Connie Merando your Owner/Hostess has been serving guests as their hostess on the island of Marathon since 2002 offering one of the first licensed weekly/monthly vacation rentals available to the public. I was formally a professional animal handler in the conformation field for over 30 years traveling the world with as many as 4 dogs at a time for clients from not only the USA but from around the world. After staying nearly everywhere and working not only with my clients but the general public for so many years at the shows I soon became an authority on not only K-9’s but lodging and conversational etiquette learning to solve the most drastic of problems. After retiring to the Florida Keys, fishing tournaments and partnering with a Charter Captain when the vacation rental market opened up in Marathon I naturally jumped into the opportunity to be one of the first to look for just the right location and become an owner. I wanted to continue to work with the public offering them a real taste of the old Keys experience while offering them the finest hospitality, relaxation and affordability so they too could experience just what the fabulous Keys had to offer. After 23 years serving as the hostess of Carpe’Diem, my home, I have met some amazing people that have enjoyed visiting our islands and just knowing them and the fantastic memories they have taken home after their visits has brought me great satisfaction and joy over the years not to mention all the K-9 friends they have brought along from time to time as I have never forgotten my attachment to my first love the K-9 world allowing them to visit as long as they bring their owner along. This is why I have enjoyed being your hostess all they years. No problem has ever been to big to solve as long as the sun shines down on one of the most beautiful locations in the world!
この宿泊施設のオーナーになった理由
After looking high and low for just the right place that I myself would want to live in, that was quite, ground level and located in the very middle of the Keys but of course on the water I accidentally stumbled upon the neighborhood when going to pick up a friend for a shopping expedition when I suddenly found myself on a quiet dead end street one Saturday morning and was shocked as I didn’t know that the neighborhood even existed and after looking with numerous realtors had no idea the street was even back there had my friend not given me directions to her new home. At that exact moment a person was putting a For Sale sign in front of a duplex as the property was just about to be going on the market. I stopped the car went up to the gentleman and requested the information concerning its availability and about the realtor about to handle it. Driving on down to my friends home instead of shopping we spent the day discussing not only the home but the neighborhood and as the afternoon progressed I soon discovered what “It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere ment in that neighborhood as we went to numerous homes on the street meeting different neighbors. They were friendly, welcoming and basically wonderful local residents that enjoyed meeting someone new. I was having a wonderful time on a road that ended at the Atlantic with maybe 8 homes, quiet, out of the way, and very little traffic with great neighbors! One neighbor even had the keys as the present owner had him keep an eye on it for her as she had moved back up North with her kids. So I saw the house the first time by a trusted neighbor and friend of the owner and with that I knew I had found what I had been looking for, quiet, relaxed atmosphere, on the water with the greatest of trustworthy friendly neighbors! A secret hide away, it had it all and I purchased it the next day! Carpe’Diem
この宿泊施設の特徴
Location,Location, MM50 and Location! Sun, Sun, Sun! Food, Food, Food! FUN,FUN,FUN! This is the prefect locations to hang your sun hat in our island chain! In the middle of everything! You can either take the car or catch the shuttle bus and travel up or down the island chain. For $4.50 try the shuttle and get off in the different island communities or go all the way and do the Duval Crawl in Key West. Don't come to see part of the Florida Keys come to see all of it from Key Largo to Key West and everything in between. We are close to the beaches, shopping, restaurants, water actives, dancing and about everything you can imagine on the island of Marathon which by the way is only 6 miles wide and 10 miles long. The Sun as you know just keeps on shining down here when it's 40 below and their ah shoveling snow up North we love it! Island breezes sway the palms at about 78 degrees down our way in the winter but once in a while we may have a cold snap of about 60 in the dead of winter.Enjoy the end of each beautiful day with a majestic sun sets over our emerald seas. FANTASTIC! Food - Some of the best Chef's in the world are right here in the Keys. Choose from 5 star restaurants or Mom and Pop joints for some of the best fresh seafood you can eat. It doesn’t matter if you like to catch or buy your own fish and grill a quiet dinner on our patio deck, whichever the fresh produce and seafood will tantalize the taste buds and don't forget the Key Lime Pie! FUN,FUN,FUN - You have just stepped into the twilight zone of FUN. Spend a day on the water on one of our party boats, take out a jet ski, spend the day like a beach bum up and down the island chain, snorkle or dive the reef, have a dolphin encounter, theater, take a biplane or helicaptor ride. parasail, water ski,and always plan to catch a sunset at the Sunset Grill, dance til dawn! The list goes on - like the saying goes,'If you want to try it the Keys have got it!' and at Carpe'Diem we know where it's at!