With pictures of kids hanging on the office walls and rooms named after Gabriella, Francesca and Nick, the Captiva Beach Resort bears all the hallmarks of a family business.
But the people who are most interested in the future of this 20-room inn on Siesta Key spend just a few days or weeks a year here.
“I absolutely love this place — as you know,” Cindy Sheetz of Atlanta said to owner Robert Ispaso as she and her husband, George, checked in for the ninth year in a row. “It’s like coming home when you’ve been here that many times.”
The Sheetzes keep their favorite place in mind long before vacation time. George Sheetz recognized the beach in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution travel article, which the couple clipped and sent to Ispaso.