About the Innkeepers
With a passion for traveling that has carried them to bed-and-breakfasts in some of the world's most popular locations such as Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Asia, the Caribbean and the U.K., Mark and Tammy Charlesworth are certainly no strangers to the hospitality industry-especially from the point of view of the visitor. The couple's unique perspective on the "visitor experience," along with their meticulous attention to providing first-class service at every level, becomes abundantly evident the instant you step inside Creekside Inn, where they have been the innkeepers since early 2001.

Born in St. Albans, England, Mark's career as a marketing and business executive with such corporations as DuPont and Intel eventually brought him to Huntington Beach, CA, where he met his wife Tammy, who was working as a cosmetologist. Since being married, the two have lived on both the east and west coasts while raising their three children, identical twins Tristan and Jeffrey, and daughter Christina. They also have a white German Shepherd named Opal. Continued...