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Ultimate Escapes Destination Club

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Whether you are into spending your winter vacation on a beach or on the slopes, Ultimate Escapes has it covered. The destination club's membership includes the chance to experience more than 140 properties in over 50 locations around the world. The properties include beach cottages, larger homes, apartments and yachts.

There are three tiers of membership: Premiere entitles you to homes with an average value of $1 million, Signature membership offers homes valued at around $2 million and Elite membership includes stays in home with an average value of $3 million. Within each tier there are bronze, silver, gold, platinum and platinum plus levels of membership with escalate in price based on the amount of days. A Premier Silver membership costs $95,000 plus one year membership dues of $9,500.

The Hideaways Club

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If you are interested in a ski house in Aspen or a condo in New York, this isn't your destination club, but if you want a club with a more Continental feel, The Hideaways Club may be your club. Helium Report tells us that the club has luxury properties in both Europe and the Mediterranean which are in the $1.5 to $2 million range. Initial membership fees run approximately $390,000 with annual dues of about $19,000. It is an investment style club with members getting a percentage of the appreciation and only six shareholders per property. They hope to eventually have 100 properties but so far their website reveals a restored farmhouse in Tuscany, a stone villa in France, a Moorish villa in Marrakech and a couple of properties on Majorca. The first properties are expected to be open for business in May 2007.

Destination Clubs and the NFL

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We've mentioned Exclusive Resorts, a luxury residence club, before. It's just one of the destination clubs that has popped up in the last few years. Exclusive Resorts has now partnered up with The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA).  Exclusive Resorts will make a $25,000 charitable donation on behalf of NFLPA and for each NFLPA member who joins Exclusive Resorts, the club will make an additional contribution to a charitable organization designated by the NFLPA. The Helium Report questions whether former NFL players are the right association for a luxury brand but as they point out, former quarterback Steve Young already appears in ads for Private Escapes and the New England Patriots have a deal with Dream Catchers. It seems to me that for the most part, an association with the NFL doesn't detract from the exclusivity factor but only increases it.


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