Expats turn your Costa Rican siesta from lame to lavish.
Make it a tripto remember with Mead Brown.
If you’re planning an escape to Costa Rica this year, be sure to check in with Mark Mead and Michael Brown of the eponymous Mead Brown, a full-service, vacation rental marketing and property management company specializing in the country’s Central Pacific Coast. The company is widely regarded as one of—if not the—best for travel to Costa Rica, a hard-earned distinction for its two founders. After all, Mead and Brown gave up fast-paced careers in the United States to set up shop in Costa Rica, where they drew on their own experience as tourists to create one-of-a-kind vacations for a market that had, in their eyes, gone uncatered to, or at least insufficiently so.
“After rewarding careers in the US, we knew we wanted adventure and to live abroad,” says Brown. “Several visits as tourists to Costa Rica illustrated the need—and business opportunity—for a professionally managed vacation rental company that could deliver to the expectations of North Americans. After a year of research and planning and the investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars into the best systems, we opened for business.”
The result was Mead Brown, which now boasts a diverse collection of privately owned beachfront villas, houses, condos, and fincas in the Jaco, Playa Hermosa, Herradura, and Los Sueños areas. Mead Brown has also become the preferred vacation rental provider for the Los Sueños Resort & Marina, where clients enjoy lavish condominium accommodations and leisure, sporting, and spa privileges.
Mead Brown also offers complete concierge services, meaning clients can craft the ultimate vacation package. Spa services, championship golf, world-class sport fishing, horseback riding, sea kayaking, and flora-and fauna tours are among the wishes and whims the outfit’s dedicated guest services staff can fulfill. There’s also the placement of private chefs, as well as air- and watercraft charters, housekeeping, and transportation.
“Service is what sets us apart from most of the vacation rental companies in Central America,” Brown says. Even when the most hedonistic at heart come calling, Brown, like a seasoned hotelier, has the answer: “We will do virtually anything to meet our guests’ needs, expectations, and wishes,” he says. “This is a promise not easily fulfilled in a developing country, but we give it our very best and we typically deliver.”
So how are these American expats adjusting to life in this business? “It’s been really gratifying and rewarding for us,” Brown says. “When [guests] leave, they tell us that they’ve never been so well taken care of. It seems a bit odd to us . . . it’s not as though we are peeling their grapes.” Maybe so, but we have a feeling that this hospitable pair would be happily willing to do just that.—Lindsay Lambert
Mead Brown’s accommodations range from fully equipped three-bedroom condos from $300 per night to seven-bedroom villas at $7,500 per night; all properties include daily housekeeping. For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.meadbrown.com or call 866-567-1516.
Classy Colina is a peaceful and serene ground-floor, two-bedroom, two-bathroom condominium in the Colina community of the Los Sueños Resort & Marina. Beautifully decorated and fully equipped, this light-filled end unit resort residence has a marvelous, up-close view of the golf course’s 7th hole! The setting affords much privacy and peacefulness. The large terrace is the perfect place to begin your day with coffee and to end it with cocktails.The master bedroom has a king-sized bed, television, private en suite bathroom and a sliding door to the terrace, which has a hammock for your siesta! The second bedroom features a two double beds and a hallway bathroom. 
Brand new villa in Los Suenos Resort and Marina! 5 master suites, all with 50″ flat screen televisions and private, en suite bathrooms. Panoramic view of Herradura Bay. Private pool and Jacuzzi. Open and spacious living room. Gathering room with custom pool table, bar, 50″ flat screen TV and games tables. Kitchen with Sub-Zero refrigerator, Wolf appliances, beer and wine cooler.
Casa Mono Loco is within the Los Sueños Resort & Marina, yet it offers secluded splendor. With dramatic, spectacular vistas of Bahia Herradura, the resort and the surrounding rain forest and nature preserve, Casa Mono Loco also affords maximum privacy. Recently upgraded, redecorated and refurbished by the new owners who pay homage to the architectural integrity and beauty of the original. The open and clever design of Casa Mono Loco allows one to experience the monkeys, toucans, scarlet macaws, other sights and the sounds of the surrounding lush, tropical rain forest from the comfort of your private Shangri La. Satellite TV and VOIP with free telephone calls to the U.S. and Canada.
Hemingway II is located in the prestigious Bella Vista community of the Los Sueños Resort & Marina, with a sweeping view of Herradura Bay, the marina and the marvelous Beach Club and its pools. The plush pad is just 200 yards away from the world-class marina. Guests are privileged with access to all amenities of the resort and marina, including 24-hour room serivce. Enjoy morning coffee and sunset cocktails on the wrap-around balcony of the 3,200-square foot resort home. It was beautifully decorated in the Spanish Colonial style by a real pro and it’s finished with Italian ceramic flooring, vaulted vestibule ceiling, crown molding, hand-set tile countertops and French doors leading to spacious balconies. Each of the three bedrooms features attached private baths and a Jacuzzi tub in the master. The designer kitchen opens onto the adjoining great room and dining area. The Hemingway II is perfect for entertaining, families, fishing buddies and everyone who wants to experience Costa Rica in style! 
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