Steamboat Bill

One Month Remaining In the New Member Referral Program

With 16 new members joining in the month of May, High Country Club surpassed the 350 member mark.

Take this opportunity to share with a friend or family member why you joined one of the fastest growing destinations clubs in the industry and receive a credit towards your annual dues.

For any referral that joins High Country Club by July 1, 2008, we will credit your annual dues the following amounts.

Companion Membership - $2,000 credit
Associate or Affiliate Membership - $4,000 credit
Private Membership - $6,000 credit

In addition, we will honor the previous pricing through the end of June for any referral, while they complete their due diligence.

By simply referring one new member to the Club, you could potentially pay for an entire years worth of annual dues. Think about it, if 25% of current members referred one new member, our membership base would grow by over 87 total members, which would lead to 6 - 10 new properties for the Club.

If you have any questions, please contact Heath Kirschner at 303-991-2300 or via email at heath@highcountryclub.com

Thank you for all of your continued support!

pwrshift

Doesn't 16 new members in a whole month seem pretty low? I would have thought their 'beat the price increase' deal would have attracted more sales like it apparently did last November with the last increase. Is that an 'economy' cutback?

DC4MS

Depends on the particular club and I would think percentage of membership growth is a better figure than just listing the number of new members. Many clubs would be thrilled with 16 new members in one month.

The largest destination clubs are ER (3,000), UE (1,300), Quintess (450) and HCC (350).

Thus, HCC had a 4.8% increase in membership in one month. ER would have to add 144 new members and UE would have to add 62 new members in one month to match HCC's growth.

Ultimate Escapes also said last month was their record month, but they did not disclose their new membership numbers.

It would be nice if all the clubs disclosed growth so members could guess when a new property will be added to keep the member:home ratio within their guidelines. Either way, the most important figure is yearly growth, not monthly growth.

Kagehitokiri

DC4MS, was the 3500 figure thrown out at the symposium?

DC4MS

Here are the numbers that were given at the symposium...I will edit my previous post.

Exclusive Resorts – 3,000 members
Ultimate Escapes – 1,300
Quintess, LRW – 450
High Country Club – 350
Abercrombie & Kent – 150
LUSSO Collection – 140
M Private Residences – 120
Solstice – 100
Portofino – 75
Other clubs – 100

Kagehitokiri

yeah, i saw those in your other post. some of them seem odd.

ive got the highest announced numbers in my sticky.

baylor1

We are very happy members of HCC but there is one thing I don't understand. Can someone explain to me exactly how the member to home ratio works? If we have 350 members and add a new destination for every 6 - 8 members shouldn't we have somewhere between 44 - 58 destinations? As it stands we have 34 "active" and 1 getting ready for release. Is there some sort of formula used or something that I don't get?

Kagehitokiri

one thing is that the ratios always refer to properties, not destinations.
(there can be multiple properties at a single destination)

LTTravel

It is 6-8 FULL members per home. The 350 number includes all members regardless of membership levels.

Bourne

16 does seem pretty low. I was hoping for 100+ given ER can do so. That would allow HCC to have a wait list.

It is definitely due to the economy. Time to switch clubs....

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baylor1

Just to clarify I meant properties not destinations.

DC4MS

I just called HCC for their official answer and posted it here

High Country Club’s member to property ratio

Kagehitokiri

BTW welcome to the forum baylor1.