Marci and Derek Morris joined ThirdHome in December 2024, and in less than two years they’ve taken an impressive 35 trips. It’s no surprise Marci has appointed herself the club’s “unofficial Ambassador,” a role she takes seriously. When she tells friends about the club, her pitch has little to do with square footage or destinations.
“ThirdHome is more than a business transaction,” Marci says. “It is a culture, and at the risk of sounding hokey, it is a family.”
Last holiday season, she and Derek saw that play out firsthand.
A guest from just down the street, 10,000 miles away
Marci and Derek had a booking at their Snowmass condo from the Heywood-Smith family. In their first messages back and forth, they learned the family lived in Adelaide, Australia. That got Marci’s attention right away. Right after law school, she had spent a year working in Adelaide, and she had lived about half a mile from the Heywood-Smiths’ house.
The connection was immediate. It turned out they had more in common, too. The Heywood-Smiths were taking their family on a month-long trip through several ThirdHome properties, a “ThirdHome-a-thon,” as Marci put it. “People after our own heart,” she said.
Dinner in Cabo
Then came one more coincidence: both families would be in Cabo at the same time.
Marci and Derek invited the Heywood-Smiths to dinner. Derek and his sons had been out on the water and came back with fresh fish, which became a feast of several courses: sashimi, ceviche, and grilled tuna and marlin. Two families who had started out as host and guest spent the evening around one table, half a world from Adelaide and a long way from Snowmass.
“We had the most delightful evening,” Marci said.
What ThirdHome is really about
For the Morrises, the night summed up why they love being members. “If this isn’t the best endorsement for ThirdHome!” Marci said. “And so fitting as we enter the holiday season, making new friends and relationships that will last a lifetime.”ThirdHome members since December 2024 · 35 trips and counting