As a member of market leader Exclusive Resorts, you know that your one time membership fee will never be worth more than what you paid. In fact, will be worth less, in that you will get 80% of what you paid back when you want to retire your membership.

But other clubs are trying to get more creative and offer a hyrbrid of a membership and a real estate investment. Clubs like Private Escapes, Crescendo and even Tanner and Haley are willing to share some of the upside with you, in terms of real estate appreciation, and in some cases you get to share the downside.

We will explain in more detail how these plans work in our complete Destination Club Report. We will tell you whether we think it’s a viable alternative or a sales gimmick to bypass what must be a fairly common objection when a prospective member thinks about joining: “I am not going to participate in any property appreciation (and all I read about these days is second home values going up).”