About Us

Family owned and operated, Sandpiper Vacation Rentals offers cottage owners and renters a stress-free way to enjoy their vacation rental experience! Our rental management style allows us to maximize the rental potential of beautiful Seaside cottages, market them effectively through a time-tested site and ultimately create an enjoyable rental experience for both owners and renters alike!

We work closely with cottage owners to understand their specific rental needs. We manage their vacation home, monitor their rental calendar, recommend competitive seasonal pricing, collect rental payments, and organize cleaning/maintenance services. Similarly, we address renters needs with the same courtesy and consideration. We provide clean, well-maintained cottages complete with several enjoyable amenities and are available to address any concerns renters may have while vacationing in beautiful Seaside, Florida.

Exceptional attention to detail and personal consideration sets us apart from the rest and allows us to serve each of our clients individually.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

New Photographer

I'm excited to announce that photographer, Evan Casey Wright, has joined the Sandpiper Vacation Rentals team as our exclusive photographer for both our personal website AND each of our clients' personal VRBO website!

Evan is a graduate of Auburn University and currently lives in Birmingham with her husband, Aaron and daughter, Addison. Evan is going to be assisting Sandpiper Vacation Rentals with cottage pictures to ensure each person viewing our cottages on VRBO.com has the best respresentation of where they're staying! We're hoping to go back down to Seaside in February to take some pictures and will keep you posted on how everything turns out. Please see some of Evan's work in Seaside below. She's an extremely talented photographer and we're so excited to be working with her!





Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Who is Mark Mitchell?

Owner of Sandpiper Vacation Rentals, Mark Mitchell is a skilled real estate agent and broker with 15 years experience managing 12 of his own properties....one of which is his Sandpiper cottage in Seaside. A side job at first, Mark managed his time between his rental properties and his insurance corporation.

As president and owner of US Benefit Consultants, Mark specializes in employee benefits, with a concentration on sports insurance; with clients including the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Thrashers, and Atlanta Hawks. For 25 years Mark has excelled at both his consultant corporation and property rentals. Today, Mark is adding property management to his career list and hoping to share his knowledge and expertise exclusively with Seaside cottage owners!

Mark lives in Atlanta with his wife of 34 years, Kathleen. They have three grown children; Shannon, Hayley, and Trevor.

Going Live!


Sandpiper Vacation Rentals is now up and running ONLINE! Please check out our website at http://www.sandpipervacationrentals.com/ and if you have the opportunity to stay in one our cottages, please be sure to sign the guestbook!

Check back for more updates and details!

Welcome to Sandpiper Vacation Rentals!

In October 2008, we launched Sandpiper Vacation Rentals, a rental management company specializing in the management of cottages in Seaside, Florida. Whether you're a cottage owner or renter we want to make your vacation rental experience one to remember! We work closely with cottage owners and renters to understand their specific rental needs and make their vacation rental experience as pleasurable as possible.

We are extremely excited to launch this new business in Florida and are quickly realizing what a tight-nit community Seaside really is! We kicked off our business with a cocktail party during Seaside's homeowners weekend and met several wonderful homeowners eager for a seamless rental experience and we look forward to providing that for them!

If you're interested in renting your cottage in Seaside or vacationing there.....we hope you'll think of us and let us make your vacation one to remember!

More to come.....