To stay at John and Mermie's home is a privilege. This is their home, and it is spotlessly clean, beautifully decorated, and just a quiet and welcoming place. Guests from all over the world have stayed at John and Mermie's, and they leave kind and thoughtful messages in the guest book -- in an amazing variety of languages! (John told me that a guest from the Indian subcontinent had detected ten different Indian scripts in various messages.) I stayed here both immediately before flying out of FLL to Brazil and immediately after. The location can't be beat; you are four blocks from all the great restaurants, shopping, etc. on Las Olas. And yet you are in a quiet residential neighborhood. It is sometimes said you need a vacation after you go on a vacation, and maybe one before you go on vacation, too. For me it was exactly that -- a little time to decompress before the long flight to Brazil, and a little time to decompress after a long flight back from Brazil and before getting back to the office and dealing with all the tasks at hand. Thanks!