Helium Report launched a Member Review feature earlier this week for destination clubs. We’ve received a few reviews for Exclusive Resorts and one for Quintess, Catch the Dream. Here are excerpts and links to the complete reviews:

Exclusive Resorts Member (Bay Area, CA)

As a family of five, since joining ER we have switched most of our vacations to using club homes, and now rarely stay in resorts. All the homes we have stayed in are very luxurious, maid service good, and concierge always helpful. Their online reservation system is also very well done – as good as any hotel site, with lots of home pictures, floorplans and maps.

Obviously we don’t always get the home or location when we want, but being flexible and planning ahead, we have been mostly…

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Exclusive Resorts Member (San Francisco, CA)

Exclusive Resorts has made our family vacations easier to plan, much more enjoyable and even less expensive then equivalent accomodation in hotels. We use the concierge service to pre-order groceries and arrive in beutiful homes that are ready for us and our guests. The space allows us to invite other families, or for our teenagers to bring friends along, which has added to our enjoyment. I highly recommend this to other families.

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Exclusive Resorts Guest (NY, NY)

I have two close friends who are members of Exclusive Resorts (i.e., I am an ER freeloader) and have been fortunate enough to stay at several properties. Some thoughts:

—ER, and the whole fractional concept, strikes me as perfect for a family that always travels with a possee (nanny, in-laws, etc.). 4 rooms at the St. Regis in Aspen over the holidays is going to run $30-40k/week. ER not only makes economic sense, but the houses afford a phatter lifestyle experience that 4 adjoining…

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Exclusive Resorts Guest (Northern CA, CA)

I stayed w/ my wife, four kids and au pair at Kona. The house was an attached 3-story, 3-BR condo with a wonderful balcony BBQ and dining area. All appliances and AV gear were top-notch. While it wasn’t one of the fabulous glam-homes in the coffee-table book, it was everything we needed and then some. We especially appreciated the GEM electric car for getting around to the three beach clubs that ER provided. The bumpiest part was the pre-trip planning—because we were guests rather than…

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Quintess, Catch the Dream Guest (Northern CA, CA)

I stayed at the Napa house with friends and the service was extraordinary. Quintess had arranged for an in-home masseuse followed by a local sommelier to lead a blind wine tasting across several uncommon varietals. A private chef prepared a dinner party, and the following day Quintess pulled a few strings to offer us private tours of a few exclusive vineyards.

The home itself was fantastic with several bedrooms in the main house (perhaps four – I don’t recall on account of the sommelier)...

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