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Destination clubs have enjoyed robust growth, fueled by affluent baby boomers, who are opting to join clubs that give them a choice of world getaways rather than buying the traditional second home. The clubs have been around only since the late 1990s, when Tanner & Haley pioneered the concept. There are now 18 in the U.S., each with about 30 properties. Members pay an average $230,000 to join and $15,000 in annual dues, says Dick Ragatz, president of Ragatz Associates, a resort-industry consultant in Eugene, Ore. Some clubs are doubling their membership each year and have been unable...
That was the case with Hariri, who says that two weeks before a trip to Delray Beach, Fla., he was bumped from his chosen property. On another occasion, he says, a "beachfront" house was 700 ft. from the water. Still, Hariri has not given up on the concept. He joined a different club, Havens, based in New York City...
Plenty of folks still rave about the destination-club concept. Shirley Brown, 62, a retired caterer from Richmond, Va., and husband Morton, 64, a retired manufacturer and importer of men's clothing, have taken 15 trips with their three children, seven grandchildren and friends to such varied locations as England, Hawaii, Italy and Mexico since joining Exclusive Resorts in 2004. "The biggest complaint I had about one house was that it didn't have a garlic press," says Shirley...
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...others never suspect that their biological sex may not “match.” At the end of the rainbow comes sexual orientation, which should be fairly familiar to most people at Harvard—simply whether one is attracted to females or males. Note that this concept of “female and male” has two parts: gender and genitalia. Some people are attracted to others because of their particular expression of “maleness” or “femaleness” and do not give a quid about what?...