Casa Ybel wins top family resort award

In the Fall/Winter 2002 issue, Travel + Leisure Family magazine readers voted Sanibel's Casa Ybel Resort among the top 20 family resorts in the continental U.S. and Canada. The 114-suite resort rated 16th among such industry heavies as Disney, which placed with seven of its properties, The Cloister, Ritz-Carlton, Wyndham, and Sun Valley Resort.

"Frankly, it's an astounding achievement considering the other 19 resorts are major in size, largely part of a major resort company, or long famous," said owning partner Jerry Shellabarger.

Casa Ybel Resort's Casa Kid's Club and Kid's Night Out programs keep kids happy with circus, pirate, and other wacky activities. An Olympic-sized swimming pool, children's wading pool, beach, and watersports rentals provide families with plenty of opportunity for quality vacation together-time.

"This list is the ultimate resource for readers in search of the perfect place to hold a family reunion, take a multi-generational trip, or simply escape to the ideal beach," said Margot Guralnick, editor in chief.