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Steamboat Bill
I want to continue a theme on Destination Clubs, specifically "High Country Club" that appears to be the BEST match for TUG members.
All the other destination clubs are mega bucks ($100,000-$425,000) and because High Country Club is only 1.5 years old (yet they are already the 4th largest DC), they are rapidly growing (160 members) and rapidly INCREASING their membership fees and annual dues. I feel that is a small window of opportunity for the "non-multi-multi-millionaires" that the other clubs seem to cater to. High Country Club has carved out a niche with properties that cost less than $1 million vs the other clubs that focus on $3-4 million dollar houses.
Many of their original properties started as ski locations in Colorado, but they are now expanding to New York, Florida, Caribbean, Mexico, and Hawaii.
I advise you to visit their web site for some background information:
http://www.highcountryclub.com/
Then read Part 1 discussion on TUG was started by "PerryM" in July:
http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28527&highlight=high+country+club
Then read Part 2 discussion on TUG by "travelguy" in September:
http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32143&highlight=high+country+club
I have studied this concept since July and I am STRONGLY considering joining High Country Club and want to get other TUG member opinions.
I will post some of my research, specifically in comparison HCC to other Destination Clubs and the higher end Timeshares like Hawaii, Ski weeks, Disney, etc.
For this thread, I want to focus mainly on the Affiliate Membership which you get 3 weeks (21 nights) of usage per year and costs $30K to join and $4,800 MF per year.
I believe HCC will be the #2 DC (behind Exclusive Resorts) within the next 24 months and their buy-in will be $60k for an affiliate member.
All the other destination clubs are mega bucks ($100,000-$425,000) and because High Country Club is only 1.5 years old (yet they are already the 4th largest DC), they are rapidly growing (160 members) and rapidly INCREASING their membership fees and annual dues. I feel that is a small window of opportunity for the "non-multi-multi-millionaires" that the other clubs seem to cater to. High Country Club has carved out a niche with properties that cost less than $1 million vs the other clubs that focus on $3-4 million dollar houses.
Many of their original properties started as ski locations in Colorado, but they are now expanding to New York, Florida, Caribbean, Mexico, and Hawaii.
I advise you to visit their web site for some background information:
http://www.highcountryclub.com/
Then read Part 1 discussion on TUG was started by "PerryM" in July:
http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28527&highlight=high+country+club
Then read Part 2 discussion on TUG by "travelguy" in September:
http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32143&highlight=high+country+club
I have studied this concept since July and I am STRONGLY considering joining High Country Club and want to get other TUG member opinions.
I will post some of my research, specifically in comparison HCC to other Destination Clubs and the higher end Timeshares like Hawaii, Ski weeks, Disney, etc.
For this thread, I want to focus mainly on the Affiliate Membership which you get 3 weeks (21 nights) of usage per year and costs $30K to join and $4,800 MF per year.
I believe HCC will be the #2 DC (behind Exclusive Resorts) within the next 24 months and their buy-in will be $60k for an affiliate member.