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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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Leah Powell, President

Hello members of TTT and owners of luxury properties worldwide,

It's our 20th birthday! Born in 1991, TTT was the world's first luxury vacation club for owners of fine properties. 20 years later, an article entitled "Way to Go" in the March 2011 issue of Virgin Airlines' Voyeur magazine calls TTT a trend that will change the way you vacation. It says, "Trade to Travel is an up-market 'you wish' kind of experience" and says, "House swaps with Trade to Travel are on everyone's wish list."

Following is a link to the "In The News" page of our website. On it you'll see a link to the online version of the March issue of Voyeur magazine (the "Way to Go" article is on page 57).

www.tradetotravel.com/trade-to-travel-news.asp

Extremely Exciting New Policies:

To celebrate two decades of making members happy, we're now going to make them even happier!

Until recently, our transaction fee for arranging properties for our members has been 20% of the rental value of the accommodations - saving members 80%. It was a revolutionary business model and now the best is even better!

Now, all members who host one or more high season weeks each year enjoy 90% SAVINGS every time we arrange a property for them (meaning our transaction fee will only be 10% of rental value for all stays of a week or more, minimum transaction fee = $250). We ask you to please consider the transaction fee to be a tip for our services.

Plus, we're no longer going to charge a membership fee (which until now has been $2500) and we're not going to charge any annual dues whatsoever.

Now members pay only when they play - and by "pay" we mean SAVE 90%!!

Serious Inquiries Only:

Please understand that our new pricing structure makes it more important than ever for us to work only on "serious" requests. Please only ask us to arrange a property for you if you're fairly certain that you will reserve the property if we're able to fulfill the request. This policy is in the best interest of all members since it helps us provide our services as inexpensively as possible and doesn't waste members' time answering inquiries which aren't "serious." Thank you so much for your support and collaboration!

New Point System:

Another exciting outcome of our "20th Birthday Celebration" is a new and simpler point system.

Whereas each point has always represented $400 of rental value, each point will now represent $1000 of rental value. For example, a property which rents for $10,000 per week will be 10 points. A property which rents for $7,800 per week will be 7.8 points.

For example, if you currently have 40 points in your TTT account, those 40 points represent $16,000 of rental value according to the old point system. According to the new point system, the same $16,000 of rental value in your TTT account will be represented by 16 points. We'll be converting points from the old system to the new system over the next few weeks and we apologize for the inconsistencies it'll cause on our website during the conversion.

Fractional Summit Europe:

"Fractional Summit Europe" (sponsored by Fractional Life) took place on February 17th and 18th at the London Marriott, Grosvenor Square. I spoke there on the value of exchange and rentals to fractional properties/developments, private residence clubs, and destination clubs. Our services are as ideal for fractional properties/clubs as they are for wholly-owned properties, adding unique value by arranging fabulous vacations for their owners/members at 90% savings.

I'm a big fan of fractional ownership. Most luxury assets sit unused most of the time (unless their owners are members of TTT), so fractional ownership makes perfect sense. Why pay all of the costs of owning a vacation home (or yacht or aircraft) if you'll only be using it a small percent of the year? Fractional ownership (especially when coupled with exchanges and rentals) makes maximum use of properties, reducing overbuilding in our planet's most precious vacation destinations.

Following is a link to a brief video of the highlights of Fractional Summit Europe (there's a clip of me near the beginning):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtwn2j5cl8M

Sample Availabilities:

We have LOTS of spectacular availabilities to offer and would love to arrange one for you. Following is a link to the "Sample Availabilities" page of our website.

www.tradetotravel.com/vacation-properties-future.asp

Please note that many hundreds of other great properties are available upon request. Please also note that you are never limited to the properties on our website since we partner with real estate companies and rental agencies worldwide to provide properties for our members.

Media Exposure:

Elle Magazine and other publications are always looking for amazing properties for photo shoots. If you own a property which is perfect for modeling shoots, and if you'd like the exposure plus points equal in value to the rental rate for the week, please give us a call or shoot us an email. We'll let media know about availabilities you'd like to offer.

New Properties:

Below are 20 of the hottest new properties to come aboard the good ship TTT in recent months. Most are large (4-10 bedrooms), but we have plenty of smaller properties available as well.

Thank you!

In our 20th year we want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to members old and new. We greatly appreciate you and look forward to being of service to you for decades to come!

All the best,
Leah

Seaside, FL