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I loved this piece in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph about four men who have just sailed across the Atlantic on a raft called Antiki. The four ranged in age from 56 to 85. It has several lovely aspects, but the bit that pleased me the most was Mr Smith advertised five years ago for “OAPs” to [...] I’ve just finished reading “What’s Mine Is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live” by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers. It’s thought-provoking and highly readable. Many of its peers are the former, but rarely the latter, and for this reason I’ll admit that I was putting off reading it, even though it’s [...] Over the next few days most of you will be celebrating Christmas and New Year with family and friends. I’m guessing that some of you will end up discussing plans for the future, including the purchase of boats, cars, motor homes and holiday homes. When you think about it, these major assets are almost always [...] I was delighted to read about Caneus, which fosters international collaborative aerospace development, has a major project bringing together many countries to share space on satellites. They are using a fractional ownership model to manage the use of the satellite, with 50+ owners; this will need to be a well written contract. I think there is [...] Over the weekend were two thoughtful articles about fractional ownership in the Independent and Travelution. neither considers private syndicates like those enabled by yours2share, but otherwise they give a balanced view of the concept. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about our couch surfing experience with Australians Jeff and Gerda. As we chatted over dinner, conversation turned, as it so often does when I’m around, to sharing and yours2share. They explained that they shared a ski chalet in the Snowy Mountains with three other couples/families and had done [...] 2-3 partners wanted, Southerly 110, Swing Keel, 2000, Lymington, Hampshire Many boat owners are wondering whether they can justify keeping and maintaining their beloved boat and yet selling it, even if they wanted to, isn’t that easy at the moment either. Some of these pondering sailors are coming to yours2share to sell shares in their boat: [...] I’ve just stumbled over a good blog called Homes & Travel. Two articles caught my eye, both written by solicitor Peter Esder. The first is about fractional ownership where he explains some of his (and my) concerns. The second is about guaranteed rental agreements on holiday homes, something that I’ve always thought suspect, and, apparently, [...] About a month ago there was a great article in the Daily Mail discussing fractional ownership and private syndicates. Two yours2share members who share more than one major asset were interviewed: Graham Price shares a property and boat in France; and Bill Hosie shares a boat and an aircraft. This created a great deal of [...] There was a great piece in Saturday’s Daily Mail about fractional living with a good mention of various sharing arrangements. Two yours2share members were interviewed and it explained how private syndicates work and the benefits. I couldn’t have written it better if I’d tried. Many thanks to the two members, Graham Price and Bill Hosie: to [...] |
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