The Most Expensive Membership Clubs in the world

A vacation home by the beach alone doesn't cut it anymore. These days, millionaires and billionaires want estates in England, condos in New York, pied a terres in Paris and chalets in Gstaad--plus the beach house and more. Thanks to the relatively new phenomenon of private membership clubs, they are getting them--along with staff to run them, and yachts and private jets to take them there. While not all private membership clubs, also known as resort or destination clubs, offer their members an ownership stake in the clubs' properties, these clubs