Nearly every destination club owns a home in Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, or Cabo del Sol. The resort towns on the Mexican peninsula are a popular luxury travel destination for west coast residents. Hurricane John threatened to wreak havoc in the community last weekend, but ended up sparing Cabo San ... Read Full Article »

In a press release issued last Friday, Quintess and Dream Catcher Retreats formally announced the merger of their two luxury destination clubs. According to the release, the transaction was valued at $62 million and included $10 million in new investment capital. (Download official release, 140kb PDF), answering a question we ... Read Full Article »

Two leading destination clubs merged today, forming the third largest player in the industry. Quintess and Dream Catcher Retreats, each with over 100 members, announced a merger of their two luxury clubs and portfolio of homes. More Similar Than Different The two clubs are more similar than different, as seen in the ... Read Full Article »

Dream Catcher Retreats has announced that they will increase prices on three of their plans, effective Sept 15th: Unlimited plan will go to $345,000 from $325,000 Sibling Plan will go from $350,000 to $370,000 Partnership plan will go from $375,000 to $390,000. Since it appears that the impending price increase seemed to work for ... Read Full Article »

More than half of Dream Catcher Retreats’ 104 members, including three on vacation in homes, dialed in to a member conference call held by Scott Anderson, CEO, last Thursday. Helium Report was invited to listen to a recording of the call, which was conducted in the same fashion as an investor ... Read Full Article »

For the second quarter of 2006, Helium Report readers requested industry leader Exclusive Resorts by a small margin over other destination clubs. From April to June, each of these Top 10 Requested clubs demonstrated continued and measured success. The list spans the full gamut of price points from ultra-high end ... Read Full Article »

We posted some feedback from Dream Catcher Retreats members Diane and Tom McMeekin. Two more members from the destination club shared their experiences with Helium Report via email: Charles Wallas, MD (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) I have been and continue to be extremely delighted with the houses and level of service provided ... Read Full Article »

We received some positive comments from Dream Catcher Retreats members in response to our request for insights. In May, we wrote about Casa Bonita in Naples, Florida and asked readers to share their experiences. Diane McMeekin sent a story about her family’s past and upcoming trips. She and her ... Read Full Article »

No, it’s not the results of the first World Cup game today. But if the Germans can win it all while hosting, maybe they’ll travel to Costa Rica for a well-deserved team vacation. In the World Cup of Destination Clubs, Paul Wanchope outscores Miroslave Klose 4-0, with another 21 “goals” (er, ... Read Full Article »

We frequently harp on the importance of transparency. Disclosure and Assurance are themes we’ve emphasized in past entries (here and here). Is it possible for a destination club to be too transparent? If they’re developing homes modeled after Apple’s new flagship store (aka the “Cubic Louvre”), that might be a bit ... Read Full Article »

Moving from the South of France to “Florida’s Last Paradise,” the next appointment on our featured home tour is Dream Catcher Retreats’ Casa Bonita in Naples, FL. Located in the Park Shore Estate gated community, the home is a quarter-mile stroll from a private beach on the Gulf of ... Read Full Article »

We’ve written on clubs’ marketing materials several times already, with industry heavyweight Exclusive Resorts garnering the most ink (er, pixels) for their 14-minute DVD and 71-ounce brochure. The difference for clubs like Exclusive Resorts and Tanner & Haley (as opposed to the condo developments here in SOMA) is that ... Read Full Article »

Dream Catcher Retreats! A new entrant to the heavy weight class of destination club membership materials. Exclusive Resorts still leads the industry at 71 ounces, which makes sense if you’re showing off a portfolio of 300+ homes. Dream Catcher is blunt about a key consumer concern that tarnishes the credibility ... Read Full Article »

“I once caught a fish thiiiis big!” Members of Dream Catcher Retreats can now enjoy The Lodge at Palisades Creek in Idaho and boast about their catch this summer. A new partnership between the two firms provides members with access to the “finest fly fishing in North America.” The ... Read Full Article »

Scott Anderson, the CEO of Dream Catcher Retreats might be one of the more quoteable executives we have talked to while doing our research. One comes to mind: “Man may be the head of the household, but the woman is the neck that moves the head in these decisions” or words ... Read Full Article »

We have had lots of readers tell us about their decision-making process when evaluating clubs. One of the issues some of them have had is determining the value of the houses that a club owns – since the clubs are using value in their marketing literature as a proxy for ... Read Full Article »

Early days still, but we kept track this month of our reader requests for more information. Here are the Top 5: 1. Crescendo 2. Exclusive Resorts 3. Tanner & Haley 4. Dream Catcher and a tie for 5th: Portofino and Private Escapes Crescendo in the number one spot probably indicates that our readers are intrigued with ... Read Full Article »

<!-logo and address-> Membership Inquiries: http://www.dcr.com Click here to request more information <!- profile data-> Membership Members (as of 1Q06) 76 Member cap 400 ... Read Full Article »