Distinctive Holiday Homes Discussion

[Steamboat Bill]

I am starting this new DHH thread because the other ones are getting too long and off topic.

Here are a few topics I would like to see discussed

1. How many members does DHH have and is anyone here a member ?
2. Is anyone about to join DHH?
3. What will be the impact of the price increase on September 1?
4. Tell us about those great yachts and when will they visit the BVIs or Caribbean.
5. Are any new USA destinations being added?
6. Reviews of the DHH properties.

 

[Kagehitokiri]

1. 19 + "significant number" = ?

2. considering >

Great. Now to send in my membership material without my wife's knowledge

I wish I had known about DHH in January when I joined HCC. This is exactly what I was looking for.

I am considering HCC versus DHH.

latest >

I have spoken to Robert in LA about this today , and we have decide that it is important for you to be sure. So we will offer the following option:

- If you want to join now during the Charter Phase we will allow you a 100 % refund of your Membership Joining Deposit and a refund of any unused Membership days with no waiting in a queue, if you vacation at one of our properties within 90 days of joining and are not satisfied. After 90 days we will assume you are happy to continue either way if you have not asked to cancel.

We will also extend this offer to any of the Tugbbs members.

We don't want any unhappy Members, ever.

Cheers

Nick

5.

speed up our focus on Hawaii, St Martin & Miami

 

[DHH USA]

I am starting this new DHH thread because the other ones are getting too long and off topic.

Here are a few topics I would like to see discussed

1. How many members does DHH have and is anyone here a member ?
2. Is anyone about to join DHH?
3. What will be the impact of the price increase on September 1?
4. Tell us about those great yachts and when will they visit the BVIs or Caribbean.
5. Are any new USA destinations being added?
6. Reviews of the DHH properties.

Hello Steamboat Bill,

In answer to your questions.

1. We currently have 29 memberships in our system and are working with more prospective members who are wanting to join DHH.
2. We are currently working with members of TUG who have completed their applications and are planning on joining Distinctive Holiday Homes as Charter Members. I will let them tell you who they are.
3. I will let TUG members discuss this.
4. Our web site www.d-h-h.com will advise when we have a yacht in place in USA and it's planned destinations.
5. We are working on acquiring a property in South Beach Miami and narrowing in Hawaii and St Martin (Caribbean) at this time.
6. I will let TUG and DHH members discuss this.

Thank you for your interest, we look forward to welcoming you and TUG members to Distinctive Holiday Homes

Regards

Robert Good
Senior Manager and CEO Property Team Americas

 

[Kagehitokiri]

welcome to the non-traditional forum robert, great to have you (and nick) here

 

[LTTravel]

5. We are working on acquiring a property in South Beach Miami and narrowing in Hawaii and St Martin (Caribbean) at this time.

I think that from other posts on this forum others agree, members and potential members value the home and location more than the destination. For example, a large, beautiful, beachfront home is more valuable than a small home with an obstructed ocean view and long walk to the beach. I think that you can get more for you money and a more impressive home in St. Martin than Hawaii. Again there may be alot of Hawaii fans out there, but I think that they would agree that beach front, ski in ski out, a house with a "wow" factor are more important. I hope you take this into consideration in you home purchases.
I am impressed that the CEO and the Senior Manager of DHH have entered this forum. I am sure that this will help your growth and other DC's should take note of you willingness to promptly respond to potential members concerns.

 

[nick@ihug.co.nz]

I think that from other posts on this forum others agree, members and potential members value the home and location more than the destination. For example, a large, beautiful, beachfront home is more valuable than a small home with an obstructed ocean view and long walk to the beach. I think that you can get more for you money and a more impressive home in St. Martin than Hawaii. Again there may be alot of Hawaii fans out there, but I think that they would agree that beach front, ski in ski out, a house with a "wow" factor are more important. I hope you take this into consideration in you home purchases.
I am impressed that the CEO and the Senior Manager of DHH have entered this forum. I am sure that this will help your growth and other DC's should take note of you willingness to promptly respond to potential members concerns.

Yes you are very correct , it is always Location , Location , Location ....we are very focused on this , in fact we have visited many locations 6 - 7 times before finding the right property, that is both stunning and in the right place, no point having a huge beautiful home that is 30 mins from the snow, or beach ....You are very correct about Hawaii the prices there are insane for what you get ... so it has been very difficult to find something that fits, but we never give up We have a very nice home in Miami (prices are now finally in touch with reality in this city) on a very nice island, right in the heart of South Beach, with a boat dock, and pool with about 70 ft of waterfront ...it will come with a boat for members use ...this is likely to be the very next place we add, followed closely if not before by St Martin as this is also very popular with our European members, and has direct flights from the US and Europe....we will still have to find somewhere in the sun for all the west coasters as well which will likely be Hawaii ahead of Mexico ....before that we will add another 86 ft motor yacht in the Caribbean ... but this requires more US Members, so join so we can add them You have 5 days left at the charter rate ( soft sales pitch ) ...

 

[valhala]

Clarification for a Newbie on Vacation Days Trial

-"If you want to join now during the Charter Phase we will allow you a 100 % refund of your Membership Joining Deposit and a refund of any unused Membership days with no waiting in a queue, if you vacation at one of our properties within 90 days of joining and are not satisfied. After 90 days we will assume you are happy to continue either way if you have not asked to cancel."

Say I join as a Charter Member for 1 week membership using the above scenario, and I book for 1 week in Tuscany for June 2008, can I avail of the above exception if I book the Lake Tahoe home for 3 days trial vacation this October 2007 on a Space Available Basis (paying $300/night or is it $1000/night)?

