Our Happy in the Keys story starts with a vacation to the Florida Keys in December of 2009. Within days, my husband and I simply fell in love with the islands – contracting what the locals call the “Keys Disease.” We extended our stay, extended our stay again and then decided to look at property. We bought a sweet older beach house in Key Colony Beach for our family to enjoy. The more we spent time in the Keys, the more we loved it and felt right at home.
Because we loved sharing the Keys with other people and because we are entrepreneurs at heart, my husband and I started buying and building homes for a vacation rental residence portfolio. And that is how our business was born. Just like all of our adult children and most of our friends and family, even our standard poodles, Chopper and Roux, are happiest when they are in the Florida Keys, running the beaches, chasing iguanas and fishing the sandbars. If you are reading this story, you are probably feeling the lure of these American Islands in the Caribbean, and we think you will be just like us and will feel it too:
Happy in the Keys.
Our job as we see it, is to make sure that the vacation rental homes our guests rent from us are exceptional in every way and exceed all expectations.
As co-owner and designer, I love to create extraordinary homes for our guests that speak to their vacation souls and provide every ease of life. I intentionally coaxed the ocean and tropical surroundings into our vacation rental homes with the details and elevated design approach that are found in each home. Built into my design approach are whimsical and fun beachy decor surprises to invoke smiles and happiness. I filled each home with the custom touches, luxury linens, specialty mattresses and furnishings that we all should expect in a home away from home. Nothing makes me happier than to hear one of our guests say - as many have - "I could live here and not change one thing." Marketing our vacation rental homes and our Keys lifestyle on our Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and blog keeps me connected to our mission and our guests.
As our Director of Residences and Guest Experience, Sean ensures you receive the best hospitality, communication, and service our small team can provide. Sean handles the inquiries, quotes, and bookings as well as most communications. He inspects every home before our guests arrive and welcomes them with a genuine smile. He works hard to make the entire process seamless and easy for everyone. Sean keeps our homes and all of the furnishings meticulously maintained and fresh. Our goal is to make our guests feel like they are walking into an immaculate and new home every time they cross the threshold.
As Head of Maintenance, Jose works hard every day to keep all systems well maintained and operational and to keep our vacation rental residences in pristine condition for our guests' ultimate enjoyment. If anything at all is not working properly - a lightbulb goes out, a smart tv won't connect to the speaker --- Jose or Sean are on site in a matter of minutes.
So come on down and join our happy family of vacation enthusiasts in the Florida Keys. We know you will love it like we do and hope that our story will become your story as you make one of our special residences your home away from home and return to it time after time, and more and more in the years ahead.
Peace, love and vacations,
Martie, and Roux, the HappyintheKeys hunting poodle
In our goal to provide more and more assistance and tools for you in planning and experiencing the best vacation ever, we have expanded our website and the information on it to provide recommendations and information that can truly make your life easier as you prepare for your trip and while you are here.
We also have launched a blog that will discuss what to do while you are in the Keys, about where to purchase some of our home decor and furnishings, about where to eat or shop while you are here and what to order ahead of time, oh and even what kind of bait is best off the docks!
Things to ponder, things to do, things to love, and things to savor are a few of our topics. We think you will not only enjoy the blog posts, but you can actually use them before and after your trip in a meaningful way. You will probably want to share them as well. We have active Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest pages that are fun, inspiring and also very useful.
We have a Facebook Group and I urge you to join where you can post questions or comments and recommendations. The website, the blog, the social media accounts all help us connect in our love for vacations and the Florida Keys.
Download our Keys Destination Guide, with a 7-Day Relaxation Itinerary and Property Overview.
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