlet! Weather was great and accommodations get better each year. Love the tile floors, ceiling fan in master bedroom didn’t work. Thanks for the wine and note. Hope to be here next year same time my boys are 18 & 20 and we have been coming doen here since they were 3 and 5. Great memories. Thank you again.The Riley’s Connecticut

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Guest: Parke / DiBella / Beukema family
Date of Stay: 07/22/05 Review Submitted: 07/21/05

The Parke / DiBella / Beukema family was back for another fun week. In spite of the heat and humidity we had a great time in your gracious house.We applaud the changes, especially the tile floor and the ceiling fans in the bedrooms. Excedpt we couldn’t figure out how to turn on the one in the master bedroom. A fan in the living room would be great.Cindy, Minn, MNPS This has been a grooviest family holiday, Our diverse family gathered from MN, Slt Lake City, D.C., and ranged from 4 to 82. It has been great to hear old family stories and some best forgotten.Margaret, Washington, DC The house fits our needs. The view of the ocean and dolphins is terrific! We made memories here.Nancy, Fairfax, VA

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Guest: The Hunt famililes
Date of Stay: 06/17/05 Review Submitted: 06/16/05

Our first time here in B.B. with extended family - we picked a wonderful accommodation. Enjoyed everything so much. The hot weather, the cold water, the dolphins and stingrays. And the beautiful night view. Thank you for the wine - a nice addition to our wonderful 2005 beach vacation. The Hunt famililes Lancaster, PA Towanda, PA

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Guest: Reists and Higgins family
Date of Stay: 05/27/05 Review Submitted: 05/26/05

Despite the rainy weather, we had an excellent week here in Bethany. The place is gorgeous - especially with the wonderful view of the beach. Thank you for making our stay memorable. The Reists and Higgins family, Mount Joy, PA

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Guest: Janice L.
Date of Stay: 09/24/04 Review Submitted: 09/23/04

This was our first year here and I found it very nice. I love the kitchen. It is so well equipped. The number of bedrooms was great although we never needed the two downstairs. I hope all your guests will care and respect it as if it was their own Thank you for the wine. We had great weather! Hope to return soon. Janice L. Ellicott City, MD

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Guest: David B.
Date of Stay: 08/27/04 Review Submitted: 08/26/04

This house is wonderful - my first time here, but I hope it won't be my last. Ceiling fans and a fixed window would be great in the back bedroom [DONE]. Thank you for your hospitality! David B, New York City Back again and love the new changes to the place. So much lighter and cheerier. Thank you for allowing your place to be a place to come and spend with family, have good food, and be in one of God's greatest and mysterious creations - the ocean! Carolyn D. Fairfax, VA

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Guest: Ellen P.,
Date of Stay: 08/27/04 Review Submitted: 08/26/04

This was also our third year at this location and we too, applaud the renovations! Ceiling fans would help in the bedrooms [DONE]. The weather was delightful and we had a great family gathering. Ellen P., Fairfax, VA This was the first year for my family to come here and we thoroughly enjoyed the gracious surroundings. We had a grand family time. Sindy B. Minneapolis, MN Thank you for brightening up # 4 Ocean Hamlet. This is our third year here and we enjoyed the improvements. Hope you had a good summer - we had a great vacation here with family. Nancy D Fairfax, VA

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Guest: Kane family
Date of Stay: 08/06/04 Review Submitted: 08/05/04

This is our third year at this location. The renovations make the place so much more liveable - a home away from home. The new furnishings are delightful. Hope to be back next summer during same period. Thanks for the wine. Kane family

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Guest: The Riley's
Date of Stay: 07/30/04 Review Submitted: 07/29/04

I always said if this was my place and would open up the kitchen and paint everything white. Great job you did, so much more comfortable than before! Even with the bad weather we had a great time. Thanks for the wine and use of your home we made new memories in 2004 with the family! Can't wait for next year it always goes by too fast! The Riley's PS Hope to be able to rent next year same time!

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Guest: Staresinia families
Date of Stay: 07/23/04 Review Submitted: 07/22/04

Very neat vacation house. Anything you needed was there. Lovely furniture, very comfortable. Almost perfect - except for the weather. We had a great time. The Staresinia families P.S. The wine was a nice touch. Thank you.

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Guest: The Pacs
Date of Stay: 07/15/04 Review Submitted: 07/14/04

Steve & Marcia, Thank you for your hospitality. The extra touches were lovely. We will have many fond memories of our 2004 vacation. Blueberry pie ice cream on the beach. Fishing at dawn. Card games late into the nite. Our youngest swimming in the tidal pools. We hope your years at the Silver Dawn are rewarding. The Pacs

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Guest: Marcia - Owner
Date of Stay: 02/26/04 Review Submitted: 02/25/04

Welcome to Silver Dawn, our Direct Ocean Front all-season retreat. We hope your stay is enjoyable with strong memories. These comments are transcribed directly from our hand written guestbook. You are welcome to review the comments in person when you enter your comments in our guestbook. We appreciate your feedback. Enjoy your ocean sunrises and breakfast with the incoming tides. Marcia

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