Mark and Amy of Annapolis, MD, US, and Punta Cana Resort and Club, DR.
About the owners
Casa Azul was designed and completed in 2023/24 as a “passion project” by 2 newly-retired physicians, sailors, and world travelers, whose home base is on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, MD, USA. Amy is a gastroenterologist and an amateur chef and interior designer. Mark is a physician entrepreneur who loves anything with a sail. They have two wonderful adult children who are carving their own paths in Washington, DC, and who love visiting Casa Azul! At home, Amy and Mark also enjoy sponsoring US Naval Academy Midshipmen during their plebe year. Go Navy!
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The Casa Azul Difference
Tired of soulless “rental homes” pushed by Brokers and abused by renters? Casa Azul is different—built, designed, and loved as a 2nd home by Amy and Mark, a retired physician couple who delight in design and detail, and who welcome in a select number of guests who also respect and appreciate a finer home not typically found in the rental pool. See for yourself in our reviews.
Furthermore, if you are seeing other PCRC homes on VRBO, AirBNB, etc., almost all of them are actually brokered by one of the Punta Cana Resort & Club rental agencies. Therefore, when you rent one of these brokered homes, you should realize that a full 30% of your entire rental payment will go directly to the broker and rental platform, not to the villa owner from whom you are renting.
Casa Azul is different. We are doing the marketing and management ourselves, and have strategically priced our home around 20% below comparable villas under brokerage. The goal is to provide our guests with a more cost-effective luxury villa rental experience, encourage repeat guests, etc. We are also planning a future launch of a virtual, no-commission “rental agency”, PuntaCanaByOwner.com, to provide this service to other PCRC villa owners.