Lizzie Lu's Island Retreat

11/12/2024

Landscaping replacement and refresh on the block today! Forward progress everyday! We can’t wait to see you this Thanksgiving!

11/09/2024

Landscaping replacement, day 1! Starting on Beach Ave today!

10/26/2024

Getting all of our damaged landscaping picked up today! Our office is being put back together and we will start fine tuning the outside this coming week with new landscaping arriving soon! Reminder that our team is off today for some much needed rest before starting on Monday!

10/21/2024

Good Morning! We have internet and will be operating on our normal fall schedule again today! Cleanup efforts continue with a focus on mowing lawns (which are very long and haven't been done since Helene) and getting pools cleaned up.

10/18/2024

We have had a big week cleaning up, and we may have a black eye tonight but everyone is working hard to welcome you back soon! The beach looks great and restaurants are opening up again. We will keep after it and can’t wait to see you again soon!

10/14/2024

Our properties that remained after Hurricane Helene survived round 2 from Hurricane Milton with only minor damages and lots of landscape cleanup/replacement. Our entire team is on island today working towards a reopening. We anticipate a fairly quick cleanup and will remain closed through mid November. We have limited electricity and mobile services currently. Look for an email communication no later than tomorrow from us.

10/11/2024

We are currently in Bradenton where inland is dealing with many of the same problems regarding power, internet and cellular reception. We expect to enter Holmes Beach tomorrow morning (Anna Maria City is likely Monday or Tuesday opening to residents) and be able to walk to each of the homes. First drone videos out appear to show that Lizzie Lu’s faired well for yet a second storm. We will get a better picture tomorrow. In Bradenton it seems half of the street lights are operating and only necessary stores are open on generator power with some lucky enough to have power. We are currently cancelled through mid November and will make adjustments to that as we have more information. Thank you!

Picture below is South Bay in Anna Maria City on one of the hard hit roads that took the majority of the east wind from Hurricane Milton. (Picture from the City of Anna Maria’s Facebook)

10/08/2024

To our guests, our entire team has evacuated the island and corresponding zones as of this evening to stay out of harm’s way. We spent the last two weeks every day doing things we would prefer not from storm prep, to storm cleanup and back to storm prep in the most extreme form we have ever done. Pray for our little island and the families impacted. We’ll see you as soon as we can on the other side of this storm. Picture below was the last one on the way off the island today.

10/05/2024

Ugh - we are not on phones or email today. Round 2

10/03/2024

Our Hurricane Hole, Coconut Ranch, pool in recovery thanks to Pool America!

10/03/2024

We are continuing to work hard to return some sense of normal to the island. We have so many friends whose homes and businesses have been greatly impacted.

A Rental Moratorium was approved last night for 45 days which was not unexpected. We will continue cancelling reservations in that 45 day time period, as well as those impacted by damaged homes, and those being requested.

Thank you for being patient with us, everyone we have spoken with has been so very kind. You can expect another email from us today with greater detail regarding reservations and cleanup efforts.

City commissioners in Holmes Beach voted Wednesday to put a vacation rental moratorium in place for 45 days after Hurricane Helene left behind a path of destruction in the area.

09/28/2024

Hi from your Lizzie Lu Team!
First and foremost you have the most amazing team here on AMI and they are all safe!

We have connection to the outside world again this evening and wanted to give you an update! The island is not in great shape as many of you may have already seen, for that reason we are cancelling all October reservations and possibly more as we get a better understanding of the recovery effort. Please look for communications in your email sometime tomorrow.

Our first team arrived by boat yesterday with lots of supplies to start the assessment. Things at Lizzie Lu’s faired incredibly well, however, our office, Lemon, Lime, Gumbo and Limbo were not so fortunate. In those locations we experienced flooding and are currently removing everything to the curb, pictures of Gumbo/Limbo attached which our team have fully gutted already.

We are in process of setting up a remote site to work from and be able to have regular communications from by mid week. We are extremely behind on emails so please be patient with us as we get caught up this week.

We look forward to hosting you again on the other side of this!

Your Lizzie Lu Team

07/18/2024

Goodnight Anna Maria Island!

07/03/2024

Summer sunsets do not disappoint! 🌅

07/03/2024

Summer sunsets do not disappoint 🌅

02/06/2024

77th street never disappoints - Credits to Ryan Serra

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02/06/2024

Your fur babies need a vacation too! Staying at Lizzie Lu’s Island Retreat is on their bucket list, we promise🐶💚 Let us know when you are bringing your 4 legged friends so we can leave a goody bag with our monogrammed rope frisbee and bag dispenser (with bags)!!!💙🐾

01/12/2024

grilled cheese + friday = the BEST😋