“It’s a vacation resort that we’ve been going to for 14 years where we’ve met some of our dearest friends. It’s the one week a year that we get to spend time with the kids, enjoy each other’s company, laugh a ton, and relax and take a break from the hectic lives we lead back at home.”

~ FIRST-GENERATION GUEST, SINCE 2006

“So much of the experience is the history. For me, it’s so cool that I’m sitting in that same dining room that my great-grandparents were in.”

~ THIRD GENERATION GUEST, SINCE 1955

“The first night, we have dinner at The Red Mill, and we make it a birthday celebration. I give everybody flashlights, mostly for the little cousins running around in the dark between cottages, but they’re handy for everybody. That’s part of our tradition.”

~ FIRST-GENERATION GUEST, SINCE 2007

“My father loved bringing us away together. For his 85th birthday three years ago, I had all the grandchildren write him letters, which I assembled in a book for him. Every one of them mentioned their time at Basin Harbor.”

~ SECOND-GENERATION GUEST, SINCE 1987

“When they were younger, we gave the kids the freedom to jump on a bike and just ride all over the property because it’s very safe. Everybody had a buddy. That’s what they loved about it and that’s what I love to give them. They love the freedom of it.”

~ FIRST-GENERATION GUEST, SINCE 2007

“The Beaches are very, very caring, very family oriented. I’m glad to see a family tradition go on like that. To me, it is important that it’s a family business. It’s not like a big, impersonal thing. They know what families are all about, at work and at play. That’s what makes it what it is.”

~ FIRST-GENERATION GUEST, SINCE 2006