Aloha and Hola reader.
Here’s a quick rundown of what we have going on here at our humble little team we call “iLove.group”.
Our group owns most of the real estate we manage but in two locations we manage for other owners.
We are building educational websites to drive leads to small businesses we love and support. This is the “i Love” part. We are building ilovecostarica.com right now which will have 600+ pages of local content for travelers to soak up. Traveler leads from the site are awarded to businesses we feel fit the group’s ehtos and culture.
Hospitality is at our core Using history, fun and experiences as a foundation for why the guest wants to see a destination, we have a local guide (we call them Cicerone) reach out and tailor the trip to the needs of the guest.
After the booking a Cicerone will call each guest and give them a personal welcome and offer up some ideas for squeezing the most juice out of the trip.
Post conversation she will create a Pre-Arrival package, containing personalized information:
– Private Chef or Dining.
– Guided Hiking / Multi Day Trekking
– Exclusive Activities
– Local Entertainment / Sporting events
– Transportation
– Extreme adventures
Kauai, Hawaii: Bart
This man has a heart of gold and knows Kauai like none other. He can get you and your family into parts of the island few can. With a staff of private pilots, captains and watermen on demand Bart will blow you away with waves, diving, fruits, hikes, chocolate, rum and food only found on Kaua’i.
www.iLoveKauai.com is our booking site for Kauai.
Sedona, Arizona: Cavett
Cavett is our very own trailmaster in Sedona. Cavett also owns Quick Rides – Sedona. Coupled with help getting quickly from PHX of FLG into Sedona via his fleet of Tesla X electric cars, Cavett and his team will organise hikes, wine tours or bike rides during your stay. He can also make sure to get you into our nearby Haunted town of Jerome or up to the Grand Canyon for a private crossing rim-to-rim.
www.iLoveWestSedona.com will give you a peek at our units in Sedona. We are also developing www.TinTemples.com out in the desert on some land we recently acquired. Look for those tiny container homes to be listed for rent on our site soon.
Acadia National Park, Maine: Danielle
Danielle is the author of 5 Magical days in and around Acadia. She was also born and raised in Northern Maine. She’s a wealth of knowledge that can make sure you get to see Acadia’s best even in the middle of the summer when the place is packed. Choose to see the park via air, sea or trail, Danielle and her partner Mels have you covered.
www.OpenHearthInn.com is the Inn we own here in Maine. 20 of the cutest cottages, lodges, suites and apartments you’ve ever seen.
Costa Rica: Charlie
Charlie runs a fleet of transport vans with our team at iLoveCostaRica.com, his personalised nature tours and foodie tours are some of the highlights of every trip to CR. He’s willing to spend a few hours touring you around for local Vino de Coyol, Sloth and Volcanoes or a week down in Corcovado National Park chasing the elusive Puma.
www.iLoveCostaRica.com is the site we are developing to be a lead generator for small businesses in Costa Rica we partner with.
Gulf Coast, Florida: Chelsea
Chelsea and her sister Bri are a dynamic duo when it comes to all things Gulf Coast. That is why they run the i Love Gulf Coast team. Born and raised in Tampa they can get you access to exotic car / boat rentals, food, events, and sport fishing.
We also have locations in both Crested Butte and soon Fruita Colorado / Wind River Range of Wyoming. Crested Butte is a mountain town just south of Aspen with a challenging ski hill and Fruita is becoming one of the world class destinations for mountain bikers. The wind river range is the new hot spot just east of Jackson Hole that boasts some of the most rugged hiking and fastpacking in the USA. We wanted to have base camps in all of these locations for our long term strategy of being dirtbag hiker-bikers ;).