Your Host
Dana fell in love with international travel during college while studying art and politics abroad. She majored in International Relations at Stanford and has traveled to over 50 countries in search of authentic adventures, beautiful meals, and life-changing moments to share with her private and organizational clients at her company, Conley & Silvers. For six years, Dana made her home in France, and now, running trips in several countries, Dana divides her time between Europe, Great Guana Cay, and New York City.
Why Great Guana Cay?
Dana Conley regularly travels to exotic locales. She began vacationing in Abaco two decades ago, fell in love, and through grit and determination made Great Guana Cay her home.
Dana spends half of the year at Sand So Sea, her happy place. It has a profoundly beautiful and relaxing vista.
Rebuilding after Hurricane Dorian
The original cottage, (Dolphin Lookout), was completely lost in 2019 after Hurricane Dorian, and we rebuilt slowly along with the rest of the island. We collaborated with the award-winning architecture firm Cronk Duch to design our dream house. After many (many) months of construction, we completed Sand So Sea in 2022.
Dolphin Lookout to Sand So Sea
Sand So Sea is a play on the French phrase sans souci. It means Without Worries or Without Cares. And that is how those of us involved want to feel after this uphill recovery and rebuild. Dana writes "I've lived in Europe off and on for the last 25 years, and one of my favorite houses in the world is called Sans Souci, located in Potsdam. Sans Souci was the architectural dream of the Prussian King Frederick the Great who wished to have a pleasure palace to where he could escape, a retreat that felt like a reflection of his tastes, and one that reminded him of the glory of Versailles. While not Versailles, LOL, I think our home is pretty darn awesome and is our vision of a great escape, a retreat from the outside world. Dolphin Lookout was the beloved Hickman house, but given the circumstances, we wished to start fresh. We don't want to think about the losses we've suffered anymore. We want to be sans souci—which sounds a lot like "Sand-So-Sea".