In short, what do I get back if I am not happy - my Membership fee plus my Annual Dues fee (refund: $25,000 + $7000) or is it ( refund $25,000 + $4000 (less the 3 nights stay in Lake Tahoe).

Confused.

Val

 

[Steamboat Bill]

You have 5 days left at the charter rate ( soft sales pitch ) ...

Who is stepping up to the plate?

 

[nick@ihug.co.nz]

-"If you want to join now during the Charter Phase we will allow you a 100 % refund of your Membership Joining Deposit and a refund of any unused Membership days with no waiting in a queue, if you vacation at one of our properties within 90 days of joining and are not satisfied. After 90 days we will assume you are happy to continue either way if you have not asked to cancel."

Say I join as a Charter Member for 1 week membership using the above scenario, and I book for 1 week in Tuscany for June 2008, can I avail of the above exception if I book the Lake Tahoe home for 3 days trial vacation this October 2007 on a Space Available Basis (paying $300/night or is it $1000/night)?

In short, what do I get back if I am not happy - my Membership fee plus my Annual Dues fee (refund: $25,000 + $7000) or is it ( refund $25,000 + $4000 (less the 3 nights stay in Lake Tahoe).

Confused.

Val

If you make a booking whatever kind , and left within the 90 days and take the 100 % refund on your joining deposit, you will pay $1,000 per day i.e. as if you were a trial member, even if you had booked them on a SAB basis ....

I hope that clears it up ....

 

[nick@ihug.co.nz]

Who is stepping up to the plate?

Several TUG BBS members have joined so far ... we have actually had a huge response to the Charter Membership phase and will significantly exceed our own expectations.

 

[Kagehitokiri]

plan/pricing changes on Jan 1 2008 >

deposit increase of $10K per week

Standard(2) - 1 family week > 0 family weeks
Premium(3) - 2 family weeks > 1 family week, SAB window 90 days > 60 days


ooh Bordeaux listed as future destination now..

question - whats the difference between platinum and corporate? the only difference in numbers is corporate is all family days, and platinum isnt...

 

[nick@ihug.co.nz]

plan/pricing changes on Jan 1 2008 >

deposit increase of $10K per week

Standard(2) - 1 family week > 0 family weeks
Premium(3) - 2 family weeks > 1 family week, SAB window 90 days > 60 days


ooh Bordeaux listed as future destination now..

question - whats the difference between platinum and corporate? the only difference in numbers is corporate is all family days, and platinum isnt...

Sorry Programmer typo .... the only change is the price per week will go to up by 10K ... the main difference between Corporate & Family is it is in the name of a Company vs an individual, you can gift all the days vs 14, and anyone you gift to can be the person responsible for the booking without an employee of the company stay ie clients ... and they will have a temporary login so they can manage their own booking once the Member has made the booking for them ...

 

[Kagehitokiri]

glad to hear no benefits are decreasing

also >

we will announce something i think is quite a cool benefit to our members in the next few days

Will let you know later next year

i presume you will tell prospective members who sign an NDA?

 

[nick@ihug.co.nz]

glad to hear no benefits are decreasing

also >





i presume you will tell prospective members who sign an NDA?

At this stage it is still too secret squirrel ..

 

[Kagehitokiri]

wow.. so you have to join to find out what it is.. pretty crazy

so an NDA is part of the membership agreement?

 

[LTTravel]

At this stage it is still too secret squirrel ..

Wow, this must be really good!

 

[Kagehitokiri]

google maps are up! awesome!

first club to implement right? VERY nice job.

 

[Steamboat Bill]

google maps are up! awesome!

first club to implement right? VERY nice job.

I wish all DCs would do this!!!!

HCC is starting to do this for their local guides, but it is not on their web site yet.

 

[LTTravel]

google maps are up! awesome!

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Maybe it's me but the web site is slow and buggy. Anyone hear what the the cool announcement was yet?

 

[Tedpilot]

No, I have not heard the news yet either - very curious though. I do like the google maps but I have problems with their website too - going back and forth between pages. I do not know if it is my browser or what?

 

[Steamboat Bill]

No, I have not heard the news yet either - very curious though. I do like the google maps but I have problems with their website too - going back and forth between pages. I do not know if it is my browser or what?

I think the problem is the scripting features of the menu embedded on the left side of the screen...I find it flaky too.

 

[Kagehitokiri]

i agree i really dislike any scripting etc. i guess they dont want people linking? seems kind of weird.

at least its better than winvian for example.. man is their site ridiculous.

i think lusso's site is pretty much the best in terms of the properties.

but DHH being the first to have google maps is still great, and they deserve some credit for it IMHO. :thumbsup:

 

[nick@ihug.co.nz]

i agree i really dislike any scripting etc. i guess they dont want people linking? seems kind of weird.

at least its better than winvian for example.. man is their site ridiculous.

i think lusso's site is pretty much the best in terms of the properties.

but DHH being the first to have google maps is still great, and they deserve some credit for it IMHO. :thumbsup:

We have Google maps since day one, i guess i need to work harder to make it more accessible, sorry about that , our site is viewed best with Firefox ...bloody Microsoft's browser is really crap, Explorer 7 is better than 6 ... we are continually trying to have explorer break our site less ...

 

[Kagehitokiri]

with corporate plans, can anyone use the SAB nights?

 

[nick@ihug.co.nz]

with corporate plans, can anyone use the SAB nights?

Any employee of the company can use them ...