Stretching from the southernmost tip of the Baja Peninsula twenty miles northeast to San Jose del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas and Los Cabos offer world-class resorts with a small town feeling. Stunning beaches and rock formations mix natural beauty with the modern luxury of the resort corridor, golf courses and the perfect nightlife for a beach town -- flip-flops required.

Next Thursday, September 27th, Ultimate Resort are hosting a cocktail reception and presentation with special guest and Ultimate Resort member Doc Rivers, Head Coach of the Boston Celtics.

Located within the Palmilla Resort, this new resort within a resort will have the first four homes available in January 2008. Members will be able to start making their initial reservations later this year.

Following the merger announcement between Ultimate Resorts and Private Escapes we talked to Jim Tousignant and Rich Keith, the CEOs of the two clubs.

Ultimate Resort, the 2nd largest destination club, and Private Escapes, the 3rd largest destination club, are planning to merge. The combined club will have 1,200 members with 140 club homes located in nearly 50 destinations in the US, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.

The Solstice Collection has just added two ultramodern New York homes to its luxury portfolio of $6.5m residences. These all glass homes have floor to ceiling windows with protected views of the Hudson River and the Hudson River park.

BelleHavens equity destination club is offering new members who join before September 15 a "True Luxury BelleHavens Experience". The club will create and plan a dream vacation to a BelleHavens destination of your choice and pay for up to $10,000 of your expenses.

Ultimate Resort has just announced the availability of 60 luxury hotels in over 30 cities in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Members of Ultimate Resorts two destination clubs can use their club membership days to stay at these hotels, as if they were using club properties.

The Destination Club Association (DCA) has recently issued a "Code of Responsible Business Conduct" for its member clubs to abide by. We spoke to Adam Wegner, the President of the DCA, to find out about these latest developments.

Synonymous with glamour, grit and ambition, New York has long been the premier destination for discerning travelers. The finest dining, Broadway, the Museum Mile, haute couture fashion and some of the world's best shopping will fill your days and nights with the kind of excitement that can only be found in this world capital.

The CEO of fast growing Crocs shoes has just joined the advisory board of the ultra luxury destination club Solstice.

The LUSSO Collection is the latest destination club to announce a price increase this summer.

Quintess, LRW has launched a carbon neutral program to offset members' energy consumption in each of the club's 60+ luxury properties worldwide.

If you join the destination club Ultimate Resort in the next few months, you can now pay with your American Express card and receive double Membership Rewards® points.

The luxury destination club has just announced that it will have 30 homes in the Vdara tower in MGM Mirages new CityCenter project on The Strip in Las Vegas.

The Markers Club, a luxury destination club for golf purists, has just announced two trial preview membership plans.

Tuscany has two very different sides to it - there are the cities of art like Florence, Pisa, Siena and Lucca on the one hand, and, on the other, the breathtaking countryside, whose inviting villages, castles, villas and vineyards are a refreshing change from the frenzy of the larger Tuscan cities. Pastoral chic and high culture coexist happily in Tuscany.

The calculation of cost per night in the earlier article gave one method of doing this calculation. As I said at the time there are several methods you could use and I've now updated the spreadsheet with 3 different methods.

One Key is a new destination club with a new twist on the destination club business model. The club has no initial membership fee and just a flat rate that varies depending on the number of days in your membership plan.

The luxury vacation club Exclusive Resorts recently produced a Harry Potter 5 day trip for their members. From July 4th - 8th they turned Bovey Castle in England into their own School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.