... and our delight with this magnificent home increased each day during our stay.

This was our 6th year to stay at a vacation rental in The Preserve at Grayton Beach, the private, gated community within which Grayton Breeze is located, and it was our 4th year in a home managed by Sandcastle Escapes. We have found the office staff and the maintenance personnel of Sandcastle Escapes to be very friendly, responsive, and eager to do whatever is asked of them.

But - as comfortable as a neighborhood might be, as promptly as a maintenance request might be met - what really matters is the home and the experience one enjoys as a guest in that home, and it is in this - the totality of the experience - that our stay in this place, this year, far surpassed anything we had experienced in the past and anything we had expected to experience this year.

From our first email exchange with the owner exploring the possibility of renting Grayton Breeze through the telephone call we got the 3rd day of our visit, just wanting to make sure that everything was going as we hoped it would, the owner treated us, not as casual strangers renting her house, but as welcomed guests with whom she was genuinely thrilled to share her beautiful home.

And a beautiful home it truly is. Decorated in sophisticated style with a calming beach color scheme of tans and blues and whites, the whole effect is one of an inviting and comfortable home. Our family especially loved the screened porch, the large well-equipped kitchen and the extra convenience of washers and dryers on both the main floor and on the second floor.

Included beach towels ... Included beach chairs ... Included inflatables for the young (in years as well as at heart) ... The "also included" list goes on and on!

The most succinct way to sum up our overall experience is to state that, unlike years past when we have always looked around to see what else might be available, we made our return reservation for next year well before departing this year.