Hello McDermott Family - thanks for sharing your beautiful beach house with us! We LOVED venice and have been telling all our friends to visit there. Your place was perfect with our 2 and 3 year olds -- lots of little extras included. Just wanted to let you know one of the "Shark's tooth catchers" broke but we replaced it. Hope we can come back in the future, warmly, Tina & Mark

Dear McDermott Family, Just got back from the most relaxing beach vacation ever! Your place was perfect for us...The house was beautifully furnished and had everything we could think of and then some! This reminded me of vacations from my childhood - walking to the beach to find shells, then going out for ice-cream in Venice's cute town center! We can't wait to come back next year and our friends are going to stay at your house next door. Thanks so much for thinking of all the little details to make our vacation so perfect. Sincerely, Sarah, Michael, Mike and Amanda (6-5-08 Salt Lake City)

- "Your renovations are amazing! Crazy about the kitchen especially! My husband also enjoyed the premium cable channels but we were still able to pull him away daily for beach walks & "sharks tooth hunting". The O'Brien Family Jan. 3 2007

- "Can't believe it's our last day! We had such a great time and love being able to walk to everything. Your neighbors are wonderful. I took art classes down the street and even did a week of exercise classes at "Curves". We rented bikes and had fun checking out Venice Island the way the locals seem to travel:). We'll be back soon!" - Bev and Joel Parker

- Dear McDermott's, Thanks so much for being incredible hosts! The house was beautifully decorated and very well stocked with everything we could think of. This was our favorite vacation yet and we have already told friends about this place! (even though I kind of want to keep it a secret:)). Also appreciated your restaurant suggestions. - The Byrd's & The Spillner's

Dear Amy & Frank McDermott,
We had such a great trip. House was perfect - plenty of space for two families. Location was soooo convenient to everything. Walked to beach every morning, walked to beautiful new community center for art classes, walked to the library, and loved walking to the palm-tree lined downtown area to get coffee and window shop:). Our favorite thing to do was walk to Sharky's almost every night for live music and sunset watching - the Fishing Pier was a big hit with us too. We'll be back soon. Thanks again and again and again:). - Murphy and O'Brien families.

Hi Beach Bound Escapes,
Loved the house! And loved Venice Island - what a hidden treasure:)...Thanks for EVERYTHING! Karen & Tom