Several of the destination clubs have membership plans that provide either 14 or 15 nights per year. We've compared the plans side by side to see what they offer.

On the South Carolina coast, sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the sweeping marshes of the mainland, lies the vacation paradise of Kiawah Island.

It must be the season - Quintess sent a letter to members 2 days ago and yesterday High Country Club sent out its first letter confirming completion of its annual audit and net asset test.

Several destination clubs have already announced price rises this year and effective August 15, 2007, Ultimate Resort will increase its membership plan prices by $20,000.

In yesterdays letter to its members, Quintess, LRW announced the completion of both its annual audit and the first quarterly analysis of the Club's member deposit liability coverage.

If you're looking at buying into a private residence club or a luxury fractional home, then at some stage you'll probably ask "Is this a timeshare ?".

Todays Weekend section of the Wall St Journal (subscription required) has an article about fractional ownership and in particular the large luxury hotel companies that are including more fractional offerings within their hotel developments.

Tuscany is proving to be a very popular location for the destination clubs and so Quintess has just added another home in Italy's Tuscan countryside.

As part of the LUSSO Collections member survey, the club asked "What Club features were the most influential to our Members' decision to join LUSSO ?". We've summarized the results below and many of the reasons members gave are true for destination clubs in general.

Kiersten Hegna, Director of Member Services at LUSSO Collection, recently sent out the results of this destination clubs first, in-depth member survey. The results give some great insights into their members preferences.

Exclusive Resorts, the largest luxury destination club, recently announced new prices that come into effect on August 1st 2007.

We recently received a great description of fractional boats and yachts and why they make so much sense, so we've reprinted it below pretty much in its entirety.

The LUSSO Collection now has two homes in the Abaco Club on Winding Bay in the Bahamas. This is proving to be a popular destination for several destination clubs.

The Puerto Aventuras Residence Club offers luxury fractional ownership in the only gated community on the Mexican Caribbean coast.

The luxury destination club BelleHavens has just announced a partnership with Stein Hotels and Resorts Group. Termed the "European Getaways portfolio" it lets BelleHavens members use the Stein Hotels just like any other club property.