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Surfside Shakes operates out of Gerling Travel and Gerling Sports Travel s unused office space in Flagler Beach, Fla.
Like most travel agencies, Gerling Travel and Gerling Sports Travel in Flagler Beach, Fla., got walloped by the pandemic. After dealing with the initial wave of cancellations and rebookings, owners Mark and Shayla Gerling contemplated what they would do next.
Should they sell the building where their travel businesses were located, cash out and start working from home? That just didn t seem to settle, Mark Gerling said.
Instead, they made what would turn out to be a very sweet investment, opening an ice cream shop, Surfside Shakes, in the building s unused office space.