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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Quintess, the luxury destination club, recently announced increased pricing and at the same time changed its individual membership plans into broader family plans.

This free 60 page report is designed to help you see if a destination club makes sense for you and your family or your company. It provides a lot of insight and background to help you make this assessment.

Quintess, LRW has arranged $125 million in financing for new home development. This will allow the Club to develop more than 30 new residences, which will become available to members over the next several years.

Tim Wolf is one of the founders of Parallel destination club, which merged with Solstice last year. We recently talked to Tim about the growth and development of this ultra luxury destination club.

The American Affluence Research Center just announced the results of a survey of 398 affluent households. The survey showed that about 60% of the households were not familiar with either the destination club or private residence club concept.

This new luxury vacation home investment fund is an interesting hybrid. For a one off payment it offers investors the opportunity to both invest in 30 residences around the world, and to have at least 5 weeks vacation usage at these residences each year.

We recently received a review from a member of High Country Club who had stayed at the clubs home in Breckenridge. It's an amazingly in depth, 3 page, 1,500 word review.